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A new version of the Ballion homebrew Wii game has been released. Version 1.6 adds Wiimote support among other changes.

From the release notes:

For the WII version you need either a gamecube game controller or one Wiimote. Sound and hardware acceleration is now supported in version 1.6. To save the game state, you need a gamecube memory card in slot B. You can load ballion with the Twilight Hack or any other ELF loader.

To connect Wiimote hold down button 1 and 2 until you feel the vibration.

Up and down buttons - Menu control
Left and right buttons - Ball movement
Minus button - Menu selection
A button - Enter menu
Plus button - Restart ELF loader
Home button - Reboot Wii and show Wii menu

Download: Ballion Wii 1.6

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Infectus has updated the new Argon 9 Wire Firmware and have also released a new Infectus Book

Good news to all INFECTUS and ARGON users…

For infectus users there is finally online under TUTORIALS a nice “INFECTUS BOOK”, over 100mb of tutorials to understand well how is possible to do with INFECTUS ! direct link here: http://www.infectus.biz/downloads/Infectus_and_Argon_Tutorial.zip

For ARGON SPI FLASH users finally is online the new firmware 9 wires !

Here the link for direct download:
http://www.infectus.biz/downloads/WASABUS-argon-1.0.rar
INFECTUS TEAM

Note: The Link for the Argon Firmware is not working at time of this post but we will update this post with the actual Firmware download when it is available.

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Waninkoko has released a new app at teknoconsolas.info for importing Miis from a SD Card

Mii Installer v1.0

Description:

This application installs all Miis stored on an SD card into the Wii.

How to Use:

1. Create a directory named “miis” at the root of an SD card.
2. Copy all the Miis you want to install in the directory created in the previous step.
3. Run the application and all Miis is copied from the SD card to your Wii.

Greetings!

Download: Mii-Installer_v1.0.zip

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Nintendo has released their product previewing channel, known creatively as the Nintendo Channel. Over at WiiBrew, it has been confirmed that this channel has no effect on the Twilight Hack or the Homebrew Channel.

New Wii Channel launched, Nintendo Channel. By the looks of it, does NOT harm the TP-Hack or Homebrew Channel in any way.

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Waninkoko has released a new app at teknoconsolas.info for extracting Miis to a SD Card 

Partial Translation from Spanish to English by Google

Mii Extractor v1.0

It seems to me that I’m fond of doing programs to copy to XD

Description:

This application extracts all of your Wii Miis to an SD card.

How to Use:

Run the application and all Miis are copied to the directory “miis” in the SD card.

Greetings!

Download: Mii-Extractor

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D2Pro has released new firmware updates.
This is not the fix for the new “Un-Moddable” D2C Wii!!!!

New firmware updates released! - 2008.05.07
Firmware v1.3 for 15/19-wire installs as well as the official release of v1.0 for 9-wire installs has been added to the resources section. Fixes include the eject issue, a media detection bug for 15-wire chips and an update issue for 9-wire chips.

To see information and downloads for these updates, follow the link below.

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The D2CKey Team is reporting that they have dumped the new “Un-Moddable” D2C Chip

New d2c chip in the wild, dumped by d2ckey team - 2008-05-05

We received the first drive with the new d2c chip on yesterday and we can confirm that is indeed different. We have dumped the firmware and are just starting to analyze it. It seems that nr reader mode has been disabled in this firmware (see nice screenshot of firmware disassembly).

WiiNewz is reporting that The D2Ckey Team have confirmed exclusively to WiiNewz that they have been successful in cracking in the new D2C chip. Expect a new 9-wire mod solution soon.

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Bushing posted on his HackMii blog showing a video of progress on the homebrew channel

Seems like it’s been forever in the making, but we finally have a real video to show for the Wii Homebrew Channel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op1V5eWpTQQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op1V5eWpTQQ

Many people have played small parts in its creation, but most credit should go to bLAStY and dhewg for the shiny, lickable interface.

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BassAceGold has released a pixel editing DS homebrew application called UAPaint. Version 0.99c supports a wide variety of editing tools and a nice interface.

From the release notes:

Features:

Saving and Loading 256X192 24 bit bitmap images

zooming & grid when fully zoomed

Multiple draw sizes

colors

fill tool, line tool, rectangle tool, circle tool

eraser

Supports D-Pad Mode for plotting pixels (When fully zoomed, press select to activate/deactive, a cursor should appear)

keeps track of last 10 colors used and are selectable for later use

15 levels of undo

Version .99c

D-pad mode works while on top screen

can now switch from D-pad mode to stylus mode with X button along with select

Undo (Y button)

Massive speed up of some draw functions

Uncommented Fat init

Download: UAPaint 0.99c

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Bushing has begun a project to create a method of unbricking any Wii. If you have any information to contribute, or just want to read about it, check out his blog post.

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