Pimp your Wii with Talismoon's new cases

by Ross Miller { Sep 17th 2007 at 4:15PM }

Talismoon has launched a new line of new Wii cases that are colorful, shiny and ninja-tacular. Eight models are available with colorful names that remind us of Legends of the Hidden Temple. (We can hear it now: "The Red Ronin is located deep in the Shrine of the Silver Monkey.") They include:

Green Tanto
Red Ronin
Silver Shuriken
Pink Geisha
Sapphire Nodashi
Blue Bushido
Black Katana
Stealth Assassin

The cases are now shipping for US $39.99 and comes with all the necessary tools for installation. Talismoon has also produced a video advertisement for the cases that's nothing more than a ninja flipping out and killing people. It's embedded after the break.

Gallery: Talismoon Evolve Wii cases

Tags: case, mod, nintendo, talismoon

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

Fernando Rocker (NDF - Water Ring) @ Sep 17th 2007 4:19PM

Thats the pinnacle of ugliness.

jawmuncher @ Sep 17th 2007 4:19PM

Wow I have to say that commercial is something

Martez @ Sep 18th 2007 2:07PM

Something stupid, you mean?

samfish (MSDF- Nurse Outfit!) @ Sep 17th 2007 4:20PM

Eew.

AlanS17 @ Sep 17th 2007 4:23PM

The silver one would be cooler if it didn't have that crap-tacular finish. It's it's going to be mirrored it should at least show a clear image. They need to polish their dies. :P Black might be cool, but I'd rather see a review first.

phattie @ Sep 17th 2007 4:21PM

I wonder if the guts from my gamecube would fit in there.

Jerk Face @ Sep 17th 2007 4:24PM

Probably. You could probably duct tape two of them inside.

Zing!

Fernando Rocker (NDF - Water Ring) @ Sep 17th 2007 4:25PM

You seem to hate the Wii and the 360, so I have a question for you... what last gen system was your favorite? Gamecube, Xbox or PS2?

Jerk Face @ Sep 17th 2007 4:28PM

Fernando, I'm not sure if you're talking to me but if so you're off base. I am a self-professed Nintendo Fanboy for life!

And the 360 is cool.

I just like beating old internet jokes like the dead horses they are!

Jerk Face @ Sep 17th 2007 4:31PM

Fernando Rocker (NDF - Water Ring) @ Sep 17th 2007 4:36PM

No Jerk Face... I enjoy you comments... I was talinkig to Phattie.

The problems is, I read some commnets here from PS3 fanboys, saying that the Wii is so weak and thats why it cant be a hardcore machine, and that the hardware is so last gen. But that people os the same that used to be a PS2 fanboy, and the PS2 was the weakest system last gen. I mean... every multiplatform game was a lot better on the Gamecube or in the Xbox.

Lifted 0ne 4l9 (NDF Fire!) @ Sep 17th 2007 6:01PM

thats Sony fanboys for ya Fernando, i think most of em don't even know that the PS2 was the technologically inferior system, just like most of em talk about how Gamecube was in 3rd place last gen when that was just in N.America Worldwide it was in 2nd place and it made more profit than PS2 and Xbox combined theyt never acknowledge those facts.

Jerk Face @ Sep 17th 2007 4:23PM

I don't know.. the black one isn't TOO ugly.

Poisoned Al @ Sep 17th 2007 4:26PM

Yeah, I rather like the black one.

JL @ Sep 17th 2007 4:27PM

I got the XCM black case on mine. Looks pretty cool. Installation was a little difficult, and now about once a day, my Wii actually turns on, then ejects the disc. Could be a ghost though........

playwhutyalike @ Sep 17th 2007 9:46PM

@ JL
I modded mine with the black case and it would eject the disc all the time. If you pull back on the buttons a bit, you shouldn't have a problem. I also use the cradle base and it hasn't done it for a long time.

Ranko @ Sep 17th 2007 4:26PM

Mirror finishes are tacky and flake off.

Oreo @ Sep 17th 2007 4:32PM

Icky....

AlanS17 @ Sep 17th 2007 4:45PM

Those pictures just don't do anything to help show what sort of quality these cases are. Until someone can prove otherwise, it's just POS to me. Is someone brave enough to take the leap? I'm actually pretty curious despite my aprehension.

Word of the street(IDF-Digital Ruler). @ Sep 17th 2007 4:55PM

The silver shuriken/Red ronin ones don’t look that shitty, they look kind of cool but then again didn't Nintendo promise us Colored Wiis?

TheWarden @ Sep 17th 2007 4:44PM

Hello, voided warranty?

Jerk Face @ Sep 17th 2007 4:56PM

Yep. That's what's stopping this guy.

Wendy Hwang @ Sep 17th 2007 4:51PM

Don't buy this shit. Just wait for Nintendo to release their own color Wii's.

I want mine in black.

Word of the street(IDF-Digital Ruler). @ Sep 17th 2007 4:57PM

Yeah, when is Nintendo going to release those anyway?

Black is a great color especially if you own a Black DSL like me but I'm going for a Red wii or a special edition wii with SSBB yet it would be better if Nintendo released a Wii that looks like a classic NES.

Rubang B (NDF - Heart) @ Sep 18th 2007 12:51AM

Nintendo will worry about other colored Wiis when they can finally make enough white Wiis to meet demand, so it might take a while.

Word of the street(IDF-Digital Ruler). @ Sep 17th 2007 4:51PM

There was time when those transparent color plastic cases were cool now they look plain cheap in fact back in the day those cases looked cool for about a week or two and then you realize how ugly your (Name system, Console, PC) looked.

spunkyMP4 @ Sep 17th 2007 7:39PM

IMO, I like to see the "guts" of my systems. Seeing the disc spin is the best part.

Sean @ Sep 17th 2007 4:53PM

Stealth Assassin is my favorite color in the world!

meist3r @ Sep 17th 2007 5:03PM

If any I'd pick Black Katana with the red LEDs for the slick looks, But the rest are pure fugliness. I still wouldn't want to mod my Wii anyway. If it breaks who pays for my VC games again?

Poisoned Al @ Sep 17th 2007 5:26PM

Get an emulator and download hem for free on your PC? Unless you're reading this on your Wii, but I doubt that because you managed to type a whole paragraph without going insane.

meist3r @ Sep 17th 2007 5:57PM

Hmm all the N64 emus I know that run under Linux are basically crap and I still prefer playing a console with guaranteed gameplay over something (semi-)illegal that MIGHT work (ever get a corrupted ROM which crashes after you're into the game for 20+ hours? -talk about going insane). Imho Ocarina is so much more fun with a Gamecube controller than with anything I've tried on the PC. And I've already spent that money. I wouldn't throw away cartridges if I got them just because I could get a free copy for PC. Maybe when my manufacturer warranty runs out I'll mod the Wii but right now I have no intent to. Modded my XboX1 but it's not like you get that much of an advantage out of the Wii whatever you do. But that's just my opinion.

meist3r @ Sep 17th 2007 5:58PM

meist3r @ Sep 17th 2007 6:00PM

meist3r @ Sep 17th 2007 6:02PM

Waahh damn you strange New/Current User script ...
Twice I post as registered user ... nothing appears.
I approve a single comment as "new" blam all three.
NARF - ZORT - PUIT

AlanS17 @ Sep 17th 2007 5:14PM

Well there's little incentive for someone who already owns a Wii to go out and buy another one simply because it's in a different color. That makes for how many millions of people that won't be buying a colored one when/if they come out? These case mods are for those people that already have a Wii.

Don't get me wrong. It's a great idea. I'd MUCH rather have a black Wii to match my other components. It just seems like a poor implementation.

I just desperately want to be proven wrong!

jopojelly @ Sep 17th 2007 5:50PM

Wow...how typically asian names.

NATO_Duke @ Sep 17th 2007 6:07PM

Its a nija theme they went with. "Chet Red" and "Larry Silver" would have been a little lame in this case.

NATO_Duke @ Sep 17th 2007 5:55PM

Damn, gonna order that sweet pink. No I'm not.

Lanturn of Ash @ Sep 17th 2007 6:24PM

How about Nintendo allows us to load from SD cards so I can pimp it with games? I was spending about a hundred a month on VC games until I ran out of space.

GoldenS1104 @ Sep 17th 2007 6:40PM

Joystiq wins the internet for their Legends of the Hidden Temple reference.

jorojoserojas @ Sep 17th 2007 8:32PM

Heck yeah! Olmec was the greatest thing ever.

Adv2k1 @ Sep 17th 2007 6:46PM

That ad..umm wow color me with red herring.

it's one of those things you have to see in real life to know if you like it. however i'm happy with white

Oreo @ Sep 17th 2007 6:52PM

The way the Wii is selling we should get coloured Wiis in about 3 years.

As soon as sales slow down too much Nintendo will release the cool colors and the special DVD Q Wii system.

spunkyMP4 @ Sep 17th 2007 7:43PM

They should have made a transparent green one instead of metallic green.

João Gonçalves @ Sep 17th 2007 8:01PM

That blue one reminds me of those N64s with the transparent plastic.

darklink @ Sep 17th 2007 8:22PM

A shiny black Wii would look good since white is the only official choice.

WhatIsThatThing @ Sep 17th 2007 8:47PM

What kind of person would ever want a color called "pink geisha"? I think it says something about both genders who orders that color...

WhatIsThatThing @ Sep 17th 2007 8:48PM

Oh crap I meant order not orders.

maxmasa31 @ Sep 17th 2007 10:22PM

I wonder if their use of a pic from Sony Pictures' "Memoirs of a Geisha" for their Pink Geisha case was an intentional jab or not. Either way, if they don't wanna get sued for copyright infringement, they better re-Photoshop another pic into that background.