• Wii U Can Play Wii Homebrew And Debug Wii U Miiverse

    PS3 Hacks, Wii U , 19.11.2012

    Two fun bits of Wii U News, the first one i thought would happen but wasn’t sure.

    D0RK50UL posted this video on IRC, its shows Wii Homebrew running on the Wii U, via the Wii Channel, im guessing much like PSP Homebrew runs on the PS Vita:

    Source PS3HaX IRC

     

     

    The other news is that a member of NeoGaf found a secret dev menu, when messing around with Miiverse, here sis a quote from the source:

    Well, I was messing around in Miiverse trying to find out how the hell to do the initial set-up of my friends list to no avail. In doing so I accidentally found the “debug” menu on Miiverse. At first I thought, “Hey, neat!” thinking it was just a legit secret or something. I can even access something with the name “prototype” that seems to be the actual prototype Miiverse in Japanese. Apparently John Lennon is still alive and is posting on the Japanese Miiverse. Most buttons that I tried don’t work (Acid_Test?) so I thought, hay, maybe GAF could have fun with this or translate it. That is when I found the admin list.

    For full storey and more images, check the source:
    I think I either hacked the Wii U Miiverse or I am stupid.

    Discuss in Forums (32)


  • 32 Comments

    1. ziratul
      11-19-2012
      03:16 AM
      1

      Nintendo never invested $$$ for console security.

      I bet Wii U will be "cracked" in month.

    2. WalangAlam
      11-19-2012
      03:45 AM
      2

      Ya most probably wii hack to play wii games and wiibrew...

    3. One2thr456svn
      11-19-2012
      03:49 AM
      3

      Well I may have to pick one up after all......

    4. jzr007
      11-19-2012
      04:54 AM
      4

      hhhhh , it's like they knew it's worthless to invest in security

      wii was so weak in security but still the best selling console in it's generation
      maybe hacking make the console appeal for many people who don't wanna pay for games!!

    5. Sarah1331
      11-19-2012
      05:10 AM
      5

      Originally Posted by jzr007 View Post
      hhhhh , it's like they knew it's worthless to invest in security

      wii was so weak in security but still the best selling console in it's generation
      maybe hacking make the console appeal for many people who don't wanna pay for games!!
      And The stupid quote of the day goes to ...

      All manufactures of consoles must include enough security to inspire confidence in developers to invest time and money to make games

      Let's say you own activision and develop call of duty do you
      A. Make the game for Xbox and ps3 with good security and guarantee an income
      Or
      B. make it for a console with no security and nobody except the honest folk are going to pay

    6. bubbleboy
      11-19-2012
      05:46 AM
      6

      Originally Posted by Sarah1331 View Post
      And The stupid quote of the day goes to ...

      All manufactures of consoles must include enough security to inspire confidence in developers to invest time and money to make games

      Let's say you own activision and develop call of duty do you
      A. Make the game for Xbox and ps3 with good security and guarantee an income
      Or
      B. make it for a console with no security and nobody except the honest folk are going to pay
      And The stupid quote of the day goes to ... YOU.

      C. Make it for the console with the biggest marketshare, and accept the 1% to 2% that will be pirated as a loss. Not that most of the pirates would have bought the games anyway. So.. no real loss.

      Your logic sucks.

    7. king2homer
      11-19-2012
      06:44 AM
      7

      You all stupid. They do make a console with zero security, the pc. Consoles actually have to be modded by the person to remove the security.

    8. DEFAULTDNB
      11-19-2012
      06:49 AM
      8

      Nintendo gave up on security on the Wii after 4.3 update (June 2010).

      I wouldn't be surprised if the Wii channel, which is used to access the wii side of BC/Wii ware, will have added protection.

      But once thats cracked, wii homebrew at very least will be prevalent again.

    9. screwhead
      11-19-2012
      06:59 AM
      9

      Got to love Nintendo. I would gladly pay a fools ransom for Zelda and Samus any day. I can remember having to replace the battery in NES Cartridge of Zelda several times for myself and others. Personally I have never "hacked" any Nintendo product unless you count using Game Genie.

    10. Sarah1331
      11-19-2012
      07:45 AM
      10

      Originally Posted by bubbleboy View Post
      And The stupid quote of the day goes to ... YOU.

      C. Make it for the console with the biggest marketshare, and accept the 1% to 2% that will be pirated as a loss. Not that most of the pirates would have bought the games anyway. So.. no real loss.

      Your logic sucks.
      Dumb ass it's not Nintendo making games all major titles won't produce games for a console with zero security

      I used to work for activision yo are all ****ends if you think they will make games for a flawed console and just give money Ava's for nothing

      And as for pc there is security just because it's easy to hack doesn't mean there is zero security am off this site there's too many dicks with no thinking part of the brain shame for all the good modders on her

    11. carldenning
      11-19-2012
      07:59 AM
      11

      Originally Posted by Sarah1331 View Post
      Dumb ass it's not Nintendo making games all major titles won't produce games for a console with zero security

      I used to work for activision yo are all ****ends if you think they will make games for a flawed console and just give money Ava's for nothing

      And as for pc there is security just because it's easy to hack doesn't mean there is zero security am off this site there's too many dicks with no thinking part of the brain shame for all the good modders on her
      i smell somethink. anyway good bye u wont be missed .

      reminds me of the he/she jenny

    12. YoYoBalls
      11-19-2012
      08:02 AM
      12

      /me wants a WiiU

    13. runtimmy
      11-19-2012
      08:12 AM
      13

      I'LL buy 1 to hack it

    14. TheWhiteTyger
      11-19-2012
      08:51 AM
      14

      Originally Posted by Sarah1331 View Post
      Dumb ass it's not Nintendo making games all major titles won't produce games for a console with zero security

      I used to work for activision yo are all ****ends if you think they will make games for a flawed console and just give money Ava's for nothing

      And as for pc there is security just because it's easy to hack doesn't mean there is zero security am off this site there's too many dicks with no thinking part of the brain shame for all the good modders on her
      It seems to be the one that doesn't have enough brains to think here is you. Are we not allowed an opinion? Do you want us all to think like you and be mindless robots? "We must not think, else we might form an opinion?"

      Just because of one or two people say something silly does NOT reflect the entire forum site beyond this frontpage news.

      Is it me, or am I the only one who is tired of know-it-alls coming up here and assuming all users here are old dumb male users with a penis for a brain and can't work a computer correctly unless it has boobs or an opening for us to benefit from.

      Please just stay the hell away if you are such a sexist, we don't need anyone else telling us how we should and should not think according to paid software developers.

    15. VideoX
      11-19-2012
      10:03 AM
      15

      Originally Posted by TheWhiteTyger View Post
      It seems to be the one that doesn't have enough brains to think here is you. Are we not allowed an opinion? Do you want us all to think like you and be mindless robots? "We must not think, else we might form an opinion?"

      Just because of one or two people say something silly does NOT reflect the entire forum site beyond this frontpage news.

      Is it me, or am I the only one who is tired of know-it-alls coming up here and assuming all users here are old dumb male users with a penis for a brain and can't work a computer correctly unless it has boobs or an opening for us to benefit from.

      Please just stay the hell away if you are such a sexist, we don't need anyone else telling us how we should and should not think according to paid software developers.
      Don't feed the troll, lad.

      And remember, the best console in history, the PS2, is still being produced because of the mass piracy, homebrew, hacks, game catalog, whatever. The PS2 was hacked I think, at half of it's lifetime and yet, game studios never stoped making games for it. Actually, they had made the most awesome titles ever.

      The PC has zero security. You can install any compiler for x86 that you could think of, make your own code, run it, and exploit whatever you think of. It's up to you, your imagination, your knowledge and your skills. You put some DRM in some piece of code?, very well, someone with some Disassembler and Hex will crack it to the bones.

    16. marty370
      11-19-2012
      10:42 AM
      16

      No it doesn't, it was a key press for a hidden menu. Ninty dd a fix within mins to stop it showing. Thats not a hack.

    17. synce
      11-19-2012
      10:50 AM
      17

      I'm not surprised at all this happened so quickly. Nintendo sandboxed the Wii functionality for a reason

    18. GregoryRasputin
      11-19-2012
      11:08 AM
      18

      Originally Posted by king2homer View Post
      You all stupid. They do make a console with zero security, the pc. Consoles actually have to be modded by the person to remove the security.
      The PC isn't a Console though.....

      Originally Posted by marty370 View Post
      No it doesn't, it was a key press for a hidden menu. Ninty dd a fix within mins to stop it showing. Thats not a hack.
      Nobody said the Wiiverse part was a hack, well not anyone on this forum.

      It still plays homebrew though.

    19. marty370
      11-19-2012
      11:21 AM
      19

      Nintendo has commented on this. He accessed Nintendo's "mock up" menu for the Miiverse. If you recall from before there was a Yoshi symbol on the main Miiverse hub when Nintendo originally showed it off. According to Nintendo it was only there for mock up purposes.

      “It has come to our attention that some people were able to access a mock up menu on Miiverse following the launch of Wii U in the US. Please note that this was only a mock up menu and has now been removed and is not accessible.”

    20. HulkWogan
      11-19-2012
      11:26 AM
      20

      Originally Posted by carldenning View Post
      i smell somethink. anyway good bye u wont be missed .

      reminds me of the he/she jenny
      No way mate, Jennys may have been a pain but hell the he/she was articulate, this character is on the other end of the spectrum.

    21. RolandHazoto
      11-19-2012
      11:31 AM
      21

      Wow! That vid was awesomesauce!
      I was just asking the g/f this morning if she wanted to get one too...
      My wii has been hacked to hell and back for almost 2 years now and now that my cat chewed through my sensor bar I'm suddenly motivated to accelerate my plan to purchase a Wii U.
      This video just added nitrous to it.
      I wonder how long it'll be before we see cfg USB loader on the Wii U (for wii games) as I'm not quite ready to give up my wii library.

    22. marty370
      11-19-2012
      11:48 AM
      22

      Wii U Launch: What Went Wrong?

      Nintendo's Wii U has launched in the US, but the new console has a ton of issues that are only just coming to light. Is this Nintendo's worst launch yet?

      Published on Nov 19, 2012

      Wii U’s US launch has been and gone and with Nintendo’s new console nearing release in the UK (on the 30th Novmber), and eventually Japan (on the 8th December), there have been a number of worrying revelations coming to light from US gamers that puts the Wii U immediately on the back foot.

      Nintendo has been rather coy when it comes to confirming just what’s housed within the Wii U and how it compares to the current consoles. With the Wii U finally in the hands of players details are emerging that Nintendo’s new console isn’t quite the powerhouse player’s were expecting.

      Also, with reports emerging that many of the Wii U’s third party games suffer from numerous issues, that the hardware itself is shoddy and that it’s riddled with a number of substantial problems, we decided we should take a look at the Wii U’s biggest issues.

      Is Nintendo’s launch of the Wii U the most lacklustre the game’s industry has seen? Here are a few reasons it might be...


      http://www.nowgamer.com/features/168...ent_wrong.html

      PASSING ON WII U's THE WAY TO GO.....................
      ************* [ - Post Merged - ] *************
      Wii U pretty dissapointing, so far.

      http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/df...o-wii-u-review

    23. VIRGIN KLM
      11-19-2012
      01:50 PM
      23

      I wonder if you can mount with Wii homebrew a Gamecube game like in a real Wii and what would happen. I'm pretty possitive it should work because If I'm not mistaken what they did is kiiinda simmilar to what early PS3 models did, they included a veeery cheap to manufacture combination of the Wii CPU and GPU unified in a chip which SHOULD give among with Wii backwards compatibility also Gamecube backwards compatibility. Nice, great work actualy! I guess I'm gonna get it when it gets a pricedrop but if they hack it in it's WiiU side too, next day I'm buying it despite any price.

    24. GregoryRasputin
      11-19-2012
      01:58 PM
      24

      Originally Posted by VIRGIN KLM View Post
      I wonder if you can mount with Wii homebrew a Gamecube game like in a real Wii and what would happen. I'm pretty possitive it sould work because If I'm not mistaken what they did is kiiinda simmilar to what early PS3 models did, they included a veeery cheap to manufacture combination of the Wii CPU and GPU unified in a chip which SHOULD give among with Wii backwards compatibility also Gamecube backwards compatibility. Nice, great work actualy! I guess I'm gonna get it when it gets a pricedrop but if they hack it in it's WiiU side too, next day I'm buying it despite any price.
      If ALL homebrew works in Wii mode, then im sure the playing of Gamecube games would be possible, unless there are hardware restriction.

    25. DEFAULTDNB
      11-19-2012
      02:04 PM
      25

      Originally Posted by GregoryRasputin View Post
      If ALL homebrew works in Wii mode, then im sure the playing of Gamecube games would be possible, unless there are hardware restriction.
      Once devolution supports CC (classic controllers) when its booted on the wii channel through smash stack you can play GC games, with a virtual memory card and wiimote/CC combo controllers No need for GC hardware at all.

      EDIT: thinking about it we would need *.DVV files cracked to bypass verification of GC disc in the WiiU, unless the WiiU does read GC discs? Any one know?

      Tueidj will come up with a clever solution no doubt, but it will require you to verify your own discs... perhaps via PC.

    26. senas78
      11-19-2012
      02:32 PM
      26

      Does anyone know where to get that modified wiixplorer his using in the video.. mine just loads into Hackmii installer and error...

    27. NTA
      11-19-2012
      03:10 PM
      27

      That's a real nintendo fan right there

      Originally Posted by DEFAULTDNB View Post
      Once devolution supports CC (classic controllers) when its booted on the wii channel through smash stack you can play GC games, with a virtual memory card and wiimote/CC combo controllers No need for GC hardware at all.

      EDIT: thinking about it we would need *.DVV files cracked to bypass verification of GC disc in the WiiU, unless the WiiU does read GC discs? Any one know?

      Tueidj will come up with a clever solution no doubt, but it will require you to verify your own discs... perhaps via PC.
      I think it was said that wii u only supports wii titles a while back. The gc games would supposedly be virtual

    28. DEFAULTDNB
      11-19-2012
      04:12 PM
      28

      Originally Posted by NTA View Post
      That's a real nintendo fan right there

      I think it was said that wii u only supports wii titles a while back. The gc games would supposedly be virtual
      I heard that too, but wonder if the physical disc can be loaded/detected in the WiiU drive.

      Wii wasn't supposed to read DVD's but DVDX hack fixed that.... Perhaps if the discs can be detected the drive can be hacked to do more to them?..

    29. KrazyFox
      11-19-2012
      11:32 PM
      29

      The 3DS is still unhacked.

    30. stomp_442
      11-20-2012
      12:53 AM
      30

      Originally Posted by Sarah1331 View Post
      And The stupid quote of the day goes to ...

      All manufactures of consoles must include enough security to inspire confidence in developers to invest time and money to make games

      Let's say you own activision and develop call of duty do you
      A. Make the game for Xbox and ps3 with good security and guarantee an income
      Or
      B. make it for a console with no security and nobody except the honest folk are going to pay
      Have you played a COD game on the wii lately. Everyone of them is full of hackers, and Nintendo does nothing about it. Activision quit supporting the games. MW3 Wii has a broken leaderboard, and the server gets stuck on the Lockdown map for some reason. It kind of sucks, but that's what happens when hackers run rampant. So, for all you PS3 hackers that want to play online and hack and cheat while playing online, that's what will happen, Activision will not support their own games on the PS3 if sony don't hand out bans.

    31. Cheesethief
      11-20-2012
      01:01 AM
      31

      Originally Posted by stomp_442 View Post
      Have you played a COD game on the wii lately. Everyone of them is full of hackers, and Nintendo does nothing about it. Activision quit supporting the games. MW3 Wii has a broken leaderboard, and the server gets stuck on the Lockdown map for some reason. It kind of sucks, but that's what happens when hackers run rampant. So, for all you PS3 hackers that want to play online and hack and cheat while playing online, that's what will happen, Activision will not support their own games on the PS3 if sony don't hand out bans.
      Activision is just as capable of banning as Sony.

      Durr hurr sent from Derpatalk 2

    32. anaria
      11-21-2012
      12:52 AM
      32

      Originally Posted by KrazyFox View Post
      The 3DS is still unhacked.
      Not exactly the purpose here but what is a R4 for?

      Even if in the early life of the WII U we see some lack of security
      I suppose it brings eventually some folks to it that wouldn't think about it in the first place and anyway Nintendo would try to fix it in short term.

      Main point is: You buy it, you own it, some clever guys shows the way to do whatever you want with, then enjoying retro gaming and all kind of homebrew is nice.

      PS: please do not blame me, if my English is not up to the level...