wraggster
November 19th, 2012, 20:56
Miiverse admin system possibly left open; Nintendo reported to have closed gateway to debug menu
A day after the debut launch of the Wii U in the US, consumers are reporting a 'hack' to the Nintendo console.
While the precise details of the hack are yet to be clarified, a user of gaming forum NeoGaf has claimed to have entered a debug menu on his Wii U, without any hacking techniques or apparent intent.
More precisely, user Trike has claimed that using the X button of the Wii U controller while 'hovering over the exit button' granted him access to the admin menus for the Miiverse, apparently bestowing him the power to delete user accounts. Trike provide a number of photographs of the menus at the start of the NeoGaf thread (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=500411), including some of an apparent Nintendo test survey which suggested a new Yoshi game was inbound.
"I found out I could access the debug menu on Miiverse by hitting the "X" button on the gamepad while hovering over the exit button," wrote Trike. "I found an admin access list or something to that effect. I couldn't really do anything from there though. I could view different messages from a developer though. One mentioned that there would be big games coming out (announced?) on the 10th of December."
While Trike's detail and photographs could be deemed genuine, many, including NeoGaf members, are suggesting the screenshots and details are some kind of hoax.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/42544/Consumer-claims-Wii-U-hack
A day after the debut launch of the Wii U in the US, consumers are reporting a 'hack' to the Nintendo console.
While the precise details of the hack are yet to be clarified, a user of gaming forum NeoGaf has claimed to have entered a debug menu on his Wii U, without any hacking techniques or apparent intent.
More precisely, user Trike has claimed that using the X button of the Wii U controller while 'hovering over the exit button' granted him access to the admin menus for the Miiverse, apparently bestowing him the power to delete user accounts. Trike provide a number of photographs of the menus at the start of the NeoGaf thread (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=500411), including some of an apparent Nintendo test survey which suggested a new Yoshi game was inbound.
"I found out I could access the debug menu on Miiverse by hitting the "X" button on the gamepad while hovering over the exit button," wrote Trike. "I found an admin access list or something to that effect. I couldn't really do anything from there though. I could view different messages from a developer though. One mentioned that there would be big games coming out (announced?) on the 10th of December."
While Trike's detail and photographs could be deemed genuine, many, including NeoGaf members, are suggesting the screenshots and details are some kind of hoax.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/42544/Consumer-claims-Wii-U-hack