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Posted: Aug 5th 2008 9:10PM (Unverified) said
I can definitely understand the reasoning behind the removal of the health warning and region coding, but seriously, do people find the Wii menu music that annoying?
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Posted: Aug 5th 2008 11:35PM Dopple Boppler said
I love the Wii's (and GameCube's) ambient background music stuff. I had no idea people actually ever wanted to turn it off.
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Posted: Aug 5th 2008 9:10PM (Unverified) said
Do you also have a video of paint drying for me to watch?
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Posted: Aug 5th 2008 9:38PM (Unverified) said
Howdy! I think this post mind interest you...
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/22/rumor-wipeout-hd-held-up-by-epilepsy-tests/
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http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/22/rumor-wipeout-hd-held-up-by-epilepsy-tests/
Posted: Aug 5th 2008 9:18PM (Unverified) said
"but we can only imagine Nintendo – unlike Wii owners – will be none too pleased. "
Of course they wouldn't, why would a company not be upset at people modifying their hardware and its software/firmware to do what they don't want?
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Of course they wouldn't, why would a company not be upset at people modifying their hardware and its software/firmware to do what they don't want?
Posted: Aug 5th 2008 9:50PM mogamer said
Uh, it's your hardware. You bought it from Nintendo, they're not loaning it to you. Sure, they won't like it, but too bad. They can try to stop it the way Sony tried with they're continual firmware upgrades to the PSP, but Sony couldn't stop dedicated hackers and neither can Nintendo.
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Posted: Aug 5th 2008 11:42PM (Unverified) said
"Uh, it's your hardware. You bought it from Nintendo, they're not loaning it to you."
Modifying their hardware/software is illegal and can get you in legal troubles if Nintendo cared enough to take it that far.
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Modifying their hardware/software is illegal and can get you in legal troubles if Nintendo cared enough to take it that far.
Posted: Aug 6th 2008 1:38AM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said
4MyFriends is actually right (for once)...
When you purchase a game console, you involuntarily sign a user agreement.
That's why hacked 360s get banned from Live.
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When you purchase a game console, you involuntarily sign a user agreement.
That's why hacked 360s get banned from Live.
Posted: Aug 6th 2008 8:48AM (Unverified) said
Correction: its illegal in some countries and in some circumstances.
in some other countries its totally legal. in some its even protected by law.. and in several countries their attempts to stop you are illegal.
If I buy a console I'm going to do whatever I want with MY property.
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in some other countries its totally legal. in some its even protected by law.. and in several countries their attempts to stop you are illegal.
If I buy a console I'm going to do whatever I want with MY property.
Posted: Aug 5th 2008 9:35PM (Unverified) said
1. I didn't see any annotations.
2. What's wrong with the Wii Menu music?
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2. What's wrong with the Wii Menu music?
Posted: Aug 5th 2008 9:49PM In A World said
It's not exactly music, just background noise which you don't even notice, but after a while it gets on your nerves.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2008 1:39AM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said
You can't see YouTube annotations unless you view the video on YouTube. They don't work when embedded on other sites (yet, at least).
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Posted: Aug 5th 2008 9:46PM snarfoogle said
Can we haz Gamecube controller support hacked into the Wii Menu nao? I'm sick of having to get my Wiimote to barlw.
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Posted: Aug 5th 2008 10:04PM waynski1457 said
You mean like the PSP?
Sorry, I had to. I don't know about you, but that's kind of a selling point to me.
And there is no way in hell I would ever get or stay mad at Gir.
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Sorry, I had to. I don't know about you, but that's kind of a selling point to me.
And there is no way in hell I would ever get or stay mad at Gir.
Posted: Aug 5th 2008 10:24PM TangoCharlie said
Is there a way to have the Wii boot straight into whatever game disc is in the drive?
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Posted: Aug 6th 2008 12:46AM Saria the Cat said
I wish you could just opt out of that health menu and "here's how to hold the control" menu. You know, like a "Don't show me this again." checkbox.
The region free thing is kind of exciting, though, since I am going to study abroad in Japan in less than a month. :)
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The region free thing is kind of exciting, though, since I am going to study abroad in Japan in less than a month. :)
Posted: Aug 6th 2008 12:51AM paralipsis said
I have a GC disk that I have been unable to run due to region restrictions. I have been waiting a long time for some bright hacker and help me out. I'm really looking forward to seeing this released.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2008 1:14AM NO DOUBT GET LOUD said
But..but..what if I have a health related problem while playing a game? WHAT THE HELL DO I DO THEN HUH?
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Posted: Aug 6th 2008 2:02AM (Unverified) said
well this is actually interesting enough i may break out the old wii. All this homebrew business might get me to play it again.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2008 4:45AM (Unverified) said
I eagerly await some of the graphical hacks to the menus. Hackers are some of the most talented graphics artists around.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2008 8:52AM (Unverified) said
If there is actually a simple region-free hack then I'm gonna buy a Wii.
I'd have bought one years ago if it had been region free. (I'm in Japan, but my japanese isn't good enough for a lot of games yet). So thats a console and at least a dozen games they've lost from me.
Alternatively, if there isn't a simple region-free hack then I guess that if I finally buy a Wii I'll be forced to get a mod-chip to region-free it.
Unfortunately that opens up the temptation of free games... which i'd rather avoid.
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I'd have bought one years ago if it had been region free. (I'm in Japan, but my japanese isn't good enough for a lot of games yet). So thats a console and at least a dozen games they've lost from me.
Alternatively, if there isn't a simple region-free hack then I guess that if I finally buy a Wii I'll be forced to get a mod-chip to region-free it.
Unfortunately that opens up the temptation of free games... which i'd rather avoid.
Posted: Aug 6th 2008 7:19PM (Unverified) said
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