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If your nostalgia senses are tingling, then it’s most likely as a result of a Nintendo Wii transformed right into a Mac Mini has just lately come onto our radars.

Nintendo’s Wii console is now sixteen years previous. Many players, together with these of us at Retro Dodo, are reluctant to class it as ‘retro’ although.

Don’t overlook that it’s since been outmoded by each the Wii U and the Switch.

Also, anybody who was ten years previous when it got here out is now of their mid-20s – so if that is the way you learn the way retro a Wii is, we are able to solely apologise.

Wii (2006) - Nintendo Wii Converted Into A Mac Mini By Modder

Perhaps due to its age and its retro standing, the Wii is now coming into a really nostalgic interval for many people; modder Luke Miani included. 

Given the Wii’s petite design and its similarity in measurement to the M1 Mac Mini, Miani had a brainwave.

Why not make the petite Mac look a bit of extra attention-grabbing? Why not take the innards of a Mac Mini and place them inside a Wii case?

Mac Mini

Due to the same sizes of each machines, it made sense. As effectively as this, Miani notes that the design of the Mac Mini is fairly boring, whereas the Wii has a way more interesting aesthetic look.

It’s actually a singular undertaking and one which doesn’t even look too sophisticated to do, although the slight variations within the form of every machine do current just a few challenges.

Most notably the necessity for a smaller energy provide, because the Mac Mini’s is simply too large to slot in the Wii case together with every part else.

A little bit of 3D printing can be required – however once more, nothing seems too sophisticated for seasoned modders to do in any respect.

Mac Mini Wii Features

Miani even goes so far as utilizing the Wii’s WiFi antenna as a substitute of the Mac Mini’s, which is one among many spectacular touches that will get the machine working superbly.

There’s just a few oversights: it’s an actual disgrace that the beautiful blue LEDs of the Wii aren’t utilised in any respect, for instance.

Yet it’s extremely spectacular how Miani is ready to get the Mac Mini contained in the Wii and in such a manner that it stays purposeful with only a few modifications.

Perhaps of most curiosity to Retro Dodo readers is the truth that Miani demonstrates Mario Kart Wii, operating in 4K because of the Dolphin emulator, on this Mac Mini in a Wii shell. 

It’s a completely mind-blowing use of the bizarre hybrid of Mac and Wii. Just seeing the Wii model of Mario Kart operating so easily, and in such excessive decision compared to the unique – that it nearly looks like witchcraft!

Or no less than it will, in the event you hadn’t had the peek behind the scenes and seen simply how Miani was in a position to pull off this superior technological magic trick. 

Of course, emulation isn’t simply restricted to Wii video games or Nintendo video games on the whole; Miani additionally briefly demonstrates GameCube and PS2 video games on the machine, noting that it’s an ideal machine for retro gaming.

If it is a undertaking that you just’d prefer to attempt your self, you’ll wish to be absolutely armed with data on the finest Nintendo Wii video games and even the finest GameCube video games – all of which might be good to play on a Wii that’s actually a Mac Mini in disguise!

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