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D2Pro has released new firmware updates.
This is not the fix for the new “Un-Moddable” D2C Wii!!!!

New firmware updates released! - 2008.05.07
Firmware v1.3 for 15/19-wire installs as well as the official release of v1.0 for 9-wire installs has been added to the resources section. Fixes include the eject issue, a media detection bug for 15-wire chips and an update issue for 9-wire chips.

To see information and downloads for these updates, follow the link below.

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Morpheon Mods, following up their Rockstar Themed Wii, have been comissioned to make a “Clerks” themed Wii for none other than Kevin Smith himself.

From the Report:

Floored. Amazed. Excited. Speechless…err..Silent. Those are just a few of the feelings we had when we were commissioned to do custom “Clerks” themed Wii for Kevin Smith’s Christmas Gift!! From what we understand Silent Bob is an avid gamer and this would be his first Wii - No pressure :).

The Wii was painted using flat gray scale colors to match the black and white clerks characters. The stand features the main characters each back-lit with two “stage lights” that beam up to highlight the custom 3D Clerks logo. The opposite side has a specially back-lit logo of his production company. Finally, the controllers were painstakingly hand painted letter by letter to feature his name one controller and his most famous alter ego on the second. As a most respectful nod to his writing, the font was meant to look like one an old typewriter might use.

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After seeing some of Morpheon Mods’ other great casemods Rockstar Games contacted the casemodders and commissioned the build of a custom Wii casemod themed after the company itself.

Custom Pain, A laser cut and polished Rockstar emblem and carefully brightness ballanced LEDs make this simple but classy Rockstar casemod that speaks for itself.

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We received a few tips about some interesting modded Wii Consoles.

The first, reported by GoNintendo, is the Swarovski Crysal Wii; a custom Legend of Zelda Themed Wii with over 7500 24 Karat Gold Dipped Swarovski Crystals. Created by CrystalIcing.com this Wii isn’t for sale, though they do have a DS Lite that received similar treatment in a Mario them that you can buy for $350.

The second comes from kypes on the AcidMods forums, the Codenamed:UV Wii; a custom Wii with lots of clear case work, paint and LEDs along with some hardware mods such as extra case fans and a 2nd SD card slot, among other things.

If you’ve got a fancy case mod of your own, or maybe you saw one that was made recently, send it to the tips line and you might see it posted here.

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The results are in, the @$#&! The Warranty Sweepstakes was a success and without further ado here are the winners:

thesorrowful1

lethal_b

breadslice

dipswitch

dead5times

The winners have all been contacted and their entries confirmed, they will all be receiving a PulseVU 2 from Sickmods.net. Hopefully we’ll see new great things from all of them once they get their hands on it!

Nintendo-Scene and Sickmods.net would like to give a big THANK YOU to all that participated, we had lots of great entries from all levels of modding experience. If you missed out on this contest or maybe you entered and didn’t win, fear not, we’ll have more contests and prices coming soon!

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Today, November 19th, marks the 1 year anniversary of the Wii’s first launch. So much has happened in the Nintendo world since then it’s hard to believe that it’s only been a year. Amazingly the Wii’s are still a difficult item to find even a year after it’s launch, and there are no signs of that changing any time soon either.

This also means your 1-year warranty on the Wii is expired, so you have no more excuses not to open up and mod your console! That means this is also the last day of Nintendo-Scene and Sickmods.net @$#&! The Warranty Sweepstakes. That’s Right! We’re giving you 1 extra day to¬† get your pictures in. Just post a picture of your modified Nintendo console, or have a friend post a picture of theirs and you could win one of five PulseVU 2s from Sickmods.net The thread will be locked at midnight EST and the winners will be announced tomorrow!.

To celebrate the 1 year anniversary of the Wii and the end of the Sweepstakes, Sickmods.net is also offering 10% off all purchase now until Midnight on “Black Friday” (November 23rd). Just use voucher code: 093171516 when checking out. So even if you don’t win a PulseVU 2 you’ll be able to buy one at a nice discount so you can deck your console for the holidays.

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LIGHTNING ROUND!

The @$#&! The Warranty Sweepstakes presented by Nintendo-Scene and SickMods.net ends in 1 week. To spice things up in the last week we’re ADDING A NEW RULE!

From now until the the end of the competition we want you to get as many people involved as possible. If you tell a friend about the sweepstakes and they enter and write your Nintendo-Scene forum username as the referrer*… you will get an extra chance to win a PulseVU 2 from SickMods.net!

There is no limit to the number of people you can get involved: get 10 friends to enter and you’ll get 10 extra chances, get 20 friends to enter and you’ll get 20 extra chances, etc.

So spread the word and improve your chances to win!

* Only 1 referrer per new entrant. Only the first will be counted if multiple names are listed. Only correct and complete usernames will count.

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The Culmination of Wii case-moding technology. Resident NS staffer SICKdimension sent us this video demonstration of the PulseVU 2 when applied to one of XCM’s cases for the Wii.

SICKdimension wrote:

We had the opportunity to test a Crystal Blue II-Case from XCM, which is a
complete, high quality replacement shell for the Wii. It has pre-installed LEDs
which light up the DVD drive and rear of the console. The LEDs look great
shining through the translucent case, but how could we make them look even
better?

We connected the LEDs to our PulseVU 2 chip to pulse them with the music/sound
effects of the Wii! You can find our install guide to do this to your own Wii
here: http://pulsevu.com/install/ii-case/

Watch the video to see just what the PulseVU 2 and XCM II-Case can do!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut83xTqJX_A

List of resellers for the PulseVU: http://pulsevu.com/purchase/
List of resellers for the XCM II-Case: http://www.xcm.cc/Resellers.htm

We have added an install guide for the PulseVU 2 in a Nintendo DS on the
PulseVU install page: http://pulsevu.com/install/

Remember you could win your very own PluseVU 2 just by posting a picture of your moded Nintendo console in our @$#&! The Warranty Sweepstakes.

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Just a reminder to everyone there is only 1 month left to enter the @$#&! The Warranty Sweepstakes and win a PulseVU 2 from Sickmods.net!

We’ve seen some great entries so far but we know you can do better. Spread the word, tell your friends and check out all the great mods from those that have entered already.

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Rockstar Games along with the Radio Rebellion Tour are giving away “the ultimate Manhunt entertainment system”. The prize package includes a 50″ plasma TV and a Manhunt 2 Themed Wii console. To enter you simply need to sign up.

Looking at the pictures it’s fairly clear that this “custom” console is nothing more than a skin. Even still, it looks pretty unique and who would pass up the chance for a free Wii?

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