Nintendo thwarting Wii modders with epoxy-locked chips; Wii Backup Loader abandoned

News via engadget

A double shot of bad news for the Wii hacking set today -- not only do new Wiis appear to have a modchip-proof layer of epoxy around the DVD-ROM IC chips, Waninkoko has abandoned the Wii Backup-Loader project. The modchip news isn't all that surprising -- Ninty's been fighting a losing battle against chip devs for a while now, and gluing things down with epoxy is a logical solution -- but Waninkoko quitting is a bit of a shock, since we just caught wind of the Wii Backup-Loader a few days ago. Apparently he's not happy that it was leaked this morning, so he's dropping it.

Shame the wii homebrew scene has already been hurt with the piracy release

Wow, that sucks.
I mean the modchip problem.
I don't honestly care that Wanikoko abandoned the project.
Reason for that is because tehskeen is working on one as well. ^_^

No one gives Wanikoko the respect he deserves.

Two big blows for Wii pirates! Hooray!

Wanikoko is an amazing wii homebrew coder, and it's a shame he decided to quit the project.
He should have been a bit smarter about the choices for beta testers.
But yeah, no disrespect against Wanikoko intended.

I think Wanikoko did the right thing about the loader. Even from a non-piracy standpoint it could have got him/her (I make no assumptions :P) in big trouble in the long run. I'm not surprised that Nintendo went the Epoxy route, I'm just surprised they didn't do it sooner.