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Wii Homebrew Takes Several Leaps Forward

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the make-it-and-let-your-fans-make-it-better dept.

Croakyvoice writes "Fans of Homebrew on the Nintendo Wii can celebrate with an explosion of releases today, in just a few hours there has been a release of a proof of concept version of Linux for the Wii, an MP3 Player, the Super Nintendo emulator Snes9X has been ported and a converter that converts Gamecube Dol files into Elf for usage on the Wii (Which opens up a multitude of emulators and homebrew games and applications). A tutorial on how to get homebrew working with the Twilight Hack will help those interested."

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  1. Given that Nintendo has already blocked Freeloader by Channard · · Score: 4, Interesting

    .. it wouldn't surprise me if their next system update doesn't block this too. Though the main difference between this and the 360 exploit would seem to be that the Wii doesn't, as yet, force you to update in order to get online. The part of this that interests me the most is the SNES emulator - hopefully this might cause Nintendo to look at their pricing plan for the Virtual Console games. Seven quid for an unenhanced SNES game seems a bit pricey.

  2. Slowly but surely... by AKAImBatman · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ...they're getting there. Meanwhile, game programmers have been working with the (admittedly limited) Opera Browser to produce games designed for the Wii. WiiCade is even paying for games now, something which you won't find out of other homebrew ventures.

    It's not a perfect solution, but it does work, and it works well enough to play some pretty cool stuff. And you can even get paid to perform your hobby! How cool is that? :)

    Disclaimer: I am associated with WiiCade. So take this with a grain of salt.

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  3. Re:Given that Nintendo has already blocked Freeloa by LWATCDR · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I don't care about an SNES emulator. I just want a Divix player.

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  4. Re:Get 'em Tiger! by Abcd1234 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Linux + mythfrontend + wiimote sounds like a pretty killer multimedia option. And that's just the first thing that came to mind.

  5. wii-linux.com message by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    There seems to be a weird message on http://wii-linux.com./ Anything related?

  6. Re:Smash Bros by tepples · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Wonder if the twilight hack can break region locking so euros can actually get Smash Bros Brawl this year! Citation needed that the version for Europe has been pushed back to 2009 or later.