Keep your Wii games working with WIT
Game On!
The Nintendo Network went dark in 2024, but a thriving FOSS community continues to support the Wii platform and other Nintendo devices. We'll introduce you to some of the tools you can use to reclaim the magic.
It is hard to imagine a gaming enthusiast who has not fallen in love with Nintendo at least once in their life. But everything comes with a price tag, even love. When one of the parties in a love affair starts expressing their love via unholy acts, the other party must question the validity of that relationship.
Nintendo holds quite the reputation [1] when it comes to the kind of love that it often demonstrates (or doesn't demonstrate) toward its fanbase. Even when some non-profitable community project shows potential, it seems that the project is received as a blow [2] to Nintendo pride rather than as a show of endorsement [3] and gratefulness [4] from a kind and loving community.
One could argue that a second golden age for the Wii console began the moment its creator decided it was time to pull [5] the plug in order to make way for their latest money maker. This decision stunned the world, but some saw it as an opportunity for innovation, and the Wii crowd offered strong signals of reassurance to the vendor that the Wii heritage would be well preserved on their watch. With this noble goal of offering eternal support to the gaming community, great initiatives [6] [7] were put into place.
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