Never dreamed of the day you’d play a DVD on your Wii?  How about playing any N64 game on your Wii, not just the ones on the WiiShop?  And you don’t have to sell your soul for it?  Not a chance, right?  I was immediately interested.

Wii Homebrew and Visual Boy

Turns out there is a dedicated bunch of folks working on Homebrew firmware.  Give me a minute before you start scoffing.  Homebrew doesn’t necessarily mean crappy — I know that there aren’t too many great connotations associated with the word, but these people really know what they’re doing.  Sure, it might screw up your Wii if you don’t do it right.  I haven’t tried it yet either, but I’m planning on doing so once I get my hands on a copy of Twilight Princess (you need it to install the Homebrew).  Once you install the Homebrew firmware (it will appear as a channel), there will be all sorts of applications you can “install” onto your Wii that will allow you to play DVD’s and even Gameboy on the Wii.  Slick, right?

Once I get it up and running, I’ll be sure to introduce only the coolest apps.  But for now, just wanted to throw it out there and thank the developers for creating an alternative.  Thanks, guys!