http://sgforums.com/forums/1286/topics/293022 en-US 60 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by Devil1976:</div> <div class="quote_body"> <p>You mean the game Mario kart and they give you a free wheel total is $71+?</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>yeah.. its a box set, mario kart + wheel for $71+</p> <p>a spare wheel w/o game is 29 bucks. if you want to play 2P at home you'll need the 2nd wheel :P</p> Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:51:07 +0800 sgforums.com:1286:293022:8251312 cuddles http://sgforums.com/forums/1286/topics/293022 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by cuddles:</div> <div class="quote_body"> <p>Mario Kart with wheel is 71+ I think the last time I saw..</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>You mean the game Mario kart and they give you a free wheel total is $71+?</p> Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:26:00 +0800 sgforums.com:1286:293022:8251288 Devil1976 http://sgforums.com/forums/1286/topics/293022 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by BufPuf:</div> <div class="quote_body"> <p>I am a WII owner too!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Jurong East entertainment centre got sell 2nd hand games but also quite limited.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>anybody know where else we can get?</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Chinatown 'Women's street' also got a shop selling 2nd hand... Long time no see Buf! <img src= "/images/emoticons/classic/icon_mrgreen.gif" alt= "icon_mrgreen.gif" /></p> Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:24:24 +0800 sgforums.com:1286:293022:8251284 Devil1976 http://sgforums.com/forums/1286/topics/293022 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by BufPuf:</div> <div class="quote_body"> <p>I am a WII owner too!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Jurong East entertainment centre got sell 2nd hand games but also quite limited.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>anybody know where else we can get?</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>as mentioned before, I only buy from AMK hub funzcenter..</p> <p>you can see it's super crowded all the time, it's not even second hand games. :P</p> <p>got bundles of 3 for 99</p> <p>got range of 39, 49 and 79</p> <p>some of the 79 titles comes with 15% discount, eg. Zelda.</p> <p>Mario Kart with wheel is 71+ I think the last time I saw..</p> <p>it also has a stamp redemption card, each game u buy 1 stamp, 8 stamp get rechargables for your wii mote.</p> Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:54:08 +0800 sgforums.com:1286:293022:8250456 cuddles http://sgforums.com/forums/1286/topics/293022 <p>I am a WII owner too!</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Jurong East entertainment centre got sell 2nd hand games but also quite limited.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>anybody know where else we can get?</p> Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:17:44 +0800 sgforums.com:1286:293022:8250366 BufPuf http://sgforums.com/forums/1286/topics/293022 <p>Main reason people mod is to play pirated/downloaded games and games from other regions.</p> <p>Although some games from certain regions can't be played on certain Wiis. (Special cases)</p> <p>Examples are: Super Mario Galaxy (US) cannot be played on JP Wii, Modified or not modified. Cooking Mama USA is the same&nbsp;too, I believe.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>I'm not so sure about your second question, but perhaps it is because sometimes updating your wii from a game disc (As in, when you insert a disc it asks you to update before you can play) has a chance of bricking your Wii.</p> <p>The most reliable way is do update from the internet. Check online regularly to see if it is safe to update to a new version.</p> Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:42:14 +0800 sgforums.com:1286:293022:8216445 FlameTakuya http://sgforums.com/forums/1286/topics/293022 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by kongee:</div> <div class="quote_body"> <p>Hello everyone.</p> <p>I bought a modified wii from taiwan (jap) recently and have some questions. Would any of the more experienced users answer them please?</p> <p>1) I've read that US wiis cannot play Jap games and vice-versa. Does this also happens to a modded wii? Or can the modified wii play everything?</p> <p>2) When buying the wii, the shop owner told me that some of the pirated games cannot be played. This has to do with something about the forced updates and hence rendering the game useless. What are some of these games?</p> <p>Thanks!</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Question 1.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>This is from what I HEARD ok? Modded wii works the same... Jap can't play US and US can't play Jap... But I've also heard that some of those modded ones CAN... Meaning they've already done something which breaks the regional code...</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Question 2.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Not sure ley? But my personal guess is maybe it has something to do with internet update through Wii system? They can do lots of shit with that.. So if you wanna play safe, don't do internet update if you're using a modded Wii..</p> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:12:07 +0800 sgforums.com:1286:293022:8188531 Devil1976 http://sgforums.com/forums/1286/topics/293022 <p>allrite thanks!</p> Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:50:08 +0800 sgforums.com:1286:293022:8185549 kongee http://sgforums.com/forums/1286/topics/293022 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by kongee:</div> <div class="quote_body"> <p>Hello everyone.</p> <p>I bought a modified wii from taiwan (jap) recently and have some questions. Would any of the more experienced users answer them please?</p> <p>1) I've read that US wiis cannot play Jap games and vice-versa. Does this also happens to a modded wii? Or can the modified wii play everything?</p> <p>2) When buying the wii, the shop owner told me that some of the pirated games cannot be played. This has to do with something about the forced updates and hence rendering the game useless. What are some of these games?</p> <p>Thanks!</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>US/local wiis can't play jap games due to region coding.&nbsp; modd wii should be able to play all regions.</p> <p>I don't know about those games that can be played or not on modd wii.. so can't help with that.</p> Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:22:21 +0800 sgforums.com:1286:293022:8185445 cuddles http://sgforums.com/forums/1286/topics/293022 <p>Hello everyone.</p> <p>I bought a modified wii from taiwan (jap) recently and have some questions. Would any of the more experienced users answer them please?</p> <p>1) I've read that US wiis cannot play Jap games and vice-versa. Does this also happens to a modded wii? Or can the modified wii play everything?</p> <p>2) When buying the wii, the shop owner told me that some of the pirated games cannot be played. This has to do with something about the forced updates and hence rendering the game useless. What are some of these games?</p> <p>Thanks!</p> Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:03:14 +0800 sgforums.com:1286:293022:8184844 kongee http://sgforums.com/forums/1286/topics/293022 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by cuddles:</div> <div class="quote_body"> <p>lol.. they super clever one.. everytime connect to online might accidental update.. well it doesn't affect me.. so the others do take care!</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Yeah.. Make you pay to use the internet connection and use it against you for piracy! <img src= "/images/emoticons/classic/icon_twisted.gif" alt= "icon_twisted.gif" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Btw, anybody tried playing online with other players...? How does that work? <img src="/images/emoticons/classic/icon_eek.gif" alt="icon_eek.gif" /></p> Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:01:41 +0800 sgforums.com:1286:293022:8178513 Devil1976 http://sgforums.com/forums/1286/topics/293022 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by FlameTakuya:</div> <div class="quote_body"> <p>Something to note:</p> <p>The big N just released a firmware update yesterday, namely 3.3U.</p> <p>If you update your Wii with it, you will not be able to use the Freeloader disc anymore. (It's only been a few months, and the thing's become useless already)</p> <p>So if anyone here is using Freeloader, make sure you don't do an online update if you don't want to stop using Freeloader.</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Cool. Thanks! Shall take note of that! <img src= "/images/emoticons/classic/icon_mrgreen.gif" alt= "icon_mrgreen.gif" /></p> Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:59:28 +0800 sgforums.com:1286:293022:8178509 Devil1976 http://sgforums.com/forums/1286/topics/293022 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by FlameTakuya:</div> <div class="quote_body"> <p>Something to note:</p> <p>The big N just released a firmware update yesterday, namely 3.3U.</p> <p>If you update your Wii with it, you will not be able to use the Freeloader disc anymore. (It's only been a few months, and the thing's become useless already)</p> <p>So if anyone here is using Freeloader, make sure you don't do an online update if you don't want to stop using Freeloader.</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>lol.. they super clever one.. everytime connect to online might accidental update.. well it doesn't affect me.. so the others do take care!</p> Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:18:06 +0800 sgforums.com:1286:293022:8178393 cuddles http://sgforums.com/forums/1286/topics/293022 <p>Something to note:</p> <p>The big N just released a firmware update yesterday, namely 3.3U.</p> <p>If you update your Wii with it, you will not be able to use the Freeloader disc anymore. (It's only been a few months, and the thing's become useless already)</p> <p>So if anyone here is using Freeloader, make sure you don't do an online update if you don't want to stop using Freeloader.</p> Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:42:27 +0800 sgforums.com:1286:293022:8178303 FlameTakuya http://sgforums.com/forums/1286/topics/293022 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by cuddles:</div> <div class="quote_body"> <p>I think a typical US/local wii set should still be 600+ comes with a single wiimote and nunchunk.</p> <p>you can buy a second wii-mote together with wiiplay for around 70-80 bucks.</p> <p>if you don't understand jap, get a US/Local Set! :P since someone mentioned you can *ahem* any set anyway..</p> </div> </blockquote> <p><img src="/images/emoticons/classic/icon_lol.gif" alt= "icon_lol.gif" />&nbsp;Get a Jap/ Asian set cheaper.. Then use the Freeloader software on it..... <img src= "/images/emoticons/classic/icon_lol.gif" alt="icon_lol.gif" /></p> Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:01:19 +0800 sgforums.com:1286:293022:8169904 Devil1976 http://sgforums.com/forums/1286/topics/293022 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by FlameTakuya:</div> <div class="quote_body"> <p>About that 'software' that allows you to play games from other regions, do you mean the Freeloader disc?</p> <p>It only allows you to play original games from other regions, but not pirated games. ^^;</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Oh.. Thanks alot man... In that case, I shall not invest on that.... <img src="/images/emoticons/classic/icon_mrgreen.gif" alt= "icon_mrgreen.gif" /></p> Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:57:27 +0800 sgforums.com:1286:293022:8169897 Devil1976 http://sgforums.com/forums/1286/topics/293022 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by cuddles:</div> <div class="quote_body"> <p>I also got two wiimote sets with nunchunks.. :D recently I read that the Shiro brand is fake good leh! must beware ah.. buy original controllers!</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Yeah... Holding originals... But i still thinking about my Free-loading software.... If that one can allow me to play pirated then SUPER liao... But then again.. I think I'm not that anxious because I've got too many games on hand and not much time to play them....? <img src="/images/emoticons/classic/icon_confused.gif" alt="icon_confused.gif" /></p> Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:54:38 +0800 sgforums.com:1286:293022:8169887 Devil1976 http://sgforums.com/forums/1286/topics/293022 <p>I'm not really sure where you should buy your Wii from. Maybe do some comparison shopping or summat?</p> <p>Japanese version interface isn't really that hard to understand once you get used to it. After awhile, you will automatically know what button means yes, no, etc.</p> <p>Downside is that if you have a modified Wii and accidentally accept a wrong firmware update, you could brick your Wii. &gt;.&gt;</p> Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:43:15 +0800 sgforums.com:1286:293022:8169726 FlameTakuya http://sgforums.com/forums/1286/topics/293022 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by Naruya:</div> <div class="quote_body"> <p>erm then how will i get the wii points if buy it in wii shop?</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>I think you have to activate your wii serial number on the website first. then whatever you buy the points is auto stored. you can see them in the wii shop.</p> <p>all you need is a visa debit or credit. type in the card details, choose the points u wanna buy, and there you have it!</p> <p>Set to US also can, but you'll need to come up with the fake US address for verification. Brazil more direct, no need any verification, just use the card detail nia. after that if you just like being US, you can still switch ur country back and the points will still be there.</p> <p>yeah. the wii doesn't have a lot of space. Use a SD card to store you game data, or your channel backups! now SD card cheap cheap, easy easy you can get 2gb. 2GB quite enough liao.</p> <p>Yes, either SD, MiniSD or MicroSD, as long as you plug in with the adapter to make it a SD card size, it works!</p> Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:38:35 +0800 sgforums.com:1286:293022:8169719 cuddles http://sgforums.com/forums/1286/topics/293022 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by Exidis:</div> <div class="quote_body"> <p>wah, thread so detailed, so much to read. just a few questions about the current wii situation.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>how much does a wii cost currently? and buy from where one?<br /> the jap version interface in japanese then how you guys understand <img src="/images/emoticons/kde-3.5.8/KMess-Cartoon/angel.png" alt= "angel.png" /></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>I think a typical US/local wii set should still be 600+ comes with a single wiimote and nunchunk.</p> <p>you can buy a second wii-mote together with wiiplay for around 70-80 bucks.</p> <p>if you don't understand jap, get a US/Local Set! :P since someone mentioned you can *ahem* any set anyway..</p> Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:31:22 +0800 sgforums.com:1286:293022:8169703 cuddles http://sgforums.com/forums/1286/topics/293022 <p>wah, thread so detailed, so much to read. just a few questions about the current wii situation.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>how much does a wii cost currently? and buy from where one?<br /> the jap version interface in japanese then how you guys understand <img src="/images/emoticons/kde-3.5.8/KMess-Cartoon/angel.png" alt= "angel.png" /></p> Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:51:42 +0800 sgforums.com:1286:293022:8169176 Exidis http://sgforums.com/forums/1286/topics/293022 <p>I think you have to like make a Wii shop account online, then sort of parent your account to your Wii, whose country is set to Brazil. Something like that. (Not sure of details)</p> <p>I believe your points will then be loaded, and then you can buy whatever you want.</p> <p>(Beware, though. The Wii doesn't have a lot of space. After like 3-5 VC games it's memory is full. Use an SD card whenever possible)</p> Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:36:43 +0800 sgforums.com:1286:293022:8168821 FlameTakuya http://sgforums.com/forums/1286/topics/293022 <p>erm then how will i get the wii points if buy it in wii shop?</p> Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:04:47 +0800 sgforums.com:1286:293022:8168319 Naruya http://sgforums.com/forums/1286/topics/293022 <p>^ Lol, that was quick. Yup, that's my course. XDD</p> Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:49:44 +0800 sgforums.com:1286:293022:8168199 FlameTakuya http://sgforums.com/forums/1286/topics/293022 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by FlameTakuya:</div> <div class="quote_body"> <p>Lol, thankfully my Wiimotes and Nunchuks are real. ^^;</p> <p>About that 'software' that allows you to play games from other regions, do you mean the Freeloader disc?</p> <p>It only allows you to play original games from other regions, but not pirated games. ^^;</p> <p>The net is only good for getting recently released games. (Like, 1-2 days after release, that sort of early.)</p> <p>Main reason why I modded my Wii was to play Pirated games, and to play Japanese release games before they're release in America. (An impatient person I am. &gt;.&gt;)</p> <p>Yeah, I've heard good things about Zelda: TP (Toilet Paper? XDD). Might try it soon, loved it's predecessors. ^^;</p> <p>Yes, I am still schooling, so I have don't have a lot of money I can use. (In fact, this Wii I have is actually a birthday gift that was bought by all my aunts and uncles from both sides of the family. &gt;.&gt;)</p> <p>Also, it seems that people who are in the creative industry pirate things the most. (I'm studying in a digital media course, so, yeah. I know. &gt;.&gt;)</p> <p>Our world is a strange one... o_O</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>eh.. I think people all over the world is pirating no matter which industry or what la.. Everybody pirates in one way or another.</p> <p>DMD in NYP is&nbsp; it? :D</p> Sun, 15 Jun 2008 13:58:21 +0800 sgforums.com:1286:293022:8167480 cuddles http://sgforums.com/forums/1286/topics/293022