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HullBreach Online, the first MMO RPG for the Wii’s Internet Channel, has been scaled down to run on the Nintendo DSi Browser to play while on-the-go.

HB Online Lite boasts all the sectors, planets, missions, tradeable goods, ships, upgrades, asteroids, NPCs, chat functions, and player stats, that its older brother has. In fact, both the game universe and player accounts are shared, so players can seamlessly jump between versions of the game at any time.

HB Online Lite has a completely new interface that favors lower resolution, lower bandwidth, and an all touchscreen interface. Communication with the server has been accelerated, and the backend generates content using the newest technologies, something that dates the older HB Online.

HB Online Lite also contains a few features not present in HB Online.  The first is real-time Twiiter feeds. Now players can see posts to the Wii/DS rapid blogging website appear instantly in the communication pane during gameplay.  Also shops and shipyards now have NPC dialogs that ensue when selecting purchases or making sales.

Both versions will continue to gain massive amounts of content over the next few weeks.  Players may visit the game one day to find Sector Theta Eta empty, and a visit the next day could reveal planets with several missions and goods to trade. New content will be dropped into both versions, becoming available in real-time.

To try HB Online Lite or HB Online now, visit http://hullbreachonline.com .  Remember that accounts are shared between games, but Twiiter (http://twiiter.wiioperasdk.com) and DS Opera SDK (http://dsoperasdk.com) accounts are the same as well.  Join the other 4800 players today!

Thanks Daniel for the tip

Stay tuned for another WiiNintendo Gaming Challenge where you could win one of these!

To fill the void for Super Smash Brothers homebrew on the NDS, a group of individuals have come together to produce Clash DS. The team still has open spots for coders and sprite makers. If you are interested in getting on board, please follow the source link below.

We are developing it here: http://ssbclash.co.cc/
Direct Link to the current forum: http://ssbclash.200gigs.com/ *We keep moving*
Programmers and spriters and general people are always welcome.

Off-site DEMO

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bocophobic at yoyogames.com explains the project:

This project is the beginning of remaking Link’s Awakening (DX) for the Game Boy in 3D style. No, the game is not a bunch of stand up flat sprites. The screenshots below should speak for themselves.

The game plays similarly to the proper 3D Legend of Zelda games, with fluid, seamless action and puzzle oriented gameplay. This release is the very first Debug Demo release, so keep that in mind (At this point, the project has only been under way for less than a week).

I’m releasing this so early in production to let people have a try at the game engine. PLEASE keep in mind, I am not Nintendo, and I won’t care if you complain about how you don’t like how Link looks, and how you would have preferred Link from OoT or TP or WW. I’m working on this project for fun, and again, I’m not Nintendo.

Now, that’s out of the way. Here’s the Link and some screenshots. I hope you enjoy!

DOWNLOAD:
The Legend of Zelda – Link’s Reawakening Debug Beta Demo 001

Wiibrew strongly recommends that you do not update your Wii through Nintendo.

Version 4.0 of the System Menu was released on March 25th, 2009. It was announced in Satoru Iwata’s GDC keynote.

The announcement lists these changes:

* The Wii console can now use SDHC (SD High Capacity) Cards with a maximum of 32GB of storage.
* The SD Card Menu, which allows you to launch titles directly from an SD or SDHC Card, is added to the Wii menu.
* The Wii Shop Channel will now allow you to download titles directly to an SD or SDHC Card.
* The Wii console’s Data Management menu has been enhanced to make it easier to copy and move stored items on an SD Card or the Wii console’s system memory.
* The Wii User Agreement, which includes the Wii Privacy Policy, has been updated. Because the updated agreement applies to you and your use of the Wii Network Service, you should view the updated version by clicking on the Wii icon located on the lower-left portion of the Wii Channel menu, selecting Wii Settings, accessing the Internet setting, and selecting User Agreements.
* There are other behind-the-scenes enhancements to the Wii console system menu included with Wii Menu 4.0

The update includes a batch of IOS updates issued a few hours before the System Menu update.

Just a few minutes ago, Nintendo released a brand new update which allows Wii users to load games directly from the SD card, but not only that, from SDHC cards as well! This firmware update is definitely the definitive storage solution Nintendo had talked about in the past. Joystiq confirms that the update is available in America, while I can personally confirm the update is also available in Europe. We assume, this update is available worldwide.

The storage solution still cannot unfortunately load save games from the SD card, however, this is likely due to the SDK not having this option in the first place.

There are three small differences to the SD Menu and the Wii Menu. The first, being the channel preview having a default “tune” and only showing the channel’s logo when selecting the channel from the menu. The second and third are simple aesthetic changes, namely, the background and bottom bar being black. I can also confirm that The Homebrew Channel works on the SD Card menu, which is great for all of our users running homebrew.

Update: The new Wii system update also adds support for SDHC cards up to 32 GB — that’s alotta Virtual Console games folks!

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These people NEVER run out of ideas!

This mod, which was posted on Hack a Day awhile back, completely transfers the controls of a DS to an authentic NES controller. While it does look very nice, I can’t help but imagine that screen visibility is an issue when played this way.

I totally forgot about this, I meant to post it last month but I forgot.

Basically, you can reskin Mario Kart Wii.

What You Will Need!

Homebrew Channel
Gamma Back Up Launcher
Wii (Duh)
A Backup Dump File Of Mario Kart Wii
DVD+R (Or DVD-R Whatever You Choose)

GBAtemp has  a video showing how to setup the textures and links to some apps you’ll need.  They also have a bunch of texture “hack” videos.

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