Nintendo Wii Update- New units no longer ‘moddable’

News from a shop in 188* suggests the latest lot of Nintendo (Wii NTSC-J) can NOT be modded. Why you say? It is because of the 3-pins being physically cut from the surface-mounted IC. There are still some Wii NTSC-J unaffected in 188 and Golden, but as expected the price will go up soon once the news spreads out and everyone is struggling to be amongst the last ones to have it. So hurry if you have not gotten one yourself yet. Of course, if you only play legitimate games, then this does not bother you anyway.

Luckily, Wii NTSC-U is not affected yet.**

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* 188 - Shop in Hong Kong that have moddable units still available for sale.
** We assume PAL and other units will be affected if this security measure does seem to be effective towards the modchip solutions available like the Wii Key.