Sunday, September 6, 2009

Should You Unlock Wii Consoles? Weighing Up The Options

By Rob Cole

It is recommended that you weigh your options before you make a decision to unlock Wii. Even though there are a lot of pluses to doing so, like the opportunity to play international games that are not restricted to your region for less money, there are risks attached that you need to consider.

The world of hacking into consoles is a fast moving one has old ways of modifying a console are made defunct by firmware updates from Nintendo. In this article, we are going to look closely at the options which are confirmed to work and do not involve consequences like a loss of warranty. After all, should you accidentally break your Wii during maintenance, you could be left with quite a hefty bill to repair it.

One risky and warranty voiding way to unlock Wii is by installing a Modchip - a process which could be quite messy if you do not know what you are doing. The reason that this process is quite messy is because in some cases, dismantling the entire console is necessary to perform the maintenance that you want to achieve. Over the past couple of years since the Wii was launched and new options became apparent for unlocking systems, times have changed.

There are two principle options which are at your disposal that work currently, both of which we are going to list here. The modifications could be of extreme benefit to you as it could ramp up your Wii's multimedia capabilities up with the likes of the Playstation 3 and the XBox 360.

WiiChipUnlock.com is the first option of our two-way street, with an eBook being offered for just over 20 dollars. Even though you could get information to make modifications to your Wii for free, you can find that buying this package could be great if you are a first-timer who is looking for a complete walkthrough guide and a couple of thousand games to get you started. Some might say that the 2,000 games you receive just for buying cancels out the cost altogether.

Alternatively for those who are cash strapped, using the freeware option known as the Homebrew Installer could be a good option. Available from a multitude of websites with a lot of YouTube walkthroughs available for visible learners, it could be said that this option is a fast way to unlock Wii.

Comparing the two options you have could be tough, but bearing in mind with the latter option the fact that you do not get a couple of thousand games to get you started can help to sway you a little. All the same, WiiHomebrewInstaller.com, where you could obtain the Homebrew Installer, does have a fair few links to places where you could find games to have fun.

In the Internet age where anything is possible and you could find information on pretty much anything from how to unlock Wii to how to make a duck dance, there doesn't need to be any fuss when you go to make the most of removing the boundaries from your favourite console, so go and enjoy.

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