Pressure's on to get the Wii price cut back into competing form with the now top-selling PS3. Will Iwata-san and the rest of the Nintendo bigwigs give in? Or can they still afford to maintain their curent price point? Find out what Michael Pachter has to say on the subject. Catch that, as well as other bits of news for the Wii and DS right here on the Nintendo Weekend Warrior.

The Wiikey Team has announced a brand new modchip for the Nintendo Wii. It's called Wiikey Fusion, a revolutionary modchip for the Wii with SD card capabilities. It will allow users to play backup ISOs from an SD card and from DVD. The new modchip is scheduled to be released in October. Check out the video demo after the break.

Nintendo continues their war against piracy, arrrrr. They've revised the design of the Wii drive to render all current modchips completely useless. Sucks for "backup"-ers who came late to the party then.

The Wiikey team has rolled out an update for their new Wiikey 2 modchip. This update deals mostly with blocking Wii updates from the wrong regions. Details in the full article.

The Wiikey team has released version 2 of their modchip. Changes look mostly related to performance, although there is now added support for "problem titles" such as Mario Kart Wii and Super Smash Bros. Brawl. More details in the full article.

Getting lost in the shuffle of the Nintendo Wii homebrew scene? We hope not as the developments are flowing. Over the past days, homebrew coder waninkoko brought us the latest build of the Wii Duplicated Channel Remover. Now, the dev is letting us in on the Wii NAND Dumper version 1. Learn more after the jump.

Download: Wii NAND Dumper v1.0

 We're sending word that the WiiKey team has released firmware update 1.9s for their Wii modchip. Among other updates, this patch will address an ongoing issue that's been keeping Super Smash Bros. Brawl from running properly. Details on the rest of its changelog.

A new team going by the name Wii-Clip have created a sub-plug n' play solution for the new D2CKey, D2CPro modchips released late last year. D2C never really caught on popularly, however, as the modchip required mastery of soldering to install it on your Nintendo Wii's motherboard. Team Wii-Clip has created a template holder called a Wii-Clip that will accommodate a D2C compatible modchip and slap on easily over the Wii's standard D2C chip. More at the full story.

Reports have come in claiming that the Nintendo Wii D2C chipset has been hacked and that a product called the Wii "D2C" Modchip Actel will soon be available to take advantage of the exploit. Installing this on your console will allow you to directly boot backups and Gamecube games, it's also reportedly compatible with the Wiikey.

The mod hasn't been perfected yet with only 80 percent of region protected games confirmed working without any problems. Installation also looks to be a scary process as it requires micro-soldering 30 wires to attach the chip to the Wii. The developers of the product have given word that these issues might be remedied by the time the product comes out though.

The modchip is expected to be sold for € 37 (about US$ 53). If you want to find out more about the product, click on our link below.

 

Thanks to a tip from reader jamie t uk, we've just picked up word that there are a couple of new updates available for Wii owners running on a WiiKey modchip. The first bit of news you'll want to know is that WiiKey's firmware 1.9b has been uploaded to the site's Resources section.

This update hosts several new tweaks, including bug fixes, a workaround for Wii firmware 3.0 issues, improved media compatibility, full GameCube region free capabilities, and a working audiofix. Now, for the guys who decided to jump the gun and download the previously leaked fw 1.9b, you'll be happy to know that the dev team tested it, and found it to be stable.

Furthermore, WiiKey owners will be happy to know that WiiKey's Config Disc 1.3 is now available. This latest release will enable the GC Full Region-free feature on WiiKey's fw 1.9b. Both fw 1.9b and Config Disc 1.3 are available in the WiiKey site, via the read link.