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Does anyone know if it is safe to soft mod the Wii console?

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joezorry

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I can vouch for the other comments.
I soft modded when the software was on 4.1 and I've never looked back. It's a great relief not having to put a Wii-DVD in the Wii. Just fire up any game I own from a hardrive.

I think the link that RohitK gave is still the best guide: lifehacker.com­/5518518­/how­-to­-back­-up­-and­-play­-you...

Just be sure you have the right hardware, it was a while since I did this, but when I did it it has to be a certain S/N number on the console to be sure not to brick it. Do anyone know if this is still the case? gdgt.com­/question­/does­-anyone­-know­-if­-it­-is­-safe­-t...

And in case you already did this, did it work/ went well?
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RohitK

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I modded my friend's Wii a couple years back. It's been running perfectly smoothly since and never had a problem. Of course, I don't know if the hardware has been upgraded or about any other factors that might be different now from when I modded my friend's, but I still believe it's safe. In fact, I remember reading an article somewhat recently on Lifehacker detailing the process and its benefits.
Here: lifehacker.com­/5518518­/how­-to­-back­-up­-and­-play­-you...
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cass

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I soft-modded my Wii and I haven't had any issues. It's awesome if you want to play ROMs on your TV that aren't on the Nintendo systems or just not in the Wii shop.
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groovechicken

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My coworker did the soft mod on his and never had any problems. I don't know if he still has it on there or not. I never took the risk because we use ours a lot and I didn't see anything so compelling that it was worth risking the possibility of getting booted from the Wii Shop in the future.
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radikal

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Never had any problems either, but been modded a long time
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migo

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It's definitely safe to soft mod the Wii if you follow the instructions (including performing a backup), but there's no guarantee that everything will work properly afterwards.
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