Does anyone remember the site known as WiiSave.com? It was a cool little site where you could download save files for Wii games that other people shared there. 4 years ago (wow)!, in early 2015, it went down. I did a few whois requests to it, and I was expecting it to be back when the domain (on Namecheap) was renewed on April 29, 2015 (the site was registered in 2006!)
When that day arrived, I noticed that the domain was showing up like it was a parked domain, but it said it was purchased. Anyway, I found the guy who owned the site (Brandon) owned the site JuiceRecipes.com and soon-to-be-launched SmoothieRecipes.com. I sent an email regarding it, and I got an assuring response:
I tried to send other emails later, none of which gave a response. 4 years have passed (that's crazy!), and I'm worried about it ever coming back up. The other day, I sent another message on Juice Recipes.com. No response, I tried to contact him again just now on SmootheRecipes.com. I can't guarantee that I'll get a response.
Does anyone have any ideas? Would anyone just give up at this point? I can't believe this was 4 years ago when this was discussed. The creator of SaveGame Manager GX, @dj_skual was worried about it because his app let you download from that site, and people like @gamecaptor and @cvskid chimed in, I remember.
Maybe he could give the site data to someone who has time to work on it? GameFAQs has save files too, but not like the amount that WiiSave had. There's also save files posted on forums, sites, etc. that are scattered across the Internet that may or may not have a working download link. WiiSave started in 2006, and there's a lot of history from that! I was really excited to see it come up around that time in 2015, I could feel it being close to summer (it was around this time of year) and fresh sunshine, and the feeling of it coming back. That day still hasn't came.
Let's hope that WiiSave comes up in the future, or someone can make a GBATemp thread or a much more modern site for it. I've held onto my Wii ever since it released in 2006, it has been something important to me when growing up. The Wii must live on, even though more modern consoles exist.
Anyway, you get my point. You can still download a few of the saves that were on that site from archive.org. I hope someone is able to contact Brandon about WiiSave. Of course, people can just play games normally and not cheat their way through it, but I'm sure that there's some uses for completed save files.
There are still great projects that are still active.
A bit off-topic but I want to talk about GameTDB. It has covers and game information for lots of consoles. It started with the Wii, and there's even a Switch database now. Notably for Wii, USB loaders still download stuff from that site, and it'd be interesting to see someone make use of the database we're building for the Switch. It's been a fun project that I've been enjoying doing.
Even though I haven't been mostly known for working on that site, I have added tens of thousands of covers to that site. The admin, Lustar, is a really great guy, and we've been working together on the site for over 5 and a half years. It's one of those projects that we can ensure will live for years to come. Improvements to the site have happened, such as SSL support and now a new dark mode.
I want to ensure that the Wii is a console that's not forgotten about, and still cool. I've made a lot of friends that still love the Wii. I've worked on RiiConnect24, GameTDB, guides, resources, documentation on the Wii's history, preserving Wii games, pretty much caring about ANYTHING you can think of other than games.
Thanks for reading.
When that day arrived, I noticed that the domain was showing up like it was a parked domain, but it said it was purchased. Anyway, I found the guy who owned the site (Brandon) owned the site JuiceRecipes.com and soon-to-be-launched SmoothieRecipes.com. I sent an email regarding it, and I got an assuring response:
I tried to send other emails later, none of which gave a response. 4 years have passed (that's crazy!), and I'm worried about it ever coming back up. The other day, I sent another message on Juice Recipes.com. No response, I tried to contact him again just now on SmootheRecipes.com. I can't guarantee that I'll get a response.
Does anyone have any ideas? Would anyone just give up at this point? I can't believe this was 4 years ago when this was discussed. The creator of SaveGame Manager GX, @dj_skual was worried about it because his app let you download from that site, and people like @gamecaptor and @cvskid chimed in, I remember.
Maybe he could give the site data to someone who has time to work on it? GameFAQs has save files too, but not like the amount that WiiSave had. There's also save files posted on forums, sites, etc. that are scattered across the Internet that may or may not have a working download link. WiiSave started in 2006, and there's a lot of history from that! I was really excited to see it come up around that time in 2015, I could feel it being close to summer (it was around this time of year) and fresh sunshine, and the feeling of it coming back. That day still hasn't came.
Let's hope that WiiSave comes up in the future, or someone can make a GBATemp thread or a much more modern site for it. I've held onto my Wii ever since it released in 2006, it has been something important to me when growing up. The Wii must live on, even though more modern consoles exist.
Anyway, you get my point. You can still download a few of the saves that were on that site from archive.org. I hope someone is able to contact Brandon about WiiSave. Of course, people can just play games normally and not cheat their way through it, but I'm sure that there's some uses for completed save files.
There are still great projects that are still active.
A bit off-topic but I want to talk about GameTDB. It has covers and game information for lots of consoles. It started with the Wii, and there's even a Switch database now. Notably for Wii, USB loaders still download stuff from that site, and it'd be interesting to see someone make use of the database we're building for the Switch. It's been a fun project that I've been enjoying doing.
Even though I haven't been mostly known for working on that site, I have added tens of thousands of covers to that site. The admin, Lustar, is a really great guy, and we've been working together on the site for over 5 and a half years. It's one of those projects that we can ensure will live for years to come. Improvements to the site have happened, such as SSL support and now a new dark mode.
I want to ensure that the Wii is a console that's not forgotten about, and still cool. I've made a lot of friends that still love the Wii. I've worked on RiiConnect24, GameTDB, guides, resources, documentation on the Wii's history, preserving Wii games, pretty much caring about ANYTHING you can think of other than games.
Thanks for reading.
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