Wiinja

The Wiinja Modchip

Overview

The Wiinja is a first-generation Wii modchip. It is made by the Ninja Team, who had previously worked on the Ninja DS flashcart for the Nintendo DS. Based on the 12F629 series of PIC microcontrollers, it only supported up to the DMS and D2A drives; later, with the Wiinja v2, it was backwards compatible with the D2B drives. The last version of the Wiinja (known as the Wiinja Deluxe) can be upgraded with frequent firmware updates via DVD media.

Review

Review excerpt:

"It is relatively easy to install, has perfect compatibility, and comes with the "audio fix" for GameCube games. If you consider the current technical possibilities of the 1st-gen modchips, you can hardly do better than the Wiinja (to date, no other modchip can bypass the region lock). However, if a way to bypass the region lock were to be found later, you would have no other option than removing the chip as it is not upgradable."

GBAtemp Wiinja Review

Functionality

The first-generation modchips were not a console firmware hack; rather, it puts the drive into a debug setting to allow the reading of copied discs.

You can check the Wii chipset version compatibility with the serial number of the console.

Versions and Features

Wiinja V1

Status: DISCONTINUED

• No D2B drive support.
• Not upgradeable.

Wiinja V2

• Non Swap / Direct Boot
• Boots Own Region WII Backups Directly
• Boots Own Region Gamecube Backups Directly
• Boots Imports Gamecube Backups by SWAP
• D2B Drive Support and Improved Read Method
• Yes,We've AudioFix ;)
• Supports MultiDisc/MultiGames
• Easy Soldering & Remove / 5 Wires
• Support DVD-R and DVD+R (Burn +R on DVDROM Booktype)
• Universal EUROPE/USA/JAPAN Wii Console Supported
• Stealth Mode

Wiinja Deluxe

• Non Swap / Direct Boot
• Boots Own Region WII Backups Directly
• Boots Own Region Gamecube Backups Directly
• Boots All NTSC JAP/USA on NTSC WII
• Boots NTSC Backups/Originals on PAL WII Partially
• Boots PAL Backups/Originals on NTSC WII Partially
• Boots Directly Gamecube Original/Backups Imports Partially
• Boots All Gamecube Import Backups by SWAP
• Supports all the WII Versions/Drive currently available
• D2B Drive Support and Improved Read Method (No DRE)
• AudioFix,Multidisc,Multigames & Viper Multigames
• Easy Soldering & Remove / 5 Wires+Optional RESET
• Support DVD-R/DVD+R & DVD+RW/DVD-RW without Booktype
• Universal EUROPE/USA/JAPAN Wii Console Supported
• Hardware DISABLE Option Using Pin3+SW2 (Poweron+Reset)
• Stealth Mode
• Recovery Mode for Bad Upgrade

External links

• Official Wiinja Website
• Wiinja Updates & Tools