Wiikey Fusion (aka Wiikey 3) Supports “D3-2″ Drive, WBFS, & Game Loading Via SD HC Memory Cards
The Wiikey Team have announce their latest modchip called the Wiikey Fusion, a revolutionary new modchip with SD card loading capabilities. Designed to work on the new D3-2 consoles! which are currently not modable with any other wii mod chip. Unlike the drivekey or the wasabi dx the new Wiikey Fusion Will run Games at 6x speed direct from your SD CARD.
The Wiikey Fusion, like all cable based modchips used a security flaw in the DVD Drive to get backups to run. The flaw was an audio debug line, that Nintendo left open. In the latest d3-2 drives that started appearing in Wiis in Europe and North America at the start of August 2009. If your DVD drive is a D3 version 2 it will not be able to play backups in disc format, but will be able to run ISOs from SD cards!
The Wiikey Fusion is a total DVD drive emulator. In fact, you can actually take your DVD drive out if you want, and just load games from the SD card?
Wiikey fusion represents a new approach to loading games: SD Card. Users will be able to dump an .iso image directly onto an SD card and then play their backup directly from it. Not only does this solution mean faster and more reliable loading, it also provides a simple solution for people to play backups on D3-2 drives without any kind of external hardware. Not having to to add a micro-controller to Wiikey Fusion (necessary for USB support) also means
that Wiikey Fusion will be a more economical solution.
Of course, Wiikey Fusion will support all of the other features of Wiikey and DriveKey, including playing DVD backups on DMS-D3 drives.
Wii Region Compatibility
The Wiikey Fusion will works on every nintendo wii region console (PAL, NTSC-u, NTSC-j and KOREAN). There is a little region selector a dipswitch on the top side of the modchip. Before the installation process it is just a case of setting the Dipswitch to match the region of your console and then install the wiikey fusion as per instructions, its exacally the same process as installing the wasabi dx or the drivekey.
Wii Game Compatibility
Like all modchips from the Wiikey team, the Wiikey fusion will work with every single games from your own region. There are no patches needed, no fixes to the ISO, the modchip can and will boot any game without errors. its just a case of pluging it in and then forget about it.
Cross region compatibility is a little bit different. The Wiikey Fusion will allow between 50~80% of games to work from other regions (backup or original). The percentage rate changes from one region to another, and it is the same as any other modchip from the wiikey team.
The Wiikey Fusion will also allow Gamecube backups, and Gamecube games from other regions to run without any problems.
SD Card Slot ISO Loading, how does it work?
To be sure the Wiikey Fusion is 100% solderless, it comes with a SD card slot that you can use (you can route it to be an external slot hanging out the back of your wii). If you have a soldering Iron handy you will need to solder just 2 wires from the Wiikey Fusion to the SD Card slot on the wii if you would like to use the Wii’s own Sd card slot.
As we mentioned, its option to solder the wires, if you want to have it 100% solderless, you can still enjoy all of the features.
Anything that works through DVD, will load through the SD card slot in ISO format, including gamecube ISOs!
Installation
installation is just like the Drivekey or the wasabi dx, its simply just a plug & play installation.
This modification device is designed primarily for the purpose of installation and development of alternative operating systems eg. Linux, to aid or assist in the repair or replacement of defective hardware, the use of and development of home brew open source software or the playing of import software titles, which are often available at a lower cost or months before your country’s release date . We do not support nor encourage, if possible, potential infringements of others intellectual property rights – please do not contact us with any question related to this use as we will not respond.
FAQ For Wiikey Fusion:
My games from other regions do not work, or have stopped working
Applies to: Wiikey 1, Wiikey 2, Wiikey Fusion
Check your system Menu version. Starting from System Menu 4.2 and onwards a new method of detecting region is used, which cannot be bypassed by Wiikey. The detection is done in such a way that it is no longer possible to achieve region override. This applies to both original discs and backups, regardless of media.
What is Error #002, and how can I fix it?
Applies to: Wiikey 1, Wiikey 2, Wiikey Fusion
Error 002 means the Wii system needs to be updated. Some games come bundled with an update for the Wii system. If the Wii needs updating, the update must be installed before the game can be started. However, if the Wii cannot see the update partition because the brickblocker feature is set to block all updates, or if a ’scrubbed’ game image where the update partition has been removed is used, the Wii will allow the game to start, resulting in Error 002.
One solution is to install the system update, provided that the game is of the same region as your Wii. Installing updates from other regions may brick uyour Wii, so make sure the game you are using to update is from the same region.
Note that installing updates can sometimes have undesirable results, such as the removal of region free capabilities with System Menu 4.2 or higher.
I have installed the NSMB update, but the game still doesnt start, or doesnt show up in browser?
Applies to: Wiikey 1, Wiikey 2
Even without the update a working copy of the game should show up in the browser and start up. Note that NSMB comes with 2 system updates on the disc.
Can I burn the update ISO to DVD and update from DVD?
Applies to: Wiikey Fusion
No. Currently WKF only supports updating from SD.
What is WBFS?
Applies to: Wiikey Fusion
WBFS, or Wii Backup File System, is a file system specifically designed for storing Wii backups. It allows the size of the games on the disk to be reduced by stripping out redundant data. How well a game will compress varies from game to game.
Can I put Gamecube games on a WBFS formatted drive?
Applies to: Wiikey Fusion
Yes, however most WBFS applications will only allow Wii games to be written. A modified version of WBFS Manager, which allows Gamecube images to be used, is available for download on in the members area.
I have a Wiikey 1 or Wiikey 2 modchip installed on my drive. Do I have to remove it to use Wiikey Fusion?
Applies to: Wiikey 1, Wiikey 2, Wiikey Fusion
No. Wiikey and and 2 can be used in conjunction with chips attaching to drive cable.
I sometimes I have to power cycle the Wii for it to detect a disc/SD card. Is this normal?
Applies to: Wiikey Fusion
This issue sometimes occured with pre-1.2 firmwares. Please install the latest firmware update from the members area.
I have a “D3-2″ drive and I read that it wont load backup DVDs. Will this chip work with my drive?
Applies to: Wiikey 1, Wiikey 2
No. There is currently no way of making your drive read backups. The alternative is to get a chip such as Wiikey Fusion that allows games to be loaded from other media.
I have a “D3-2″ drive and I read that it wont load backup DVDs. Will this chip work with my drive?
Applies to: Wiikey Fusion
This chip will not allow you to load backup DVD media from your drive. However, you can still load games from SD card.
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