ridiculous comment

Only for kids?!? I remember getting smashed at Wii Tennis by my 88 year old grandma. One of my favourite Christmas moments ever.

In 20 years we will be unwrapping a Wii "classic edition" on Christmas morning. It will be out of stock everywhere, have an RRP of £49.99 but be going on Ebay for £1200. But a chance to recreate those incredible memories, worth every penny!

You can get it now for £15 so yeah...hot! :smiley:

Great price indeed. Too bad this is a horrible console.

Some right people on this deal, a console for 15 quid and you're doing your best to call it crap

Great price indeed. Too bad this is a horrible console.

i couldn't find it via your link? did a search too...

nothing.....is this real? they have wrong prices in front pages....you have to click on product page

http://www.game.co.uk/en/nintendo-wii-console-grade-c-680487

Bought one anyway, thanks OP.

Can anyone recommend some good games for the Wii, bought this as a present so want to include a couple of good games (games like Pikmin?)

my son had a lot of fun on this back in the day....never gets played now... :/

Purchased. Thanks

Got one for 14quid from game a couple of years ago. Lovely dust collector.
Can crack them in about 10mins, and if you take your digital ship to a certain bay you can find good plunder with ease.

edit: Get a Class 10 SD card too!

I should expand, in my opinion this is a horrible console due to the fact that it is aimed at the younger generation. I prefer more mature games with more depth.

Thanks, but the recipient is a 50 year old woman, not sure she'd like that :smile:

I think I'll grab Super Mario Galaxy and a Pikmin title if there is one on this system.

Nintendo have always been aimed at the younger generation. Also, there were many mature games. Xenoblade Chronicles, Monster Hunter 3 etc.

Pikmin 1 can be had for pretty cheap, Pikmin 2 is another story. Mario Galaxy is £7.52 with Music Magpie via Game.

You can use a component cable but you can't output at HD resolutions.

Oh, youd be surprised...

Does this come with the remote?

Ours usually comes out over Xmas, so not bad time to get one really - makes a great EMU for older games too

wii2hdmi adapters are cheap enough nowadays too, wont make image hd (slightly clearer mind) but less wiring to faff about with

There's a reason it's only selling for £15. All of the games have aged horribly and the gimmicky USP is old and boring. A good deal if there are a couple of games you have in mind but I wouldn't bother otherwise.

Unless they suffer from video game motion sickness.... I tried it once, never again :disappointed:.

Some right people on this deal, a console for 15 quid and you're doing your best to call it crap

Could never go back to anything less than 720p. Plugged my Gamecube in a few months back and it was like gaming through a glaucoma filter. Swiftly packed it away never to be used again... :disappointed: our eyes are truly spoiled these days

£15 is an absolute steal. This is likely the older wiis which are backwards compatible with gamecube games and can easily be jail broken to install emulators such the N64 etc and be a video player. If all else fails going back and playing classics like Mario kart and Zedla... or even MGS twin snakes make it worth it alone!

A modded Wii is still a great bit of kit. Hdd full of Wii and Gamecube classics. Lovely.

resident evil 4 on the Wii is amazing

it is a deal at 15 quid! Few years down the line you people would probably be saying the same thing about the PS4...technology has evolved but that doesn't make this a bad deal its 15 quid fgs :smile:

Only for kids?!? I remember getting smashed at Wii Tennis by my 88 year old grandma. One of my favourite Christmas moments ever.

In 20 years we will be unwrapping a Wii "classic edition" on Christmas morning. It will be out of stock everywhere, have an RRP of £49.99 but be going on Ebay for £1200. But a chance to recreate those incredible memories, worth every penny!

You can get it now for £15 so yeah...hot! :smiley:

It's a shame online doesn't work anymore. I used to love Mario Kart on it.

can I use this to watch stuff from a USB. and will I be able to download sky go.

heat - not bad for a blast with the folks on xmas day and once jailbroken, can emulate any retro Nintendo console. Seeing as the mini NES is hot this Xmas, just get this, crack it, buy a controller off an online auction site, and play NES, SNES, N64 and GC games!

Incredible find! Well played :sunglasses:

AFAIK the Wii isn't HD?

Yeah agree. Shame it didnt come with the following games
Fifa 12 13 14 15 16
COD 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Wide range of games the other consoles have etc..

Outputs 720p or 1080i via component

My intentions summed up

How about Titanfall, Dishonored, Uncharted, Deus Ex, Heavy Rain, Dark Souls or the other stellar games that are on every other platform but Nintendo.

On the other hand, Nintendo does have 20 Mario games, 50 Sonic games, 10 Metroid games and 180 Zelda games.

​it can be upgraded to 720p via an adaptor which is technically HD, albeit not 'full HD'.

​No, 480p max which is technically hd

Official Wiimote at CEX, £15.

This is a bargain.

How much are these normally?

Bargain .

Had hours of fun on Mario kart on this with family.

These were easily hacked back in 08, must be even easier now . You could have one hell of a catalogue of games for £15 an ad card and an hour of effort , surely perfect for anyone with young ones ?

Hell, for fifteen quid even just for Christmas it'll be better value than most games

Can't find it via the clicky link...

just bought one

​Nintendos best games are some of the best around. Plus the Wii has Xenoblade Chronicles, Monster Hunter, No More Heroes, The Last Story, Pandora's Tower, Mad World, Silent Hill, Resident Evil 4, Fatal Frame, Red Steel 2, Fire Emblem, Sin and Punishment, The Godfather, Dead Rising, Metroid Prime Trilogy, a cluster of really good shooters in the Dead Space/Resident Evil/House of the Dead series. It also plays GameCube games like Eternal Darkness, Metal Gear Solid Twin Snakes, Killer 7, Resident Evil Remake/Zero and Geist.

Oops my bad

I'm very tempted in this - what a crazy price!

Quick question - can you crack it to get free wii games?
I'm not to fussed about other emulators as i've got my raspberry pi up and running for that. But i'm tempted to get this wii but don't want to buy games.

nice find O.P.

my body is ready !

great memories, great price - have some heat

All gone? Link doesn't work

does it ccome with a wii mote?

Brilliant console in its time. Ignore the A'Holes judging it by today's PS4/XBox standards.

Gave ours away few weeks ago to a family friend complete with a mass of accessories, games, fit board etc etc.

My kids has unbelievable fun with it.

This console wasn't aimed at "The younger generation", it was just aimed at people who wanted to have fun playing games. You don't need to be a child to enjoy playing Super Mario Galaxy, the Zelda games Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword, New Super Mario Bros, the Metroid Trilogy, or Xenoblade Chronicles, you just need to be open to playing very good games.

Great find... we bought one for a similar price last Summer... I know it's now out of date tech but our young kids have loved it on the rare event we've set it up... I reckon over 3 or 4 years we'll easily get 40 hours of fun out of it... far better than some of the cheap tat that gets bought and left unplayed with on a kids toy shelf...

Plus I reckon I'd still happily play bowling or tennis for hours with mates.

Mariokart, fantastic game but unfortunately no online mode anymore.

Thanks Op! Ordered one for the mother in laws house.

This and Wii Sports (and maybe a second controller) and thats Christmas entertainment sorted :smiley:

Have fond memories of WarioWare too :smiley:

Zelda the twilight princess is £7 in grainger games (pre owned)

If I crack one of these, can I easily revert it back to standard if needed?

Trust me, you wont want to :smiley:
But yeah its as simple as removing the homebrew channel.

Agreed... but valid nonetheless

Wii remote?

Cheers!

​Very easy to hack. Mine lives in the gym/garage with an old HDD in the back filled with Wii/GC/N64/SNES/Megadrive/Gameboy Advance/PC Engine/NES/Master System games. A bargain at £15.

Do I need to buy controller for this abs what comes in the box

Where can I find cheap deals for Mario Kart & Donkey Kong games I need to buy it

Don't forget excite trucks - amazing 2 player game.

Looks like it's out of stock now.

Out of stock :disappointed:

It's because of the TV technology though not the console itself. Gamecube never used to look blurry and it still doesn't today, if you are using an old CRT.

It just isn't designed for modern TVs.

Picked a black one up from a carboot a few months ago for £10 Homebrew and set up to play every retro console known to man. Great bit of kit.

Went to add to basket and oos. Shame I missed out

Missed it. Now I'm going to have to bother rummaging in the loft to find the one I already own in time for the kids at Christmas.

Or I could buy a new one from Game for £495.99 instead :confused:

I purchase this for my 4 year old niece for christmas, will it come boxed?

Yeah man, definately.

Can't name one good game that's ever been on the Wii or Gamecube or SNES or NES or Mega Drive or Master System of N64 or TurboGrafx.

WOW I WAS SO BLIND ALL THESE YEARS PLAYING WHAT I THOUGHT WERE GOOD GAMES

I'm so glad I've seen the error of my ways.

FYI: You can find Wii's for £10 in Cashgen, my local one (dundee) anwyay

Ever heard of an opinion?

I'm so sad I missed this. I made the mistake of asking my daughter if she wanted it...and now her heart is set on it. She's so upset!!

Wow no one asked for a essay

Does it come with any games, is it in original box and does it have chargers, leads cables with the console and does it have controller to play with

Had a few of these over the years the last one bought about 6 years ago which I modded and never really used.

My little lad is 4 now so I decided to set it up again. Wii flow installed with SNES, NES, Megadrive, MAME, C64, Atari and the entire Wii store on a external HDD will give me and him plenty of laughs.

Get one and get it modded.

Recently got one for a tenner from eBay.

they are£20 in cash converters

How to get free games for this ?

​Ever heard of a rubbish opinion?

If I update the latest firmware would that be a problem for homebrew?

I was playing MarioKart just a couple of weeks ago with a few other ‘adults’ (physically, admittedly not always mentally), we were having a great time with that and a few drinks. I own one, and no child has ever been near it! Multiple people in their 20s and 30s have used and loved it though – we used to have tennis tournaments, epic drunken danceoffs (once a houseparty of 20 people totally forgot to go out to the festival we got together for, we were having too much fun), and soooo much MarioKart, and my ex would tease me mercilessly about my terrible Guitar Hero abilities while him and his brother showed off.

I love my Wii – a great social console.

tbh nintendo stopped updating the firmware quite a while back, but check online what the latest version that accepts homebrew is.

online auction sites, cash generator, cex....not hard to find around this price

If you find em please let me know.

4.3 is the last and latest firmware according to various sites.........homebrew should work fine ! Here are detailed steps

http://www.howtogeek.com/210185/how-to-install-the-homebrew-channel-on-a-nintendo-wii-the-easy-way/

Great price, on the condition you didn't mind your games looking like utter trash.

Can't even recommend it for homebrew either, since we all have many devices now that can do it but much better than this.

​I agree, probably my favourite resident evil

5 sentances is an essay? Man if only my university was this leniant.


Half agree. After seeing emulation on HD devices then yeh, going back to 480p kinda sucks. But for the ease of hacking as well as price and user-friendly input devices, the Wii kinda wins

Got dispatch email already !!

I bought one from cex earlier this year for around£20, do they still do them. I only bought it as I needed a new remote and it was only a quid more to get a whole console as well. Great for young kids who struggle with controllers, my 4 year old can whip me at bowling.

It's usable for GameCube games so, hey.

HD outputs? What? You mean component? GameCube had that too.

The Racing edition is terrible and repetitive. Don't get that. Maybe only for Bowser and Clown Cruiser.

£14.99 is pretty much the standard price of a Wii nowadays. I'm surprised it went so hot.

Cash Generator sells Wiis for £10-15 so just check with them in-store or through the website. Got some gems from Cash Gen's website. :smiley:

Yea, it's not. It's EHDTV 480p.
Technically HD? That's SD.

That's the only reason I bought it because of 600 degrees or I would've waited to buy Wii U for £150.00

if mod it what size external hard drive would be best? 500 gig r 1tb?

500gb would be plenty 1tb is overkill, even a 250gb would be fine

HD Outputs? Are there? Closest to HD I am aware of is Component Video

Thanks will try pick one of these up on ebay and get a 500 gig external hard drive and mod it

Put something on the wanted page on here. You might find a HUKD user who has one gathering dust and is prepared to sell for a resonable price.

Also try Ebay, they are going for around £30- £50 but some have a few games included and extra wiimotes/nunchuks.

​You're actually right there. When I was a kid we had my SNES hooked up to a CRT monitor but my Megadrive hooked up to a regular TV and the difference was very very noticeable! Just need to find myself a 40inch CRT monitor now, and a room big to keep it in and I can play the 80+ gamecube games I have gathering dust :disappointed:

What does the 'h' mean in your acronym 'EHDTV'? Should be EDTV and you are right enhanced definition not, high

Right. It's EDTV.

Wii looks great with the Wii2HDMI adapter and for people who's TVs no longer have component support this is the way to go.

Standard Wii ​can be easily soft modded for homebrew and running Wii and Gamecube games from sd card or external hdd.

Mine arrived this morning :smiley:

mine arrived as well...excellent condition...now have to find few games...anyone know free games ??

Was going to buy this but decide not to and yesterday won a bid on ebay for a wii and 2 controllers and all cable for £6.50. Yes £6.50. It looks brand new and I chack it out and it's not fake.

Mine arrived, all official cables, Wii remote + nunchuck. I softmodded it and games work perfect from USB HDD. The guy looked at me a bit funny in the shop when he asked "are you going to buy any games?" No I replied, I'm going to softmod it and download them all, they load faster and I don't have to keep putting disks in.

I'm going to set up my emuNAND this weekend so I can install VC games without it using my sysNAND.

I just need to get the GC side of it to work now, I need to get an official controller from somewhere!

Why would you want to bother with VC games when you have modded it? Also once you've modded it playing GameCube games involves picking up any GameCube-style controller & having the game you want to play - it requires no extra effort at all.

My one arrived and it's a black Wii.

I want to do what ever you said but don't know how can you please tell me as I am new and don't want to buy games thanks

Thanks for your input appreciate it

How do you softmod it and where do you get the games from?

I wanted to know the same thing but reading Ike comments that makes me lazy

Go to google and search for GBAtemp.net. Go to forum. Wii > tutorials. I followed one called how-to-softmod-a-wii-and-play-backup-wii-gamecube-and-wiiware-games. Tutorial should be easy to follow. You need a USB HDD. If it requires extra power to work you'll need to buy a y cable for your hard drive. You also need to use a memory card 2gb or less a non-SDHC card.

Thanks for your reply I will do this and get back to you

Wow, who'd have thought you could find the answer by typing 'how to softmod a Wii' into Google - you learn something new everyday!

Please go to school so you can educate yourself more

Sure, I need educating :-)

That's why I said it since you repeated the word educating you deserve it

Being told I need educating by someone who waits 24 hours for someone to tell them to try using google is kinda ironic.

The only reason I said to google it is because I didn't believe we were allowed to send direct links to them types of things. I told everyone to go to the tutorial I used.

I don't see you giving any form of contribution to this thread.

Well telling someone to google GBAtemp.net rather than just telling them to go there is slightly stupid anyway. Also your contribution is providing help to someone who basically opened with the line 'please help me pirate some games as I'm too lazy or stupid to perform the most cursory google search'. Well done!

My order was cancelled by Game.

Using it for 3-4 days now fully loaded.........need few controllers now.......

Xbox one S will gather dust for few days now !

8GB SDHC card works fine for me ! Have loaded some 18 wii games now mostly the mario ones which i love !

Lads the best video to follow for setting/hacking/installing games for the wii !!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hk5OHYD3Ic

Order cancelled for no reason