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I've always really loved the "Wii" vibe that this build goes for. Most Wii portables go for a GameCube vibe, but this one leans all the way into the Wii aesthetic, and I love it! How do the tact switches feel with the ABYX buttons? I know that the G-Wii's A button suffers a bit from the...

Holy smokes dude! This is shaping up to be the cleanest G-Wii build I've ever seen! Loving the usage of brass inserts! Those are a very underrated touch to a build like this. I've seen people attempt custom PCBs on a G-Wii before, but I've not seen one this clean. Absolutely beautiful work!

It looks you studied color theory to make this build! Really visually appealing! For a moment, I thought the 3d printed brackets were black PCBs. Such a stunning choice of colors for the sticks and buttons! I especially love how the orange filament matches the sticks! Can't wait to see more...

Yeah, Dpad buttons really are just a "kill it with fire" sort of solution when it comes to input accuracy. Problem is, it does also kill diagonal inputs with said fire. This works fine for games like Puyo Puyo and Tetris, but games like Contra and Gain Ground really suffer from it. I probably...

I know these boards aren't the topic of this thread, but I always loved how people were able to streamline the G-Wii with these. It'd be really neat to see a version of these boards where the ABYX buttons use membranes instead of the orange tact switches. It'd require precise trimming of the...

For a portable, I prefer having Dpad buttons. My Starlight G-Wii used four 3rd party GameCube start buttons as Dpad buttons: I really like Dpad buttons because they offer perfect input accuracy - something I've noticed a lot of portables struggle with. If you have your heart set on it being...

Update time! I managed to reduce the internals another 10mm making this build 30mm shorter in width than the original: This is an amazing savings, and makes rev2 look tiny by comparison! I needed to rework quite a lot to make this happen, but it's still comfortable in the hands, and I think...

The first thing that jumps out at me here is the gauge of wire you're using is way too big for smaller solder connections. Looking at the RCP pin here: This part of the picture is blurry, but I don't think anyone could've possibly made this connection with this wire gauge without shorting one...

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I won't lie, this has me on the edge of my seat. Definitely a bold move cutting the shell in quarters like this. I'm going to trust the process though, I'm genuinely dying to see where this goes - I don't doubt this can be done successfully. It's safe to say I've never seen anyone take this...

I've got two updates for this thread: The first update is to do with international shipping. I recently had a customer in Canada that I needed to ship to. Shipping via UPS would've been around $70 while shipping via the U.S. Postal Service ended up being just over $40. Shipping...

Now that OpeN64 is finished, it's time for the fun part: Making cool stuff with it! After much deliberation, I settled on making a second revision of Cyxty Four for my first N64 AIO project. Cyxty Four rev 1's internals were okay at best, and downright unacceptable for modern standards at...

That definitely could be what happened. That's like rule #1 of electronics... You shouldn't solder to a live board...

Yeah... To kind of add to what Bubberiffic said here, N64 projects are more difficult and complicated than things like the Wii. I suspect you may have shorted some of the pins on your first board if you ended up killing it. These flexes aren't easy to solder, and I don't think it'd hurt to...

The silk screen already tells you where everything needs to go, but I made a diagram to make it even more clear: Where S goes depends on what motherboard revision you have. On Rev 01-04 boards, you can connect S to U4's 14th pin, or U5's 5th pin (either will work). Rev 05-09 use a...

I'm assuming you mean the PIF? And yes it would since the cartridge slot is no longer connected to the PIF with this flex relocation!

This actually isn't true. I've got Ashida and Louii builds with the IR receiver relocated inside the unit, and the remote works fine. I have to aim the remote at the bottom of the portable since the screen blocks the IR light, but it works really well even on my reflective blue Ashida! You...

Do you have any of the PIF connections wired? It doesn't look like you do unless you connected these after taking your picture. All of these pads need to have a wire going to a pin on the PIF or the CPU. I think there's one on the video chip too though I'd have to dig to find where exactly...

I didn't know there was a 5.6" 4:3 screen floating around out there. I'm interested in seeing how it looks in a portable. G-Wii wasn't designed with this screen in mind though, so your easiest approach is to hold onto it for a future project and a compatible 4:3 5" LCD. If you're interested...

None of the settings in these files transferred over into Prusa Slicer unfortunately. I imagine what you shared here is probably better than anything I could come up with seeing how it's done in a software more people use nowadays. Here's a screenshot of what Prusa Slicer came up with using...