Syobon action (original title しょぼんのアクション) is a 2D Japanese freeware video game notoriously known as a parody of the Nintendo classic game Super Mario Bros. but with extremely difficult levels (Wikipedia).
Scognito decided to port the game on the Wii console…
Recently Nintendo have been mounting a more aggressive stance against the manufacturers and distributors of the cards we use to boot homebrew on the DS due to increasing piracy. The cases against Divineo in France and Grupo Movilquick in Spain have been resolved in favour of the defendants with the ability to “extend the utility of the devices for perfectly legal purposes” cited as the reason for dismissal of the lawsuits.
Movilquick ruling (translated), original.
Assenntek press release (translated), original.
These decisions appear to be in keeping with the most recent amendment to the ECD which protects reverse engineering rights for purposes of interoperability – DIRECTIVE 2009/24/EC
The current DSi “compatible” cards used to boot homebrew in DS mode on the new console are not affected by these rulings given that they all use modified commercial games to provide this functionality.
The Moon Books Project has relaunched with Moon Shell 2 compatibility for all film and book content. All books available are readable on Moon Shell 2, as well as all films.
Also, both audio and video quality of films have been upgraded for your viewing pleasure.
Brandon @ MoonBooks.net
The Moon Books Project 2.0
Recently we had the opportunity to interview Frédéric Calendini who is man behind one of the most professional Nintendo DS homebrew game series out there: Lone Wolf DS.
Hey everyone!
To celebrate my upcoming birthday (08/31/72) I will be giving away an Acekard2. Everyone who has earned over 100 contribution points at The Moon Books Project (by taking place in forum discussions, blogging, etc) will be entered in a random drawing on August 31st.
From devkitPro
One of the things we love to see is homebrewers using the skills they’ve honed with devkitPro toolchains to enter the commercial market. The most recent programmer to take the next step is Lacey who you might know if you visit the Blitzed dev channels on a regular basis.
His company, Tin Man Games, has just released their first iPhone/iPod Touch title so why not help him make his mark in the industry by grabbing Frootrees from the iTunes store now? It looks like a great little game and the £0.59/$0.99 price point is an absolute steal.
We hope to see many more homebrewers follow in Lacey’s footsteps and wish him good luck.