Wasabi Modchip Wii D2C
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Team Wasabi has also managed to achieve complete backward compatibility with all Wii consoles, you can use the Wasabi chip in a D2A, DMS, D2B Wii as well as the new D2C wii. This has been achieved by the different method the Wasabi mod uses to achieve the end result compared to the other D2C chips on the market. We do have to give credit for finding another way to mod the D2C compared to complete drive firmware patching like the other D2C chips use. The Wasabi v2 chip is just 5 wires for D2A, DMS, D2B chip sets, and an astounding 9 wires for the D2C & D2C2 boards, that is let then half of the wires used for even the latest low wire solutions. The even better thing is that it is only 3 wires to legs on the DVD controller IC, the likes of D2C`Key used a massive 29 wires to the legs, and D2Pro 13 wires. So this itself is a huge relief to those that shied away from D2C installs because of the amount of wires going to legs on the controller IC. Even people that have installed PS2 chips would be shy of soldering to legs on an IC, especially when there was up to 29 wires going to those legs. So until now only the very best have been able to install the D2C chips, the Wasabi modchip has changed the playing field and allowed for a group of people un-capable of installing D2C chips to now do so.

Something else the Wasabi v2 mod has managed to achieve that no other mod to date has been able to do, is to install on the D2B consoles with the legs cut without having to grind away at the IC to expose the legs, these legs were removed to try and stop moders from being able to do the D2B models easily. Because of the different method the Wasabi chip uses, it has totally different points to all the previous wii chips, and thus does not need to use those points where the legs were cut off the IC. This could mean that for D2B owners out there with the legs cut that the Wasabi v2 might be a much better option for you compared to such chips as the WiiKey, because you will not have to grind away at the controller IC to be able to do a chip install. We have seen many Wii destroyed by people trying to do a D2B install with the legs cut, and from today we will really only recommend the Wasabi for these D2B installs for end users. Of course installers know how to do a D2B safely with the legs cut and will possibly stick with such chips as the WiiKey, but like we said above, for end users who plan on doing the install themselves, the choice is clear if you want to have the up most simple install possible without the chance of destroying the Wii drive by trying to drill into the IC to expose the legs.

We think the Wasabi mod will mainly be for those customers looking for a ultra low wire count solution be it for just their own Wii, or for installers that really just don’t want to solder the amount of wires used on other D2C chips. Another interesting feature of the Wasabi v2 mod chip is the fact is has a 128kb flash memory chip on board, this is the first Wii chip to do this and the team claims that it will greatly help with future updates if the firmware size outgrows the main IC, it can also be used for data storage for the firmware to access. If you are looking for a chip that’s install process is not to much harder then a WiiKey D2B install with the legs cut, the Wii Wassabi chip will be for you. With that all being said, you can now buy the Wasabi here today!