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The Homebrew Channel
The Homebrew Channel is a fanmade, unofficial channel for Wii that wasn’t made by Nintendo and neither supported by them. This channel is a freeware program that can be used to launch fanmade and unofficial games and programs, as well as programs that can bypass the regional lockout or use normal DVDs (for program running; movies will not work on Wii console made after a certain year because DVD commands were removed). Other programs can load full games from a USB device, or launch normal disc games with cheats.
The channel was originally accessed by downloading a modified save file from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and playing the file. By talking to an NPC that loads Epona’s custom name (this name contained a small program that activated the softmod) in the game, it sideloaded the channel to the Wii's memory. However, System Menu 4.0 blocked the Twilight Hack. It was replaced with bannerbomb, which works on System Menu versions 3.2 to 4.2; LetterBomb, which works on System Menu 4.3; Smash Stack, which works on all System Menu versions, but requires a disc of Super Smash Bros. Brawl; FlashHax, which requires the Internet Channel; str2hax, which doesn't require a game or SD Card at all; and BlueBomb, which requires Linux to install, but works on the Wii Mini.
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- Downloading the channel used to use an invisible bug called the Trucha Bug.
- It would also void your Wii's warranty.