New Wii Dev Tools in the Making

[frenchy64]

Looks like Nintendo is supporting Third-Party developers.

Nintendo World Report (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/specialArt.cfm?artid=13100) writes:
Shimada spoke of a development application called NintendoWare. Being made by Nintendo and HAL, NintendoWare emulates Wii hardware on a PC so that developers can sample parts of their games without having to load it to a Wii dev machine.

Also, predictive input software for the Controllers and text-to-speech software. Quick Summary and Source:
The Wii Gamers (http://www.thewiigamers.com/news/nintendo-wii-news/new-wii-dev-tools-in-the-making.html)

[Doctor Setebos]

A bit late, but still awesome to hear.

[Slack3r78]

Pretty obvious move for Nintendo to make.

Anybody roughly know what Wii dev kits run? I know Nintendo had talked about making them relatively inexpensive last I'd read.

[NeoZero]

"NintendoWare emulates Wii hardware on a PC".

Wii emulator? Homebrew drivers for Wiimote for pc?
Sounds like Wiimulator is coming. (Take that, PCSX2)

[frenchy64]

"NintendoWare emulates Wii hardware on a PC".

Wii emulator? Homebrew drivers for Wiimote for pc?
Sounds like Wiimulator is coming. (Take that, PCSX2)
Imagine if this software got out in the open :O

[Serapth]

Imagine if this software got out in the open :O


Oh yeah, this will so be leaked.... and I would so download it. I dont really give a damn about playing Wii games on my PC... I have a Wii. But I want real Wii controller drivers for my PC. Not this semi hacked stuff that exists now.

[frenchy64]

I just keep on forgetting to buy a Bluetooth Dongle (hehehe...Dongle) so no PC Wiimote for me!

[Serapth]

I just keep on forgetting to buy a Bluetooth Dongle (hehehe...Dongle) so no PC Wiimote for me!

Ahhh... the joys of being a laptop gamer.

[frenchy64]

Ahhh... the joys of being a laptop gamer.

Bastards!! *shakes fist*

[TrackZero]

Now this is what we need to see. Keep up the good development tools.

[Mr.Green]

Anybody roughly know what Wii dev kits run?
486DX33/ATI RAGE 3D

/ducks

[cppcrusader]

Pretty obvious move for Nintendo to make.

Anybody roughly know what Wii dev kits run? I know Nintendo had talked about making them relatively inexpensive last I'd read.

They cost around $2k, last I heard.

[NoName]

Oh yeah, this will so be leaked.... and I would so download it. I dont really give a damn about playing Wii games on my PC... I have a Wii. But I want real Wii controller drivers for my PC. Not this semi hacked stuff that exists now.
Semi hacked? I think the Wii controller has been pretty figured out... http://www.wiibrew.org/index.php?title=Wiimote

[31 Flavas]

Imagine if this software got out in the open :OWell, remember final code that actually runs on a Wii console is encrypted. My guess is this Wii-emulator runs only unencrypted code.

So while it would be a windfall for someone interested in writing or running homebrew, I doubt it will be any use to those who just want to run pirate copies of released games.

[Deadend]

Mu ha ha ha ha, it's only a matter of time now, of course it will have some good protection on it. as there is a DS one as well, I thought, but I have not seen it leaked to the net yet either.

[Serapth]

Semi hacked? I think the Wii controller has been pretty figured out... http://www.wiibrew.org/index.php?title=Wiimote


Still nowhere near a full device driver level support. I played with it a month back and it was basically just a novelty thing. Heres hoping things have improved greatly since.