The latest version of Team Twiizers' Twilight Hack, which was released only a few days ago, allowed users to load ELF files from an SD card, basically opening up the possibility of homebrew for the Wii. Now cybermind has released WriteELF, an application that will allow you to write an ELF file to an SD card. (Note this is for use with the Twilight Hack.) More details in the full article.

Download: WriteELF v1.0

Team Twiizers have updated Twilight Hack to v0.1 alpha 2. This latest version adds the ability for homebrew users to load ELF files from an SD card making it much easier for coders to work their magic and try out new homebrew. For more information on this, head on over to the full article.

Download: Twilight Hack v0.1 Alpha 2

Team Twiizer's certainly on a roll - after releasing the Alpha version of its loader that takes advantage of a small exploit with The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, the team has just released yet another build, this time working on the USA version of the game. That's right, it works with the  RVL-RZDE-0A-2 version. Check out all the details in the full article.


Download: Twilight Hack v0.1 RVL-RZDE-0A-2

Today will be remembered by the Nintendo Wii community as the day Team Twiizers releases Twilight Hack v0.1 (Alpha 1) - the full exploit that was developed using the game The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

For those who want to use this, the coders have a couple of reminders that can be seen in the full article.

Download: Twilight Hack v0.1 (Alpha 1)

How far would you go to win US$ 40 for charity? Cameron Banga and his friends were up to play Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess in less than 11 hours and 26 minutes to win that amount for the Child's Play charity. They ended up with US$ 300. Details in the full article.

According to HMV, the Wii is still practically flying off store shelves as consumer demand for the console stays at an all-time high. If this trend continues, supply for the holiday season will surely run out.

But on the upside, game sales have been rising as well, and not just Nintendo's first-party titles. Tim Ellis says that third-party games are now racking up sales numbers.

Somehow, there's a mysterious entity in the Internet whose rumors are being quoted by several gaming blogs. SurferGirl's rumors are too juicy to pass up, so here they are.

One of the juiciest is the rumor about multiple Zelda titles coming for the Wii, with a major one to be released in two months time. Another Wii-related gossip fodder is word of Nintendo already working on 30 WiiWare games, with a few Zelda and Mario titles.

SurferGirl also talks about a possible Shenmue game for the Wii, but she is mostly uncertain about the rumor herself, saying that Shenmue Online for the PC is the only Shenmue game in development. There are also some other small tidbits, such as Transformer's director Michael Bay not being tasked to direct the Prince of Persia film, but will possibly serve as producer.

Will the mysterious SurferGirl prove to be another Michael Pachter? Let's wait this one out.

All this hype and build-up for the coming Tokyo Game Show is getting us tense. So, to wind down before the storm of updates, confirmations, and gossip clean-up, we bring you some light content for Sunday leisure reading to cap the week. Well, not so much of leisure reading as it is leisure listening and watching.

This is RobinHoodFR's take on the Hyrule Field main theme from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. What's impressive about this piano version? Well, if you haven't played the game, much less heard the Hyrule Field theme, it's as orchestraic as you can get - complete with drums, flutes, bass, and violins (unless this blogger needs his ears checked).

Now think all those instruments but only recreated on the piano. That's the hook here. Yes, it's not Wind Waker's Great Sea theme, but impressive nonetheless. Given how musically complex the original piece by Koji Kondo is, this guy's put in some serious effort to play this tune out.

Our hats off to RobinHoodFR for some good music this weekend! Definitely brings back memories of all those times we went Golden Bug hunting and Heart Piece searching all over Hyrule.

Gaming site IGN caught up with Twilight Princess Director Eiji Aonuma and Nintendo Producer Shigeru Miyamoto a while ago at E3 and when you have the two at hand, you shouldn't let anyone go without asking a Zelda-related question - be it related to the current video game title on Wii or even about future iterations.

IGN went for the second question and received quite a few interesting answers from the two. According to Miyamoto, there is a high possibility that a new Zelda game will be released on the Wii because the console has a lot of potential and there are many areas that they haven't fully explored yet. The producer added,

It's really hard to say because we've never had a Zelda that's appeared so early in the life cycle of the system, so it's definitely possible that there would be another Zelda on Wii. Of course, the challenge is that typically a Zelda game is something that takes three years to develop, so we'll just have to wait and see.

While Director Aonuma agreed with Miyamoto's statements, he was a bit more vague regarding future projects. He added that it is true their team has some ideas in the works but none of them have been approved yet. Aonuma also said that they are still very much in the planning process.

Eiji Aonuma also brought up the DS title Phantom Hourglass, "The Phantom Hourglass has been released in Japan and reception has been very, very positive. We've actually been able to receive feedback from the users and we'll definitely take all of those comments into consideration when creating the next Zelda, whether it be for Wii or DS".

Time flies when you're having fun; epic adventures end like it never happened. We were promised more than 50 hours of gameplay with TheLegend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess, but that could only mean so much. Daniel "Jiano" Hart has proven that Link's endeavors can only last around five and a half hours.

At Speed Demos Archive where time is of the essence (and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater is beaten in mere minutes at European Extreme difficulty) Hart was the first to do a Zelda speed run. The hero claims that the forces of good have joined him in his mission to defeat Ganon just in time for dinner.

Hart admitted himself that the run could be better. Watching the videos would show some of his errors that could've shaved a few minutes from the record. You think you're up for the challenge? Check out the videos at the Read link below.

Here's the first segment of his valiant effort: