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News Wii update removes homebrew capabilities

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  1. CardJoe

    CardJoe Freelance Journalist

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    zim2411 What's a Dremel?

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  3. Timmy_the_tortoise

    Timmy_the_tortoise International Man of Awesome

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    Adventure Games on my Wii? Why did no one tell me about this BEFORE Ninty clamped down? I've been dying to play Day of the Tentacle again, but can't find the disc or any downloads anywhere.
     
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  4. Bursar

    Bursar What's a Dremel?

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    Aparently it also disables Freeloader as well. Hope noone has any import games they want to keep playing...
     
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  5. dattimr

    dattimr What's a Dremel?

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  6. naokaji

    naokaji whatever

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    omg... someone is having fun playing a game we dont even sell, we have to stop him!!!

    sometimes I really have to wonder about certain corporate decisions.
     
    naokaji, 17 Jun 2008
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  7. steveo_mcg

    steveo_mcg What's a Dremel?

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    Does the Wii automatically update its self when you go online?
     
    steveo_mcg, 17 Jun 2008
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  8. M4RTIN

    M4RTIN What's a Dremel?

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    no so you dont have to update, however the next big wii game, what ever it may be probably wont work unless you are using the latest software, or it will install it automatically
     
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  9. phuzz

    phuzz This is a title

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    Worth noting it doesn't disable the Homebrew channel, so I can still enjoy my Beneath a Steel Sky :)

    However, if you've not installed the Homebrew channel yet, do it now before you run an update, all you need is an SD card, a copy of Twilight Princess and instructions from http://wiibrew.org.
     
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  10. Smegwarrior

    Smegwarrior Fighting the war on smeg

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    This is totally stupid and Nintendo are cutting their own throat, it is not like the homebrew games are pirated games and how many consoles would they have sold already just so some people can play homebrew games, then you have the potential for a person to make a homebrew game that Nintendo could then buy from them to sell.
     
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    Market forces. They close a hack, someone opens a new hack. It's the Way of the Hacker.
     
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  12. DXR_13KE

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    the more difficult it is to hack the sooner someone hacks it....
     
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  13. HourBeforeDawn

    HourBeforeDawn a.k.a KazeModz

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    so I just got the Wii and I dont plan on doing of the online stuff so as long as I dont update I would be alright? as there are some imports I plan to pick up? or will future games not play due to not using the update?
     
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  14. leexgx

    leexgx CPC hang out zone (i Fix pcs i do )

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    if the game requres the update, you have to not play that game
     
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