OK, so the Wii can play DVDs if you know your way around the darker sides of console modification, but a Wii playing a DVD lacks the charm that popping open a NES to watch Deadwood has.
If you’ve got a spare NES, spare DVD player and enough self-belief that you want to try something like this for yourself, you can find a guide on how to do it over on Instructables.
How to make NINTENDO NES to a DVD Player [Instructables via Gizmodo]
Eddy
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at 8:38 AMBut he never even showed if it played!? All he did was open and close, open and close!
benji
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at 9:19 AMAnd ruined a perfectly good NES.
Sam Timmins
Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 2:06 AMRuined? The circuit boards die someday, you realise this, right?
Joshua Lay
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at 4:13 PMIt’s funny, the Wii is actually perfectly capable of playing DVDs. Wii Homebrew has proved that.
Joe Mama
Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at 9:48 PMIt’s funny some people read the entire article.