Gaming on a Nintendo Wii in 2024

With over 100 Million units sold, the Nintendo Wii is one of the most popular game consoles of all time. But is it worth trying one out in 2024? In this video, we go over the history, restore and modify one!

Reference Links:

Wii Teardown Guide

How to Homebrew Your Wii

WiiLink

Setting up Demae Channel

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Host

Editor
Riley Labrador

Executive Producer

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[WiiLink]

Sorry for the inconvenience with the Demae Channel! We're aware of the issues, and are trying to fix it as soon as possible ^^ Thank you for covering us!

[dragoon]

I bought a Wii this year and modded it. I have every Wii and GameCube game on it along with a bunch of emulators.

I absolutely love it and recommend it to everybody.

[niino]

You can't use thermal paste in the Wii, it has to be thermal pads. There is a gap between the cooler and the CPU/GPU thanks to the stand-offs on the bottom of the cooler, which thermal paste can not properly fill up. Also, the thermal pads are usually still fine today; they are more stiff/hardened by nature than thermal paste, so you can mistake them for aged thermal paste. You don't even have to take off the cooler - tearing apart the thermal pads - to remove the motherboard. Just remove the screws that hold it down, but leave it on the board; it will stick down well enough to move the board bit, if you're careful.

[Spamdalf]

Everything about the Wii was so damn charming, the music, the jingles and sound effects, the cute graphical interfaces and channels. So nostalgic.

[MrDacas]

The Wii with a Retrotink 5x, HD Retrovision Cables, and USB Loader GX basically makes it look like a modern console.

[xXSkroogeXx]

TLDW: Yes, but make sure you get the one you can play gamecube games on.

[philh.]

Wow, the coincidence that this video releases as I'm homebrewing a free wii I got from a friend. So much nostalgia with this console and its fun to tinker with.

[DarthKalkillus]

So, how is Gaming on the WII in 2024? Didn't really say anything about it. Also, where can we still get the WII controllers that still work, with the addon motion+?

[techspec]

4:10 Is it just me, or did Denki go Grayki?

[Witchling]

A sudden rush of nice chemicals flushed trough my brain when a saw a new Denki video.

[IronLungProductionsOfficial]

I just built a Big buck arcade replica for under $100 using a Wii, Homebrew and some pallets and woodworking :)

[caseypamplin]

That’s exactly how I feel whenever I fix a system. I break so many trying to do simple repairs. When one works after I fix it, it’s time for celebration.

[jh]

Brilliant video Ken need to see more like this love what you've done just like the iPod simply awesome 👌

[alvinmartini]

Had my Wii for years now. Homebrewed and put 512gb microSD. My nephew play on it sometimes. Only minor issues is the controller uses AA bateries. Haha. Luckily now there are batteries charge with USB-C port on it.

[malcolmmurphy]

Love the wii ive been playing it the last two years.

[SilverWolf]

I've always loved the Wii growing up, played my copy of The legend of Zelda Skyward Sword to death! 😂Always enjoy watching you play around with tech, Ken!

[EpicLebaneseNerd]

i bet the rash on his face is from eating that corn from that temu cob cutter that he didn't wash before using.

[S-_-]

My mother’s friend had a Wii that she’d bought in 2007 for her son’s birthday. They had it up until this year they got rid of it. It was working fine for 17 years aswell. Obviously her son had stopped playing on it for a few years as he switched to PlayStation apparently I don’t even know

[Chemzborgor]

I still have my original wii from the year it came out gamecube support and all, also still have the original wii sports amd wii sports resort too; dirt 2 is my favorite game on it rn

[tibor]

I bought a Wii on Saturday for 20€ but had no idea what to with it… what a coincidence that you release a video on that day