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Rin version 20080628 – fixed saving SRAM and states for Wii version

Homebrew developer Askot delivers yet another update to the RIN GameBoy Color emulator for the Nintendo Wii, bumping up the latest iteration to version 2008-06-28.

The newly released build includes some major fixes to the Wii version of the emulator, which now corrects the SRAM and save states problem noted in previous releases. As for the other changes, here’s the complete changelog released by the developer:

Version [2008-06-28]:

• Fixed saving SRAM & State for Wii.
• Added automatic creation of RINSAVE folder for savings.
• Added navigation through file selection with L & R buttons.

A more complete history of RIN’s changelog can be found in the documentation included in the file bundle. For additional information regarding the program, you can also drop the developer a line by visiting the source page found on the Via link below.

Download: RIN version 2008-06-28

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Wii Tanks v0.3a blasts those bugs dead, adds nunchuk support

We hear from WiiBrew, center of everything homebrew on the Nintendo Wii, that author Grillo and Wii Tanks are back for another bout. Version 0.3a, though still a proof-of-concept homebrew game, is a culmination of added support for the Wii remote’s nunchuk add-on, while knocking them elusive bugs dead.

Not all of them are gone, but it’s enough to feel more confident about giving this homebrew version of the arcade classic Tanks another go with three pals. Other changes to Wii Tanks as of version 0.3a are as follows:

• Updated to GRRLIB 3.0.1a
• Fixed bullet coloring Bug
• Fixed Tank coloring
• Spanish/English language detection (thx roto)

On the note of tank coloring, now you can attempt to differentiate your tank’s color from the opposing tanks successfully (the selection is more discerning in hues now). Plus, thanks to the bullet color patch, there would be no more shouting, “Who shot me? WHO SHOT ME!?!”

We know, that’s happened a lot to us since Wii Tanks first released. But we got over it and even coined up a good name for the code critter: the magic bullet. Well, thanks for all the stealth kills, magic bullet. Nice knowing ya.

Download: Wii Tanks v0.3a

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De Blob Video Interview

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Missile Command v0.5a – MIRV crash bug fixed

Faster and more memory efficient, Missile Command version 0.5a is homebrew developer ulti’s latest update to the missile defense classic. The remake of the old arcade classic was granted with some new music as well to accompany the spitting (literally) sound effects, and fonts have been incorporated to add the possibility of more useful drawn text on-screen in the future.

According to ulti, Missile Command v0.5a has been sped up to twice the speed than usual, and it now executes a better memory cleanup for the previous addition of split missiles to avoid the occasional crash. Hearing new tunes? That’s Kenny Beltrate’s Hydrate, fresh from the Kahvi Collection.

Fonts are now handled via Beardface’s FreeType With Libwiisprite and the font used for the game is credited to Ben Nathan’s Elements. Coder ulti also tapped in an interface for writing level scripts, which enables the title screen and game-related event queues.

For newcomers, try to get a feel of the controls before jumping in. You can find the key map right at the source link provided below. More updates as we get them.

Download: Missile Command v0.5a (with source code)

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Nintendo?s World Hobby Fair line-up

If I remember correctly, last year we got Brawl impressions from the World Hobby Fair. Well, what can we expect this year? Nintendo has revealed their line-up for the World Hobby Fair, which starts on July 12th. The line-up includes Mario Kart Wii, Mario Super Sluggers, Wario Land: Shake It!, and Legend of Starfy 5. [...]

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Cooking Mama: World Kitchen details and pictures

New details have been released for the next installment in the Cooking Mama series, known as Cooking Mama: World Kitchen. You can read the press release below, and then check out Gametactics for more screens.
Preheat the oven, grease the baking pan and get out the spatula as Majesco Entertainment Company, an innovative provider of video [...]

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Hello WiiNintendo!

Hello WiiNintendo readers, the name is DarkWish. Mickey just offered me a position here at WiiNintendo posting Nintendo news and I accepted it right away. I just thought I’d put up a quick intro before I begin posting news. Well, I’m 18 and I’m a huge Nintendo fan of course. I own a Game Boy [...]

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WiiNintendo?s Live Stream: We Love Golf, NOW

Live feed has ended, you can check out the recorded live feed below or at http://www.justin.tv/wiinintendo/archive
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Sonic Unleashed Trailer

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QuickJump QuickPeek 53: Of Dark AleX’s welcome back party, black holes in Switzerland, and when the Weekend Warriors take the stage

Finally, we’re on Year 2! QuickJump QuickPeek has indeed been around for fifty-two weeks (which is … less than nine thousaaaaand!) now, and we’re giving each of our blogs the chance to shine in their very own Weekend Warrior post.

As you can see below, QuickPeek’s that much more quicker of a peek, as its name should suggest. What with snowballing down the hill of long updates in previous QuickPeek editions, we’re reducing things in bite-sized format for all of you guys. If you want a more in-depth look at a certain blog’s week in recap, you can click on the links provided.

We see great strides in custom firmware development this week. With the release of the official PSP FW 4.0 (and its subsequent 4.01 update) comes CFW 4.01 M33 from Dark AleX and the rest of Team M33!

Square Enix has also revealed quite a lot of details about Dissidia: Final Fantasy. There’s nothing much new on the side of full character rosters, but speculation in the comments section sure do run deep.

Link: The PSP Weekend Warrior: the FW-CFW update tango, Dissidia mania, and PlayStation Store

Solid Snake’s power level? It’s over nine thousaaand! Even a couple of weeks after its release, Hideo Kojima’s PS3-exclusive is still making waves – selling by the millions, no less.

And though our PS3 blog might seem like it’s transformed into an MGS4 blog, we still have a couple of cool updates. Aside from more details on games like LittleBigPlanet and Call of Duty 5, news from Sony’s corporate table has its ups and downs – respectively: a) the announcement of the new 65nm RSX Graphics Chip, and b) Sony’s loss of US$3 billion since the PS3’s launch. But what’s this about CliffyB’s statement?

Link: The PS3 Weekend Warrior: MGS4 still dominant, Sony on the comeback trail, and a little something from CliffyB

CliffyB is one of today’s greatest minds in the video game industry. With Unreal Tournament and Gears of War (not to mention Jazz Jackrabbit from ages past) on his portfolio, he’s got quite the two cents on MGS4.

Despite Bill Gates stepping down from his chairman position in Microsoft this week, things are still looking up. We’ve also got some coverage on the release of Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD’s beta (some freezing problems notwithstanding), and over on XBL, there’s a handful of content to download: a GTA4 patch, a map for Frontlines, and two XBLA titles.

Link: The Xbox 360 Weekend Warrior: Say ‘Bye-bye!’ to Bill, and other flights of fancy

This week on the Wii scene, we get two Warriors waving the flag for the great waggler. On top of finding more details (and screens, mind you!) for Mario Super Sluggers and Wario Land, there’s already talk of E3 line-ups.

Other than Nintendo games, third-party titles like CoD5 (yes! we’re getting it this time too!) and Castlevania: Judgment are shaping up pretty well. Not to mention the official confirmation of Mega Man 9 for the WiiWare service!

With the Wii homebrew scene boom like no other, we decided to create a spin-off Weekend Warrior solely for the whole slew of Wiibrew updates we’ve gotten this week, which include: a new Twilight Hack that’s compatible with Wii Menu Update v3.3, some homebrew media applications (the GeeXboX is a sure fire hit!), as well as games and emulators to boot.

Link: The Wii Weekend Warrior: the rest of the year’s going to be busy

Link: The Wiibrew Weekend Warrior: the dawn of a new Twilight Hack

The Nintendo DS scene has been quiet of late – everyone’s probably busy with Space Invaders Extreme or Final Fantasy Tactics A2. That hasn’t stopped homebrew devs from releasing a ton of projects though.

Link: The DS Weekend Warrior: games, games, and more games

What’s new for the PC? In case you’ve been living in the deepest, darkest crevices of Hades, know you this: Blizzard has finally unveiled Diablo 3! From new NVIDIA and Radeon cards to patches, we got you covered!

Link: The PC Weekend Warrior: shooting for 2 billion in 2014, weighing copy protection

Lots of updates on the MMORPG blog, and as with the Wii blog, we decided to create spin-off Warriors for World of Warcraft and Age of Conan. We’re geeks like that too – for sure you’ve noticed.

SOE’s E3 line-up has finally been published, but more importantly, we get some details on their upcoming DC Universe MMORPG. Sweet! You can finally get to live your dream life of wearing undies on the outside.

Meanwhile, Age of Conan’s seen quite a(nother) dose of patches – twice this week – and we’ve got some coverage on the undocumented changes both of them introduce. But in between regular updates for WoW, we hear of where the MMORPG found its roots: a free-to-play model!

Link: The MMORPG Weekend Warrior: DC MMORPG, AoC patches, WoW Free-to-Play, and item giveaways

Link: The World of Warcraft Weekend Warrior: Booze in the PTR, fire in the public realms, and a Lich King for the weekend

Link: The Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures Weekend Warrior: patches galore and more

Our Science blog has been running crazy with a big boom in comments lately – nice intellectual humor on the side too! This week, we hear more about black holes and veggies and chocolate (and Switzerland too)!

Link: The Science Weekend Warrior: black holes and Martian asparagus

What’s this? A Trojan… for the Mac?! What’s the world coming to? But that’s not the only thing spotted this week: on the brighter side of things, we also got to see Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard running in the wild!

Link: The Apple Weekend Warrior: Snow Leopards and Trojan malware for everyone

And that’s it for the first week of our band of Weekend Warriors. QuickPeek sure looks different now, but wait!, we can’t just leave it at that, can we? We all know that QuickPeek can’t be QuickPeek without a final closing remark from our Comment of the Week!

While the individual Weekend Warriors may or may not have their own blog-specific Comment of the Week, that doesn’t mean QuickPeek can’t have its own, right?

Pretty tough week on our hands – lots of good comments here and there, probably totally over nine thousand. For one, that CliffyB post was quite a field day for all of us, wasn’t it? And every now and then, a science article would explode with so much feedback from you guys.

But now, we turn our eyes to Nathanias who has quite a novel suggestion for Dark AleX’s next custom firmware update. Well, what with so many features being incorporated in almost every CFW release, maybe there is room for some certain… changes?

We know our search engine ain’t all that great… (not to mention the messy character/symbol transformation in our comments system too)… but we’re sure some of you guys might get a kick out of it either way.

Link: Dark AleX releases PSP CFW 4.01 M33; 1.50 kernel add-on to follow