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Risette · Dec 8, 2012

Same team that did the PS3 in.

8 days ago: http://fail0verflow.com/blog/2012/wiiu-teaser.html
8 days later: http://fail0verflow.com/blog/2012/8days.html

(see the blog post title)

marcan said 9 days ago:

we're calling the WiiU security processor the Starbuck (vs. Starlet on Wii). And it seems to be about equally vulnerable, too

sorry, I'd rather not talk about how I got that yet. It doesn't involve leaks, it involves Wii U hacks

marcan said today:

Pro tip: 40 character hex strings are usually SHA1 hashes, not encryption keys.

MikeE21286 · Dec 8, 2012

Interesting.....

ColtraineGF · Dec 8, 2012

Hmm, if that number is what I think it is...

Should be interesting to see if this is a vector into 3DS as well. Maybe, maybe not.

tripskylark · Dec 8, 2012

Wii U common key?

Aeana · Dec 8, 2012

Huh. If it's the common key, then that's pretty wild.

Toki767 · Dec 8, 2012

Are they using a tablet in the first video?

-KRS- · Dec 8, 2012

Wow that was fast. But unfortunately maybe not that surprising considering how rushed the OS seems in general.

RurouniZel · Dec 8, 2012

Unlock ALL the regions!! LET THERE BE FREE REGIONS FOR EVERYONE!!

Stewox · Dec 8, 2012

Well ...

wutwutwut · Dec 8, 2012

Incoming "stability" update.

Iacobellis · Dec 8, 2012

Is Reggie going to tweet the key by accident?

Kyoufu · Dec 8, 2012

Lets pretend it's hacked and homebrew is available for all to do what they want (Region Free, Run games off HDD etc) then what are the chances of being able to access Wii U's online features without being banned?

Haunted · Dec 8, 2012

Oemenia · Dec 8, 2012

Man that was quick, the friggin' key!

donkey show · Dec 8, 2012

Oh man. Let me access other stores!

opticalmace · Dec 8, 2012

Could someone please explain what this key is for?

Zeroth · Dec 8, 2012

Kyoufu said:
Lets pretend it's hacked and homebrew is available for all to do what they want (Region Free, Run games off HDD etc) then what are the chances of being able to access Wii U's online features without being banned?

Considering Nintendo can't even restore account names from accounts that were deleted, I would say 0%.

Wait and see.

Toki767 · Dec 8, 2012

Bring on the 600MB+ stability updates.

Elfforkusu · Dec 8, 2012

http://hackmii.com/ has a new wii HBC up with WiiU support (i.e, it works within the WiiU's Wii mode), FWIW.

AndyMoogle · Dec 8, 2012

Homebrew channel in Wii mode != Wii U hacked.

Torraz · Dec 8, 2012

RurouniZel said:
Unlock ALL the regions!! LET THERE BE FREE REGIONS FOR EVERYONE!!

This. That would seriously make me consider picking up the console.

If it stays region locked I'll have to wait until the first relevant jrpgs are released. Then I'll have to see whether they are localized, and if so, to what region.

Aeana · Dec 8, 2012

Elfforkusu said:
http://hackmii.com/ has a new wii HBC up with WiiU support, FWIW.

AndyMoogle said:
Homebrew channel in Wii mode != Wii U hacked.

The homebrew channel stuff was posted yesterday, this cryptic 8 days message is from today. It's possible they've made further progress on the Wii U in general. Let's wait to see what they have to say about the most recent post.

MiloFoxburr · Dec 8, 2012

AndyMoogle said:
Homebrew channel in Wii mode != Wii U hacked.

This isn't the same thing, HBC on WiiU came out yesterday.

Cosmo Clock 21 · Dec 8, 2012

I thought fail0verflow was too busy getting sued into oblivion by Sony?

Brinbe · Dec 8, 2012

welp...

BocoDragon · Dec 8, 2012

Elfforkusu said:
http://hackmii.com/ has a new wii HBC up with WiiU support (i.e, it works within the WiiU's Wii mode), FWIW.

Yesss.. Can we do USB loading for Wii games? I'd love to put my Wii away.

Diablohead · Dec 8, 2012

opticalmace said:
Could someone please explain what this key is for?

possibly the key needed in software to run on the system.

Seik · Dec 8, 2012

This will be useful for me if NoA chokes on the next Monolith game for almost a year like they did with Xenoblade.

Samurai_Heart · Dec 8, 2012

End the region lock and I'll be more happy

H_Prestige · Dec 8, 2012

That was fast...

Skyzard · Dec 8, 2012

If it becomes difficult for Nintendo to patch properly (no clue about this stuff personally) then this isn't going to help with their wanting more third party games..

Think it will be ok?

x3sphere · Dec 8, 2012

Cool. Definitely more interested in getting a Wii U now if this thing is completely hacked.

tripskylark · Dec 8, 2012

Wasn't the DSi common key revealed a while ago, but nothing really got off the ground with it?

Revven · Dec 8, 2012

Elfforkusu said:
http://hackmii.com/ has a new wii HBC up with WiiU support (i.e, it works within the WiiU's Wii mode), FWIW.

Wasn't even aware of this, awesome!

CambriaRising · Dec 8, 2012

Prosecute, lock them up, and throw away the key.

Aeana · Dec 8, 2012

CambriaRising said:
Prosecute, lock them up, and throw away the key.

For what?

Instro · Dec 8, 2012

cyberheater · Dec 8, 2012

If it's going to be the same cat and mouse game like on PS3 then I'm not going to bother. Sure it's nice to run some emulators and back up your games to the hard drive but if they force you to keep updating software just to use your machine which kills the hack then I'm out. That was a huge pain in the arse.

cw_sasuke · Dec 8, 2012

Even more third party support for WiiU confirmed.

walking fiend · Dec 8, 2012

wow, Aeana is red!!! yo! Congrats!

And can someone please explain what are those numbers? Some decoded codes?

Pooya · Dec 8, 2012

Cosmo Clock 21 said:
I thought fail0verflow was too busy getting sued into oblivion by Sony?

that was GeoHot and another guy, fail0verflow guys were never sued.

onQ123 · Dec 8, 2012

if the Wii U really has 32MB of fast eDRAM on the GPU we should be able to get a PS2 emulator out of this lol

Canis lupus · Dec 8, 2012

Fix the region and account lock and make us happy.

Sid · Dec 8, 2012

The system just launched....

opticalmace · Dec 8, 2012

Aeana said:
For what?

I think it was a pun on 'keys.'

I hope.

Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew · Dec 8, 2012

onQ123 said:
if the Wii U really has 32MB of fast eDRAM on the GPU we should be able to get a PS2 emulator out of this lol

I hope PS4 has HD PS2 emulation similar to those in PC.

Haunted · Dec 8, 2012

regionfree!

regionfree!

regionfree!

*chants*

I'll be honest, I wouldn't have used my Wii as much as I did if it hadn't been for the homebrew applications. WiiU has less deficiencies that could be fixed by homebrew, but it'd still be nice to have.

The Hermit · Dec 8, 2012

Haunted said:

whoa, finally a hi-res version without the captions. Thanks Haunted!

Oh man, homebrew on the Pad would be the reason to buy a WiiU.

DieH@rd · Dec 8, 2012

They are hacking emulator of Wii, same thing happened with Vita with its PSP emulator just mere days after it launched.

AndyMoogle · Dec 8, 2012

Aeana said:
The homebrew channel stuff was posted yesterday, this cryptic 8 days message is from today. It's possible they've made further progress on the Wii U in general. Let's wait to see what they have to say about the most recent post.

MiloFoxburr said:
This isn't the same thing, HBC on WiiU came out yesterday.

Still, I doubt this will lead to something substantial. It would be beyond embarrassing to fuck up the Wii U security like they did with the Wii. They learned their lesson after the DS and managed to lock down both the DSi and 3DS, so I would assume they've done the same with the Wii U.

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