wii os front-end running on windows
February 2nd, 2007 comments (8) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob
Some guy with too much time on his hands developed this painstakingly accurate menu system based on the Wii interface, coined “WiiOS.”
The menu system is a very faithful reproduction of the Wii menu system, and he’s got it all tied together with his Wii-mote to let him control some emulated console games on his PC.
I’m sure Nintendo won’t be thrilled by the blatant copyright infringement in his design, but maybe they’ll give him a break and just appreciate the fact that he’s just a really dedicated Wii fanboy.
[via GoNintendo]
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February 2nd, 2007 comments (8): stumble it! digg it! by: technabob
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Parody is protected speech ^_^
That looks like parody to me.
I’d be very interested in seeing the sourcecode for his bluetooth wiimote interface. Mmm… sourcecode.
The guy who wrote it was talking about releasing a version, but now it sounds like he won’t:
http://www.wiili.org/forum/wii-os-longer-video-t1342.html
It looks like it a VB application for the front end, but I it’s using GlovePIE for the wii-mote control driver:
http://carl.kenner.googlepages.com/glovepie
Even if he did release a version, I don’t think he’s honestly going to try to compete with Nintendo on it. Also, he’s not really copying anything (with the possible exception of images, but I have a feeling he’s modified them or otherwise derived them).
I don’t know. I just wish we lived in a country where a guy can write his own software without worrying about someone else trying to sue.
Looks like this guy did decide to release a copy of his application afterall:
http://www.wiili.org/index.php/Wii_os
The download link is here:
http://www.zshare.net/download/wii-os-zip.html
Should be fun.
I don’t know what wii os is. Is it a program on your computer on wich you can play real wii games like MySims and Mario Party 8?
P.S. If my English isn’t correct, I’m sorry… =P
The link is not working – what’s wrong?
Damn, looks like even the latest link is bad. It looks like it might be floating around on some torrents, though. Check here:
http://www.nowtorrents.com/torrents/wii_os_alpha_v1-1-zip.html