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Re: Pretendo: A free and open source server replacement for the 3DS and Wii U

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Post by djxfade »

raytopia wrote: post #2

Pretendo is super cool! It's awesome to see what people can do with homebrew. I'm hopping that at some point someone creates a equivalent of GBStudio for the 3DS/Wii U (even the Wii and DS would be cool too) so more people can start making homebrew for these devices because there's a lot more to explore with what you can do with the Wii U's controller and the 3DS's dual screens and they're just fun devices. As an asi…

No good open source tools for the 3DS just yet. However, it's possible to make homebrew with Unity and the official SDK, however, it's nothing you can distribute legitimately, and the tools are hard to find due to Nintendo taking them down

Re: Pretendo: A free and open source server replacement for the 3DS and Wii U

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Post by lancefisher »

zagrebian wrote: post #10

Make sure to check out the English lolcat version in the globe menu in the upper right corner.

That's fun! It also likely serves a real purpose. It lets English-only speakers test that localization is working and available for every text element.

Re: Pretendo: A free and open source server replacement for the 3DS and Wii U

#15

Post by ThrowawayTestr »

bitwize wrote: post #7
raytopia wrote: post #2

Pretendo is super cool! It's awesome to see what people can do with homebrew. I'm hopping that at some point someone creates a equivalent of GBStudio for the 3DS/Wii U (even the Wii and DS would be cool too) so more people can start making homebrew for these devices because there's a lot more to explore with what you can do with the Wii U's controller and the 3DS's dual screens and they're just fun devices. As an asi…

Anything that enables homebrew on those systems probably circumvents "effective" copy protection under the DMCA and would thus be illegal to use or traffic in.

People have been hacking their devices to run homebrew since the NES.

Re: Pretendo: A free and open source server replacement for the 3DS and Wii U

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Post by raytopia »

purpleflame1257 wrote: post #3
raytopia wrote: post #2

Pretendo is super cool! It's awesome to see what people can do with homebrew. I'm hopping that at some point someone creates a equivalent of GBStudio for the 3DS/Wii U (even the Wii and DS would be cool too) so more people can start making homebrew for these devices because there's a lot more to explore with what you can do with the Wii U's controller and the 3DS's dual screens and they're just fun devices. As an asi…

The 3DS didn't start great but it sold 75 million units over its lifespan, which is more than the N64, SNES, or NES

Your right the 3DS did great when looking at sheer numbers but when it "only" sold half of its predecessor I have a feeling that this helped Nintendo to end the handheld line.

At some point I need to write a blog post about how weird console numbers are when it comes to deciding what fails and what succeeds because you're a 100% correct the 3DS did great but because it sold less then the last gen it was a "failure".

Re: Pretendo: A free and open source server replacement for the 3DS and Wii U

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Post by burnte »

raytopia wrote: post #16
purpleflame1257 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The 3DS didn't start great but it sold 75 million units over its lifespan, which is more than the N64, SNES, or NES

Your right the 3DS did great when looking at sheer numbers but when it "only" sold half of its predecessor I have a feeling that this helped Nintendo to end the handheld line. At some point I need to write a blog post about how weird console numbers are when it comes to deciding what fails and what succeeds because you're a 100% correct the 3DS did great but because it sold less then the last gen it was a "failure".

> I have a feeling that this helped Nintendo to end the handheld line.

I think you might want to reevaluate this position seeing as their current console and multimillion seller is handheld. It CAN dock, but even then there's a no-dock model, the Lite, which is handheld only.

Re: Pretendo: A free and open source server replacement for the 3DS and Wii U

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Post by extraduder_ire »

raytopia wrote: post #16
purpleflame1257 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The 3DS didn't start great but it sold 75 million units over its lifespan, which is more than the N64, SNES, or NES

Your right the 3DS did great when looking at sheer numbers but when it "only" sold half of its predecessor I have a feeling that this helped Nintendo to end the handheld line. At some point I need to write a blog post about how weird console numbers are when it comes to deciding what fails and what succeeds because you're a 100% correct the 3DS did great but because it sold less then the last gen it was a "failure".

Handhelds, almost as a rule, outsell home consoles. Mostly because they're per-person rather than per-household, and also because they break and get replaced.

The explosion of smartphone gaming was probably the biggest contributor to canning the 3DS.

Re: Pretendo: A free and open source server replacement for the 3DS and Wii U

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Post by autoexec »

djxfade wrote: post #11
raytopia wrote: post #2

Pretendo is super cool! It's awesome to see what people can do with homebrew. I'm hopping that at some point someone creates a equivalent of GBStudio for the 3DS/Wii U (even the Wii and DS would be cool too) so more people can start making homebrew for these devices because there's a lot more to explore with what you can do with the Wii U's controller and the 3DS's dual screens and they're just fun devices. As an asi…

No good open source tools for the 3DS just yet. However, it's possible to make homebrew with Unity and the official SDK, however, it's nothing you can distribute legitimately, and the tools are hard to find due to Nintendo taking them down

Nintendo really is their own worst enemy here. Fans love their stuff and want to continue to enjoying with it long after Nintendo has abandoned their hardware and their customers, but Nintendo would rather bite the hand that feeds it than tolerate the enthusiasm. A better company would embrace it and release some of their own tools and software for fans to play with instead of threatening lawsuits.

I can't imagine putting a bunch of time and work into a project that will likely be DMCA'd to death.

Re: Pretendo: A free and open source server replacement for the 3DS and Wii U

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Post by smoldesu »

bitwize wrote: post #7
raytopia wrote: post #2

Pretendo is super cool! It's awesome to see what people can do with homebrew. I'm hopping that at some point someone creates a equivalent of GBStudio for the 3DS/Wii U (even the Wii and DS would be cool too) so more people can start making homebrew for these devices because there's a lot more to explore with what you can do with the Wii U's controller and the 3DS's dual screens and they're just fun devices. As an asi…

Anything that enables homebrew on those systems probably circumvents "effective" copy protection under the DMCA and would thus be illegal to use or traffic in.

Cope.
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