This program will let you edit any and all of the region information on your Wii, and allow you to install System Menu 3.2 from any region if you so desire.

UPDATE: It has been confirmed this will allow you to change the region of your Wii and download/play Virtual Console apps from other regions

Video: YouTube
Source: Wiibrew
Download: anyregion_changer

Erant made a post on HackMii today that should be relevant to the interests of many fellow Wii homebrewers. The first releases of libdi, a DVD access library for homebrew software that does not require a modchip, and DVDX, the channel that unlocks the ability to read DVDs on an unmodified console, are now available.

Source: HackMii
Download: mplayer libdi

 Marcain decided he would shed a bit more light on MenuLoader and the general purposes of this tool.

Read: HackMii

Isobel has released a port of XKobo, a 2D oldschool platformer shooter for Un*x systems, now known as Kobo Deluxe.

Download: SourceForge

Marcan and Bushing of Team Twiizers have released MenuLoader v0.4 This app has the same features Crediar’s HackInstaller without writing to the NAND flash. While this method is much safer, you must run the DOL every time you want to use the features. It also works on all Wii systems, unlike Crediar’s which would only work on PAL systems with v3.2 firmware.

- Debug by USBGecko
- RegionFree for Channels
- RegionFree for discs
- Remove the screen heatlhsafety (which appears at the launch of the Wii)
- No music on screen
- Installation on any version of System Menu

Download: menuloader

Uno for the wii is a clone of the card game Uno, 2 to 4 people can play via the Internet (or local area network). You can also play against 3 computer controlled opponents.

Site: WiiBrew
Download: Unov6

Crediar has managed to hack the Nintendo Wii’s System Menu in various ways to allow some cool stuff to be done including:

- No healthwarning (the blackscreen is the time it needs to load the channels)
- region free Wii games
- region free GC games
- region free channels
- start the build-in rescue menu when Y is pressed on the first GC controller
- rescue menu patch to boot everything not just diag-discs
- No mainmenu BGM

more to come

Video: YouTube
UPDATE: Download: hk-inst_v02-cred

Over the last 30 days or so, we have been down twice.  Both due to security issues found on the site, which we have been working to locate, patch, and/or remove.  We will still be around to post the latest in Wii related news, but the site may be slow or down (monentarily) over the next day or two, while we patch issues.

Thanks
- WunSick

Dack has released a new (and final) version of his popular (unless you’re a sheep nuker) WiiScrubber app.

The final release of Wiiscrubber as it’s time to move onto pastures new with development.
Lot’s of extra features and a partition build facility. Read the FAQ and readme for full list.

Download: wiiscrubber130kit
Changelog -> (more…)

Bushing has released an open source apploader (in ISO format) which is used in the Homebrew Channel Installer ISO version

In order to make legally re-distributable ISO images for the Homebrew Channel installer, we had to remove Nintendo’s copyrighted apploader code and replace it with our own; we based ours on the one from GC-Linux.

Update: A new version of WiiScrubber is out that I’m told works fine with this template. The old one had trouble detecting it as a Wii disc, as it used the DiscID’s first character which isn’t the more common “R” in this ISO. For future reference, the best way of distinguishing a Wii image from a Gamecube image is probably using the disc magic instead (this is what IOS uses).

Site: HackMii
Download: iso_templateiso

Marcan has warned against using Waninkoko’s Region Changer due to the high risk of bricking your console. As a result of him releasing numerous un-safe apps, Marcan, Bushing, and the rest of the Wiibrew devs will no longer be sharing information with Waninkoko.

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Farter has updated GeeXboX. Using this application you can playback various video and audio files on your Nintendo Wii including AVI, DiVX, XViD, MPEG, MP3, and some others. We hope soon, DVD Playback will be added to the features.

What’s New?
* 20080730: 0.1alpha1. Feature improvement release.
* NTSC/PAL autodection (supposed to work)
* improved support for widescreen mode
* aspect ratio software compensation support
* improved Wiimote connection/reconnection routine
* user-friendlier handling of boot failure.

Site: Wiibrew
Download: geexbox-wii-0.1alpha.zip

kriogeN has released a new version of his online/multiplayer remake of Uno.

This is the card game Uno, 2 to 4 people can play via the Internet (or local area network). You can also play against 3 computer controlled opponents.

Site: WiiBrew
Download: unov5

Hermes has released a new the Guitar Hero homebrew game for the Nintendo Wii. This new version adds online multiplayer!

Site: http://www.elotrolado.net/

v2.9 [Beta] Download: guitarfun_29_betatest
v2.8 Source Code: guitarfun_28_source
v2.8 Download: guitarfun_28_wii

* Works with both the standalone server and the Homebrew channel
* Works with both elf and DOL files
* Saves the used settings in the Windows registry so that you don’t need to change them at each start
* Is extremely tiny, partly thanks to the release being UPX packed, but also from directly using the Win32 API
* Supports drag and drop of files onto the main window.
* Does basic sanity checks to prevent the most obvious user errors like forgetting to select a file.

V 4 has working args sending, an installer and associates with the files for even easier sending.

Site: WiiBrew
Download: sendelf_installer

Ocarina is a very simple Wii application for your homebrew channel which allows you to inject cheat codes and launch the game.  This comes with some codes, but there are more here: http://usbgecko.com/codes/index.php?r=u&l=all

Ocarina is a very simple Wii application for your homebrew channel. What it does? Start a game.. but there’s a twist of course.

Ocarina checks the GAME ID.. like RZDP01 for Zelda Twilight Princess (PAL). Then it checks the inserted SD card whether it can find a cheat code file for that game: in this case it would have to be name [sd]:\codes\rzdp01.gct .

To create GCT files.. a PC application is bundled in the package. This application is coming with 2 example files. rsbe.txt and rsbp.txt (Smash Brothers NTSC-U and PAL respectively). Using the File menu you can open, them and select the cheats you want.

Note that unlike an Action Replay you can modify codes with XXXXXXXX inside them.. it will always ask you to store modifications to its application memory I added this question so that people do not cry if a code is messed up - the actual cheat code file will not be modified until you save it in the app.

Once you’re done selecting codes: click on “Export to GCT”… and the rest should be pretty straight forward! Insert your SD card.

The package is seperated in a PC folder (PC client) and HBC (Homebrew channel)… put the stuff in its folders.. and they’re happy!’

Video: YouTube
Site: http://wiird.l0nk.org/wp/
Download: ocarina

Reppa has released a new version of his PC application that allows you to manage your homebrew collection on your SD card via your computer’s interface or via using FTPii on your Nintendo Wii.

* Add ftp support with FTPii
* Must run FTPii before the manager
* IP of wii can be change into HCM.ini
* Not everything was tested (lack of time, but i think all is ok)
* FTP Mode is a little slow than SD Card mode but he work fine
* Final 1.3 will include file transfer progress bar.

Site: Official Site
Download: hbmanagerbetaftp

We have added Team-Gx feeds directly to twitter! You can now follow and get updates directly on your mobile devices and twitter clients!

http://twitter.com/TeamGX

What’s New? boot.elf has been rebuilt with patched libfat to set archive flag on new files, allowing Data Management to see uploaded save games (e.g. TP hack).

Site: Official Site
Download: ftpii_0012

A new version of VisualBoyAdvanced for the wii has been released with a few fixes and some additional features.

- Gamecube controller support re-implemented
- battery saves are now automatically written to SD Card
- the screen has been enlarged as much as possible without hanging the aspect ratio.
- savestates are implemented: pressing + in the ingame menu now writes a savestate, an option to load the savestate appears on rom load. (only 1 save state per game for now)

Download: vbawii-072408

A new version of Snes9GX has been released with some interesting additions. Enjoy!

Features:
- Based on Snes9x 1.5 - superior ROM compatibility
- Auto Load/Save Freeze States and SRAM
- Custom controller configurations
- Wiimote, Nunchuk, Classic, and Gamecube controller support
- Autodetect PAL/NTSC
- Zip Support
- Open Source!

[What's New 003]
- added: alphabetical file sorting
- added: background logo/backdrop + nicer menus
- added: scrolling in ROM selector
- fixed: switching between pal/ntsc ROMS doesn’t mess up timings
- fixed: GC controller config works now
- fixed: freeze autoloading on ROM load
- fixed: zipped ROMS should now load in a reasonable time
- fixed: precompiled dols for autosaving to various locations (see readme)
- changed: GC default quickload slot (to sd) (thanks kerframil)
- changed: default load/save dirs are now “/snes9x/roms” and
“/snes/save/” (thanks kerframil)
- changed: Classic X and Y defaults aren’t switched
- changed: if autosave is enabled, it doesn’t ask to save SRAM
anymore. It is saved in the background.
- updated README

Download: Snes9xGX-003.rar

First off, TgX is NEVER going to be posting Modchip/Backup related news, so rest assured, this is not a post in that respect.  Marcan has posted an interesting article over at HackMii, about a new library coming soon for DVD read access.  It does have some ill effects on some modchip users.  Take a look…

News Source: HackMii