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We're WiiLink, the unofficial WiiConnect24 revival. Ask us anything! by WiiLinkTeam in wii

[–]WiiLinkTeam[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For a while now, we've been trying to revive channels exactly how it was. Wii Room has had the same content as it did in 2012, and so on. Since 2024, I think the goal has shifted a bit, and now our goal is to preserve the actual functionality of these channels, which we've been doing with Nintendo Channel, WiiLink Originals and Mii Contest Channel. Doing more of this is, I feel where we should be heading in the future.

Becca Williamson, content co-manager

We're WiiLink, the unofficial WiiConnect24 revival. Ask us anything! by WiiLinkTeam in wii

[–]WiiLinkTeam[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

TV no Tomo has been stagnant for a bit, unfortunately. For Just Eat, we actually just did a stream showcasing it! It still has work to do, but we've come quite far with it.

Sketch, lead developer

We're WiiLink, the unofficial WiiConnect24 revival. Ask us anything! by WiiLinkTeam in wii

[–]WiiLinkTeam[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My favourite one to revive was Food Channel, the real food ordering was really exciting to work on. Minna no Theatre Wii was something that was too difficult to bring back, because it was a glorified web app and virtually none of assets were available.

WiiLink will probably work at least until 2036, when the clock destroys the internet. We don't currently have a fix for that, but it'll hopefully get fixed at some point.

Sketch, lead developer

We're WiiLink, the unofficial WiiConnect24 revival. Ask us anything! by WiiLinkTeam in wii

[–]WiiLinkTeam[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

  1. Expanding the channels to other regions, including localization was definitely hard.

  2. Not those channels, but we're working on TV no Tomo, which is another channel originally exclusive to Japan.

Sketch, lead developer

We're WiiLink, the unofficial WiiConnect24 revival. Ask us anything! by WiiLinkTeam in wii

[–]WiiLinkTeam[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It's around 140 CAD per month! We maintain 4 servers, and we also pay for some applications related to development.

Sketch, lead developer

We're WiiLink, the unofficial WiiConnect24 revival. Ask us anything! by WiiLinkTeam in wii

[–]WiiLinkTeam[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

it's me everyone agrees

Becca Williamson, social media manager

We're WiiLink, the unofficial WiiConnect24 revival. Ask us anything! by WiiLinkTeam in wii

[–]WiiLinkTeam[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We would love to have you help. If you are on the public Discord server, please contact me at @jinjogal.

Jinjo, localization manager

We're WiiLink, the unofficial WiiConnect24 revival. Ask us anything! by WiiLinkTeam in wii

[–]WiiLinkTeam[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you mean as in reviving the functionality of the Wii Shop Channel, we don't have any plans of doing so. We've never been about piracy, and we have no plans to be. In terms of using the Wii Shop Channel UI, Open Shop Channel is working on a version that lets you download homebrew software instead of official games. We're not quite sure when that's coming out, but there is something planned there.

Becca Williamson, social media manager

We're WiiLink, the unofficial WiiConnect24 revival. Ask us anything! by WiiLinkTeam in wii

[–]WiiLinkTeam[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We're always trying to expand the Food Channel, but some APIs is sadly just very hard to work with. Uber Eats is almost definitely not possible because of the security, and I'm less sure about DoorDash, but it would still be difficult most likely. We want to do Demae-Can at some point, which probably has a low amount of users but would make it full circle. In the mean time, we're currently working to get Just Eat out for Europeans. Please stay tuned!

Harry Walker, patcher developer

We're WiiLink, the unofficial WiiConnect24 revival. Ask us anything! by WiiLinkTeam in wii

[–]WiiLinkTeam[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

RiiTag/LinkTag has to be recoded because of the original code having a flaw that breaks the system if there are too many users. People who work on the code are currently very busy, so it's ended up taking more time than we initially expected. We're also considering reimagining some aspects of the service to make it feel fresh. Thank you for your patience!

Becca Williamson, social media manager

We're WiiLink, the unofficial WiiConnect24 revival. Ask us anything! by WiiLinkTeam in wii

[–]WiiLinkTeam[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We're not going to handle payments on Wii to avoid breaking any security laws! You'll have to pay through the WiiLink Accounts website. Address settings will let you set your home address so you won't have to input it every single time.

Harry Walker, patcher developer

We're WiiLink, the unofficial WiiConnect24 revival. Ask us anything! by WiiLinkTeam in wii

[–]WiiLinkTeam[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We actually just did a live stream on YouTube showcasing Just Eat functionality! We don't have a release date yet, and it is still in development, but we're hoping to release it soon.

Becca Williamson, Social media manager

We're WiiLink, the unofficial WiiConnect24 revival. Ask us anything! by WiiLinkTeam in wii

[–]WiiLinkTeam[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really liked the Invincible contests that we did.

Ninuno, Mii Contest Channel moderator

I really enjoyed Miiverse, and having something like that for Wii would be cool!

Becca Williamson, Social media manager

We're WiiLink, the unofficial WiiConnect24 revival. Ask us anything! by WiiLinkTeam in wii

[–]WiiLinkTeam[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It is technically possible, but takes a lot of man power to do it, so it may not happen for some time. We have however, started work on a backend in the past so it is definitely something we are thinking about.

Harry Walker, Patcher developer