In recent times, we've seen quite a number of major leaks in regards to video game content. Joining the leaks for The Last of Us Part II's story cutscenes, and the source code for both Pokemon Gold and Silver and Team Fortress 2 is a collection of Nintendo-related content. Supposedly, RouteFree, the company behind Nintendo's iQue Chinese division, and BroadOn, a company that assisted Nintendo with the development of the Wii, were recently hacked, leading to a source obtaining various files from them, including source code and betas.

Included in the files was information about how Nintendo created the Wii itself, demos for games that they used to test the Nintendo 64 during development, the full source code for the Nintendo Wii's IOS, a handful of pictures and documents about Nintendo's plans during the years of 2004-2006, the iQue GameCube SDK, and much more. Certain users have already begun uploading videos of some of these leaked demos running on emulators or official hardware. Just as with the other leaks, you cannot link to the content or distribute it, as those files contain copyrighted content.

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[MushGuy]

I wonder if this will lead to creating a custom Os for the Wii?

Here's hoping that a proper Wii IOS that redirects gamecube controls to GC controller adapter finally gets made.

 

[DruDaDiciple]

I got the popcorn out because this is going to be good!

 

[eriol33]

I wonder if team dolphin can translate those source code into their code, there, copyright laws bypassed

 

[banjo2]

I wonder if team dolphin can translate those source code into their code, there, copyright laws bypassed

 

[eriol33]

Dang

Maybe Chinese factories can make use of them. Maybe Wii clones with hd output capability that are better than the original

 

[phanteon]

still, the leaked docs will help further improve the documentation about the different consoles, which developers will end up using in their projects, right?

 

[campbell0505]

Interesting to see what will come of this in the future. Would this help the homebrewability of the wii even more?

 

[64bitmodels]

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Not like it's needed- dolphin is accurate enough as-is
We've been getting lots of leaks lately. Source's source code leak, The Last of Us 2 leak, Pokemon beta sprite designs leak, and now a Wii/n64 related leak.

 

[osaka35]

Any work that comes from this won't be allowed to be hosted or linked to here. No using other people's copyrighted code.

Buuut this on the flip side, this is brilliant, and I'm looking forward to the work that comes from this. They don't sell wii and the wii shop is down. So it's not going to contribute to hurting their sales any.

 

[CORE]

The Grinder Wii would be nice... F**k if only game looked awesome.

 

[campbell0505]

Now I wonder what the next big leak will be?

 

[niuus]

Question: if the Wii U or 3DS source codes were released, would we be able to adjust or remove the 300 title limit?

along with other fancy stuff that you could add to the IOS, maybe USB mouse, Gamecube and Wii U Pro Controller support like the Wii Classic Controller does already, FTP, among other amenities.

 

[anhminh]

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So if hypothetically we have an "annonymous" hacker that look into both of them and make a mod then it is possible to make dolphin perform better?

 

[gman666]

Let's be honest here... While we know that using the source code in any capacity is illegal, there is going to be some developer that looks at the leaks and has a sudden spurt of "inspiration". It might not be in the next few days, but I'm thinking a few years from now we'll see the results of the leak. Maybe even unnoticeable improvements that build over time.

 

[MikaDubbz]

along with other fancy stuff that you could add to the IOS, maybe USB mouse, Gamecube and Wii U Pro Controller support like the Wii Classic Controller does already, FTP, among other amenities.

Well then someone friggin release the Wii U and 3DS source codes!!! lol, I'd be so happy if those just randomly popped up too now.

 

[niuus]

Well then someone friggin release the Wii U and 3DS source codes!!! lol, I'd be so happy if those just randomly popped up too now.

Lol, that would be quite a milestone.

 

[the_randomizer]

That's what they get for using a shitty server host.

 

[tommy1981]

Oooohh a goldeneye “port” for the wii and then online play?!? That’d be the illest!

Goldeneye 007 was released on the wii in 2010.

 

[Xabring]

Dolphin emulator developers:

It' s free real estate.

Lel, I can't wait for the ultimate Wii Emulator.

 

[hibikii]

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