Two years ago the Wii Shop Channel closed, making the only way to install its content using a .wad file and a wad manager. However, we can't just let it fade away. With this post i propose a project to reverse-engineer the Wii Shop Channel, and bring it back to its former glory.
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As bixxewoscht said, getting unencrypted copies of games and sharing them on a Wii Shop Channel alternative is like waving your rear end directly in Nintendo's face and asking them to shoot you. (weird analogy but you get my point)
The Wii Shop Channel itself doesn't need to be reverse engineered. The problem isn't that we don't know how to distribute and install WADs conveniently, we already have tools like NUSDownloader. The problem is that Nintendo delisted all of the games on the Shop Channel and closed off any method of legally purchasing them. You can still redownload these games but you need the "ticket" which contains the encryption key necessary to install the downloaded software. Making another Shop Channel is not going to solve this problem.
The Wii Shop Channel itself doesn't need to be reverse engineered. The problem isn't that we don't know how to distribute and install WADs conveniently, we already have tools like NUSDownloader. The problem is that Nintendo delisted all of the games on the Shop Channel and closed off any method of legally purchasing them. You can still redownload these games but you need the "ticket" which contains the encryption key necessary to install the downloaded software. Making another Shop Channel is not going to solve this problem.
What if we created a borrowing system where you could play the game from a server so instead of giving full permanent access people would get temporary access and maybe the wii could store the game save so that the Wiis won’t get full
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Spoke to Tom Fulp the other day, if he can find his old Newgrounds site content like the mini Flash animations from the 2000's that played on the portal.
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So far no response, but he did say that he'll find them. Wayback Machine doesn't have em.
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@SylverReZ, atleast the 1999 versión of pico's school is avaliable (the difference between it, the 2006 versión and the 2016 versión is that the speed of the game depends of the speed of your computer and that it had the og soundtrack)
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@Xdqwerty, Another being Pico VS Bear, the original 1999 version before Jim Henson filed a DMCA takedown.+1
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@SylverReZ, although the "secrets" system where the game was has been removed. Also pico vs uberkids had a netplay versión that was shutdown, although the swf file has been found
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@SylverReZ, also the pico 2 demos used to be only for the newgrounds patrons but they are on internet archive too (https://archive.org/download/picos_school_2)+1
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Fun fact @SylverReZ: iirc one of the goals on the fnf Kickstarter stated that pico 2 would be finished but the Kickstarter didnt get enough money for that goal to be fullfiled
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