WiiC To Release a Keyboard Interface Chip

The same company that produced the Wiic modchip will be producing a chip with a PS/2 port. This should allow the use of a keyboard as well as other devices that Wiic programs the chip to use. Although this may sound useful, my guess is that the keyboard might not be able to run in Wii mode. If this were true, then the keyboard would not be able to be used for the web broswer. You can check out the official site at www.wiickeyboard.com , but as of now there is not too much information posted.

RUMOR: Nintendo May Have Released a J2A Chip

Posted on the MaxConsole forums (thread here) there maybe be someone who bought a Wii in California with a J2A chip. This poster, sl2obel2ts, has also posted a small and blurry picture which is below. Now since this is the only supposed sighting of this J2A chip, and the picture is not of the best quality, the status of this will remain as rumor until more evidence comes forward. For the sake of future Wii owners I hope this is just a hoax.

Sonic Confirmed To Be In Brawl If Sega Agrees

Update: I just found out that this story is fake according to the websites staff, sorry members

no confirmination yet, I also apologize for the false article.

According to G4 TV's News Section, Super Smash Brothers Brawl's director Masahiro Sakurai has confirmed that Sonic The Hedghog is already in the game during a spanish interview, but he is still waiting for Segas approval. Since the game is almost done, Sakurai has given Sega until July 26th to make their decision.

Kid Icarus Soon To Come Back?

Eke-eke Goes Update Crazy

Eke-Eke at the TehSkeen forums has updates not 1, not 2, but 4 emulators. Since each of these emulators has numerous changes, here are the links to each emulator's thread over at TehSkeen. You can also find download links in the download list here.

Genesis Plus Build 070720

Gnuboy GX Build 070720

NeoPop Build 070720

SMSPlus Build 070720

Wiikey Update Screenshots Released

Thanks to Eurasia.nu, we now have screenshots of the fabled Wiikey update. Either this is for real or Wiikey is pulling a HUGE fast one on us. Original thread can be found at Eurasia.

Wiikey Release Candidate 1 Hits Beta Testers

More than 9 weeks from the initial release date, the Wiikey team has updated their news with the following message:

"A release candidate for the long-awaited update for wiikey was delivered on Friday night to some of our beta testers. This is the final step to releasing the highly anticipated and long delayed update for wiikey.

In all development work there are unforeseeable delays, and wiikey is no exception. We would like to thank our loyal customers for their support and patience!"

This announcement should definately be taken with a grain of salt. For all anyone knows this could just be another broken promise from the Wiikey team. There is however one glimmer of hope to the legitimacy of the update. Eurasia.nu is apparently one of the testers of the update, and has posted this on their website:

"We have received WiiKey Update RC1 and are currently testing it on a D2A console. Regarding the GameCube audio fix feature we have checked [updated] Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, The Naruto Games, Wave Race: Blue Storm, The Legend of Zelda Collectors Edition, Super Monkey Ball, Resident Evil 1 so far and they work fine. Thanks goes to Schweino for pointing out problem titles. More tests and screenshots to follow, stay tuned…"

Guess we'll all have to sit back and see how this all pans out.

DVD Board Revision Hits North America

Appleguru, member at the WiiNewz forum, has spotted a "new" board revision in the states. This new revision is really the same board revision seen in Asia months back. Nintendo has taken this board and simply cut the typical 3 pins that we have been seeing for a while.

The only chip affected by this is the Wiikey, and still Wiikey installation is possible by soldering to the pin of the missing pad. In can be seen as the orange pin in the picture here.

Prime 3's Release Dates Set World Wide

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, said to play "better than any first-person console game ever" by ign.com, hits US stores August 27th. Europe will see this new game some time in September and Japan taking third with December 31st.

According to hands on accounts at E3, this 480p widescreen-game looks great and should boost the Wii's reputation when it comes to game-play graphics.

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It seems that an anonymous group of 10 developers have gave a bit of insight as to whats in store for the future of psp custom firmware. They made note to mention that they are planning to create this new custom firmware by reverse-engineering Dark-Alex's work, and that their 3.51 custom firmware will surpass the quality of Dark-Alex's previous work. There is no mention of a release date, but keep posted for updates.