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Author: Jose Gallardo

  • WiiWare and VC Games Update

    Two WiiWare titles and one Virtual Console title were added to the Wii Shop Channel.

    WiiWare™

    • Strong Bad Episode 2: Strong Badia the Free
    • Potpourrii

    Virtual Console

    • Mega Man 2 (NES™)

    Check out the Wii Shop Channel for more info!

  • Wi-fi: Pay and Play Introduced

    Hopefully by now many of you are aware of what Nintendo introduced at GDC this past February. If not, hang on to your pants (and wallet), as wi-fi will no longer be an ultimately free service. Nintendo will be starting their first “Pay and Play” online project with Sega’s upcoming “Samba de Amigo“, a maraca dancing game that resembles something like “Dance Revolution”… with your hands. As fun as the trailer seems for this game, it will also be the first to implement a “pay to play” service. What you will need to pay for is still unclear, but I can reassure you that Wi-fi will no longer be the free service we all had fun with. Games that will support the “Pay to Play” service will contain the traditional “Wi-fi” logo (in red) along with the words “pay-to-play” underneath. Purchasing whatever service is provided by “pay and play” is still a mystery, but you will be using Wii Points respectively. For more info on Nintendo’s crazy 360th degree of a turn for wi-fi gaming, please visit this source.

  • Ocarina – Action Replay for Wii?

    Phew! Talk about slacking! I’ve been so busy messing around with Homebrew Apps, that I can’t help but say I’m a little dissapointed at myself for letting Nintendobros go unnattended for quite a while. Needless to say, if someone is interested in becoming a Nintendobros contributor, post your request either here or in the forums. We really need someone to cover for us in our hours of need!

    But back to news, Homebrew is now running a totally fair cheating application for Wii that allows hacking of certain games like Mario Kart Wii and Smash Bros Brawl. Although it is still a hacking app (meaning it could brick your Wii if you have no idea what you are doing), it adds even more replayability on those popular (and unpopular) games. Brawl, for instance, has been a blast to hack. I’ll be posting some videos that I made using the Ocarina App on Brawl, that is, if I get my Cardbus Tuner sometime this weekend. If interested in hacking your Wii (not recommended for those who aren’t tech-savvy), just go to wiibrew.com

  • WiiWare and VC Games Update

    One WiiWare title and two Virtual Console titles were added to the Wii Shop Channel.

    WiiWare™

    • Groovin’ Blocks

    Virtual Console

    • Final Soldier (TurboGrafx™)
    • Cho Anaki (TurboGrafx™)

    Check out the Wii Shop Channel for more info!

  • WiiWare and VC Games Update

    One WiiWare title and two Virtual Console titles were added to the Wii Shop Channel.

    WiiWare™

    • My Aquarium™

    Virtual Console

    • Clu Clu Land (NES™)
    • Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (SNES™)

    Check out the Wii Shop Channel for more info!

  • Watch DVDs On Your Wii

    You can’t really play a DVD on your Wii straight out of the box, but that doesn’t limit your Wii’s capabilities. The Wii has an optical drive that equals (or bests) that of a DVD player. In order to teach your Wii to read DVDs, you will need to hack it, however, but it doesn’t require any expensive peripherals. Of course, it is easier said than done, but if you are a computer whiz, than it shouldn’t be a problem. It all comes down to the infamous Homebrew Channel, so if you are interested and haven’t yet heard of this unique method of updating/hacking your Wii, then click here to visit the semi-easy tutorial on how to make your Wii learn to read DVDs. Personally, I ran into a few problems because some updates have been made to files/downloads/etc and are not discussed in the tutorial, but it shouldn’t be hard to figure out if your into the high-technical stuff. My Wii now plays DVDs, so that means I can get rid of my PS2 once and for all.

    *It is not recommended to you hack your Wii in any way, as failure to follow exact procedures may result in permanent damage. The Homebrew hacks have not been known to cause problems to the Nintendo Wii, but keep in mind that the DVD/Twilight Hack is still “experimental”. Nintendobros does not assume responsibility for damage caused to your Wii due to hacking and related issues.

  • WiiWare and VC Games Update

    One WiiWare title and two Virtual Console titles were added to the Wii Shop Channel.

    WiiWare™

    • Helix™

    Virtual Console

    • Ys Book I & II (TurboGrafx16™)
    • Samurai Shodown 2 (NEOGEO™)

    Check out the Wii Shop Channel for more info!