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  • Опубликовано: 22 фев 2021
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    In this video, Did You Know Gaming takes a look at the Nintendo Wii and how piracy and hacking evolved over the console's life.
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  • @martluca_
    @martluca_ 3 года назад +2229

    Just seeing the Norton logo made my ram usage spike.

    • @the_legendary_fire
      @the_legendary_fire 3 года назад +49

      You know when you try and download something that's too good to be true and it says prove youre a human by downloading these apps I always see Norton making me super suspicious of the Company

    • @derangeddonald6779
      @derangeddonald6779 3 года назад +10

      Their stock is also so ass

    • @vincentjonesvr
      @vincentjonesvr 3 года назад +49

      @@derangeddonald6779 Imagine thinking that's important. Bloody bandwagoners - hopping on the stock market a month ago and thinking they know anything of how the world of trading works.

    • @AndoSnipes
      @AndoSnipes 3 года назад +25

      @@vincentjonesvr hey I mean if he wants to make money then don't hate him. A companies stock does matter because it helps investors to know what companies to invest in so the company has more money or support to make better products.

    • @pokemonduck
      @pokemonduck 3 года назад +5

      Norton is actually very useful if you know how to use it. And unless you're using an ancient computer Norton won't slow you down, it's literally only using ~20MB RAM on my PC right now.

  • @wanderlustwarrior
    @wanderlustwarrior 3 года назад +1155

    "Did you know? The Wii was a hotbed of Piracy!"
    ...I plead the fifth.

    • @fabian5002
      @fabian5002 3 года назад +55

      On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer that question under the protection afforded to me by the Constitution.

    • @ParagonPKC
      @ParagonPKC 3 года назад +23

      Me with homebrew that's got like 5 games and 3 different versions of melee:

    • @MrMemetic321
      @MrMemetic321 3 года назад

      ...

    • @mechajay3358
      @mechajay3358 3 года назад +8

      Can neither Confirm nor Deny it

    • @angbald
      @angbald 3 года назад +1

      @@fabian5002 you're not under oath.

  • @ade1174
    @ade1174 3 года назад +619

    The Wii, 360, and PSP were such iconic hacked consoles. What a generation.

    • @ace-trainer-aj
      @ace-trainer-aj 3 года назад +41

      What about the DS?

    • @ryanahr2267
      @ryanahr2267 3 года назад +9

      I knew all about the Wii hacking, I wasn't aware that the other two were hacked, though. I had a 360 for six years, and was broke most of those years, so I'd love to know how the console was hacked

    • @hoshi6669
      @hoshi6669 3 года назад +38

      @@ace-trainer-aj there's nothing to hack on a DS, you just use a flashcart, for either homebrew, or piracy

    • @muckymucks
      @muckymucks 3 года назад +12

      My PSP stopped working for whatever reason so I bought a Vita and it has a PSP emulator so now I have Vita and PSP all in one.

    • @megamix5403
      @megamix5403 3 года назад +32

      360 hacking wasn't *that* popular. Wii and PSP on the other hand, they were everywhere, yeah, it was truly an era to behold.

  • @Cobaltios
    @Cobaltios 3 года назад +352

    One thing I remember about the piracy scene on Wii, is that Nintendo tried to combat it with an update to the system's firmware. The problem is, even on consoles that weren't hacked, it had the potential to brick the console.
    Ironically, if you DID hack the console, you'd likely have access to something specifically designed to unbrick your machine, because of how it's installed.
    In other words, Nintendo went so hard on anti-piracy, they made the console more unstable than if you hacked it.

    • @TheYouTubeGame
      @TheYouTubeGame 3 года назад +20

      If I recall correctly, part of that was an IOS designed only for Korean Wii Systems that, when installed on a region-changed Wii System, would brick it.

    • @Deadsea_1993
      @Deadsea_1993 3 года назад +19

      Yes. Priiloader and Bootmii are both on mine for one reason and that's to recover the console in case of a brick

    • @blok3133
      @blok3133 3 года назад +5

      Yeah the wii's updating system sucked, 1 in 1000 chance to brick and updates couldn't truly add new features. The sd card menu which allowed wiiware to be stored on sd cards copied the games to nand never actually playing them on the sd card.

    • @Markiplier2
      @Markiplier2 3 года назад +6

      That reminds me of word filters - random people will get punished without knowing why, whilst people who are actually saying terrible things will just put the n-word in a different font and get away with it, lol

    • @blok3133
      @blok3133 3 года назад +1

      @@Markiplier2?? It didn't mean to brick?

  • @arzfan08
    @arzfan08 3 года назад +2330

    Norton for Gamers: It's useless like regular Norton, but for gamers!

    • @_CNT_
      @_CNT_ 3 года назад +105

      But now it has LED lights!

    • @gogon8973
      @gogon8973 3 года назад +31

      Opera GX looking ass

    • @orangegouice
      @orangegouice 3 года назад +3

      @@gogon8973 i resent that!

    • @ctg4818
      @ctg4818 3 года назад +51

      And the only way to uninstall it is to nuke the registry, what a deal.

    • @RedMoonbow4921
      @RedMoonbow4921 3 года назад +15

      I agree Norton is trash. We paid about 40+ dollars for it and our computer still got hacked.

  • @Slyphoria
    @Slyphoria 3 года назад +356

    11:03 "But the imminent threat of ISO-37 would stall Datel from releasing a NTSC freeloader until the patch had been implemented, but the imminent threat of ISO-37 would stall Datel from releasing a NTSC freeloader until the patch had been implemented and they could find work arounds."
    Repeated line lol

    • @Code7Unltd
      @Code7Unltd 3 года назад +47

      Also, there's a mistake. It was supposed to be IOS, being initialized that as it's an Internal Operating System inside the Wii's NAND. Even the system menu has an IOS.

    • @ryanahr2267
      @ryanahr2267 3 года назад +19

      Oh thank god, I thought my phone was messing up when that happened

    • @marten2857
      @marten2857 3 года назад +27

      Was looking for this comment. I legitimately thought I was having a stroke

    • @novastar3990
      @novastar3990 3 года назад +23

      They’ve done this multiple times in different videos. It’s annoying.

    • @GoodlyPenguin
      @GoodlyPenguin 3 года назад +20

      DYKG is having this issue a lot when it comes to repeated lines. It's seriously annoying

  • @kingofshadowzombies
    @kingofshadowzombies 3 года назад +65

    Fun fact: my company used to provide me Norton before they decided to change. My company sent out an email telling us to uninstall norton before the accounts expired, or else Norton would lock up, not functioning as an anti-virus(so basically like normal) but also not letting you uninstall it, since it wanted you to get another anti-virus first, which it wouldn't let you do since it wouldn't uninstall. So yeah if your Norton service ran out, it would brick your firewall until you payed for more.

  • @DannysParadise
    @DannysParadise 3 года назад +311

    The lack of "Did You Know Gaming?" in the title makes this video give off a menacing aura

    • @alenaphoenix
      @alenaphoenix 3 года назад

      That's what I was thinking

    • @Liggliluff
      @Liggliluff 3 года назад +4

      I don't see the point of including that when it is the channel name.

    • @spinyjustspiny3289
      @spinyjustspiny3289 3 года назад +5

      The fact that the editing is a bit rougher than it should be is also kind of weird.

    • @compitalc
      @compitalc 3 года назад

      :\

  • @Pixelcraftian
    @Pixelcraftian 3 года назад +95

    9:00 Who would've known that the Homebrew Channel would have anti-piracy measures.

  • @weirdanimenoises
    @weirdanimenoises 3 года назад +507

    The absence of “- Did You Know Gaming?” frightens me a bit

    • @mattbabineau197
      @mattbabineau197 3 года назад +65

      My guess is they’re trying it for algorithm reasons. I know they’ve been having trouble getting videos to show up for non-subscribers in recommended.

    • @Cosmic-Turtle
      @Cosmic-Turtle 3 года назад +8

      Don't be scared. We're here for you.

    • @XatolosWired
      @XatolosWired 3 года назад +4

      Would "Did You Know Piracy" be better?

    • @CaptainFalcon333
      @CaptainFalcon333 3 года назад +2

      @@mattbabineau197 Makes sense. Lots of channels, at least gaming related have started this method.

    • @DefinitiveDubs
      @DefinitiveDubs 3 года назад +4

      It's already in the thumbnail, and the name of their channel. It doesn't need to be in the title as well. I'm just glad they dropped the "Feat. Whoever" part, since it's the same 2 people every time.

  • @jonasbanes7174
    @jonasbanes7174 3 года назад +345

    HOLY CRAP MY DAD WAS MAKING WIICADE thank you so much for referencing his work!!

    • @EigengrauMonitor
      @EigengrauMonitor 3 года назад +10

      Wait, he DID??? :O

    • @thewiirocks
      @thewiirocks 3 года назад +74

      @@EigengrauMonitor Well, I was one of four. The original three founders ran the site for a few months before I joined and added a bunch of tech stuff like the Wiimote API for Flash that let you use the gamepad.

    • @FluffyCloudsandCats
      @FluffyCloudsandCats 3 года назад +13

      @@thewiirocks hey that's pretty cool!

    • @I3IackSabbath
      @I3IackSabbath 3 года назад +108

      You're little JBanes?!
      I absolutely loved working with your dad. One of the most intelligent and professional people I've ever known through the internet. I still make the raspberry cheesecake recipe he shared with me.

    • @ThatTsuiBoy
      @ThatTsuiBoy 3 года назад +43

      @@I3IackSabbath Damn, this is wholesome.

  • @KGR7Gamer
    @KGR7Gamer 3 года назад +94

    R.I.P Bushing. He seemed like such a cool person. We wouldn't be here in the Wii modding community without him. Please, a moment of silence everyone...

  • @MrYoupi36
    @MrYoupi36 3 года назад +134

    Clarification on the last tidbit: the Project M team is not part of the Rushdown Revolt dev team. Only a handful were present in the previous project, Icons Combat Arena, which ultimately failed due to multiple factors such as lootboxes, poor optimization, and lack of innovation. The game was bought back by Chris Kovalik, one of the three original investors in the game. He set out to rebrand the failed project and did so with new talents, not Project M developers.

    • @taylorhill6027
      @taylorhill6027 3 года назад +5

      But Project + is alive.. And with some new interests could be well. I'd love to see it. PM is the most fun game I've ever played. Got me into Melee, and while i love it, PM just feels so fluid and free..expressive

    • @mattwo7
      @mattwo7 3 года назад +2

      So basically Brawlhalla but it sucks?

    • @DefinitiveDubs
      @DefinitiveDubs 3 года назад +5

      It looks like they trimmed that part of the video.

    • @kryst4line
      @kryst4line 3 года назад +4

      @@DefinitiveDubs Yeah, you can notice if watch the video with captions

  • @ov3rwh3lm
    @ov3rwh3lm 3 года назад +250

    “Argh who dares pirates a copy of super Mario galaxy with the homebrew channel?”

    • @UnderscoreAngel
      @UnderscoreAngel 3 года назад +13

      USBloaderGX ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @ItsRetroPlanet
      @ItsRetroPlanet 3 года назад +11

      Not guilty on account of insanity!

    • @mrgameboy5727
      @mrgameboy5727 3 года назад +2

      @@ItsRetroPlanet guilty
      *shoots beam*

    • @ItsRetroPlanet
      @ItsRetroPlanet 3 года назад +9

      @@mrgameboy5727 "so Twilight, was there any friendship lesson you learned today?"
      "Uhh... Don't be friends with criminals?"
      ".....eh, close enough."

    • @adamnakamura8003
      @adamnakamura8003 3 года назад +1

      Home brew scene: That’s cheating.
      “Pirate Crew”: _Pirate!_

  • @cosmicjenny4508
    @cosmicjenny4508 3 года назад +324

    “We’ll only get a response if the homebrew scene actively contribute to piracy.”
    _The Gang Contributes to Piracy_

    • @zackschilling4376
      @zackschilling4376 3 года назад +10

      Id watch that episode.

    • @BBWahoo
      @BBWahoo 3 года назад +5

      yuzu joke for those who don't get it lmfao

    • @vincentjonesvr
      @vincentjonesvr 3 года назад +1

      @@BBWahoo How so?

    • @Yooooooo83
      @Yooooooo83 3 года назад +6

      @@BBWahoo I think it’s an Always Sunny reference

    • @BBWahoo
      @BBWahoo 3 года назад +4

      @@Yooooooo83 ah okay, I should've watched the later part of the video, I was referring to that yuzu controversy myself, the one where the team had a goodle drive full of pirated games

  • @MrDmoney156
    @MrDmoney156 3 года назад +286

    Honestly, without piracy we would've never got official localizations/fan translations to many games that we'd asked for many years ago or discover the many differences of the same game but with different content (usually exclusive or censored/uncensored)

    • @juliantapia1407
      @juliantapia1407 3 года назад +5

      💯

    • @normalguycap
      @normalguycap 3 года назад +25

      Some hacks have outright enabled bad ports/emulations from 1st party publishers themselves to be actually playable.

    • @chopsmccartney6786
      @chopsmccartney6786 3 года назад +45

      Without piracy, player's exposure to games would be limited to whatever they remembered and whatever companies keep putting out. Think about that in the context of Nintendo's recent output and how dependent they are on brand recognition.

    • @corronchilejano
      @corronchilejano 3 года назад +4

      We're still waiting for Mother 3.

    • @SUNSHINE-t-m
      @SUNSHINE-t-m 3 года назад +19

      Piracy of corporate goods is morally correct and most times, a need

  • @basurerodej8501
    @basurerodej8501 3 года назад +181

    Let's be honest: We all had a friend or partner which had a hacked Wii with a Hard Drive full of games, and we probably discovered a lot of games through it, that we would've never played without it.

    • @LuckyLeverVIEJO
      @LuckyLeverVIEJO 3 года назад +3

      how did you read my mind

    • @monkeysincrime5542
      @monkeysincrime5542 3 года назад +4

      My cousin used to have a psp with super Mario world

    • @thischannelisinactiveimsor9500
      @thischannelisinactiveimsor9500 3 года назад +10

      I wasn't the friend, I did it

    • @gamingnubs7628
      @gamingnubs7628 3 года назад +4

      I didnt, i just watched youtube for my wii games.

    • @spongebobfan78
      @spongebobfan78 3 года назад +5

      Guess I'm one of the rare few gamers that aren't included. The only time I've ever saw a Wii in real life in my entire life is in a mall that has a small playground area for kids.

  • @thewiirocks
    @thewiirocks 3 года назад +30

    TWR here, one of the four leaders of WiiCade. Awesome to see WiiCade getting some love! We had a really cool API for Flash and JavaScript developers back then that allowed games access to buttons, wiimote rotation, and up to four players for games! In fact. We got NewGrounds Rumble (a Smash clone of sorts) working with the API for all four players!
    Later on we added online play, so you could start a game and the website would ask visitors if they wanted to join the active game. It was pretty cool for something working off of the Wii.
    Biggest challenge was always performance. The Wii wasn’t the fastest piece of hardware, and doing the work to stretch to full screen often taxed it pretty badly.
    There was later a DSiCade which was even more successful. Some old users of the site got the archive from me and still host a static version for posterity.

    • @lemon.3973
      @lemon.3973 3 года назад

      did it get shut down? the old link is down

    • @thewiirocks
      @thewiirocks 3 года назад +1

      @@lemon.3973 Long time ago, I’m afraid. Eventually I wasn’t able to maintain the sites anymore and turned them off.

    • @lemon.3973
      @lemon.3973 3 года назад

      @@thewiirocks well, the end of an era I guess. my parents had the Wii before me lol

    • @TedWilder
      @TedWilder Год назад +1

      Thanks for being a part of things. I remember spending hours playing a Spiderman style game.

  • @neroneroren6788
    @neroneroren6788 3 года назад +280

    Nintendo: Never lower prices of games released 20+ years ago. Scalpers spike prices of rare games.
    Nintendo: Why is piracy a thing?

    • @CptDallas
      @CptDallas 3 года назад +1

      BINGO!!

    • @normalguycap
      @normalguycap 3 года назад +40

      Nintendo is one of the worst companies in terms of business.

    • @funnybone6149
      @funnybone6149 3 года назад +7

      They prefer not to make things easy for themselves

    • @MrZer093
      @MrZer093 3 года назад +30

      @@normalguycap By “in terms of business”, do you mean the fact that they seem to leave money on the table by not just porting pretty much all their first party games from NES to GameCube onto the Switch? Because if so, I agree. Otherwise, there’s still EA, Activision, Ubisoft, 2K, etc. when it comes to scummy companies.
      Also, shoutout to Konami for being both bad with money and being a scummy company!

    • @normalguycap
      @normalguycap 3 года назад +8

      @@MrZer093 This isn't an argument of degree. All big companies are bad in gaming. None are granted a pass because another happens to be worse.
      But to be more specific, Nintendo is also very scummy in their practices and behaviors not just their stupidity with money or potential money.

  • @CCuppy29
    @CCuppy29 3 года назад +44

    13:43 Yo I just wanna point out that there’s some misinformation here. Vortex Games and the Rushdown Revolt team are totally unaffiliated with the PM team, from my understanding there was some affiliation back when Icons was being developed, but as of now the two teams are entirely separate groups

  • @DidYouKnowGamin
    @DidYouKnowGamin  3 года назад +97

    So Wii homebrew basically began before the Wii even launched thanks to flash games and fans anticipating how the Wiimote worked.

    • @AverageSynth
      @AverageSynth 3 года назад +1

      Damn, that's actually really cool

    • @SirSpaceCow
      @SirSpaceCow 3 года назад +3

      I haven’t been happy in months

    • @gruntingskunk2237
      @gruntingskunk2237 3 года назад +1

      @@SirSpaceCow write a sonnet about drunk driving.

    • @CommodoreFan64
      @CommodoreFan64 3 года назад

      ARM stands for Acorn Risc Machine, not Advance Risc Machine 😉

    • @sam4gaming135
      @sam4gaming135 3 года назад

      Vinesauce

  • @ShyShyTAS
    @ShyShyTAS 3 года назад +127

    To be honest, no matter how bad pirating and hacking is.
    It lead to a lot of awesome stuff being made on the Wii.
    Mainly Project M and I thank them for that.

    • @hoshi6669
      @hoshi6669 3 года назад +11

      don't forget Wiimmfi!

    • @jordenhenderson4691
      @jordenhenderson4691 3 года назад +2

      I entered a smash tournament and lost badly I only knew it was that m mid crap when I saw the character select screen I didn't know what the fuck was going on

    • @taninkster
      @taninkster 3 года назад +1

      and CTGP

    • @DragonProtector
      @DragonProtector 3 года назад

      Mario cart wii cgtr

  • @aurahoneydew9607
    @aurahoneydew9607 3 года назад +25

    "Pirating games on the Wii. Whatever do you mean?" --literally every Wii owner towards

  • @solidskullz5736
    @solidskullz5736 3 года назад +66

    I’ve gotten so many Nintendo piracy screens in my recommend lately so I guess this one is the final boss

  • @xantohjan
    @xantohjan 3 года назад +87

    I forgot how ridiculous looking those wii commercials were.

  • @Robbie06261995
    @Robbie06261995 3 года назад +23

    By the time I got Homebrew on my wii it was the Letterbomb age.

    • @Frank087
      @Frank087 3 года назад +2

      I’ve not heard that in a long time

    • @chopsmccartney6786
      @chopsmccartney6786 3 года назад +7

      Hell yeah. Letterbomb's the bomb. It doesn't get easier than that.

    • @tibethatguy
      @tibethatguy 3 года назад +2

      @@chopsmccartney6786 str2hax: *Am I a joke to you?*

  • @worsedoughnut
    @worsedoughnut 3 года назад +67

    13:43 is straight up just completely incorrect information.
    Rushdown Revolt, and the game it was salvaged from "Icons", are not / have never been developed by the Project M developers...
    Even a cursory amount of googling who was working on the game would have shown this.

    • @Venemofthe888
      @Venemofthe888 3 года назад +17

      They honestly get a fair few things wrong and I really don't think they research that hard. Unreliable

    • @GooBomber1
      @GooBomber1 3 года назад +6

      It seems that they straight up removed that part of the video via the RUclips Studio Editor, hence the abrupt cut in the current version of the video

    • @DragonProtector
      @DragonProtector 3 года назад

      Welp

  • @neoasura
    @neoasura 3 года назад +27

    Everyone loved coming to my house for parties, that was back when you could hack in other custom music into Guitar Hero for the Wii if your console was hacked. We had such a blast playing Guitar Hero back then thanks to that.

  • @anequallygoodchannel.2761
    @anequallygoodchannel.2761 3 года назад +184

    *sees the sponsor for the hacking facts video*
    Palpatine "ironic."

  • @LordYamcha
    @LordYamcha 3 года назад +62

    Wii was the epitome of Piracy and Homebrew alongside the DS loved the consoles

    • @Mister_Clean
      @Mister_Clean 3 года назад +6

      Wii piracy let me play all the DBZ characters in smash

    • @SevenCompleted
      @SevenCompleted 3 года назад +6

      Psp was more so than the ds because the ds you had to buy an r4 or similar device, the psp you could softmod easy enough with the right firmware or just borrow a copy of liberty city stories if you didnt have it.

    • @alexsilva28
      @alexsilva28 3 года назад +1

      PS2 would like to have a word with you

    • @rakku4004
      @rakku4004 3 года назад +1

      Yamcha from dragon ball, what are you doing here?

    • @Nocturne989
      @Nocturne989 3 года назад +3

      Gotta get on that Wii U Hacking Game. On top of all the cool new stuff you can do with the Wii U hardware, you can hack the vWii inside of the Wii U as well (and you don't need an adapter to output your Wii to HDMI)

  • @Ale-bv3vd
    @Ale-bv3vd 3 года назад +16

    Ah yes, nowadays the Wii is one of the most wide open consoles of all time: emulators, USB loaders, WAD Managers, etc. Back then this was disastrous, but now that the Wii is absolutely down for the count with no Shop Channels, WAD installation became funnly enough the only way to get WiiWare and Wii VC today.
    The Wii is one of my most cherished systems and I customized its software to all hell. Really if it wasn't for homebrew, My Wii would be sold or rotting on a closet, but thanks to this it is having a great use now!

  • @Spadie
    @Spadie 3 года назад +73

    Norton? Hell, I'd rather just have the viruses.

  • @gatorssbm
    @gatorssbm 3 года назад +13

    I dont think the original PM team is part of rushdown revolts development but the title beforehand Icons had a few of the PM Development Team working on it at the very least

  • @garretttordo1380
    @garretttordo1380 3 года назад +34

    Hey, great video! Just a heads up, Rushdown Revolt has absolutely no connection to the PM devs, but a couple of them are still involved in PM's successor, Project +!
    It has tons of new features past what PM already added, including a fully playable Knuckles!

  • @cobalt2672
    @cobalt2672 3 года назад +11

    Norton: Do you have malware on your computer? ...no?
    Norton: Would you like to?

  • @MikemasterM1
    @MikemasterM1 3 года назад +6

    I remember when I completely lost my Twilight Princess save file right before the last dungeon because I used the Twilight Princess homebrew without reading about it clearing your save file 😭

  • @wish7540
    @wish7540 3 года назад +20

    The bit at the end is wrong, maybe 2 members of the pmdt are working on rushdown but it’s a largely separate matter.

    • @Omar_Facio
      @Omar_Facio 3 года назад

      with them not understanding this and being sponsored by “norton for gamers” it’s almost like these guys are completely clueless and disconnected with the content they’re talking about.

  • @Wishengrad
    @Wishengrad 3 года назад +10

    EDIT: They seem to have edited out the entire segment for Rushdown Revolt.
    -CORRECTION at --13:42-- (Please like for visibility)-
    -I am on the development team for Rushdown Revolt. We have -*-no-*- affiliation with Project M Dev Team and only own the codebase and assets for Icons: Combat Arena which did have a development team that consistent of only a few Project M Dev Team members.-

  • @hedgehoundable
    @hedgehoundable 3 года назад +47

    "Only if the Homebrew scene actively contributed to piracy."
    _The Homebrew Scene Contributes To Piracy_

  • @mrburnz884
    @mrburnz884 3 года назад +5

    10:50 That repeated part made me think I had suffered a stroke.

  • @jon-knee-dee2133
    @jon-knee-dee2133 3 года назад +22

    Did anyone else think Mario's eyepatch was an empty eye socket for a split second, no just me?

    • @artemisDev
      @artemisDev 3 года назад +1

      me too mate

    • @ukrpgfan4029
      @ukrpgfan4029 3 года назад +2

      It was just you....

    • @adamnakamura8003
      @adamnakamura8003 3 года назад +1

      @UK RPGFan You seriously just vibe with it while I am unsettled the more I look at it. Ok!

  • @Nightwalker86
    @Nightwalker86 3 года назад +4

    Project M and Project + dev here. Thanks to everyone here in the comments for dropping in to support our work.

  • @rtyuik7
    @rtyuik7 3 года назад +27

    11:03 - you repeated the "But the imminent threat..." line here, btw...

    • @AndyKeyless
      @AndyKeyless 3 года назад +8

      Thought i was having a stroke 😂

    • @marten2857
      @marten2857 3 года назад +1

      @@AndyKeyless Same here, I had to pause the video and look for this comment lol

  • @GD_Zimmeh
    @GD_Zimmeh 3 года назад +7

    11:03 They liked that line so much that they wrote it twice

  • @roadtrip4690
    @roadtrip4690 3 года назад +9

    No mention of CTGP? That’s the one thing that to this day keeps Mario Kart Wii extremely active

    • @Nin10doh98
      @Nin10doh98 3 года назад +3

      On top of that, they even showed footage of Mario Kart maps from the current versions of CTGP. But in no context other than “mods and homebrew”.

    • @AltairYoshi
      @AltairYoshi 3 года назад +2

      Not to mention there's tons of custom tracks, other packs and other mods outside of CTGP, plus a competitive community all keeping the game going too. I think they had talked about CTGP in an mkwii specific video though.

    • @djd-cepticon7215
      @djd-cepticon7215 3 года назад

      💯

    • @DJIVision
      @DJIVision 3 года назад

      DYKG talked about CTGP a lot in the recent Mario Kart Wii video, including interviewing MrBean. It was recent enough it woulda seemed weird to talk about it all over again.

  • @DerUnbekannteFlo
    @DerUnbekannteFlo 3 года назад +3

    I added so many features to my Wii that werent there before, playing custom made games, a media player (that crapped itself 50% of the time) and I also turned the whole desing into a dark-red theme

  • @ross5200
    @ross5200 3 года назад +22

    The Wii got me into Homebrew and soft motting so now I have every console modded in some way besides the PS4 and PS5

  • @DaxIsAName
    @DaxIsAName 3 года назад +4

    I really enjoyed this episode! Thanks for all the research! This makes me wanna take apart and clean up my old dusty Wii I haven't touched in 10 years.

  • @monkeysincrime5542
    @monkeysincrime5542 3 года назад +27

    Being a pirate is my favorite hobby

    • @SirSpaceCow
      @SirSpaceCow 3 года назад +1

      relatable

    • @muckymucks
      @muckymucks 3 года назад +1

      To be honest I like to hack my systems but don’t use them much. I just like the idea that I can play whatever I want for free. I have a 3DS and Vita I had fun hacking and filling with games that both have drained batteries because I don’t use them.

  • @conedx
    @conedx 3 года назад +3

    the wii being broken WIDE OPEN is 100% of the reason i still keep mine hooked up. it stopped reading discs long ago, so being able to play all my games without a disc was great.
    not to mention just ALL THE EMULATORS. god, i love the wii.

  • @YumiGoblin
    @YumiGoblin 3 года назад +6

    Gotta love when you read the line so well that TWO takes make the cut for the video ;)

  • @rhasce
    @rhasce 3 года назад +50

    Having Norton on your pc is like having a nasty virus on yoour PC, eeewww on Norton, plus how slow the computer gets is unreal.

    • @xantohjan
      @xantohjan 3 года назад +12

      Had a brand new laptop with Norton. Uninstalled it. Everything took 30+ minutes to load until I could download something else to fix what Norton did. Never trusting Norton with anything. This has happened with 2 other computers that came with Norton.

    • @namenlosNamenlos
      @namenlosNamenlos 3 года назад +2

      #THETRUTH. 💯

    • @pokemonduck
      @pokemonduck 3 года назад +1

      @@xantohjan must not have been a very powerful laptop then

  • @jgiubardo
    @jgiubardo 3 года назад +8

    Rushdown Revolt is not being developed by the PMDT. The PMDT included about 70 members, and after the conclusion of the project, 4 of them (including the project leader) went to work at Wavedash Games on their new game: Icons. While Icons was in beta Wavedash games dissolved, one of the founders of Wavedash games (not one of the PMDT) bought the IP and is now working as Vortex Games on the title under the name Rushdown Revolt.

  • @KitoBallard
    @KitoBallard 3 года назад +3

    Hearing about Brawl mods brings back memories of my first 3D animations I ever made, which was on Brawl. Kind of want to pick up animations again.

  • @loopyoof
    @loopyoof 3 года назад +30

    surprised you didnt talk about kirby or smurfs dance party

  • @UnderscoreAngel
    @UnderscoreAngel 3 года назад +5

    needless to say, I have to thank all these people, I was really young, and I can't still afford a Wii game since my situation is pretty bad so Thanks to everybody who worked in the Wii's homebrew scene

  • @tomthepokedude
    @tomthepokedude 3 года назад +3

    Would be interesting to see the history of action replay/power saves and how the developers and license holders have acted towards them

  • @juanmena3648
    @juanmena3648 3 года назад +5

    Thanks for sponsoring _a portion_ of that video *Norton for Gamers*
    I don't think I wouldn't be able to wach it without you.

  • @l.r9443
    @l.r9443 3 года назад +47

    Be honest: If you own a wii, you have probably attempted, or at least thought about, homebrewing your console at least once.

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio 3 года назад +8

      I didn't. I'm not really sure what was so special about the Wii specifically in that regard.

    • @J.Crime123
      @J.Crime123 3 года назад +4

      Umm. Yeah....thought ......😒

    • @BrandonBattleblade
      @BrandonBattleblade 3 года назад +1

      I never even knew you could do that

    • @Game_Hero
      @Game_Hero 3 года назад

      nope

    • @Bman54X
      @Bman54X 3 года назад +2

      Never really wanted to. I knew I could, but just didn’t have any real desire to

  • @ConnorRentz
    @ConnorRentz 3 года назад

    Any reason that no footage of the actual Twilight Hack was in this video when the Twilight Hack was being described? It's really fun to watch it happen, and it would have been helpful to see it for people who aren't familiar with it.

  • @Vigilanteblade
    @Vigilanteblade 3 года назад +11

    Ex PMDT here:
    No, Icons was not made by the Project M team. Yes, they hired a few Project M members later in development, but considering the scale of Project M, a handful of members does not count as "the PMDT making the game"

  • @JeFi2
    @JeFi2 3 года назад +5

    So THAT'S why my Homebrew Channel was always upside down :o

  • @PantaroParatroopa
    @PantaroParatroopa 3 года назад +18

    2:13 to skip the sponsor

  • @Paul06TC
    @Paul06TC 3 года назад

    I Def still have 2 hacked Wii's. One hardmodded and one softmodded.
    This is the best did you know gaming video. So many memories of late 2008-2010 with doing these hacks. Waninkoko was king.

  • @elmerhouston5915
    @elmerhouston5915 3 года назад +5

    Man I love my wii till this day! I have it loaded with many many games and vconsoles

  • @csensesfail92
    @csensesfail92 3 года назад +16

    2:12 to watch the actual video

  • @banuno
    @banuno 3 года назад +1

    i love watching stuff that originated from somewhere else, also, i met a kid on a discord server that claimed that had pirated "a crap ton of games" and that hed always get away with it, the thing that convinced me was that he knew about Steam Unlocked.

  • @java7583
    @java7583 3 года назад +1

    Love it, thanks for always making such neat videos!

  • @SweetBean92
    @SweetBean92 3 года назад +16

    RIP Bushing, you did so much for this scene and you went far too young...

  • @ZeldaCDI99
    @ZeldaCDI99 3 года назад +12

    Video starts at 2:12

    • @Enterprompt
      @Enterprompt 2 года назад

      Your a legend bro!❤️❤️❤️

  • @Pinknarf95
    @Pinknarf95 3 года назад

    At 13:42, there seems to be a chunk of the video cut out. The audio and visuals suddenly cut to the ending wind-down, but the subtitles show something different, as if that portion of the video is gone.

  • @XogeiD
    @XogeiD 3 года назад

    I wish you talked a bit about the Trucha bug, and how for a time, everything was about restoring it in the new updates

  • @dokidoki65
    @dokidoki65 3 года назад +5

    I feel like they wanted to make the guy who used stuff to pirate wii games look bad, but I kinda rooted for him the whole time.

  • @kieronireikets7884
    @kieronireikets7884 3 года назад +11

    I definitely don't want to pirate things that can legitimately bought from the developers or publishers. It's a slippery slope that I'm guilty of sliding on, but I try to have my limits.

    • @dolanbanks6764
      @dolanbanks6764 3 года назад +3

      Nobody cares lmao

    • @Frank087
      @Frank087 3 года назад +1

      They made it easy these days by kissing away gamers in the name of broken games filled with social justice nonsense.

    • @kieronireikets7884
      @kieronireikets7884 3 года назад +2

      @@dolanbanks6764 It's not about getting caught, it's about doing the right thing and supporting the developers

    • @dolanbanks6764
      @dolanbanks6764 3 года назад +3

      @@kieronireikets7884 dont care didn’t ask

  • @Taser9001
    @Taser9001 3 года назад +1

    We had Norton on our old PC once. It quarantined itself, so it could no longer update or be uninstalled, and only a factory reset could remove it.
    Honestly, I'd rather my PC die from a virus rather than it dying from Norton telling me I have one.

  • @avito502
    @avito502 3 года назад +1

    I still remember playing a room hack of new super mario bros that had wario and also rap music instead of the normal music

  • @Kapedanii
    @Kapedanii 3 года назад +4

    Slight correction: The Project M team isn't involved with Rushdown Revolt, only a few of their members were in the Icons: Combat Arena team.
    But otherwise great video! Project M lives on through its competitive and modding community, and a community update to PM called Project+ was recently made. CTGP and MKWii modding is also a very notable community that still continues to thrive from Wii homebrew.

  • @luisvillalta6144
    @luisvillalta6144 3 года назад +51

    Here cause I love Project M!

    • @mythosinfinite6736
      @mythosinfinite6736 3 года назад +1

      Represent, brother

    • @OtakuUnitedStudio
      @OtakuUnitedStudio 3 года назад +10

      _This comment banned by Miiverse admin_

    • @Keenstress
      @Keenstress 3 года назад +1

      Project m was amazing

    • @aplezauz8809
      @aplezauz8809 3 года назад +8

      PM was the best smash game not even close

    • @ThePablosin1
      @ThePablosin1 3 года назад +2

      @@aplezauz8809 Brawl's content + Melee's gameplay, a recipe for success

  • @IvanovIvanAKrutoi
    @IvanovIvanAKrutoi 3 года назад

    0:18 - 0:26
    I wonder if that was the main reason behind Super Mario Galaxy 2's exclusion from 3D All-Stars?

  • @DanXmas
    @DanXmas 3 года назад +1

    I remember spending an evening with my friend trying to Homebrew my Wii to play DVDs eventho I had a PS2 that worked perfectly (still does)

  • @demonthekid718
    @demonthekid718 3 года назад +11

    Fine Nintendo, I'll make my own Super Smash Bros game then. With Blackjack and Hookers.
    Every Super Smash Bros Clone Games: Right...sure you will.

  • @123Dargor
    @123Dargor 3 года назад +5

    I wonder if Norton came preinstalled in this video. Good luck trying to remove it.

  • @singletona082
    @singletona082 3 года назад +2

    More interested in hacking and homebrew than piracy. They said, being able to rip my handicapped sister's games to a thumb drive so she doesn't tear them up is handy.
    I also like the datel ds cart since it was commercially avalible, and while it initially had issues it was great for homebrew and I loved homebrew on my ds.
    Moon's hell was amazing.

  • @JohnDemetriou
    @JohnDemetriou 3 года назад

    Just an FYI
    ARM means Advanced RISC Machines and originally Acorn RISC Machine.
    RISC is another acronym which means Reduced instruction set computer.
    All mobile CPUs are running ARM code (smartphones and tablets) and most consoles.
    while Intel and AMD CPUs are CISC architecture which means Complex instruction set computer

  • @NanaKyoto
    @NanaKyoto 3 года назад +5

    I honestly prefer not to hack my consoles to play pirated games, and would use the system as intended, because all this homebrew stuff is quite confusing.

    • @Evan.280
      @Evan.280 3 года назад

      Yea I tried for years to hack my wii but never got it to work. So I stopped trying

    • @Venemofthe888
      @Venemofthe888 3 года назад

      I have never done it myself it just makes me feel uncomfortable and id have no idea what id be doing anyway

    • @vastexpanse2376
      @vastexpanse2376 3 года назад +1

      It was actually super easy to get the Homebrew channel going. All you had to do was download an idiot-proof homebrew package, put it on your sd card, boot up smash bros and do the exploit... Was shocked at how easy it was

  • @OnionChoppingNinja
    @OnionChoppingNinja 3 года назад +5

    "This video is sponsored by Norton"
    No thank you! I'll try my luck with the hackers viruses and malware thank you very much!

  • @KaizoM
    @KaizoM 3 года назад +1

    12:26 Man, that trailer is so nostalgic :(

  • @kamek7246
    @kamek7246 3 года назад +2

    The Wii is seriously one of the best systems for modding, I love my modded wii sooooo much, I'll never get rid of it

  • @Techn9cian123
    @Techn9cian123 3 года назад +3

    If it wasn’t for piracy I would’ve had to spend thousands for the games I own now. Mainly first party Nintendo games. I wasn’t about to pay $150+ for paper mario thousand year door and a good GameCube controller

  • @Pyre-Ants
    @Pyre-Ants 3 года назад +13

    Sponsored by Norton....
    What the actual fuck? Now I have seen everything.

  • @ronaldderosa
    @ronaldderosa 3 года назад

    What is the name of the background music in the latter part of the video? It’s really good.

  • @Thoomas2001
    @Thoomas2001 3 года назад

    The music in the background is a bop, not gonna lie. The creator of the music is credited in the description, but does anyone know what the song is?

  • @-DeScruff
    @-DeScruff 3 года назад +3

    Honestly this anti piracy stuff annoyed me back in the day.
    I had a launch day Wii, at some point after the warranty expired, my disc drive was failing. A 10 second cut scene in Red Steel could take upwards to 4 minutes as the game was trying to load the next line of dialogue. The audio and video in The Last Story was completely out of sync, and some games just didn't work at all.
    I could have had my disc drive fixed sure, but how much would that have cost? Would Nintendo even have taken my Wii since it was already hacked?
    Just running the games I had off a hard drive without having to swap discs seemed more convenient.
    Also being real: I had already bought the games I wanted to play on Wii anyway.

  • @Lady_Lilith666
    @Lady_Lilith666 3 года назад +5

    Glory to the piracy! A lot of my consoles are hacked🏴‍☠️

  • @DKQuagmire
    @DKQuagmire 3 года назад

    i loved the footage of the mario kart wii custom tracks in this video

  • @zackschilling4376
    @zackschilling4376 3 года назад

    All I want is to install my games so I dont damage the discs from playing them, play games from other regions with translation patches, and run homebrew stuff. And I think a good chunk of people who pirate stuff were never gonna buy it anyways for a variety of reasons. I also used emulation to find games I really liked, then bought them. A big reason I didnt pirate stuff was cuz I like physical releases and collecting them.

  • @iraqilemonade
    @iraqilemonade 3 года назад +4

    Thank you eternally to the console hacking community for all that you have done and will do 🙏🏾

  • @umbrella3235
    @umbrella3235 3 года назад +4

    2:12 to skip the ad.

  • @DekuStickGamer
    @DekuStickGamer 3 года назад

    Forget Did I Know Wii Piracy & Hacking? I didn't even know I was still subscribed to this channel, or if it still made videos.