[HN Gopher] Pretendo: A free and open source server replacement ...
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Pretendo: A free and open source server replacement for the 3DS and
Wii U
Author : jonny_eh
Score : 169 points
Date : 2023-09-04 04:20 UTC (18 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (pretendo.network)
(TXT) w3m dump (pretendo.network)
| pohl wrote:
| Take a moment to appreciate how nice of a name that is.
| zagrebian wrote:
| Make sure to check out the English lolcat version in the globe
| menu in the upper right corner.
| lancefisher wrote:
| That's fun! It also likely serves a real purpose. It lets
| English-only speakers test that localization is working and
| available for every text element.
| raytopia wrote:
| Pretendo is super cool! It's awesome to see what people can do
| with homebrew. I'm hopping that at some point someone creates a
| equivalent of GBStudio for the 3DS/Wii U (even the Wii and DS
| would be cool too) so more people can start making homebrew for
| these devices because there's a lot more to explore with what you
| can do with the Wii U's controller and the 3DS's dual screens and
| they're just fun devices.
|
| As an aside I'm still bummed that the Wii U and 3DS didn't do
| very well compared to the Wii and DS. I totally get where
| Nintendo was going with the Switch and way they made it but for
| whatever reason it just doesn't scratch the itch the same way the
| 3DS and Wii U do. I hope some day that someone creates a another
| dual screen device (like Panic has done with the Playdate). If
| there's anyone interested in making a device I'd love making
| games for it.
| purpleflame1257 wrote:
| The 3DS didn't start great but it sold 75 million units over
| its lifespan, which is more than the N64, SNES, or NES
| raytopia wrote:
| Your right the 3DS did great when looking at sheer numbers
| but when it "only" sold half of its predecessor I have a
| feeling that this helped Nintendo to end the handheld line.
|
| At some point I need to write a blog post about how weird
| console numbers are when it comes to deciding what fails and
| what succeeds because you're a 100% correct the 3DS did great
| but because it sold less then the last gen it was a
| "failure".
| extraduder_ire wrote:
| Handhelds, almost as a rule, outsell home consoles. Mostly
| because they're per-person rather than per-household, and
| also because they break and get replaced.
|
| The explosion of smartphone gaming was probably the biggest
| contributor to canning the 3DS.
| burnte wrote:
| > I have a feeling that this helped Nintendo to end the
| handheld line.
|
| I think you might want to reevaluate this position seeing
| as their current console and multimillion seller is
| handheld. It CAN dock, but even then there's a no-dock
| model, the Lite, which is handheld only.
| djxfade wrote:
| No good open source tools for the 3DS just yet. However, it's
| possible to make homebrew with Unity and the official SDK,
| however, it's nothing you can distribute legitimately, and the
| tools are hard to find due to Nintendo taking them down
| autoexec wrote:
| Nintendo really is their own worst enemy here. Fans love
| their stuff and want to continue to enjoying with it long
| after Nintendo has abandoned their hardware and their
| customers, but Nintendo would rather bite the hand that feeds
| it than tolerate the enthusiasm. A better company would
| embrace it and release some of their own tools and software
| for fans to play with instead of threatening lawsuits.
|
| I can't imagine putting a bunch of time and work into a
| project that will likely be DMCA'd to death.
| bitwize wrote:
| Anything that enables homebrew on those systems probably
| circumvents "effective" copy protection under the DMCA and
| would thus be illegal to use or traffic in.
| smoldesu wrote:
| Cope.
| ThrowawayTestr wrote:
| People have been hacking their devices to run homebrew since
| the NES.
| purpleflame1257 wrote:
| As far as I can tell homebrew enabling is legal, which is why
| Nintendo hasn't C&Ded the sites permitting it, and instead
| kept patching out jailbreaks.
| yjftsjthsd-h wrote:
| I doubt it; the ability to run your own code is completely
| different from the ability to copy somebody else's code
| [deleted]
| plussed_reader wrote:
| Is this just an analog for wiimmfi?
| Narew wrote:
| in the FAQ : Will Pretendo support the Wii/Switch?
|
| > The Wii already has custom servers provided by Wiimmfi. We
| currently do not wish to target the Switch as it is both paid
| and completely different to Nintendo Network.
| slowhadoken wrote:
| This reminds me of the guys that broadcast legitimate event
| pokemon using event cartridges or roms.
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