The Nintendo Super Nii

No, this is not another mod where a Wii was made to look like an old NES. The folks of Engadget say that if you take equal parts SNES guts, blue LED glowy-ness, and Wii casing, mix them all together and you get the “Nintendo Super Nii” – an SNES made to look like a Wii. God bless DS modder Kotomi for this little bundle of joy.

This of course makes use of the real classic controller. It also ignores Virtual Console in favor of true old school swag. Behold the glory:

The problem with this is that like the Wii it currently has very limited online multiplayer functionality – that is, it has none. It also can’t play DVDs. Sorry, we jest. Can’t help it.

Our “read” link below should lead to the modder’s official posting. Head there if you’re curious about them, just run it through an online translation engine if you need to.

No, this is not another mod where a Wii was made to look like an old NES. The folks of Engadget say that if you take equal parts SNES guts, blue LED glowy-ness, and Wii casing, mix them all together and you get the “Nintendo Super Nii” – an SNES made to look like a Wii. God bless DS modder Kotomi for this little bundle of joy.

This of course makes use of the real classic controller. It also ignores Virtual Console in favor of true old school swag. Behold the glory:

The problem with this is that like the Wii it currently has very limited online multiplayer functionality – that is, it has none. It also can’t play DVDs. Sorry, we jest. Can’t help it.

Our “read” link below should lead to the modder’s official posting. Head there if you’re curious about them, just run it through an online translation engine if you need to.