{"id":129641,"date":"2022-11-11T03:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T03:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-140913"},"modified":"2022-11-11T03:45:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T03:45:00","slug":"random-talented-console-modder-shows-off-blue-crystal-wii-gamecube-console","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/11\/11\/random-talented-console-modder-shows-off-blue-crystal-wii-gamecube-console\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: Talented Console Modder Shows Off &#8220;Blue Crystal&#8221; Wii\/GameCube Console"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1f0c26d751d92\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1f0c26d751d92\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<header class=\"article-header\">\n<section class=\"title\">\n<aside>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"description\">Based on a blueprint you might have seen before<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"byline\">\n<ul class=\"article-author\">\n<li class=\" first\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCAzMCAzMCI+PC9zdmc+\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/users\/79507\/avatar.jpg\" alt=\"Liam_Doolan\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"authors last\">by <a class=\"author-name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/users\/Liam_Doolan\">Liam Doolan<\/a> <span class=\"icon icon-time\"><\/span> <span>3 hours ago<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"body body-text article-text\">\n<section class=\"text\">\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"GameCube Portable\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1f0c26d751d92\/gamecube-portable.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/1f0c26d751d92\/gamecube-portable.900x.jpg\" alt=\"GameCube Portable\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: via Twitter (@GingerOfMods)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We&#8217;ve covered console modder and YouTuber &#8216;<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GingerOfMods\/status\/1590418090059522048\">GingerOfOz<\/a>&#8216; here on Nintendo Life on a number of occasions in the past, and now they&#8217;re back with their latest creation &#8211; a transparent &#8220;blue crystal&#8221; portable GameCube, that&#8217;s actually running on Wii hardware.<\/p>\n<p>If the design looks familiar, it&#8217;s because the blueprint was actually shared by a mod known as &#8216;Ashida&#8217; and created by another modder known as &#8216;Wesk&#8217;. GingerOfOz has now shared an image of their own stunning recreation. They called on Chinese company PCBWay to print out the console&#8217;s case.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">call me Walter White, the way I&#8217;m slinging this blue crystal (portable GameCube\/Wii, not drugs) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1WRylK4E96\">pic.twitter.com\/1WRylK4E96<\/a><\/span>\u2014 GingerOfOz (@GingerOfMods) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GingerOfMods\/status\/1590418090059522048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Wesl originally shared this mod last year on the BitBuilt forums last September. It&#8217;s running on Wii hardware, has a 5-inch 16:9 display and GameCube controls and can last for up to 3.5 hours on a few batteries.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"zw-aOMaOgxI\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time GingerOfOz has reinvented the GameCube, either:<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/nintendolife.com.ssl\/gamecube\/related-articles:128545 @ 2022-11-11T05:56:12+00:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>What do you think of the &#8220;blue crystal&#8221; GameCube controller? <em>Comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"text source\">[source <a class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/twitter.com\/GingerOfMods\/status\/1590418090059522048\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GingerOfMods\/status\/1590418090059522048\">twitter.com<\/a>, via <a class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/modder-shares-blueprint-for-portable-wii-gamecube\/\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/modder-shares-blueprint-for-portable-wii-gamecube\/\">videogameschronicle.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/nintendolife.com.ssl\/gamecube\/related-info\/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e @ 2022-11-11T05:39:13+00:00 --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Based on a blueprint you might have seen before by Liam Doolan 3 hours ago Image: via Twitter (@GingerOfMods) We&#8217;ve covered console modder and YouTuber &#8216;GingerOfOz&#8216; here on Nintendo Life on a number of occasions in the past, and now they&#8217;re back with their latest creation &#8211; a transparent &#8220;blue crystal&#8221; portable GameCube, that&#8217;s actually [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}