Pretendo is super cool! It's awesome to see what people can do with homebrew. I'm hopping that at some point someone creates a equivalent of GBStudio for the 3DS/Wii U (even the Wii and DS would be cool too) so more people can start making homebrew for these devices because there's a lot more to explore with what you can do with the Wii U's controller and the 3DS's dual screens and they're just fun devices.
As an aside I'm still bummed that the Wii U and 3DS didn't do very well compared to the Wii and DS. I totally get where Nintendo was going with the Switch and way they made it but for whatever reason it just doesn't scratch the itch the same way the 3DS and Wii U do. I hope some day that someone creates a another dual screen device (like Panic has done with the Playdate). If there's anyone interested in making a device I'd love making games for it.
No good open source tools for the 3DS just yet. However, it's possible to make homebrew with Unity and the official SDK, however, it's nothing you can distribute legitimately, and the tools are hard to find due to Nintendo taking them down
Anything that enables homebrew on those systems probably circumvents "effective" copy protection under the DMCA and would thus be illegal to use or traffic in.
It makes me smile every time I see someone comment on how good our name is :D I'm quite proud of it, thank you! Much better than the projects original name, "RiiU" lol
That's fun! It also likely serves a real purpose. It lets English-only speakers test that localization is working and available for every text element.
Made an account just to reply here! I'm the founder and lead developer of Pretendo, thank you so much for sharing our project here! It's been amazing seeing our little community grow over the years, and it's been so nice to see the positive things commented here!
in the FAQ : Will Pretendo support the Wii/Switch?
> The Wii already has custom servers provided by Wiimmfi. We currently do not wish to target the Switch as it is both paid and completely different to Nintendo Network.
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As an aside I'm still bummed that the Wii U and 3DS didn't do very well compared to the Wii and DS. I totally get where Nintendo was going with the Switch and way they made it but for whatever reason it just doesn't scratch the itch the same way the 3DS and Wii U do. I hope some day that someone creates a another dual screen device (like Panic has done with the Playdate). If there's anyone interested in making a device I'd love making games for it.
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> The Wii already has custom servers provided by Wiimmfi. We currently do not wish to target the Switch as it is both paid and completely different to Nintendo Network.
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