"Hacked" DLC - the New Plan (comments please)

[DsPet]

re: Hacked DLC and Nintendo DLC overlapping
(from the other thread http://game-hackers.com/forum/showpo...5&postcount=70 )

> What happens when new items are created that are real DLC and we have HDLC taking there slot? Is it easily movable?
Short answer: Yes.
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Longer answer (since this often comes up). That's on of the hypothetical arguments the "DLC haters" have been throwing around as to why Hacked DLC is bad. It may hypothetically prevent them from getting the really cool DLC items that hypothetically Nintendo is going to release in the future.
Opinion: The track record for "official" Animal Crossing giveaways is not very good (eg: AC:WW infrequent and buggy).
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The facts:
Nintendo has released 2 DLC items so far (in Japan only). That's less than 1% of the DLC space. You can install them in your game using EZ_DLC_Install if you have WiiBrew.
There are no published plans on if, when and what Nintendo will release next. There is much speculation.

The "New Plan" accounts for the case where Nintendo releases few or no more items, or if they start releasing them at break-neck speed (eg: an item a week).

The 3 hacked DLC items are a little over 1% of the DLC space. They have item codes specially picked to be well outside the regular Nintendo item code area. Also plenty of room to release one a week for a few years.

The chances of an accidental collision are remote.
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Speculation continues:
Nintendo could *intentionally* overlap the Hacked DLC range. I think that is highly unlikely.

BTW: The DLC haters like saying the Nintendo engineers would do something like that to punish the people who downloaded Hacked DLC. That's insane, a company would never do that for the support costs alone.

But even in this remote scenario, there is a simple fix for WiiBrew users and at least 2 different ways for non-WiiBrew users to get the new DLC.

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> I have noticed my game disc has been scanning louder than usual since I installed the Hacked DLC. Is that true?
All the DLC hate has infected the DVD disc ;->

Go back to an earlier backup, and try it again. I suspect any DVD drive noise will be the same regardless of the gamesave data.
BTW: that's one of the cool things about the DLC data (and why it is so flexible), most of it comes from the gamesave and not from the game disc.

[Summersett]

Yankeefan802: read around other threads. Your questions have already been explained into detail.

Also, your game disc will not scan louder than usual. lol.

[willie_caja]

Regarding the Plan...
Wouldn't it be better if a theme is given to the interested people?
I mean, if everybody works without any guide, you can end up having to vote very different items.
Say for example someone has a great idea (because the item is something cool, like some game character or game item) but the actual implementation is so-so. On the other hand you coud have another person who's skills are great, but the items produced are not that cool (maybe a nice rendering of an ordinary item.) It would be difficult to vote for any of those. Should you choose a well made item or a nice idea?

If a theme is given you can see similar items and judge the quality of the model and the skills of the creator.

On example of a theme could be "Models of famous world landmarks", like the Eiffel tower, The Empire state building or the Leaning Tower of Pisa. But a lot of themes could be made up. The Wii has the Mii contests in this line, they give a subject or theme and people create following it. It's easier to evaluate.

Just a thought.

[serenity]

The Bionicle lego action figures have really cool handheld weapons (ick, i hate saying that word).

[MRDSBOY]

I have an idea for a DLC item. A Wii!!!. This would be awesome! They have a gamecube in the game (in the pink box) and a Wii would be even better

[Purple_Wind]

A few requests from a topic I made on Gamefaqs:
Shotgun/Wii Zapper: Same function as the slingshot
Moon from Majora's Mask: Based off the Moon item in the game
Banana: To serve as another fruit. I think research would have to be done for this one to work properly though.
Wii Controller and Nunchuk: Same function as the fishing rod
Captain Falcon Helmet: Based off the Zap Helmets
Megaman Helmet: Based off the Zap Helmets
Master Sword: Same function as the axe
Pokemon Dolls: Furniture (Based on dolls in Pokemon)
Waluigi Hat: Based off Bro's Hats
Nintendo Wii: Furniture
ROB: Furniture based off the Robot
Pokeball: Furniture (Possibly work as a net?)

Those are just a few ideas the Gfaqs board came up with. Feel free to comment.

[MRDSBOY]

A few requests from a topic I made on Gamefaqs:
Shotgun/Wii Zapper: Same function as the slingshot
Moon from Majora's Mask: Based off the Moon item in the game
Banana: To serve as another fruit. I think research would have to be done for this one to work properly though.
Wii Controller and Nunchuk: Same function as the fishing rod
Captain Falcon Helmet: Based off the Zap Helmets
Megaman Helmet: Based off the Zap Helmets
Master Sword: Same function as the axe
Pokemon Dolls: Furniture (Based on dolls in Pokemon)
Waluigi Hat: Based off Bro's Hats
Nintendo Wii: Furniture
ROB: Furniture based off the Robot
Pokeball: Furniture (Possibly work as a net?)

Those are just a few ideas the Gfaqs board came up with. Feel free to comment.

I LOVE the Wii remote and Nunchuck idea.

[Maniac]

Banana seems pointless IMO.. and honestly you can't make a tree out of it.

[Purple_Wind]

I'm interested in hearing Dspet's opinion. After all, he knows better than any of the rest of us.

[DsPet]

Please keep with the new ideas for new items.
The tools are getting better, and what you recommend here has a major influence.
I'm still working on tools to do crazy things like rotating, or hula-hooping, or pissing...

The furniture items are lame.
The tool items (things you can hold in your hands that do something) may be the most fun.

> I'm interested in hearing Dspet's opinion.
You probably don't want to hear it ;->
After all the lame DLC haters, I was thinking about a Michael Phelps themed "bubble wand"
Highly inappropriate.

Bottom line: please don't wait for my opinions. Keep the ideas coming.