If you ’re going to miniaturize and portabilize a Wii , it only make sense to draw inspiration from Nintendo ’s own handheld console for the finished . So YouTube ’s ‘ StonedEdge ’ created theirWii SPiiwith a folding projection screen design remindful of the Game Boy Advance SP , but withconsiderably more horsepowerunder the hood .
UnlikeGmanModz ’ world ’s small portable N64which still accepts original cartridges , StonedEdge wisely decided to replace the Nintendo Wii ’s optical drive with a tiny microSD card full of fixed storage and ISO files to improve portability . But believe it or not , there ’s an actual sacrificial Wii console inside the Wii SPii , or at least a Wii ’s mainboard which has been strategically clip down to its most significant constituent ( mainframe , etc . ) and couple with a custom compact PCB that takes over audio and power direction duties .
What ’s most noteworthy about StonedEdge ’s creation is that it licitly attend like something Nintendo would release , with a frosted see - through shaping housing revealing their handicraft inside , a 3.5 - inch 640×480 LCD showing , a twain of tidy batteries that pull off to muster about two - and - a - one-half hours of playtime , and even a standard headphone diddly-shit — a feature the original GBA SP skip in favor of an easily lost adapter cable television service .
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It does n’t look like move controls have been comport over to the portable , which was the original Wii ’s stylemark feature , but opening the case reveals a pair of sunken analog joysticks harvested from a couple of Switch Joy - Cons and a traditional vitamin D - inking pad because the Wii SPii can emulate older Nintendo consoles as well , admit the GameCube . It took StonedEdge nearly a year to design and finish the portable and you may find a detailed log of their advancement — both the successes and bankruptcy they encountered along the way — on theBitBuilt forumsif you ’re interested in building your own and want to get rid of all that teasing gratis time you ’ve got on your script .
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