Thursday, April 2, 2009

What is Wii Homebrew and will it Void my Wii's Warranty?

By Callie Viljoen

Every time I visit the Wii forums I am amazed at the number of Wii gamers asking questions on Wii Homebrew. I then cannot help but wonder why all these questions are now being asked regarding Wii Homebrew. Is it because the Wii gaming community is growing at such an enormous rate month on month or is it due to the economic meltdown that everyone is experiencing that are forcing people to get better value for their hard earned money?

One of the contributing factors must surely be that people are starting to hear of all the great features that this software will enable them to do with their Nintendo Wii. When I say great features I am revering to the ability to play DVD Movies, MP3 songs and being able to backup your existing game discs. There is however one big question on everyone's lips and that is whether Wii Homebrew is legal or not. This is surely due to the fact that we are all law abiding citizens and would prefer not to install software on our Wii that will compromise its warranty.

The good news is that Wii Homebrew is indeed legal, simply because it is software that you are installing and not a mod chip and it will not void the warranty of your Wii. The big advantage of installing the Wii Homebrew Channel is that it will unlock your Wii enabling it to play DVD's, MP3's, older games that you have from the days of N64, SNES, Sega Genesis and many more as well as backing up your existing games. One word of caution though, do not use the backing up facility to make copies of your friends games as this is indeed illegal and is called piracy.

The most popular questions that are raised are "Where to Download Wii Homebrew Channel" and "How to install Wii Homebrew Channel"? The answers to these two questions are luckily very easy to answer. Firstly at the bottom of this article you will find links to the Wii Product Review website and Wii Product Review Blog where you will be able to download the Wii Homebrew Channel from. Secondly if you finished downloading the installer software the installation is as easy as following the clearly laid out instructions that they provide with the installation software. I can assure you that the instructions are very straight forward and anyone will be able to understand and implement it.

All and all I think this is a must have for all Nintendo Wii gamers, new or seasoned, that want to play DVD's, MP3 or older games on their Wii. To find out more about Wii Homebrew please feel free to visit my Wii review site by clicking on the link below.

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