Final Wii Development Kit Pictures

[Mark30001]

Source: http://joystiq.com/

http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL935/3246778/12702572/187224638.jpg

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2006/09/wiigreen3.jpg

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2006/09/wiigreen4.jpg

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2006/09/wiigreen5.jpg

[Borman]

See, Im willing to bet that that is the equivalent to the NR reader of the gamecube

[neomatrix]

any pic of remote and pad Wii Final Wii Development Kit

[Barc0de]

Argh, my eyes, my eyes! What's with the color? O_o

Other than that, I set a bounty for one of those. Sellers contact asap:P


PS: NR-readers weren't extremely popular due to the fact that you had to burn special discs each time, NPDP-cart-cube was in that respect, more useful.

Apparently however, these are testing units, and not development kits in the orthodox meaning of the word (i.e u cant develop a game with those, since there's no ORCA-equivelant board in them, and no extra ram, not to mention the lack of RS 232 which nintendo used for real-time output/or RJ45 a la XBOX devkits)

I would be surprised if nintendo did debug output over WiFi. ODEM over Wifi sounds utopic too :P
Their only difference with the commercial units are the drive, right?

[x3sphere]

Looks nicer than the PS3 devkit ;P

[madhatter256]

Lets see what's inside!

[virtual alan]

http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/15/wii-developer-kit-shot-in-the-wild-many-luigi-green-with-envy/

Starts to appear all over the place :-)

[Flyinghigh]

this green is ugly! the color of the GC NR Reader are nice

[Paulo]

http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/15/wii-developer-kit-shot-in-the-wild-many-luigi-green-with-envy/

Starts to appear all over the place :-)

I think it was first sent to engadget. It was the first place i saw them.

[kammedo]

this green is ugly! the color of the GC NR Reader are nice

Well it may be ugly but...it...just...looks.....atractive! Argh /me Wants one!

[Taucias]

I like the green. It would be nice to see the Wii this colour, although... it is rather close to real Wee (albeit not very yellow!)

[Kami68k]

I would have loved Famicom Colors ;)
but this green looks cool too :love:

[Cheese007]

The color choice seems a bit...
odd.

[MottZilla]

I think being odd was the point.

[liquitt]

it's looks beautiful and i really really want one, if anyone got one for sale contact me (i'm dead serious on that one)

[MottZilla]

Would developers really let Wii test units slip out this early? And even if they did, wouldn't you also need whoever steals it to get you a controller and software discs to play? I guess then you could be one of the first to have the Wii at home, but it's gonna be out in 2 months anyway.

[Borman]

Its probably just a Dev letting it slip

[Barc0de]

looks like an office to me, not someone's private collection. Maybe some beta testers took some pics for fun?

[Topic Archive]

i think the first person with wii at home is that blind kid

[Barc0de]

That's a very cruel joke to play on a blind kid. Video games contain the word Video, to Watch - now i know there are better visuals out there than the Wii's but giving a Wii to a blind child will just make him feel worse for not being able to play the damn thing.

On this subject however, I bet that developers can make games for the blind by using the Wii's controller in conjunction with audio effects - then again, the Wii doesn't do true surround sound either.

I guess they can now start developing audio games too, alongside video games, for the visualy impaired!

[MottZilla]

The worst part is the blind kid won't see it when someone smart steals it and puts it on ebay.

[twonjosh]

I'd blame the producers of Ellen's show since they probly just called Nintendo and said "Hey, theres this kid with cancer that want to become a game designer; can you help us out?"

[Barc0de]

funny how they make a penny out of people's misery and compassion. On to devkits now.

[andoba]

look at some paper money. now look at this. zomg

[grap3fruitman]

They've got some new photos up here: http://blogs.ign.com/Matt-IGN/2006/10/26/35023/

http://wiimedia.ign.com/wii/image/article/740/740530/matt-blog-20061026074502070.jpg

http://wiimedia.ign.com/wii/image/article/740/740530/matt-blog-20061026074546319.jpg

http://wiimedia.ign.com/wii/image/article/740/740530/matt-blog-20061026074514851.jpg

[Barc0de]

1)someone rename the topic to Wii Test unit:p

2) Would I burn in hell for saying that the GC's "small" port (later removed from revision B and C) was intended for hooking up the sensor bar?

3)The GC docking bay ruins the slick image...especially that bulky wavebird receiver (i thought it messed up the looks of my cube too)

EDIT: The AC adaptor (grey) looks like a mini version of the 360's brick:lol:

[liquitt]

2) Would I burn in hell for saying that the GC's "small" port (later removed from revision B and C) was intended for hooking up the sensor bar?

exactly my thought ^^

[zidapi]

Some aussie-nintendo.com readers who attended the recent Game1 show in Melbourne snapped some pics of a red face-plated WR Reader in the wild. The only picture that i know of a WR disc was also snapped by someone aswell, although it's a very poor shot.

I'm going to try and get some much better pics of this stuff over the coming days and weeks.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g25/zidapi/Dev%20Stuff/game1_wii_orange2.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g25/zidapi/Dev%20Stuff/game1_wii_orange4.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g25/zidapi/Dev%20Stuff/game1_wii_orange3.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g25/zidapi/Dev%20Stuff/game1_wii_orange1.jpg

and the WR Disc.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g25/zidapi/Dev%20Stuff/wii_game1expo_22.jpg

[jccochez]

does anyone know how to get one ^^.

[Barc0de]

sure, but the threshhold is high :P

www.wariorold.com (http://www.wariorold.com) , the official way ;p

other than that.. just wait for an expo or pray that some company goes bankrupt !

That said, magazines could have been given RVT-readers.

I m mostly interested in an NDEV though

[babu]

one of those NDEV would indeed be sweet to own. but those red hdd-based wii would be pretty nice too. :nod:

[mairsil]

www.wariorold.com (http://www.wariorold.com) , the official way ;p
You're lucky if you can get Nintendo to respond to an email regarding the Wii, let alone get a response other than "no" in about five different forms.

:noooo:

BTW: I want a Wii development kit, seriously.

[marshallh]

BTW: I want a Wii development kit, seriously.

Doesn't everyone ;) I'm still wondering what kind of support Ninty will give homebrewers, Reggie (I think) dropped a hint they might add something like XBLive which would give us a lot of possibilities.

[liquitt]

NDEV and the RVT Readers are both damn sexy, but hard as balls to get yer hands on... :\

Where's Acclaim?? :D

[Barc0de]

in liquified company-hell :p

[babu]

in liquified company-hell :p

oh yeah? check again: http://www.acclaim.com/ ;-)

[kammedo]

The worst part is the blind kid won't see it when someone smart steals it and puts it on ebay.

:lol: ninty - pardo, nifty, very nifty! :lol:

[malak]

Hi guys,

I'm a member of a gamewebsite and a proud owner of such a debug console. But I was sad to notice that it doesn't play retail games ... . I have also a PS3 test kit and it plays retails, so i guessed this wii would do it too and went to buy super mario galaxy. You guys are kinda my last hope, is there any way i can boot this legit game on my debug?

Kind regards,

Malak

[kammedo]

Hi guys,

I'm a member of a gamewebsite and a proud owner of such a debug console. But I was sad to notice that it doesn't play retail games ... . I have also a PS3 test kit and it plays retails, so i guessed this wii would do it too and went to buy super mario galaxy. You guys are kinda my last hope, is there any way i can boot this legit game on my debug?

Kind regards,

Malak

Hmm...considering Debug SDKs it should be possible? I dont know about Wii specifically, but on the N64 it is...obviously, the dev N64 is just a modded retail unit. Could the Debug Wii be the same? Maybe with a Firmware upgrade it would be solved? Thats all i can guess..

kammedo
PS : If you ever feel you get frustrated and dont know what to do with it sell it to me :P.

[Matthijscoman]

If you mean with "debug Wii" the RTV-R reader (the green one), I'm afraid you won't get it to read retail games, only RVT-R discs.

+I'm intrested too if you want to sell it

[Barc0de]

same here. I ve got a couple of RVT-R disks around I could use it with.

[emrik-ol]

I consider myself an idiot, so forgive me ahead of time if I'm wrong, but would a generic drive chip mod (WiiKey clone? I doubt it's more than a D2B inside) work in this case? Of course, it could be totally different also?

On another note, would one be able to, with the proper firmware, use a mod chip to play the RVT-R discs?


If you mean with "debug Wii" the RTV-R reader (the green one), I'm afraid you won't get it to read retail games, only RVT-R discs.

+I'm intrested too if you want to sell it

[Barc0de]

I m under the impression that RVT-R readers are able to read unsigned code, hence aren't able to read signed code, so even if you do chip it it won't operate the way you expect it.

[wombat]

If you mean with "debug Wii" the RTV-R reader (the green one), I'm afraid you won't get it to read retail games, only RVT-R discs.

+I'm intrested too if you want to sell it
a RVT (the green one) also plays NR discs, and since you can change the region of the RVT I guess you can play all region NR discs :)

[macwest]

a RVT (the green one) also plays NR discs, and since you can change the region of the RVT I guess you can play all region NR discs :)


This is true :)

[Matthijscoman]

a RVT (the green one) also plays NR discs, and since you can change the region of the RVT I guess you can play all region NR discs :)
Awesome, another reason for me to get one. :D

[smf]

I consider myself an idiot, so forgive me ahead of time if I'm wrong, but would a generic drive chip mod (WiiKey clone? I doubt it's more than a D2B inside) work in this case? Of course, it could be totally different also?

On another note, would one be able to, with the proper firmware, use a mod chip to play the RVT-R discs?

If you had a mod chip that allowed you to run homebrew then it's possibly feasible that you could write software that allowed you to load rvt-r's on a retail.

However it's probably cheaper ( in terms of time/effort ) to buy an official one from a brankrupt games company. This type of question falls under the heading of "if you have to ask then you don't have the required skills to do it" category.

[macwest]

However it's probably cheaper ( in terms of time/effort ) to buy an official one from a brankrupt games company. .

Love them bankrupt games company. while it may be bad for games it is great for getting toys :)

[neoblast]

expect crappy companies to bankrupt by making those cheap crappy games, most of the wii games are these kind...

Anyway that RVT looks great, Hmm i saw some pic around thw WWW which seemed a wii dev kit with a HDD in it, could anyone explain me what is that?

[Barc0de]

it's the equivelant of the NPDP Console.

Essentially, it's an HDD-based solution that can hold multiple images (i think four just like the predecessor). Unlike the NPDP Console, the HDD is not removable to my knowledge.

It also doesnt need a Gang-writer (with those rare WIF cards) to write the Disk, as it should be handled over a network, judging from some manuals and buttons on the kit.


Just to make things clear, the only true Development Kit for the Wii is the NDEV, the rest are debug/test solutions. The NDEV has exactly double the amount of RAM compared to the retail offering, for obvioud reasons.

[neoblast]

the NDEV is the green one?
Hmmm interesting, the HDD one seems sexy :love2:

a little offtopic:

Since the zelda exploit has been released and so will the elf loader ( thanks twiizers team )
Apart from the old wii sdk 2.1, has any other sdk got leaked?
I might like to start experimenting on it ( specially the SD CARD reading part ) before the unnofficial SDK is created and maybe I could help them in a few things

[Barc0de]

no, the NDEV is the big, GDEV like black box, which is actually quite small

[neoblast]

thanks for sharing the info man, btw you're one hell of a fast poster LOL
isnt the black one one of those early dev kit and wii prototypes ( withthe revolution name on it ) same as the first revolution shown on E3?

[Barc0de]

No, don't be confused.

The prototype devkit was a modified GDEV with retrofitted memory and some extra bells and whistles.

The NDEV was ready pretty quickly and can be spotted in some pictures around the web. It actually looks nothing like a Wii.

[mooseblaster]

no, the NDEV is the big, GDEV like black box, which is actually quite small
aka, this one:
http://img458.imageshack.us/img458/8447/ndevjp5.jpg (http://img458.imageshack.us/img458/8447/ndevjp5.jpg)
(courtesy of www.elotrolado.net (http://www.elotrolado.net/post_Hablando-de-soft-Casero---_1707814559))

[graciano1337]

Here's a nice little photo I took last summer. It's a lot clearer than the pics of the red Wii earlier in this thread.

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h159/graciano1337/DSC01465.jpg

[ConsoleFun]

Here's a nice little photo I took last summer. It's a lot clearer than the pics of the red Wii earlier in this thread.
Great photo graciano1337! Thanks for sharing :-) So harddisk based debug/test units are still red, and the disc based debug/test units are still green...

[Barc0de]

it's the same color-code like NPDP console and NR-reader