{"id":72907,"date":"2019-01-02T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/01\/video_this_pocket-sized_portable_plays_gamecube_and_wii_games"},"modified":"2019-01-02T13:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T13:30:00","slug":"video-this-pocket-sized-portable-plays-gamecube-and-wii-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/01\/02\/video-this-pocket-sized-portable-plays-gamecube-and-wii-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: This Pocket-Sized Portable Plays GameCube And Wii Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/20e7d2e4224cf\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/20e7d2e4224cf\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/01\/video_this_pocket-sized_portable_plays_gamecube_and_wii_games\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4MqL7OUMaHE?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Portable Wii consoles aren&#8217;t a new thing \u2013 we&#8217;ve seen one that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/random_play_your_wii_u_anytime_anywhere_with_this_fan-made_playable_coat\">fits inside a coat<\/a>, lest we forget \u2013 but few fan-made mods come as elegantly packaged as this one.<\/p>\n<p>The PiiWii Pocket is the creation of YouTuber <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCUCo_G9HneFK4Luncw6v-Bw\">Shank Mods<\/a>, and uses <em>actual<\/em> Wii internals rather than emulation. It comes with a suite of controls, internal cooling and a rechargeable battery that offers around 4 hours of play \u2013 you can even use your Wii Remote with it to play motion-based titles.<\/p>\n<p>Given the size of the unit, the optical media drive has had to go, and the PiiWii instead boots games from a USB thumb drive. The project is the culmination of three years of work, and while it&#8217;s a shame that we won&#8217;t be seeing this thing turn up on Amazon in the near future, you have to admire this guy&#8217;s craft.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not the first time he&#8217;s modded a Wii, either \u2013 check out the Kill Mii below.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2VOLUOIwbP4?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4MqL7OUMaHE?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507] Portable Wii consoles aren&#8217;t a new thing \u2013 we&#8217;ve seen one that fits inside a coat, lest we forget \u2013 but few fan-made mods come as elegantly packaged as this one. The PiiWii Pocket is the creation of YouTuber Shank Mods, and uses actual Wii internals rather than emulation. It comes with a [&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-72907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72907","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=72907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72907\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}