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It was bound to happen sooner or later, and now we’re hearing that the infamous Wii Backup Loader– the hacks that allow you to run “backup” Wii games without a modchip — is out riding the ‘net thanks to an overzealous beta tester.

A double shot of bad news for the Wii hacking set today — not only do new Wiis appear to have a modchip-proof layer of epoxy around the DVD-ROM IC chips, Waninkoko has abandoned the Wii Backup-Loader project. The modchip news isn’t all that surprising.