The Homebrew Channel has ceased development due to stolen Nintendo code
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Jinzo Prime
Gold Member
Sorry, but clutching your pearls so many years atfer the fact doesn't make any sense. The Wii is long discontinued, so who is being hurt by this alleged copyright infringement?
lughnasadh123
Member
That's a huge whoopsies.
LRKD
Member
Wow, modern modders are ______'s who get butthurt protecting multimillion dollar corporation code? Could you imagine a cyber punk, but all hackers are good boys who play by the rules and never ever steal code, or do anything illegal? We live in the gayest timeline.
Like I get not wanting to get involved in stolen code, sure you have a family and don't think its worth risking with the big N, but like, just silently drop out and walk away. But making a huge public outcry about it is just pathetic. Won't matter though, wii is old news, and homebrew channel has been functional for longer than it hasn't at this point, so dropping development of it really doesn't matter. They could've just said 'we are happy with where it is and are moving on to new projects'.
Like I get not wanting to get involved in stolen code, sure you have a family and don't think its worth risking with the big N, but like, just silently drop out and walk away. But making a huge public outcry about it is just pathetic. Won't matter though, wii is old news, and homebrew channel has been functional for longer than it hasn't at this point, so dropping development of it really doesn't matter. They could've just said 'we are happy with where it is and are moving on to new projects'.
Sentenza
Member
Never even heard of this Homebrew channel before and I can only vaguely guess what it was, but still, what a fucking rat.
"Boo hoo, these people I knew and I worked with STOLE code from the big corpo. Pls do the legal thing and send a C&D, Ninty!",
Backstabber.
EDIT: Maybe even a mentally deranged liar, so worse than I though.
"Boo hoo, these people I knew and I worked with STOLE code from the big corpo. Pls do the legal thing and send a C&D, Ninty!",
Backstabber.
EDIT: Maybe even a mentally deranged liar, so worse than I though.
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Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
The thing's 19 years old. Who gives a shit if they're ceasing development of the fucking Homebrew Channel, of all things?
Fabieter
Member
You would be surprised how many people still care about old hardware.
grvg
Member
Hmmm, I think I know of that guy. I'll check that one new Zealand themed agriculture forum.Never even heard of this Homebrew channel before and I can only vaguely guess what it was, but still, what a fucking rat.
"Boo hoo, these people I knew and I worked with STOLE code from the big corpo. Pls do the legal thing and send a C&D, Ninty!",
Backstabber.
EDIT: Maybe even a mentally deranged liar, so worse than I though.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
I mean... I'm one of them - I'm obsessively into older games and systems - but the fascination with homebrew shit on the Wii of all things is just plain weird.
Puscifer
Member
Based on what happened last year I'm willing to bet this is another domino.
Lionel Richie
Member
At first it may seem like petty revenge, but this is Nintendo going nuclear on the homebrew community of their consoles. Shame too, a hacked 3DS or Wii U are some of the best consoles one could ever have.
ReasonBeing
Member
Still very much worth doing. I modded my Wii over a decade ago and I still go to it often. It probably helps that I have it hooked up to a CRT; it's such a great place to play those 480p games as well as emulate older consoles. Do you have the OG Wii with the GameCube ports?
CuteFaceJay
Member
This seems silly, Where did they think all this rock solid code came from to run this software as smooth as it did?
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San Dan Glokta
Member
Kirby is not a Nintendo character; he was also a Nintendo lawyer that got his name honored and immortalized 
But regardless, fuck the rats.
But regardless, fuck the rats.
nkarafo
Member
Nah, they stole the character's name from a company that makes vacuum cleaners.
Because it's vacuum cleaners. Of all things. They couldn't be more obvious.
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BlackTron
Member
I learned long ago to keep any modded game system off the Internet because I don't need unsupported random updates messing up my precariously balanced console where everything is working just so without failure. I assume all my old modded systems still work mainly because once I got them working they were cut off from the net forever.
So yeah copy/paste it to your SD card instead and be ready to backtrack/fix anything.
So yeah copy/paste it to your SD card instead and be ready to backtrack/fix anything.
justiceiro
Marlboro: Other M
Yeah, people hacking their consoles are so worried about the legality of the code they use.
There is no honor between thieves.
There is no honor between thieves.
San Dan Glokta
Member
Oh I didn't know that brand existed. If thats the case then both of these can be true at once; Nintendo happened to have a Lawyer that was called Kirby that they highly respected, and his name happened to fit perfectly with the character they made probably.
nkarafo
Member
That's not official or anything, i just think it's too much of a coincidence a name they chose for a character who sucks enemies like a vacuum cleaner has the same name as a company that makes vacuum cleaners.
darth.shrimp
Member
You never know. Private servers for Ragnarok Online mostly run on eAthena, which is an Aegis (the official RO server software) emulator made entirely from scratch.
San Dan Glokta
Member
nkarafo
Member
I was talking about the vaccum cleaner company
Bridges
Member
I do, I have three of them (2 US and 1 JPN) basically collecting dust and have been thinking I may as well get some use out of one.
I also still have the Wii U and was mulling over if that would be the better option, any opinions on that? I have the Smash GCN->USB adapter if that factors in at all.
ReasonBeing
Member
The best option is do both. Admittedly, it doesn't happen often for me, but there are no better consoles for when you have people over. I know GameCube access is possible on Wii U, but I have never bothered with it as it is so easy to get working on the OG Wii.
StueyDuck
Member
As a developer, you are never gonna see me advocate for stealing code, even if it is a big corporation's code.Never even heard of this Homebrew channel before and I can only vaguely guess what it was, but still, what a fucking rat.
"Boo hoo, these people I knew and I worked with STOLE code from the big corpo. Pls do the legal thing and send a C&D, Ninty!",
Backstabber.
EDIT: Maybe even a mentally deranged liar, so worse than I though.
I agree that snitches get stitches, and crying to the internet police was pathetic.
But theft of source code is theft, whether it's legacy or not, I won't pretend like it's a nothing deal. In this scenario, I totally am on Nintendo's side here.
It's not the same as shutting down fan projects or emulation where Nintendo are the obvious arseholes.
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ReyBrujo
Member
The double moral in the announcement baffles me. Steal from Nintendo? Well, go on. Steal from OSS? No way!
People are still playing PES6 mods on PS2 nowadays.
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