Wii U and homebrew I don't know where to put this, so if this belongs in another section move it please. The Wii U was announced by Nintendo at E3. Will there be any plans for homebrew on it? I would love it. (It may be likely but I want to confirm it.)http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,66679#msg-66679Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:56:15 +0200 Phorum 5.2.23 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,74622#msg-74622 Re: Wii U and homebrewhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,74622#msg-74622 Qkjvdn OfftopicThu, 08 Jan 2015 10:14:28 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,71618#msg-71618 Re: Wii U and homebrewhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,71618#msg-71618
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mikael99
Guys, Look up Wiibrand Launcher. It's Just Like Letterbomb. This is a great way of Homebrew implamentation.
It's actually called Wilbrand, not Wiibrand, and it has no relevance to this reasonably old topic.]]> SifJar OfftopicTue, 09 Oct 2012 11:17:46 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,71616#msg-71616 Re: Wii U and homebrewhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,71616#msg-71616 mikael99 OfftopicTue, 09 Oct 2012 04:56:54 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,70324#msg-70324 Re: Wii U and homebrewhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,70324#msg-70324 whatnoww OfftopicMon, 23 Apr 2012 19:52:36 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,69689#msg-69689 Re: Wii U and homebrewhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,69689#msg-69689 whatnoww OfftopicFri, 24 Feb 2012 10:55:32 +0100 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,67214#msg-67214 Re: Wii U and homebrewhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,67214#msg-67214
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Some one Said there was no Hack for DSI and DS XL??? I have been downloading and playing games with an r4 card for years works perfectly and all the games play fine
That's not a hack and we don't care about piracy. Also, I believe the games only work in DS mode with an R4.]]> bg4545 OfftopicMon, 11 Jul 2011 01:40:42 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,67205#msg-67205 Re: Wii U and homebrewhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,67205#msg-67205 aklewis OfftopicSun, 10 Jul 2011 18:42:25 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,66726#msg-66726 Re: Wii U and homebrewhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,66726#msg-66726 SifJar OfftopicSun, 12 Jun 2011 13:41:45 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,66724#msg-66724 Re: Wii U and homebrewhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,66724#msg-66724 bg4545 OfftopicSun, 12 Jun 2011 04:38:46 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,66720#msg-66720 Re: Wii U and homebrewhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,66720#msg-66720
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SifJar
Of course there will be "plans". Doesn't mean anything. People have been trying to hack the DSi since it's release years ago. And nothing has really happened. Once it's released people will start looking into it and see if it's actually likely to happen (probably not, Nintendo seem to have got their act together somewhat since the DSi)
I'm you're sure your aware (and reading some stuff you wrote later you are), but for the benefit of everyone else: The common key was obtained, multiple savegame exploits were created (including some in DSiWare), and flashcart manufacturers ultimately triumphed with new hardware and several firmware upgrades. Even though a homebrew channel was never created the DSi was still hacked pretty well depending on how you look at it. Yes, Nintendo did significantly step up their security though; Speaking of which, the 3DS is unbelievably secure.]]> Arikado OfftopicSun, 12 Jun 2011 04:09:01 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,66701#msg-66701 Re: Wii U and homebrewhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,66701#msg-66701 metroid_maniac OfftopicFri, 10 Jun 2011 21:34:06 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,66700#msg-66700 Re: Wii U and homebrewhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,66700#msg-66700
Probably better just to do something akin to this:

(that's for DSi, but you get the idea). That's a RAM tracing setup, I think it's how TT got the common key for the DSi, not sure.

EDIT: Nevermind, that's not how they got the key. It isn't accessible in that way.]]> SifJar OfftopicFri, 10 Jun 2011 21:24:39 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,66699#msg-66699 Re: Wii U and homebrewhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,66699#msg-66699 metroid_maniac OfftopicFri, 10 Jun 2011 19:39:55 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,66698#msg-66698 Re: Wii U and homebrewhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,66698#msg-66698
Anyway, what happened was that when MIOS was started (i.e. GC mode was loaded), the memory available was cut down, and only certain parts were accessible, to make it like an actual GC which had less memory. Using a modchip, it was possible to boot GC homebrew fairly early in the Wii's life. A pair of tweezers was used to short circuit some of the "allowed" memory, and access some of the memory that had been blocked off, by bridging from one bit of allowed memory past another bit and into the blocked memory. Then the GC homebrew code running could access that memory and dump it. This allowed TT to map out most the Wii's memory, slowly, including I believe dumping the common key, which in turn allowed disassembly and hence reverse engineering of all Wii executable code (e.g. IOS, leading to discovery of trucha bug).

Presumably the fix as you said, writes garbage data to overwrite all the useful stuff in memory. They can't "redirect" that without running custom code, which defeats the point of bypassing the fix.

I think this is roughly accurate. (Sorry for the big explanation of the twiizer attack, i misread your post maniac and thought you asked how it worked. I'd already typed it when I realised otherwise and I figured I'd leave it for anyone else interested)]]> SifJar OfftopicFri, 10 Jun 2011 19:25:47 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,66697#msg-66697 Re: Wii U and homebrewhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,66697#msg-66697
I wold also like to know if every Wii IOS will be persent on the Wii U. However, probably what I'm most interested in knowing is whether or not Smash Stack has been fixed/prevented.]]> winmaster OfftopicFri, 10 Jun 2011 17:45:35 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,66696#msg-66696 Re: Wii U and homebrewhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,66696#msg-66696 metroid_maniac OfftopicFri, 10 Jun 2011 17:08:35 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,66693#msg-66693 Re: Wii U and homebrewhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,66693#msg-66693
EDIT: I wonder if the backwards compatibility will mean they will have EVERY IOS on the Wii U, as well as the actual Wii U firmware(s).]]> SifJar OfftopicFri, 10 Jun 2011 10:23:52 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,66691#msg-66691 Re: Wii U and homebrewhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,66691#msg-66691 metroid_maniac OfftopicFri, 10 Jun 2011 07:45:08 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,66688#msg-66688 Re: Wii U and homebrewhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,66688#msg-66688 dirtrider73068 OfftopicFri, 10 Jun 2011 00:15:13 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,66683#msg-66683 Re: Wii U and homebrewhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,66683#msg-66683 SifJar OfftopicThu, 09 Jun 2011 11:26:28 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,66681#msg-66681 Re: Wii U and homebrewhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,66681#msg-66681
EDIT: Here's the released info from Nintendo: [e3.nintendo.com]]]> bg4545 OfftopicThu, 09 Jun 2011 05:33:09 +0200 http://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,66679#msg-66679 Wii U and homebrewhttp://forum.wiibrew.org/read.php?14,66679,66679#msg-66679
The Wii U was announced by Nintendo at E3. Will there be any plans for homebrew on it? I would love it. (It may be likely but I want to confirm it.)]]> Tuxed OfftopicThu, 09 Jun 2011 04:36:47 +0200