It’s always interesting to see that hype and community that springs up whenever a gaming console has been hacked. We’re not talking about modding the Wii to play copied games. We’re talking about putting all the useless junk that deserves to be on an old computer onto your Wii for who knows what.

Over at Joystiq they provided this list of homebrewed software available for the Wii at this point:

• Linux for Wii
• MP3 player
• SNES emulator
• Wii Tetris

What I find interesting is that three of these are already included on the Wii in one form or another. The only really new addition is Linux for the Wii.

While I understand that Linux is a great operating system, I have never grasped why people insisted on porting it onto a video game platform. After reading up on how the Wii could interface with it, I finally grasp the potential it brings to the table.

While we aren’t quite a resource for the video gaming community to reference yet, let’s hear what you would want to see from Wii Homebrew.

Here’s my list:

• WiiPaint – Taking Mario Paint to a whole new level
• Warlords – The old Atari game, but using the Wii-mote instead of the paddle