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[sinkhead]

Here's the original GBAtemp thread

Please note I am not speaking for Gbatemp, Wiili, dcemu or any other site.  If you want to copy this post feel free.

I ignored people who said "Maxconsole is being paid off, they're lying!"  I gave Maxconsole the benefit of the doubt for the last few weeks, I just thought they were being a bit sensationalist.  But after today, when I saw their latest blatant advertisement disguised as news, I put it all together:

(keep in mind the Wiinja and Cyclowiz have announced nearly identical features, but the modchip "war" isn't what this is about.  I don't care as I won't be buying either Wiinja, Cyclowiz, Wiikey or any other chip for a few more months.  This is about Maxconsole and their yellow journalism.)

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#1  -  Maxconsole was the first site to post news of the Cyclowiz.  

http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=13934

Take note of their first sentence in the post,

"It seems that Wiinja is already outdated even before its release"

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#2 - A news item is posted bashing the Wiinja for not being "upgradeable"

http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=13918

Wiinja to die a short death? ... it is not upgradeable at all, so if the big N throw out some clever moves, the mod will be over as quick as a flash!

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#3 - The glowing review of the non-upgradeable Cyclowiz days before it's released:

http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=13974

Maxconsole doesn't even mention that the Cyclowiz isn't "upgradeable", not once, not even under "cons", while they panned the Wiinja just days earlier for the same thing.

Here are some choice quotes from the review:

"While it is clearly a must-have feature, it’s yet unknown, but unlikely, that wiinja offers this feature."

- Referring to gamecube audio streaming.  Wiinja has confirmed that their chip will play GC audio as well - every chip will.  There is no "gc audio" fix because there is no "gc audio" problem - the wii fixes that, not a drive chip.  This is a feature dreamed up by Maxconsole to sell Cyclowiz.

"CycloWiz is a dream come true"

Unless you want to play games from Japan, run a homebrew operating system, etc.  Must be a boring dream.

"We probably already have a winner in the Wii modchip competition that just started!"

Wow, a winner before you even try the other modchips?  You are omniscient!

what are you waiting for? Pre-order CycloWiz at your local reseller before they are all gone!

Operators are standing by!  Call now and receive this free neon calculator!


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Wiikey, an upgradeable chip from a respected company with good features is announced on every big site.

#4 - Watch how Maxconsole tries to play the Wiikey down, and take note of the use of their words like "rumor" and "claim", it's almost funny:

http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=14034

"A new mod has been announced known as the 'WiiKey' which is rumored to be made by the 'XenoGC' creators. Their website lists a number of features and claims it will be fully upgradable by DVD disc. Unfortunately they do not display a 'real' image of the mod and only a small picture which suggests it could be far away from production."

Maxconsole makes no mention that the ship date is February 7th, even though it's clearly listed at: http://www.wiikey.cn/
Instead, they lie to their readers by suggesting that the chip is "far away from production"

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#5 - The Wiikey news is quickly drowned by a flood of pointless news posts, including this gem for Cyclowiz:

http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=14042

Why no news about the Wiinja shipping?  Why no news on the date the Wiikey ships?  

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Conclusion:  When reading a Maxconsole review for Wii chips, take them with a grain of salt - like you would an advertisement.  While you're at it, do the same for their PS2, 360, and DS reviews as well, since you don't know who else has paid them off.   All we know is that Maxconsole can be bought, and their price must be pretty low considering Team Cyclops could afford it.

I totally agree with all of this. Thanks, Warm Woolly Sheep!

[tennisgy]

But, The cycloWiz is upgradeable
http://www.teamcyclops.com/
read the first fact

Even so, I gave up on Maxconsole when they posted an NDS homebrew about every 2 days

[sinkhead]

I didn't write that, don't complain to me.
Complain to Warm Woolly Sheep

- Sam

[tennisgy]

I know im just saying that he has the facts wrong

[DeVS]

His facts were correct when he wrote the post. Cyclowiz has only had the "upgradeable" feature for like 1 day. Also their "upgradeable" feature is almost a joke. You have to go buy switch and install it to turn on the upgradeable feature which turns the 5 solder point job into a 7 solder point job. The Wii Key will not require this external quick fix"switch" job. Also Maxconsole tore up the Wiinja when it was discovered that it did not work with the D2B drive controller chip. They made statements about how the Wiinja was "useless" because of this and then today it was announced that the cyclowiz ALSO doesnt work with the D2B chip and did Maxconsole say the Cyclowiz was "useless"? Hell no, they tried to sugar coat things by saying the D2B is RARE,lmfao! So when the Wiinja did not work with the D2B the Wiinja is "useless" but when the Cyclowiz doesnt work with it, the D2B is a "RARE" chip and not a problem to really worry about to much.

Maxconsole does the same shit when it comes to the DS Scene. They pimp the DS-Xtreme as the best chip there is or ever was even though it is overpriced and the M3 Simply and Supercard DS has the same features. Everytime a new DS mod comes out they claim it "falls short compared to the DS-Xtreme" or that the " DS-Xtreme is still the king". It's biased money hungry BULLSHIT.

Anyone can have the best mod at Maxconsole for the right price and it's sad. They have become the new PS2-Scene. I encourage everyone to stay away from that site and instead get your unbiased help and news from sites like ours, GBATemp, Dev-Scene, Drunken Coders, Xbox Scene, DS Updates, DCemu,ect.

[scootdog]

I love it when you get on your soapbox DeVS.  Good Stuff.

[sonicwind]

I haven't listened to any of maxconsoles stuff ever since the ds-x thing where they gave the ninjads(long one) a really bad score to feed the ds-x hype to get people to by from divineo.
And gbatemp is still for the most part good but I argue against the ds-x review.  If you factor cost into other reviews you must factor it into the review now which got a 9.5 for something that is now matched by all others for alot cheaper.

[Hi]

I'm not big with gbatemp, but don't they ALSO say how the dsx is sooo great for now real reason...

[dOoBiX]

lol, I went to Maxconsole yesterday and I thought I was the only one who noticed that they want money!  :O

I saw this news: http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=14156
and I was like..wtf, why did they put links to divineo to buy the CycloWiz in their news post!?

[sonicwind]

they have always done this but it used to be way more suddle and they used to be less biased towards whatever divineo is going to sell next.

[Gleasonator]

OK... now MaxConsole is trying to say that WiiKey is a scam. XD