[xiaNaix]

News Source: WODE

The official WODE website has been updated, including information on how to become a distributor. Product is expected to be shipped to distributors around Halloween.

here a few infos about WODE-JUKEBOX distribution and prices.

Official WODE-JUKEBOX STREETPRICE will be 70/80 eur - 100/115 USD
the Kit for sales will include:
1pc WODE MAIN BOARD to install inside Wii case like a FLAT MODE modchip
1pc 32pins flat cable to connect wode to WII dvd drive
1pc 32pins flat cable to connect WODE Main-Board to external WODE Vertical Stand
1pc. USB power cable
1pc. Wii SPECIAL VERTICAL STAND that include inside WODE SLAVE BOARD with LCD screen, USB connector, SD/SDHC CARD slot and navigation-Joystick

Hardware specs of WODE is:
- ACTEL A3P125 FPGA (manage bridge to Wii drive data bus)
- MCU NXP LPC3143 - 270 MHz, 32-bit ARM926EJ-S - 128AES security
- 512 SDRAM DDR
- 4Mbyte SPI flash (the firmware of WODE)
- SD CARD SLOT (used like drive C: for linux and extra addons)
- USB 2.0 support
- LCD 128x64 pixels w/ backlight

The idea was born from a car AUDI A5! Yes from GERMAN AUDI car! : D
You wonder how a car has helped t develop WODE?

The answer is the Jukebox Function of the Audi A5! Jukebox with 10 GB of memory for music files"

The system of Audi MMI Navigation Plus allows you to insert a CD and transfer any audio to HDD, preserving the original audio CD and reading the content instead copied on Hard Disk without further problems.

We wondered if AUDI distributes its own MMI system which allows you to copy any audio disc onto HDD Why can’t we do the same with WII?

The response has been WODE.

WODE is legal, allows you to take the most of your playground without BYPASSING DRM PROTECTION, it emulates in every way a DVD player including the DRM function which is not being bypassed in anyway!

Unlike VIDEOGAMES WODE behaves differently, WODE is a bridge interface between the data bus for WII DVD DRIVE and LINUX nothing more.

[tommyv]

This is a joke, $115.00 for a USB loader
waninkoko USB loader priceless $0.00
yeah there are things that money can't buy for everything else, there is Master card.

the only "extra" I see on this is it can load GC games. aside from that you are better off with waninkoko's USB loader, the interface on that little screen is a joke, imagine you have 100 games, and you want to play game 64, you have to keep pressing the little button untill you reach the game you want, when you get there your eyes are red watery, your fingers hurt, so you missed the game and have to go through the whole list again, it also looks ugly. And the price $115.00,LOL, I would buy one for $5.00 for my GC games and use waninkoko's USB loder for my wii games.

[williegomezt]

$100/$115 USD for this is a joke.

I'm a owner of a FlatMii, and I no longer use it due to the USBloader, no way I will pay that much for that, but that's only me

[Satanya]

This works much better than any software usb loader. WODE actually emulates the drive. Also, Waninkoko is no longer going to be updating usb loader and will be releasing apps for WODE instead.

[Gothtech]

Originally Posted by Satanya

This works much better than any software usb loader. WODE actually emulates the drive. Also, Waninkoko is no longer going to be updating usb loader and will be releasing apps for WODE instead.

to me 115 to 110 is fair to me i think if you ask its not a joke they put hard work into this stuff and the new wii's cant be moded at the time yes to me 110 is allgood i would pay for it if it means i can play my backups and not brick my wii ill take the wode any day over the softmoded any day

[ozmodchips]

Originally Posted by williegomezt

$100/$115 USD for this is a joke.

I'm a owner of a FlatMii, and I no longer use it due to the USBloader, no way I will pay that much for that, but that's only me

considering that the 4.2 firmware blocks all your stuff from working, its not a joke, its a very good price for a hardware that Nintendo won't block

tim eto start using your flatmii again

[atomant247]

I will stick with my configurable usb loader (with 500gb hd), which is in my opinion far better than USB loader gx or in fact any other usb loader.
I just don't like the idea of having to attach things to the Wii inners, more parts added more things that can go wrong.

As for worrying about updating to 4.1 or 4.2, why would you update? I am still on 3.2 and never have any problems with any games. I also use WiiUR to extract update from ISO files, so I never get an update request.

[ozmodchips]

Originally Posted by atomant247

I will stick with my configurable usb loader (with 500gb hd), which is in my opinion far better than USB loader gx or in fact any other usb loader.
I just don't like the idea of having to attach things to the Wii inners, more parts added more things that can go wrong.

As for worrying about updating to 4.1 or 4.2, why would you update? I am still on 3.2 and never have any problems with any games. I also use WiiUR to extract update from ISO files, so I never get an update request.

what happens if a new game needs a new update?
super mario galaxy 2, for example?

[roy_newell]

On a brand new D3-2 that can not be modded any other way. OK, this is a nice solution and whilst still expensive, the benefits do outweigh the cons for D3-2's.

For ANY other drive/board combo this is simply a waste, maybe if eventually cool enough things can be done with it then perhaps.

But at this present time, for anything bar D3-2 I would still much rather use a USB loader.
And as for 4.2, As said, no need to update. If future games require it then fair enough, a bridge to be crossed when come to.
But £70 for this? Other than D3-2 I really don't see any point.

[bcas9472]

I have mixed fealings about this. You know, I have two wiis, one for my office, one for my living room. My kids and family play living room one, and I always worry they will update that one. I might just buy a wode for one of them to test, and if it works well, I will buy a second.