Nintendo puts a stop to Wii Homebrew
Firmware 3.3 tough on crime.
Nintendo has stomped on the Wii saved game hack that allowed clever people to run their own code on the console.
Firmware update 3.3 has done the stomping, according to Wiifanboy, which means no more user-created Tetris or Pong on the Homebrew Channel hackers had set up.
However, if you had the Channel already installed, early reports suggest it lives on.
Mind you, the update isn't all bad; Nintendo has also added the ability to pick up a Mii in the Mii Plaza and move it directly to the Mii Parade. Which is just what we were after.
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It's a bit naive to say that all homebrew leads to pirating.
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Oh yes of course because you can buy Monkey Island for your Wii can't you... idiot
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Fuggin troll, go bugger off elsewhere.
You may find that those of us who enjoy writing code like to do so for whatever machine they have handy. For me, thats a PSP and DS but that doesn't mean I wouldn't do so for the Wii at some point.
I don't pirate games, I do unlock games machines so I can play imported games and run my own code.
If you have a partner from Japan like I do, you may find that buying 2 region locked consoles every generation becomes a little expensive... chipping the little buggers is a great way to get around that.
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http://ko taku.com/5017064/wii-update-33-...
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You can buy it for the PC.....Twat.
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Bollocks. To run pirate DVD games you need a modchip, which this update doesn't affect. The people who never bought a Wii game in their lives can carry on doing so.
All this does is prevent people from running legitimate imports (it does break freeloader, yes) and homebrew. i think you might be able to pirate wiiware games with this method, and i suppose people running whatever emulators they like on the thing sort of pisses on nintendo's VC parade a bit, but that's about it.
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But its ok! I pirated all my games didn't I? I didn't pay $50 each for them at all! Oh no! That was just a figment of my credit card's imagination!
(sarcasm)
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Well, crap, that's really annoying. Is there a way around this, then? I mean, I know that this update will most likely be required for a future Nintendo release and thus forced upon me eventually, but do I have the option to simply not download it for now, or will I have to disable my Wii internet connection altogether? In any case, it's a royal pain in the ass, andI hope Datel will be able to produce a new version of Freeloader sooner rather than later; I'd hate to think that this was the end of region-free Wii gaming...
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Shit. Fucking. Sucks.
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/shakes fist at Nintendo's lack of globalisation....
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They had the choice to make the Wii region free and decided not too, it can hardly be surprising that they then attempt to fix holes that can be used to bypass this decision?
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So us Freeloaders can all calm down and just set up the twilight hack instead. =D
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Seriously, any person who feels like Nintendo are not in their total right to do this, is a complete idiot, and should find better things to get angry at, like the rain outside.
Sorta like this pretentious dickhead:
I think I might sell my Wii.
Shit. Fucking. Sucks.
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Take me for instance. When I had my GameCube I bought legitimate import games - quite a few. I bought them simply because Nintendo wouldn't release them in the UK despite the fact they're some of my favourite games.
It's nothing to do with being impatient (though I think that's a valid reason to import too with the ridiculous Europe release dalays) but because I had no other choice to be able to play these great games.
Also what about people who move countries? It does happen, you know. If I've moved from America to the UK and want to keep my game collection I have to buy TWO Wii consoles! And all that's from being a legitimate customer and putting money in Nintendo's pockets.
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If you've got to complain to someone, complain to Datel who released a disc with a shelf life of approximately three months and Waninkoko who thought it'd be a great idea to use the TP hack to pirate VC games.
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If anyone thinks im not within my rights to sell my console because its balls is simply getting wound up about the wrong things and should consider being upset with Nintendo for breaking something that could have lead to more sales.
Whats that Nintendo don't like poeple importing? Then release games within a fucking respectable time frame.
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Name a current generation console which isn't locked down. You know what to expect when you buy one and when they fix a bug you really can't get upset about it.
There's an easy solution... don't update.
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/commence conspiracy theories.
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If anyone thinks im not within my rights to sell my console
Lol, who said anything about that? Are you hearing things? Nobody fucking cares. Sell your console and shut up. Though from the sound of your posts, you just enjoy trying to make people on the internet "upset".
What was the word we had for someone like you again...
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Its also misleading to include the word "all" in that sentence. Most homebrew leads to pirating.
"Oh yes of course because you can buy Monkey Island for your Wii can't you... idiot"
Play nicely kids. Of course there will be exceptions such as MI, but that doesn't represent the majority of cases. Why is everyone getting so stroppy? I agree that jmctavish was a bit off with the tone of his post (and maybe he has trolling history), but that hardly makes the whole point invalid.
Anyway, people seem to be ignoring a few crucial points here.
1. Homebrew opens the door to piracy, and THAT is what Ninty are concerned about. Its all very well saying you don't run piracted games, just "legit" homebrew. But no company is going to leave their bottom line open to the honesty of the customer base when they are able to secure it with technology. It has ALWAYS been this way, Ninty aren't inventing something new here.
2. Homebrew is not a right. When you buy a console you accept the terms and conditions. If those terms and conditions say you can't play homebrew then you can't. Maybe that upsets some poeple, and I understand why, but that doesn't change the facts of the matter.
You wouldn't buy a lawnmower and complain that it won;t wash your dishes, so why buy a secure platform and complain its not open. If you want an open platform, buy a PC. If you buy a console, accept what it is. By all means circumnavigate the security if you want, I won't lose any sleep, but ffs don't act as if you are entitled to do so. You simply aren't, in any way shape or form, except within the bounds of your imagination.
"and should consider being upset with Nintendo for breaking something that could have lead to more sales"
This is simply and purely not true. Seriously, this argument gets wheeled out time and time again, but its just a myth. If it actually contributed to more sales and more profit COMPANIES WOULD DO IT. They would. They are far better at planning their business strategy than us, and honestly if this myth was actually true, they would have opened their consoles to homebrew long ago. The cold truth is, an open platform console in the current market model would lose the vendor money, plain and simple. It might attract more console sales, but less money would be made from software sales and overall profits would fall.
I totally understand why people love homebrew. I do too, its great. But lets not let our optimism and desires distort the facts. If the facts don't suit our desires... well that is kind of just tough.
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I thought the XBox 360 was region locked and the PS3 allowed publishers to lock games if they wanted (it's just at the moment they need all the help they can get).
Now Nintendo has prompted me to just get a mod chip, £20 and im sorted for DVD's, DVDRs, Homebrew etc.
The modchip won't let you install the homebrew channel by the way as the signing bug has been fixed in the new update. It might also mean you can't remove system software updates from discs from other regions as that needs the disc to be resigned. So you're stuck with two weather channels, etc...
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Word of warning - dont upset the pirates.. It makes them upset.. And the last thing you want to do is upset pirates.. Look what happened to starforce ("oh knowwws.. it breaks your cd player.. i have a mate of a mate it happened too.. and it happened to mine, although i cant prove it"
"Oh yes of course because you can buy Monkey Island for your Wii can't you..."
Erm.. he said it was the excuse of pirates.. and then you use as your excuse that you can run a pirated version of monkey island on said machine. Uh? I cant play mgs4 on my wii - does that mean i should pirate that too?
As for the "but i want to write software for it!" what's wrong with just writing software to run on the pc?
"Whats that Nintendo don't like poeple importing? Then release games within a fucking respectable time frame."
Ah the age old "they've got it, so i have to have it too" argument... If you werent aware that america or japan had the game first - would it still upset you that you couldnt get it yet? I've never understood why gamers HAVE to have games the moment they're released (pre-ordering and the like). Makes me think gamers are more interested in owning the games than actually playing them..
I guess the nintendo europe were right.. gamers on forums are nerds...
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Hehe, thats actually pretty good
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"Look what happened to starforce ("oh knowwws.. it breaks your cd player.. i have a mate of a mate it happened too.. and it happened to mine, although i cant prove it"
Starforce didn't "break" my cd player but when playing games that use it it took up system resources in the background thus making the game run slower. On games that there was a work around to remove Starforce, processing performance improved, and with it frame-rates etc.
"Erm.. he said it was the excuse of pirates.. and then you use as your excuse that you can run a pirated version of monkey island on said machine. Uh? I cant play mgs4 on my wii - does that mean i should pirate that too?"
I hardly think the years old, abandonware and pretty much freely available everywhere, Monkey Island can be compared to Metal Gear Solid 4.
"As for the "but i want to write software for it!" what's wrong with just writing software to run on the pc?"
A PC is not a Wii. If you want to try coding for the Wii without purchasing a development kit then its the only way to go. Also useful apps like an MP3 player and DVD-player are made purposefully to use on the Wii - they're already freely available on the PC.
"Ah the age old "they've got it, so i have to have it too" argument... If you werent aware that america or japan had the game first - would it still upset you that you couldnt get it yet? I've never understood why gamers HAVE to have games the moment they're released (pre-ordering and the like). Makes me think gamers are more interested in owning the games than actually playing them.."
Its not so much about that as freedom of choice. It's a global system not just area-specific. Both Microsoft and Sony recognize this and have their own region-free software. Also in the case of No More Heroes why would you choose to have your game censored if you're over the age rating?
"I guess the nintendo europe were right.. gamers on forums are nerds..."
Flamebait.
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Lets face it, its not that many
The vast majority of Wii owners wouldn't have the first idea what homebrew even is.
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Yes, but you can't 'do' homebrew with a modchip. You can bypass region locks (perhaps it would be easier just to be a bit more patient) and you can pirate games, but that's it.
If you were really into homebrew you would know that Nintendo can pull the plug on that any time they want and perhaps you'd be there with a debugger finding another bug...
I never said anything about the games being locked, which is perfectly fine. Publishers retain the right to lock games if they so wish, both the 360 and PS3 consoles are Region Free.
How can they be 'Region Free' and support region-locked games at the same time? In addition the XBox 360 respects region locks for XBox games and both respect DVD/Blueray region locks.
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Maybe I am assuming too much then. I'd be interested to see figures, if there are any out there.
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It doesn't matter. It's a potential hole for software piracy, and Nintendo needed to do it to protect their business.
and with the old news headline that 90% of DS owners in the US pirate games, Im sure the community it's pretty big.
I doubt 90% of DS owners in the US are computer litterate enough to be capable of pirating games for the DS. I'm not ragging on US people here, even though it's not particularly difficult to do, but there's tons of potentially fiddly bits involved.
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(looks at the virtual console) - I think nintendo would disagree with you there.
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yes it was.. well done for spotting it (after a huge reply)
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It's Nintendo's every right to tackle the piracy, just like it's my prerogative to keep an eye out for the latest work-around because I paid for my VC games back in the day and I've paid enough money to fill up my wii memory 2 fold. So until I've got external storage or a wii update that allows SD game access I won't spend anymore in the wii shop no matter what Nintendo do to stop me.
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This is simply and purely not true. Seriously, this argument gets wheeled out time and time again, but its just a myth.
Not amongst the hardcore. Most (and I know my circle isn't representative of the gaming masses) people I know with Xboxes and PSPs mostly still have them for their homebrew capabilities. Most of them aren't pirates, but since XBMC and a lot of the PSP homebrew stuff is just brilliant software, coupled with the fact that having modded versions of both consoles actually allows LEGALLY bought games to run BETTER on both machines (ripping to HDD/Memory Stick for faster loading/extended battery life, improving performance by removing the CPU underclock on PSP and re-enabling HD on Xbox), there are very good genuine reasons for having some consoles modded.
Granted the numbers may be small, and most modders are pirates, but to say it doesn't contribute to any legitimate sales is just wrong. I'm one, for starters, and that's a contribution
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Anybody care to guess which way i'll jump?
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I don't know of any other pastime where there are so many people who line up to be fucked in the ass by the big companies like Nintendo.
The level of sanctimony from the anti piracy crowd reminds me of religious fundamentalists, they get their little chubbys at the thoughts of the sinners being punished. Well guess what corporate cocksuckers, I can afford to buy a new Wii, keep my current one, and Ii'll still be in profit with the number of games I haven't paid for.
Oh, and just like the religious fundamentalists, you're all hypocritical douchebags who are perfectly happy to record TV shows, CDs and movies, as well as buy and sell games second hand. Ever borrowed a book from someone? oops, you're a pirate.
Fuck the big companies, defending the likes of Nintendo is no better than defending MacDonalds or Burger King, and what kind of twat would boast about being loyal little consumer slaves for them?
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I have to ask, because I've never had cause to avoid a firmware update before, and if doing so means that I'd have to forsake Wii's online altogether, then it's probably not worth it.
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Glad I didn't buy an SD card to install the channel just yet.
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Actually, grandmothers have a very good notion about homebrew. But I digress, please carry on with the discussion.
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It's not really as simple as ignoring the update mails I'm afraid. While they dress it up as an option, there is really very little choice about updating seeing as future game discs will require you to update before you can play them.
-You won't find this out until after youve broken the seal and voided any kind of returns policy.
Just hold off as long as you can, but from what I've read the update has been broken already so it won't be long before all this discussion is put on hold until the next update. etc etc
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However as any console manufacturer (not just Nintendo) are going to close holes which can be used for piracy or region locking (if they have a policy of region locking) and if homebrew gets in the way then that's too bad. This is the first rule of homebrew. Or maybe it's the second rule of homebrew, the first rule of homebrew is you don't talk about homebrew otherwise the manufacturer will find out how you did it and close those holes.
If you want a console which is guaranteed to let you do homebrew, try a PS3 with Linux. Unfortunately they've still rigged it so it can't do exciting stuff (the screen updates slowly, amongst other things). You see, consoles are designed to make the makers money and everything else is secondary. This is known before buying.
as for being patient, why should I? fuck patience, perhaps I should put up with grossly overpriced VC games that don't run in 60hz and play on my LCD TV as well, or censored wii games like NMH? you might put up with it but I don't.
Like houses, VC games are worth the price people play for them. If people buy them (and they do) then they're worth it. For me, Bomberman was worth the money because it's better playing on the Wii than having four players crowd round a PC.
If you have a complaint with NMH, perhaps you should take issue with the developer, the BBFC, or PEGI instead of Nintendo, or maybe you should choose a console which is aimed at a different market.
And remember, you always have the option not to upgrade so everything stays exactly as it is and you can carry on developing your homebrew apps. It's not as if you're getting it forced upon you. The message Nintendo sends you tells you what it's going to do and if you hit update by accident you get a further message which tells you can hold down the power button and turn the console off.
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Because everyone knows that if something's been happening for long enough, it must therefore be correct.
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They add the updates into First Party games and won't allow you to play said game unless you update. Hopefully the Freeloader will continue to block these updates, at least for a little while anyway.
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LMAO @ all the people on here who CLAIM to only use it for imports.. I'm sure 2% of you do, the rest are talking bullshit.
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You can't get Monkey Island on the Virtual Console. The games on the virtual console are not freely available anywhere except through emulation websites. Your point is wrong. Nintendo aren't even planning on releasing any of the old SCUMM games on the Virtual Console.
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@NunianVonFuch: Well done for TOTALLY missing my point.
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So what's the difference Mii Plaza and Parade?