Rumour - Wii Hacked to Run Back Ups - Piracy Alert - Possible Homebrew Exploit

***wraggster*** · December 18th, 2006, 19:26

Hmm some sites will post any old rubbish to try and get hits but more worrying for the Homebrew community is the claims from a video on Youtube that the Wii has been hacked to run back ups, this will of course piss the mighty Nintendo off and if real do harm to their console.

This could also be a right lump of turd too, check out the video here --> http://www.youtube.com/v/UKkbxCEzYJw

The video shows someone putting what seems a normal cd with zelda files on the Wii then via the photo channel clicking a boot loader.

Could this be an exploit for homebrewers ?

**DPyro** · December 18th, 2006, 19:39

Totally fake, look at the top left corner after he 'loads' the game. He really just changed the input and has another Wii connected to the TV.

**Strumtoo** · December 18th, 2006, 20:00

Originally Posted by $n!pR

Totally fake, look at the top left corner after he 'loads' the game. He really just changed the input and has another Wii connected to the TV.

nope, it is still av1, its just the tv realising a change in resolution, most tvs do that now, mine does it.

**JKKDARK** · December 18th, 2006, 20:12

If it's true, it's very sad. I can't believe

**Chaos Zero** · December 18th, 2006, 20:12

watch 1:18 - 1:19.

The whole camera fades in, not the screen.

The recording was stopped. The disk replaced.

**lexluthor** · December 18th, 2006, 20:26

Supposing it was real... its not as if Nintendo couldn't put a stop to it with a firmware update.

**SwordOfZork** · December 18th, 2006, 20:59

This is most likely bogus, for several reasons.

- Theres a point during the video where the camera is zoomed in far enough not to see the Wii, and long enough for someone to switch the discs.

- As someone already pointed out: It appears as though the camera was stopped at one point, because the entire image flashes, not just the TV.

- Why wait until January to release it, anyway? If someone created an exploit like this, what point is there in waiting to release it if it already supposedly works?

Originally Posted by JKKDARK

If it's true, it's very sad. I can't believe

Why? If it was true, it could open up a homebrew exploit. Isn't that what we like here at DCEMU?

**Alucard1528** · December 18th, 2006, 21:03

Fake.

If it were real, someone wouldnt just release a video. They would release the tools required to do it too. Also, if he really did want to prove himself with this, he wouldve taken the disc out while zelda was still on screen, to prove that it was there.

**SSaxdude** · December 18th, 2006, 21:12

At least by next year, we will know if this is real (watch the end of the video.)

Originally Posted by Alucard1528

Fake.

If it were real, someone wouldnt just release a video. They would release the tools required to do it too. Also, if he really did want to prove himself with this, he wouldve taken the disc out while zelda was still on screen, to prove that it was there.

A dev team got a copy of Project Gotham Racing 3 to run on a modded Xbox 360 a while back, but they never released their tools.

**shadowprophet** · December 18th, 2006, 21:16

Originally Posted by SwordOfZork

This is most likely bogus, for several reasons.

- Theres a point during the video where the camera is zoomed in far enough not to see the Wii, and long enough for someone to switch the discs.

- As someone already pointed out: It appears as though the camera was stopped at one point, because the entire image flashes, not just the TV.

- Why wait until January to release it, anyway? If someone created an exploit like this, what point is there in waiting to release it if it already supposedly works?

Why? If it was true, it could open up a homebrew exploit. Isn't that what we like here at DCEMU?

I completely agree with this guy :thumbup: