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2006 Nintendo Wii hacked to run Infected Systems' blog — uses open-source NetBSD

Alex Haydock is running his blog on an old Nintendo Wii using NetBSD — an open-source Unix-like operating system. It's a publicly accessible blog and the experiment is "ongoing."

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After 1 hour of trying the Switch 2's motion controls, I'm convinced Nintendo is finally ready to give us more Wii remasters

After 1 hour of trying the Switch 2's motion controls, I'm convinced Nintendo is finally ready to give us more Wii remasters

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond and more Switch 2 games have me convinced that we'll see the best Wii games on Nintendo's new console soon

How do the Nintendo Switch's launch games compare to those of NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, Wii and Wii U?

How do the Nintendo Switch's launch games compare to those of NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, Wii and Wii U?

Feature | Looking back on the history of Nintendo's day one console releases to see how the Switch's measure up to the legacy

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Analysts predict Switch 2 might struggle with attracting mainstream buyers for the same reason Wii U failed: "I can imagine 'normies' being a bit confused"

Oh, awesome, another portable handheld device!

Nintendo Switch 2 could be more like the Wii U than you realize, and I'd say that's a good thing

Here's how the Nintendo Switch 2 could embrace Wii U and 3DS games using its new top USB-C port to provide dual-screen functionality.

Nintendo's retro classic returns over 30 years after landmark original –ahead of Switch 2's rumoured reveal

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD is on Nintendo Switch – 15 years since the Wii's reimagining and 31 years since the SNES classic

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD review: definitive but derivative

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD is the definitive version of a great platformer that finally brings the best of the Wii and 3DS versions into one. But the lack of new stuff makes it a hard sell as a full-priced Nintendo Switch game.

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Days after Wii U gem Xenoblade Chronicles X was finally announced for Switch, Nintendo says the JRPG series has seen roughly 500% growth on Switch vs 3DS and Wii U

Days after Wii U gem Xenoblade Chronicles X was finally announced for Switch, Nintendo says the JRPG series has seen roughly 500% growth on Switch vs 3DS and Wii U

Xenoblade has sold over 7 million copies on Switch

Nintendo Wii turned into a sleeper gaming PC, complete with GameCube ports — powered by AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS and Radeon 680M graphics

Nintendo Wii turned into a sleeper gaming PC, complete with GameCube ports — powered by AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS and Radeon 680M graphics

YouTuber takes a Nintendo Wii with a broken disc drive and turns it into a sleeper mini PC build.

Tom’s Hardware

Zelda: Ocarina of Time's fastest speedrun just got its first new route in 3 years, but nobody's sure if wrapping a Wii U gamepad in a rubber band is cheating

Zelda: Ocarina of Time's fastest speedrun just got its first new route in 3 years, but nobody's sure if wrapping a Wii U gamepad in a rubber band is cheating

The Wii U comeback we all deserve is here

Pellets of Nilgiri tahrs collected during survey to be sent for molecular analysis, DNA repository

Pellets of Nilgiri tahrs collected during survey to be sent for molecular analysis, DNA repository

The first synchronised estimation of the Nilgiri tahrs in Tamil Nadu and parts of Kerala, which concluded on May 1, will generate DNA repository of the mountain ungulate, besides shedding latest data on its population

Why the Nintendo Wii could be reborn on the Meta Quest 3

Why the Nintendo Wii could be reborn on the Meta Quest 3

Between a surge in 2000s nostalgia and a need for mainstream attention, Meta's Quest 3 is a perfect platform to bring back the Wii era and its motion-controlled magic.

Android Central

India's Tigers Climb High As Climate, Human Pressure Rises

India's Tigers Climb High As Climate, Human Pressure Rises

Tigers in India have been photographed in high-altitude mountains rarely seen before, with experts suggesting relentless human pressure and a heating climate are driving them from traditional hunting grounds.

International Business Times

10 Years Ago, Nintendo Made an Embarrassing Flop That Exposed an Even Bigger Problem

10 Years Ago, Nintendo Made an Embarrassing Flop That Exposed an Even Bigger Problem

'Wii Fit' was one of Nintendo's many motion control games to find incredible success, but by the time its sequel rolled around the gaming landscape had changed.

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Reroute railway track running through Assam gibbon sanctuary, suggest scientists

Primatologists have suggested rerouting a 1.65-km-long railway track that has divided an eastern Assam Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary dedicated to the western hoolock gibbon into two unequal parts. “The sanctuary has become a ‘forest island’, having lost connectivity with surrounding forest patches. Since gibbons are exclusively arboreal animals inhabiting the forest’s upper…

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The best-selling video game of each year since 1993

From Street Fighter II to Hogwarts Legacy, here's the best-selling video game of each year.

M.P. strategy for tigers can help cheetahs too

M.P. tops 2022 tiger census with 50% surge, thanks to balancing predator and prey population. Active prey management, such as relocating tigers and prey, key to success. Similar strategy could help form viable cheetah population, despite 6 deaths in translocation project. Corbett National Park most populous reserve, but M.P. has…

With nimble feet, clouded leopards play hide-and-seek in the forests

The clouded leopard is categorised into two species: the mainland clouded leopard distributed from central Nepal to peninsular Malaysia, and the Sunda clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi) native to Borneo and Sumatra.

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India’s tiger population rises, Madhya Pradesh has most big cats

India’s tiger population increased to 3,682 in 2022, up from 2,967 in 2018, according to an estimate released on Saturday. This is an upward revision from April this year, when a minimum of 3,167 animals were estimated by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), which coordinates the quadrennial tiger census.

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10 great Barbie video games

Beyond the expected fashion designing and beach parties, Barbie games have explored her more adventurous side – from jungle adventurer to swashbuckling heroine

GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin isn't "in any legal danger" after Steam takedown

Despite Nintendo's concerns, the Dolphin devs say they're not worried about legal action

7 days prior to exam, WII nixes 63 percent of job applications on ‘absurd reasons’

A week before the written examination for seven group-A vacancies for scientists at premier Wildlife Institute of India in Dehradun, Bharti Arora’s application was rejected by the institute for lack of “supporting documents” for her experience after PhD. Arora, a staffer at the WII for the past 15 months, then…

Hell yes, another WarioWare game is on the way

WarioWare: Move It! seems to be a Wii throwback

Nintendo has blocked the Steam release of Wii emulator Dolphin

Emulation enthusiasts have suggested the inclusion of the Wii Common Code could be behind the DMCA block

Guardians of the Ganga: task force keeps a watchful eye on the river

Since its inception six and a half years ago, the Ganga Prahari project has brought about some community awareness and skilling

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