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
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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For those who wish to remove any WAD channels that have been installed, Waninkoko has released a WAD Uninstaller to assist. This removes every trace of your specified WAD files.
From the release notes:
This application completely uninstalls (tickets y content) of Wii titles (ie, applications, channels, VC…) which you specify.
How to Use:
1. Create a directory in the root of your SD card and rename it “wad”.
2. Place the WAD files you wish to uninstall into the directory.
3. Run the WAD Unistaller.
Download: WAD Uninstaller v1
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Bushing from Hackmii.com has a translated post, originally posted on elotrolado.net by marcansoft. This is in reference to the recently released tools from Waninkoko, which use exploits that were to be used to downgrade the IOS. Now, these holes are known to the public and will probably be patched by Nintendo.
[In Spanish]
I’ve ranted a bit about how we need to be responsible as coders and consider the effects that releasing software will have on the community — in terms of hardware damage. I didn’t think that I had to also point out the need to consider broader, longer-term effects.
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Waninkoko has posted a video of the Virtual Console Hack at elotrolado.net
Note: I am very poor at translating Spanish to english and my WWW translators are not much better, but you will get the jist of this:
This is it!!! Although I cannot believe what my eyes are seeing, already the Virtual Console has been Hacked, or better said… A channel of the Virtual console.
This is barely the start, that even there be details that to correct, but already the channel of an original play of the virtual console has been able to be copied and has been installed in another Wii through a trucha disk.
There is not more data for the moment since this in test phase.
Here a video of the installation, enjoy it.
http://mx.youtube.com/watch?v=eXpHoNOtP_U
P D. A special gratitude to Waninkoko, because without the things as these jamas had been able to be done.
Thanks Waninkoko you are incredible, continues thus champion.
Greetings!!!
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Today Nintendo released yet another classic to the Wii Virtual Console: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. With it marks the 100th Game released to the American Virtual Console service. Certainly a milestone to be proud of, especially in such short a time span.
Nintendo certainly doesn’t have any shortage of classic titles to bring to the Virtual Console service, what with five consoles worth of games waiting to be released and more rumored. Here’s hoping they don’t just pump out classic re-releases, I can’t be the only one hoping to see fresh Wii Remote enabled games available at the $5 to $10 price points.
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Sierra Entertainment has revealed that it will be bringing one of the most popular Xbox Live Arcade titles to date, Bizarre Creations’ Geometry Wars, to both the Wii and Nintendo DS. Development on Geometry Wars: Galaxies will be handled by Kuju Entertainment (Surrey). Unlike previous Geometry Wars games, Galaxies will make use of a new mission-based campaign gameplay formula. Gamers will be tasked with “defending solar systems one by one,” and “defeating waves of alien enemies on new and classic Battle Grids.” Sierra promises that the controls are being optimized for the Wii Remote and the Nintendo DS touch screen, so that players can “execute hotshot moves as never before.”
Read more at GameDaily BIZ.
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Nintendo released their summer release schedule.¬† Several good Wii titles, and a host of DS games will come out Summer ‘07.¬†¬† Here are some highlights:
July 30: Picross DS
July: SimCity for DS
Aug. 20: Metroid Prime 3 Corruption for Wii
Aug. 14: Madden NFL ‘08 for DS and Wii
August: Tiger Woods PGA Tour ‘08 for DS and Wii
August: Mega Man Star Force: Pegasus for DS
August: Mega Man Star Force: Leo for DS
August: Mega Man Star Force: Dragon for DS
Read the full list with available dates at next-gen.biz.
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Despite the increase in Wii ownership worldwide, sales and downloads of virtual console games have slowed a bit in recent months.
On January 24 of this year, Nintendo announced that sales on the Wii’s downloadable retro games service had topped 1.5 million; today’s news means that sales have more than doubled in the three months since. However, since Wii launched in November, this means that sales are actually dropping off, month on month, as the userbase increases.
1.5 million in two months is not a bad number. 1.8 million in the three months that follow, when the userbase is exploding, is not necessarily a good follow-up.
Maybe the release of some new, fresh titles, along with some more real classics, will boost sales in the next quarter?
See the report at wired.com.
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According to reports at SPOnG.com, an anonymous tipster has confirmed NiGHTS is coming to the Wii and it is a new exclusive full game, not a VC release from the Saturn version.
Speaking to representatives close to the project, we were told in no uncertain terms that a new NiGHTS game is about to be uncovered. NiGHTS will launch exclusively for the Nintendo Wii platform.
‚ÄúYes, there is a new NiGHTS coming, and coming quite soon actually,‚Äù we were told today by a representative close to the project who agreed to speak with us under terms of strict anonymity. ‚ÄúIt’s a full game too, not a rehash of old NiGHTS for Virtual Console as some have said it might be lately. It’s a whole new game.‚Äù
I’m not going to believe it until I see it from Nintendo but this seems legit. It has so many possibilities with the Wii controller, if it is true, it should be a lot of fun.
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Update to “Chandra@ONM” Posts About Rumors Of Next Months Release
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The Tanooki is helping spread the rumor an external hard drive is may be coming to the Wii.
Those of you who have been spending a lot of money on VC games, only to find you’ve filled up your 512MB of space and can’t play VC games off an SD card…you’re pissed, right? I mean, especially with many, many Nintendo 64 games still to be released to the Virtual Console, coupled with the Sega Saturn VC rumors we’ve been hearing, it would make sense that Nintendo would consider the possibility the many Wii owners are nearing or have hit the storage limit on their favorite new consoles.
Game Labo, a Japanese magazine, is reporting a rumor that a Nintendo meeting was held recently to discuss the possibility and fate of an external hard drive for the Wii. Of the rumors reported, it was placed on in the “rather reliable” category. If it does indeed happen, I wouldn’t be surprised. Nintendo knows these games take up space, and while they gave us 512MB to be cost effective, they know that won’t be enough for the smaller number of oldskool gamers out there.
I hope this is true. It’d be nice to have an external drive setup with the entire Nintendo library on it. Of course, Nintendo’s probably thinking it’d be nice for everyone to re-buy their entire library again, as well.
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