Wii mod moves those Gamecube ports to the front

by Christopher Grant { Jan 31st 2007 at 3:26AM }

Those of you with cramped entertainment centers have no doubt been bothered by the Wii's inconvenient placement of the GameCube ports when you just need to use a wired gamepad. Cheap Ass Gamer hollowfreak's handy mod transplants those errant GameCube ports from the side to the front of the Wii. His hack uses some of that cubic volume Nintendo so thoughtlessly left out, creating a completely detachable unit that leaves no unsightly blemishes on your pristine Wii. And Gamecube afficionados, there's another benefit to this mod: it closer resembles the dimensions of the beloved 'Cube. Now you're playing with power!

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Sukaru Kiddo @ Jan 31st 2007 3:43AM

Not bad there, wouldn't mind having that lil' mod when Super Smash Bro. Brawl comes out.
Thought, it can be a little slimmer, but its nice.

NoHitHair @ Jan 31st 2007 4:42AM

"And Gamecube afficionados, there's another benefit to this mod: it closer resembles the dimensions of the beloved 'Cube."

Please don't give the woefully ignorant section of gamers that call the Wii a Gamecube 1.5 - they don't need more encouragement.

anonymous @ Jan 31st 2007 5:48AM

What a chore, yuck who want wires?
Getting 4 Wavebird Controls would do the same thing (minus rumble).

I give it an "A" for effort
But a "C" for being practical

Mike @ Jan 31st 2007 7:51AM

Well, it seems practical if someone already owns 4 Gamecube controllers :)

This seems to be one of the better mods I've seen lately. Looks clean too.

I believe the Virtual Console controller gets it's wireless abilities by connecting to a normal Wiimote. It would be nice if they would make a Gamecube controller adapter to hook into your Wiimote as well, so you can use those untethered, and also not have to open the side door on your Wii.

Mika @ Jan 31st 2007 11:28AM

I'm starting to get famous.

Crono @ Jan 31st 2007 9:55AM

Great mod.

now if only someone could come up with a way to get the GC expansion port on the wii, so I could use my gameboy player on it. That would be tight!

Q @ Jan 31st 2007 10:09AM

That's really nice, though I'd be interested to see what happens when you put wavebirds in it. I would imagine they would block the buttons and SD card slot or not fit at all.

Joseph Villalobos @ Jan 31st 2007 10:15AM

This is kind of cool

RODNEY @ Jan 31st 2007 10:17AM

Oh, but those Game cube games don't have online, why even bother?

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David @ Jan 31st 2007 12:33PM

This is the shitiest mod I have ever seen. Mods are supposed to be useful, this is useless. It makes the Wii look like two GameCubes but together, with this thing on the side. It's huge and ugly, and useless. Just buy 4 Wavebirds and the problem is solved.