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Posted on: May 09, 2008
WiiWare video games hacked, pirated, and brought to North American Wii's
Only a few weeks after pirates figured out how to install Virtual Console video games on their Wiis for free using the Twilight Hack, a clever trick for running unofficial code on an unmodded systems, hackers have expanded their counterfeit offerings to allow bootleg copies of WiiWare titles.
We're not yet sure if online modes are working, but the fact that pirates can install Japanese WiiWare ROMs/WADs on a US system, as shown above with Family Ping Pong, is impressive (and criminal!). Considering how fast the Wii's piracy scene has been moving, someone will likely soon release instructions on how to bypass microtransactions and install downloadable content updates for free, too.
How long will it be before Nintendo steps in to end these shenanigans? Will that mean the end of Wii homebrew, as well? See, this is why we can't have nice things.
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Only a few weeks after pirates figured out how to install Virtual Console video games on their Wiis for free using the Twilight Hack, a clever trick for running unofficial code on an unmodded systems, hackers have expanded their counterfeit offerings to allow bootleg copies of WiiWare titles.
We're not yet sure if online modes are working, but the fact that pirates can install Japanese WiiWare ROMs/WADs on a US system, as shown above with Family Ping Pong, is impressive (and criminal!). Considering how fast the Wii's piracy scene has been moving, someone will likely soon release instructions on how to bypass microtransactions and install downloadable content updates for free, too.
How long will it be before Nintendo steps in to end these shenanigans? Will that mean the end of Wii homebrew, as well? See, this is why we can't have nice things.
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Posted on: May 09, 2008
Although it lacks a ball to knock your blocks down with once you've finished building, assembling this puzzle is probably the perfect way to pass the time while your family plays on Boom Blox and you stubbornly refuse to admit that you might have been wrong. Bah. Oh, one word of advice, though: handle with care.
Gallery: BOOM BLOX
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Posted on: May 09, 2008
Filed under: Wii Warm Up
This morning, we've got a very simple question for you: which commercials do you prefer, the new Cowboy Jed ads (minus the hilarious remix footage), or the Wii Would Like to Play guys? It's a tough decision. Cowboy Jed is off the proverbial chain with those extras, but extremely annoying on the actual television. The Wii Would Like to Play guys are great themselves, but some of those ads are not. Have an opinion? Or do you just skip the commercials anyway?
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Posted on: May 08, 2008
Filed under: Meta
While you wait for your next opportunity to leave a comment, check out some of our coverage from the last week below.
Features:
- Revolutionary: Dreaming of Wii 1.5
Mike Sylvester outlines his ideas for a console revision - Wii Fanboy hands-on: Nyko's Kama wireless nunchuk
We put it through its paces - Wii Fanboy walks you through the Nintendo Channel
It's a video walkthrough of the new Channel's features - Virtually Overlooked: Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
We tell you why it should be on the Virtual Console - VC Monday Madness video wrap-up 5/5/08
We check out this week's Virtual Console titles in our video wrap-up - Brawl Stage of the Week: It's Tetris Time!
A classic video game gets turned into a Smash Bros. level - Another Week in Sales
Our weekly analysis of sales breakdowns for the European and Japanese regions
- Cowboy Jed implores you to look at more footage
LOOK AT THE FOOTAGE! - The most divisive question about the Wiimote is answered
You just have to see it for yourself - Reimagine Metroid 2D
Wow. Just wow.
- The curiously strong homemade sensor bar
Pretty sweet mod - Duck Hunt lamp will inspire thousands to hunt for cheap zappers
Not a bad piece of furniture - Wii Warm Up: Nintendo's next big Wii video game
What do you think it will be?
Gallery: No More Heroes
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