Nintendo has always been very wary about allowing independent and homebrew developers making games for their consoles, and the 3DS is no exception. It’s locked down, and a few 3DS and console hackers ...

Click to viewYou've hacked your Wii to run homebrew apps and play back DVDs without any difficult hardware hacking and now you want to dive into more of your homebrew ...

Had enough Nintendo homebrew action yet? We haven’t either. Especially not now that the doors to the homebrew scene have been blown open by The Homebrew Channel. Up to this point, the only way you ...

No more than two weeks after Nintendo released a Wii system update purging the Homebrew Channel, as well as other unsanctioned system hacks, from Wiis around the world, a fix has already been made ...

The app will not play commercial or pirated 3DS ROMs. For the most part, Nintendo has done a good job of protecting its latest handheld from rampant piracy and other unsavory activities. However, ...

Back in 2010, Ninteno's waggle-riffic wonder would occasionally pulsate with a charming blue glow: update me, it said, I have hackers to fight. Although its efforts were quickly circumvented by ...

A new version of the popular Wii Homebrew Channel has been released for the Wii U, allowing it to install on both consoles. The Homebrew Channel allows Wii owners to play anything from emulated retro ...

When it comes to console hacks and mods, there are plenty of grey areas and debates over ethical practices. Those aspects may come to the test soon on 3DS, if the coding efforts of Twitter user ...

The hackers who created the Wii Homebrew Channel have made the channel functional on the Wii U, according to a post on the group's website, HackMii. The newest version of the Homebrew Channel (HBC) ...

Despite continuing efforts on Nintendo's part to thwart its installation, the Wii Homebrew Channel – which, as its name implies, enables the use of legal, homebrew games and apps on Wii – soldiers on, ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Yes, yes, these days the Wii isn't as useful as we'd hoped. As useful as it could be. Unless, that is, you're running the Homebrew channel. Here's how ...