http://nintendo-scene.com The premire resource for news and information dedicated to Wii and Nintendo console modifications. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:17:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en According to CBS11tv.com, a southern California college student has been arrested on allegations of bypassing the DMCA by installing modchips into consoles. A Southern California college student has been arrested on federal charges that he illegally modified video game consoles to enable the machines to play pirated video games. The U.S. Attorney's ... http://nintendo-scene.com/1617 Brkirch has updated the popular Wii homebrew application, Gecko OS, to version 1.9.2. This release is a slight bugfix, as well as expansion on the options you are provided per game. For those who have not heard of Gecko OS, it is a great alternative disc loader to the Disc ... http://nintendo-scene.com/1615 Nintendo has released one of their first major updates to the Nintendo DSi handheld. While claiming Facebook integration and faster camera response as features, they've notably left out that all current flashcart models are blocked. If you have purchased a flashcart for the DSi which did not come with a firmware ... http://nintendo-scene.com/1613 In his blog over at at teknoconsolas, Waninkoko has released a "Trucha Safe" version of System Menu 4.1. From the Readme: [ DESCRIPTION ]: - This application allows you to update your console's firmware, installing *only* the most important updates (System IOS, System Menu, new channels...). Thanks to this you can keep some features like ... http://nintendo-scene.com/1610 News article from Tehskeen: Version 4.1 of the System Menu for the Nintendo Wii was built on June 24th, 2009 and released on July 3rd, 2009 in Japan, and released in America and Europe on July 15th, 2009. Apparrently, there is a bugfix whereby if a VC/WiiWare game is played from SD, ... http://nintendo-scene.com/1604 Zapf Bandit has released WiiDump v1.5.1 This is a Wii-mode disc dumper that dumps to the Wii's front-SD or to a USB2 drive. A SD gecko is not required at all. Readme: Wii disc dumper - v1.5.1 by Zapf Bandit, nitrotux & CaitSith2 ------------------------------------------------------------- This is a Wii-mode disc dumper that dumps to the Wii's ... http://nintendo-scene.com/1599 Comex has released a video showing a working Wii exploit in the Super Smash Bros. Brawl game. Once released, it will give Wii owners another way to install homebrew onto their systems. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YAXKjWBA9k[/youtube] From the release notes: Exploit by comex, ELF loading code by Team Twiizers. Bug used was discovered by svpe. This exploit ... http://nintendo-scene.com/1597 Segher has released the Twilight Hack exploit source code for the Wii. Perhaps others will use this to create their own exploits on other games. From HackMii: May 26th, 2009 by Segher Without further ado… here. Have fun! Any and all comments welcome. As stated above, you can find the Twilight Hack source code at ... http://nintendo-scene.com/1595 We at Nintendo-Scene all wish Brakken from TehSkeen the best of luck in his recovery. This is Brakken. I am currently hospitalized and have VERY limited access to the Internet. Like my Father stated above I have recovered and I'm currently waiting to be released. My time is so limited I ... http://nintendo-scene.com/1585 Comex has come through with his Wii banner exploit, known as BannerBomb. When done properly, your System Menu will crash in the SD Channels Data Management screen, and you will be able to load a DOL file from SD. Several different builds are available, and compatibility is still a bit ... http://nintendo-scene.com/1583