As the title reads, Nintendo has officially announced a price drop for the Wii. Starting September 27, the Nintendo Wii will retail for fifty dollars less and will be sold in stores for $199.
The price drop was previously rumored thanks to the help of some leaked photos of some upcoming adverts, stating the new price for the console. As the adverts mentioned, the Wii will still come bundled with Wii Sports, so don't fret if you thought the price drop meant no free game included.
Will you be picking up a Wii, thanks to the price drop?
If a recently leaked Toys R Us advertisement is to be believed, then we could be seeing a price drop heading for the Wii very soon.
The ad shows the Nintendo Wii priced fifty dollars cheaper, at a MSRP of $199 USD. According to the advertisement, the price drop does not mean the console must lose its bundled game to warrant its cheaper price, so it still comes with Wii Sports included in the box.
According to Kotaku's tipster, the ad is set to release in the end of September, on the 27th to be exact. So for those of you who are thinking of picking up a Wii soon, perhaps you should consider waiting for this unconfirmed price drop.
Nintendo has dropped the price on it's internet browser for the Wii down to... free. Yes, you'll now be able to download and use the Wii's internet channel for the price of nothing.
When the Wii first came out, you could download a beta version of the Opera based browser, but soon after that Nintendo started charging for the full web browser. For 500 Wii Points you could surf the web on your Wii.
Though, that has changed now, Nintendo now offers the channel free for anyone to download. What about those who already paid the 500 Wii Points for the service? Worry not, as Nintendo also announced that beginning in October, those who did shell out on the channel can download a free NES game off of the Virtual Console library.
Along with the announcement, the Wii Internet Channel also received a flash update, bringing it from Flash 7 to Flash Lite 3.1. This should allow for some better browsing on the Wii.
If you didn't know by now, about 2 weeks ago, Activision announced that Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is making its transition over to the Wii. The port is planned to arrive in stores the same day as Call of Duty: Mordern Warfare 2, November 10, 2009.
The hit title that arrived on the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC in November of 2007, is said to be handled by the developers over at Treyarch to be ported onto the Wii. Treyarch's last release on the Wii was Call of Duty: World At War, accumulating over a million sales since its launch; so it kind of seems fitting for them to be in charge of developing this port.
Alright, now that we got you up to speed on that, we can move on to why I started writing this article in the first place. So, just recently, some new screens were released of the game (actually the only and first screenshot to be exact).
And well, lets just say they pretty much look like what you would expect. We don't think anyone was really expecting them to look as good as the their HD counterparts? Did ya? No, neither did we.
Anyway, feel free to have a look at them for yourself in the link to our gallery:
OK. There is still some improvements to be made on this.
But right now this program is functional - and ready for a public release.
This program will allow you to create your very own .DOL Forwarder, without coding or compiling anything yourself. This is for people interested in Nintendo Wii modding.
The .DOLs are SDHC compatible, and have error fixes ect... This program uses djdynamite123's forwarders as base files - thanks djdynamite123 !! :D
This program will only work properly if used exactly as desribed in the READ ME file - so please take a second to read it before any use.
The next version I release should be capable of creating .ELF forwarders too.
Everything is in the READ ME.
HAPPY .DOL making :)
A Million thanks goes to VettaCossX-Alpha for doing LOTS of beta testing to help me make this compatible with Windows Vista too :D
Due to vulnerability in Super Smash Bros Brawl stage builder code, a new bug was found by svpe and an exploit has been created by developer Comex. The exploit uses coding by Team Twiizers and just as the Twilight exploit would, this will allow ELF loading from the root of an SD Card
Because there isnt a way for Nintendo to patch games, it is currently not possible for Nintendo to block this exploit.
It is yet to be released, but I will be sure to update everyone when it does with a tutorial of how to use it safely. Until now enjoy the video.
Waninkoko has update his good old Custom IOS the Wii, bringing us Revision 13. This IOS is now based on IOS 38 v3610. For those who want to install this using a wad, you will need IOS38-64-v3610.wad on the root of your SD card. PLEASE DO NOT ASK WHERE TO OBTAIN THIS WAD. NOBODY WILL BE ALLOWED TO HOST IT ON THIS SITE. (If you are stuck try - Google ;))
cIOS Rev 13 Brings:
IMPORTANT (For those who dont read the read me) Waninkoko states:
This is quick roundup of all the news regarding the Wii at this year's Nintendo E3 press conference. Be sure to click on read more below for the full look at all of it.
Nintendo start off the show with a very familiar Nintendo mascot. Mario made the debut in a brand new Wii game called New Super Mario Bros. Wii. The game looks like the DS version, but brings with it the ability of up to four players playing at the same time. Players will help each other or compete against each other as they work to finish each level. New powerups are also included in this new sidescroller game. New Super Mario Bros. Wii is set to release this holiday season.
Secondly Nintendo announced the expansion to the original Wii Fit. Come this fall, balance board owners will be able to try out six new exercises and fifteen new mini-games in Wii Fit Plus. The game will come bundled with a balanced board and also sold seperately.
Next Nintendo showed off some new game modes for the game announced at last year's E3, Wii Sports Resort. Which uses Nintendo's new Wiimote's newest addition, Wii Motion Plus. They showed off a comercial featuring some new unannounced game modes; such as ping-pong, basketball, archery, and kayaking. Nintendo then followed by showing off some live demonstrations of skydiving, archery, and basketball.
This is a new era of Wii hacking ;) Full featured Wii themes!
After much work and refining VettacossX and buby78 have released their Simpsons theme for the Nintendo Wii.
It's released as .mym file, which not only makes it legal, but also makes it compatible with all region/firmware Wii consoles!
The creators ask that people be linked to their download page, and register at their page to download. Registration is of course free, and only takes a moment. They are very friendly folks, and are willing to help anyone who wants help making their own custom Wii theme. :)
Here is a video of it in action:
I personally think this theme is sweet, and will be using it on my own Wii.
Waninkoko has update his SD/USB Backup Loader for the Wii, bringing it to version 1.3. This application will load your backup collection from an external USB drive or SD Card and display them in a menu for the user to play. Whats more this supports SDHC cards which maximizes the space allowing even more games. This update sorts out a problem regarding how free space was listed. First install Waninkoko's cIOS36 rev10 Installer (below) and then your good to go.
With the release of his new SD/USB iso loader (above) Waninkoko has released revision 10 of his CIOS. All the important bits are below
+------------------------------------------+
| [+] Custom IOS Installer (v36 rev 10) |
| developed by Waninkoko |
+------------------------------------------+
| wwww.teknoconsolas.es |
+------------------------------------------+
[ DISCLAIMER ]:
- THIS APPLICATION COMES WITH NO WARRANTY AT ALL, NEITHER EXPRESS NOR IMPLIED.
I DO NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY DAMAGE IN YOUR WII CONSOLE
BECAUSE OF A IMPROPER USAGE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
[ DESCRIPTION ]:
- This is a Custom IOS, an IOS modified to add some new features
not available in the official IOS.
This IOS has been made to be used ONLY with homebrew software.
The Custom IOS installs as IOS249 and it does not modify any other
IOS so it is secure to install.
- Copy "IOS36-64-v1042.wad" file to the root of a SD card.
- Insert the SD card on your Wii.
- Run the installer and select "WAD Installation".
Network Installation:
- Run the installer and select "Network Installation".
[ KUDOS ]:
- Team Twiizers and devkitPRO devs for their great work in libogc.
- All the betatesters.
- WiiGator, for his work in the DIP plugin.
- kwiirk, for his EHCI module.
- nitrotux, for his IOS5.
- neimod, for the Custom IOS module.
With the new release of Nintendo's 4.0 System Menu, Waninkoko has been hard at work and recently released a homebrew application for the Wii which in affect removes all of the blocks that the usual Nintendo Firmware contains. This app will download and install the new content in the v4.0 System Menu update, but still allows users to install wads, use homebrew channel and run backups.
This new update brings increased reading of SD cards and also adds a small SD channel to the system menu which allows users to load channels straight from the SD card. Pic below.
