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Throughout the course of 2008, many important events have been recorded here at Nintendo-Scene. This Top 10 list will focus on this biggest and most significant ones. This year was definitely kind to Wii development, as all of the key events that made it onto the list are related to the Wii console.

The new year is almost here! Let’s check out the Top 10 scene events before they are history…

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SpaceJump has released a set of 3 Wii channels, which can load a variety of homebrew applications from your SD card. They provide easy access to some of the more popular emulators, media applications, and tools.

For information and download links regarding the Multi-Forwarders, check out the forum thread.

• EmuForwarderChannel.rar - 1319KB
• MediaForwarderChannel_v2.rar - 1298KB
• ToolsForwarderChannel.rar - 1300KB

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Icefireicefire has created a new tool for simplifying Wii channel creation. Using its GUI, you can input a DOL file, banner images, and a WAV file for sound. The tool then compiles a single WAD file for you to install. Banner bricks are avoided, as the tool modifies your images to the right dimensions.

From the release notes:

Instructions:
- Install AS AN ADMINISTRATOR!.
- COPY COMMON-KEY.BIN TO C:\WADDER\
- Run WADder from your desktop
- Enter values for the options.
— Pay special attention to the Title ID field: this MUST be different for EACH channel on your Wii
— You must enter something for every option.
— Do not enter fancy characters for the Channel Name.
— Banners and icons do not need a special size, they will be internally resized.
- Click Create WAD! and wait for it to ask you where to save the wad.
- Choose where and press save! The names of the WADs are CHANNEL_NAME-TITLEID.
- Choose where to save the images too. They are [channel name]-[banner/icon/logo].jpg.

Download: WADder v1.0
File removed at request of icefireicefire.

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As mentioned yesterday, Marcan has released a bugfix release of the Homebrew Channel. It fixes some graphical issues, as well as LAN adapter networking issues.

From the release notes:

Okay, so I screwed up a couple things. Here’s your fixed Homebrew Channel, version 1.0.1, with a couple of bonus fixes too.

Changelog:

Fixed B button issues (app screen corruption, crash on B+A)

Wiimotes now keep the ordering from the System Menu (libogc) (note: they’ll switch again when you boot apps that haven’t been updated like HBC has - but they would have switched anyway, and HBC can use all Wiimotes, so you don’t lose anything while those apps are updated)

Hopefully fixed the USB Ethernet issues (couldn’t find a tester, even without a USB Gecko… it’s like they all disappeared after reporting the bug. Hope this fixes it)

Fixed wiimote auto-shutdown (libogc) (now you don’t need a ridiculously perfectly still wiimote for it to shut down - playing music won’t cause your wiimote batteries to die)

Hopefully fixed “video after shutdown” issues (libogc)

Changes to () -> *

Download: Homebrew Channel - 1.0.1 (Additional Files)

• the_homebrew_channel-1.0.1.tar.gz - 1576KB

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Marcan has announced the latest version of the Homebrew Channel on the HackMii blog. Several fixes and features have been added, most notably additional controller support. You can find several additional downloads for the Homebrew Channel at HackMii. A couple of bugs have been found since the update, the main one being LAN adapter networking errors. If that doesn’t apply to you, then feel free to update.

From the release notes:

Okay, so it’s really just another name for beta10. Getting into double-digit betas sounds kind of lame, and we don’t want to sound too much like google, so we’re calling it 1.0. After all, many bugfixes have come and this thing is pretty stable and feature-complete by now.

As I promised, we’ve listened to your requests for beta10. I didn’t promise we’d actually do anything about them, but at least we’ve taken care of some of them. Most easy additions have been added, and several bugs have been fixed. Although this release may not have USB support or themeing (boo!), things like Classic Controller and multiple-wiimote support should make your HBC experience just a bit nicer. Or at least I hope so, because I don’t think we’re going to be ready for another release for a while, and there’s other stuff to do (25C3, anyone?).

The Almighty Changelog:

meta.xml now handles all ISO-8859-1 characters properly (you can use either UTF-8 or ISO-8859-1 encoding, but UTF-8 is restricted to the ISO subset)

Wiimote power button support (shutdown)

Wiimote rumble honors system setting

Fixed some crash bugs

Fix meta.xml UNIX style newline regression

All wiimotes work now, not just the first one (only one can point at a time though)

Classic Controller support

Nunchuk support (scroll only, using the stick)

Guitar Hero 3 guitar support

Left and right change pages too

Hit 1 on Wiimote to retry the network connection (like clicking on the network icon or Z on the GC pad)

Added information to the installer

Fixed some networking issues with networking disabled (and possibly other bugs)

Pushed in some text to avoid overscan crop

Widened video width to match system menu (”black bars” fix)

B returns from app screen (unless scrolling with B-hold)

Try to initialize network earlier (slight speedup)

Retry network initialization a few times

Fix a networking issue (libogc problem)

Reload stub now identifies itself (magic number, for future use)

Support broken HTTP proxies in update check

Show IOS revision in main menu

() -> * (Hint: old-school Wiimote support needed what? Try it both ways.)

Download: Homebrew Channel 1.0 DOL Installer (Additional Files)

• the_homebrew_channel-1.0.tar.gz - 1625KB

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Acekard has announced the first compatible flashcart for the DSi, known as the Acekard 2i. It is almost identical to the Acekard 2, with the exception of it being compatible with all the current DS models.

From the release notes:

We are proud to announce our latest acekard now fully works on DSi, we call this new product Acekard 2i. Acekard 2i is completely compatible with Acekard 2, besides, the 2i works on DSi. Acekard 2i will come up in a very short time, please keep eyes on our website, thank you.

The Acekard 2i is the same size as an original cart and you don’t have to flash your machine or use a passme in order to use it.

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