Author Topic: urge to buy a wii is rising! (Read 7848 times)

Bebpo · « **Reply #60 on:** April 16, 2009, 10:31:52 PM »

Quote from: demi on April 16, 2009, 10:25:28 PM

MadWorld doesnt make Wiis 4.0

You updated via other means - either shop channel or internet test connection

Hmmmmm...maybe mine is not 4.0? Lemme check. But yeah I might've updated it for something stupid.

Bebpo · « **Reply #61 on:** April 16, 2009, 10:42:20 PM »

oh, hey. It's 3.4U.
Well I know what I'm hacking tomorrow!

Is there any danger of things once a Wii is hacked? Like imagine if you give the hacked Wii to a non-gamer and they keep it and buy and play games and do official updates whenever the system asks them to. Could Nintendo make an update that will basically kill a hacked system?

I kinda told my brother I was giving him my US Wii to keep permanently at some point. Right now he just keeps it most of the time and I steal it when there are US games I want to play. But at some point I'll give it to him. But I don't want to give him a system that is going to brick on him down the line when he buys Mario Kart 22 or whatever.

demi · « **Reply #62 on:** April 16, 2009, 10:43:55 PM »

If you just install Homebrew Channel, nothing will go wrong. Danger comes into play when you start dabbling with IOS files, and making custom channels, etc.

But I dont touch any of that gay stuff.

Bebpo · « **Reply #63 on:** April 16, 2009, 10:46:16 PM »

Quote from: demi on April 16, 2009, 10:43:55 PM

If you just install Homebrew Channel, nothing will go wrong. Danger comes into play when you start dabbling with IOS files, and making custom channels, etc.

But I dont touch any of that gay stuff.

Do I need to mess with that stuff to make the system region free? I looked around and saw it was called Gecko something.

demi · « **Reply #64 on:** April 16, 2009, 10:57:10 PM »

Yeah you need GeckoOS but that is run from HBC, doesnt require any fancy stuff

http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Gecko_OS

Bebpo · « **Reply #65 on:** April 16, 2009, 10:59:58 PM »

Cool. Thanks.

Will be hacking tomorrow!

cool breeze · « **Reply #66 on:** April 16, 2009, 11:23:26 PM »

I'm picking up Klonoa, but I'm thinking about passing on Excitebots, at least not getting it right away. The more videos I see of it the worse it looks, and I still haven't finished ExciteTrucks yet, so no need to move on.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #67 on:** April 17, 2009, 03:27:09 AM »

Straight up, if I were to go out and buy a new Wii today, what would the odds of me getting an unhackable one be?

demi · « **Reply #68 on:** April 17, 2009, 03:28:09 AM »

Slim, but possible

EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #69 on:** April 17, 2009, 03:57:45 AM »

Quote from: swaggaz on April 16, 2009, 11:23:26 PM

I'm picking up Klonoa, but I'm thinking about passing on Excitebots, at least not getting it right away. The more videos I see of it the worse it looks, and I still haven't finished ExciteTrucks yet, so no need to move on.

C'mon its like beastwars+warioware+burnout+hydrothunder!
Super Sandwich! Great Fish!
press start!
*********
pause game!
***********

dark1x · « **Reply #70 on:** April 17, 2009, 08:59:08 AM »

Yeah, I also noticed that my Wii is only 3.4U. I thought it was 4.0! Finally, something I can do with the Wii!

demi · « **Reply #71 on:** April 17, 2009, 09:14:59 AM »

4.0 is when the SD card icon is in the corner

Bebpo · « **Reply #72 on:** April 17, 2009, 02:19:06 PM »

Hey demi, where can I buy a "non-secure SD card" to hack my wii?

I have some SDHC cards for my camera but I read Wii doesn't work with those until 4.0. So I need to buy a cheap SD card. How do I tell if it's "non-secure" when I go to buy one?

demi · « **Reply #73 on:** April 17, 2009, 02:25:10 PM »

Buy one that clearly doesnt state its SDHC

http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Memory-SDSDB-2048-A11-Retail-Package/dp/B0009RGLSE

Bebpo · « **Reply #74 on:** April 17, 2009, 02:36:41 PM »

Quote from: demi on April 17, 2009, 02:25:10 PM

Buy one that clearly doesnt state its SDHC

http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Memory-SDSDB-2048-A11-Retail-Package/dp/B0009RGLSE

Well, I mean with the normal SD cards it seems there are "secure" and "non-secure" ones and the secure ones won't work for hacking? Will the Sandisk SD cards work? If so I'll just grab one at Best Buy today so I can hack it.

demi · « **Reply #75 on:** April 17, 2009, 02:37:18 PM »

I use that same exact SD card - except mine is 128MB

Bebpo · « **Reply #76 on:** April 17, 2009, 02:40:02 PM »

Awesome. Best Buy here I come!

Jansen · « **Reply #77 on:** April 17, 2009, 02:53:58 PM »

aside from muramasa and the after what other wii games are worth playing/coming out?

also what VC and wiiware games are worth a shit

anything emcee suggests is automatically discounted

oh and if i can't install homebrew is there another way to play imports?

demi · « **Reply #78 on:** April 17, 2009, 02:56:22 PM »

Jansen · « **Reply #79 on:** April 17, 2009, 03:06:10 PM »

i thought there was a freeloader or some shit

http://www.renchi.com/renchi/Wii_Accessories_Freeloader_US_Version.htm

there is!

ahh shit

Quote

You can continue to use Wii Freeloader perfectly with any Wii console running firmware 3.2 and below

demi · « **Reply #80 on:** April 17, 2009, 03:07:20 PM »

Patched, Freeloader doesnt work anymore cause Datel is a bunch of code stealing shitheels

demi · « **Reply #81 on:** April 17, 2009, 03:08:23 PM »

Quote from: Jansen on April 17, 2009, 03:06:10 PM

i thought there was a freeloader or some shit

http://www.renchi.com/renchi/Wii_Accessories_Freeloader_US_Version.htm

there is!

Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond Datel's control Wii Freeloader is not compatible with Wii firmware 3.3 and higher (released as an online update 17/06/2008).

You can continue to use Wii Freeloader perfectly with any Wii console running firmware 3.2 and below.

Jansen · « **Reply #82 on:** April 17, 2009, 03:16:56 PM »

hmm i get one for 206$ through amazon warehouse deals

really tempting!

Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich · « **Reply #83 on:** April 17, 2009, 03:18:29 PM »

Quote from: Jansen on April 17, 2009, 03:16:56 PM

hmm i get one for 206$ through amazon warehouse deals

really tempting!

Yeah that's what I did last month. Everything inside was new, only issue was the box had a couple of dents on it.

It had FW 3.3 on it but I rented TP through Gamefly and downgraded to 3.2

EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #84 on:** April 17, 2009, 03:19:02 PM »

Quote from: Jansen on April 17, 2009, 02:53:58 PM

aside from muramasa and the after what other wii games are worth playing/coming out?

also what VC and wiiware games are worth a shit

anything emcee suggests is automatically discounted

oh and if i can't install homebrew is there another way to play imports?

I recommend muramusa already. Same company is releasing Little King's Story.
Sorry I have better sense than to buy a shitty cellphone rpg.

Jansen · « **Reply #85 on:** April 17, 2009, 03:24:13 PM »

Quote from: Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich on April 17, 2009, 03:18:29 PM

Quote from: Jansen on April 17, 2009, 03:16:56 PM
hmm i get one for 206$ through amazon warehouse deals

really tempting!

Yeah that's what I did last month. Everything inside was new, only issue was the box had a couple of dents on it.

It had FW 3.3 on it but I rented TP through Gamefly and downgraded to 3.2

sweet. i think that's what i'll do

where's a cheap place to get an sd + reader for the TP hack?

demi · « **Reply #86 on:** April 17, 2009, 03:25:04 PM »

Alright you know what I'm not going to answer any more hack questions

Theres plenty of sites out there

Jansen · « **Reply #87 on:** April 17, 2009, 03:40:46 PM »

ur a meanie

i already found a site that explains everything and has links to all the shit you need to download

now i just need to pull the trigger. what a sad day this is

the deed is done

Bebpo · « **Reply #88 on:** April 17, 2009, 08:57:02 PM »

I gotta hold off hacking my Wii until that SD card arrives from mail order. My nurse says I'm not supposed to go out yet in the real world and my brother wouldn't go to best buy and buy the card for me >_< So probably no hacking until tuesday/wed. Can't believe I was foiled by an SD card. I had just assumed my SDHC cards I use for my camera were going to work. Should've known Nintendo's SD card support would be 10 years out of date just like everything else in the hardware.

Quote from: Jansen on April 17, 2009, 03:40:46 PM

the deed is done

It's not so bad. Madworld is fun for 4 hours and No More Heroes is great. Mario Galaxy is REALLY GOOD, Brawl is fun if you have offline friends. DQ Swords is a cool arcade DQ experience and Fire Emblem is Fire Emblem. Symphonia 2 sucks ass though so I'd avoid.

Definitely enough games to make it worth owning even if it's not enough games to make the system particularly good.

Bebpo · « **Reply #89 on:** April 19, 2009, 12:38:20 AM »

I ended up borrowing an SD card from a friend last night and doing the hacking dance and I was surprised how quick and easy it was! The twilight hack takes like 3 mins total. Easier than hacking a psp! A modded Wii is kinda cool. The region free thing is nice and has some decent options. The Wii goes from being absolutely useless to maybe semi-useful when hacked.

tiesto · « **Reply #90 on:** April 19, 2009, 11:57:28 AM »

Quote from: Jansen on April 17, 2009, 02:53:58 PM

aside from muramasa and the after what other wii games are worth playing/coming out?

also what VC and wiiware games are worth a shit

anything emcee suggests is automatically discounted

oh and if i can't install homebrew is there another way to play imports?

Wii: It's worth playing the first Kororinpa, the second one doesn't control as well. But the first one is addicting as all hell. Other than that, umm... Well the trio of Mario, Zelda and Smash. Zack and Wiki seemed cool from what little I've played. I've always been curious about Opoona myself. Upcoming, there's Sin and Punishment 2 and Punch Out. Arc Rise Fantasia looks pretty cool, as does Muramasa and Little King's Story. And of course waaaay further in the pipeline, DQX.

VC: Phantasy Star 2 and 4, Ys Book 1 and 2, Sin and Punishment, Wonder Boy III: Dragon's Curse, SOM, Shining Force 1 and 2, DoReMi Fantasy, Soldier Blade, Lords of Thunder, MUSHA, Shinobi 3, the obvious big name Nintendo and Sega games... even though the VC's release schedule sucks nowadays, there are a lot of great games already on the platform.

WiiWare: Cubello is pretty fun, that's about it so far. World of Goo was overrated as fuck.

Bebpo · « **Reply #91 on:** April 19, 2009, 12:15:45 PM »

Arc Rise Fantasia looks awful imo. duckroll read an interview with the developers and they said they made the graphics and image quality terrible on purpose to keep the load times down....wtf. It looks worse than almost any jrpg on GC, which is sad.

Jansen · « **Reply #92 on:** April 19, 2009, 12:52:46 PM »

isn't arc rise 480i?

the videos at gametrailers look awful. no way does the game look that bad

ohhh fragile looks pretty sweet

treythemovie · « **Reply #93 on:** April 19, 2009, 03:20:02 PM »

Quote from: Bebpo on April 19, 2009, 12:15:45 PM

Arc Rise Fantasia looks awful imo. duckroll read an interview with the developers and they said they made the graphics and image quality terrible on purpose to keep the load times down....wtf. It looks worse than almost any jrpg on GC, which is sad.

I've never understood people who praise the game's graphics in every thread. Everything looks horrid from the environments to the character models. Oh well, at least the load times might be kept down in the developers are true to their word (could you imagine those shitty graphics + Tales-of-the-abyss like loading times? UGHHH).

Jansen · « **Reply #94 on:** April 19, 2009, 03:33:01 PM »

wtf fragile hasn't been announced for localization?!

screw you namco

cool breeze · « **Reply #95 on:** April 19, 2009, 03:41:41 PM »

I'm right there with you, Jansen. Fragile looks great, but the bastards aren't planning to bring it to America or Europe. At least if it was a Euro cheaper release I can import and play in English.

Jansen · « **Reply #96 on:** April 23, 2009, 07:03:37 PM »

oh my i dont remember the gamecube ver of TP looking this bad.

at least i can install the homebrew channel on this wii

Jansen · « **Reply #97 on:** May 01, 2009, 04:45:28 PM »

are there any worthwhile wiiware games for this thing?

help me out here

Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich · « **Reply #98 on:** May 01, 2009, 05:17:45 PM »

Bit.trip Beat - okay game, just gets a but full of itself
Tetris Party - pretty fun if you aren't burnt out on Tetris already
Dr. Mario - great if you happen to have friends that are into it (online)
Bomberman Blast - another really fun online game, unfortunately the general distinguished mentally-challenged-ness of Friend Codes kinda ruins it
Toki Tori - awesome if you like quazi-Lemmings puzzle games
Bubble Bobble Plus! - Not yet out in the US because NoA is stupid
Star Soldier R - decent shooter, one of the only games where I actually cared about leaderboards and stuff
Gradius ReBirth - kinda crappy for a Gradius game but whatever, it's worth pirating at least
Gyrostarr - Tube shooter, kinda gets old quickly
LostWinds - ok platformer
Space Invaders Get Even - really fun RTS hybrid, the forced DLC kinda sucks though
TV Show King - actually decent if you have friends over
Alien Crush Returns

Art Style: Rotohex and Orbient I thought were a lot of fun, too.

demi · « **Reply #99 on:** May 02, 2009, 08:52:25 AM »

Quote from: Jansen on May 01, 2009, 04:45:28 PM

are there any worthwhile wiiware games for this thing?

help me out here

*tumbleweed*

dark1x · « **Reply #100 on:** May 02, 2009, 12:00:43 PM »

Quote from: swaggaz on April 19, 2009, 03:41:41 PM

I'm right there with you, Jansen. Fragile looks great, but the bastards aren't planning to bring it to America or Europe. At least if it was a Euro cheaper release I can import and play in English.

I played the Japanese version. It has a lot of good ideas, but the game itself really isn't all that good. It also demands that your Wii-mote is functioning at 100%.

Bebpo · « **Reply #101 on:** May 02, 2009, 01:28:44 PM »

Quote from: dark1x on May 02, 2009, 12:00:43 PM

Quote from: swaggaz on April 19, 2009, 03:41:41 PM
I'm right there with you, Jansen. Fragile looks great, but the bastards aren't planning to bring it to America or Europe. At least if it was a Euro cheaper release I can import and play in English.
I played the Japanese version. It has a lot of good ideas, but the game itself really isn't all that good. It also demands that your Wii-mote is functioning at 100%.

What does that mean? I was planning on playing Fragile some day.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #102 on:** May 29, 2009, 09:42:48 PM »

XSEED will release the North American version of Fragile this winter.

demi · « **Reply #103 on:** May 29, 2009, 09:44:18 PM »

I'm interested in Fragile, Arc Rise, Ju-On. XSEED is getting my GameFly a good workout.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #104 on:** May 29, 2009, 10:58:37 PM »

Quote from: demi on May 29, 2009, 09:44:18 PM

I'm interested in Fragile, Arc Rise, Ju-On. XSEED is getting my GameFly a good workout.

A Ju-On game? Is it related to the movies?

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Author Topic: urge to buy a wii is rising! (Read 7848 times)