I like the way people talk about homebrew as if it didn't just mean piracy.

For anyone considering one of these for homebrew.

Please be aware earlier this week Nintnedo pushed out a new system update, first one in a over a year, 5.5.2. This will prevent installing homebrew, so take this into consideration when connecting it to the Internet.

useless they sent me a 360!!!

anyone had theirs dispatched yet?

edit

just been dispatched, strangely its not showing up on my credit card account

We kept looking on gumtree for a week or two and got a wii with 3 remotes, 2 motionplus 2x nunchucks, microphone, marrio cart with 3 x steering wheels and 21 games for £30 - and then got a balance board for £10 :wink: happy kids and even more happy mummy and daddy ha

Picked up a near-mint condition one with 6 good games, pro controller and 2x wii remotes from eBay for £175. If you're buying second hand, check eBay and Gumtree first as you'll likely find better value bundle deals than this. Condition "fair" will be barely presentable.

Enjoy! :smiley:

just orderd it, as you say they will just remaster them

Even though I bought a switch yesterday tempted to buy this for the game backlog, but with my luck i will buy it and Nintendo will announce some add on for the switch to play Wii u games. Are there other bundles with different games?

Fair enough - it's worth contacting people on Gumtree with a low offer - particularly when they've had it listed for a while - as most people are happy to get rid. Not sure what you been by the sensor bar but the balance board is needed for Wii Fit if you want to play that. Not sure how much cex charge but you can usually pick up balance boards pretty cheap 2nd hand.

I have had a look at Gumtree, but tbh, cex looks pretty good value. The console is about £20 and some games are only a couple of quid. From the advice, it doesn't look worth getting the motion plus remote but is it worth getting the motion sensor bar for dance/ fitness games?

I couldn't really care less what anyone does so if you want to play your games off a hard drive then that's up to you. There's just a lot of people on here openly advocating piracy but calling it homebrew which somehow makes it seem less like what it actually is. Also there is a difference between playing games you own & have bought to playing games you've simply pirated although I'm not sure Nintendo see it that way.

I like the way people talk about homebrew as if it didn't just mean piracy.

Calling it homebrew makes it sound kinda wholesome & like a hobby for people who like tinkering rather than an app for people who don't like paying for games & just want to get everything for free.

Bit off topic, but I am looking at getting a original Wii for my 9yo daughter for the summer hold from cex. I'm a gaming novice and noticed there is a lot of choice of accessories, is there any recommended accessories to get with it? Games wise she will probably be playing the sports and dance ones. Thanks for any info.

If it's the original Wii then there's very few games that use the motion plus apart from Zelda Skyward Sword & Wii Sports Resort so might not be worth spending the extra money if you're only playing Wii Sports (ie the original not the later Wii Sports Resort) & Just Dance. Probably a good idea to pick up a couple of remotes anyway.

For 'fair condition' see 'battered'.

If condition is not of great importance however, a highly enjoyable Super Mario Bros title, much unappreciated and at this price a steal.

Alas not, if they already have homebrew on it, it will still work

If it kicks hackers in Black Ops II, then I'm all for it.

For anyone considering one of these for homebrew.

Please be aware earlier this week Nintnedo pushed out a new system update, first one in a over a year, 5.5.2. This will prevent installing homebrew, so take this into consideration when connecting it to the Internet.

Why has there suddenly been an influx of fake profiles on here?!

It's ok folks as fast as you can set up fake profiles I can report you and get you banned!! :smile:

Just ordered had a £60 gift card to help :smile: