Captain Tuttle
Member
Well ...
You didn't even need to say "well", just the picture is perfect.
This is pretty fast, no?
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Wii U hacked?
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You didn't even need to say "well", just the picture is perfect.
This is pretty fast, no?
Agreed. This and Bayonetta 2.
Infinite Justice
Member
they were but it never went anywhere (i guess due to them being in Europe?)
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/12/sony-follows-up-officially-sues-geohot-and-fail0verflow-over-ps/
That cannot be the key, it's too short. Doesn't the 3DS use 1024-bit RSA keys? Nintendo really shouldn't be using such short keys on the Wii U. It's more likely they found a way to install custom IOS versions into the Wii mode (since there's no failproof way for Nintendo to prevent that).
It's worth noting the DS hardly had any OS security, so blocking that with the DSi/3DS is not that incredible. Part of the WiiU OS problem is apparently the legacy stuff it had to share with the Wii due to hardware/software compatibility.
H_Prestige
Banned
Yeah, I remember he said the security seemed no different than the Wii.
Infinite Justice
Member
marcan insinuated that its security is possibly just as vulnerable as the wii...
so if true then, hmmmm
Perhaps they're using the newer ECDSA type keys which doesn't have to be as long to be effective. That's the standard for OpenSSH nowadays. I'm not sure if such keys are usually longer than that or not though.
"Pro tip: 40 character hex strings are usually SHA1 hashes, not encryption keys."
https://twitter.com/marcan42
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EternalGamer
Banned
Ok Homebrew dudes, now give me Wii mode and Wii-ware games on my gamepad, please!
cyberheater
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er... From what I can gather in this thread. It's already hacked.
Isn't it because they don't want Japanese consumers to import games from other countries? Because of the strong yen or something like that.
Imperial Hot
Banned
I imagine they're all sitting around a desk feverishly typing into the WiiU gamepad until one of them says
"We're in"
"We're in"
Infinite Justice
Member
from marcan
No, no it's not.
cyberheater
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So hackers have a legitimate excuse to hack it.
Napalm_Frank
Member
To prevent europeans from buying M rated games from other stores.
Elfforkusu
Member
USB loading requires a custom IOS, and I don't think there's BootMii support yet.
But, as far as I can tell it's just a matter of time.
I would assume to stop people from importing it for cheaper from other regions. Importing things to the US is usually not that much cheaper, and in many cases even more expensive than buying a game locally. But in other countries it might be cheaper to import the US version than buying locally, but then Nintendo won't make as much money on the sale as they would if it was bought for the local price.
dragonflys545
Member
HERE WII GO.
It is. The hack just hasn't been released yet.
Elfforkusu
Member
cyberheater
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You're wrong.
That's all I ask for. Not to mention the gamepad's resolution is the same as the Wii's so the games will look perfect on it!
I NEED SCISSORS
Banned
I'd consider buying a Wii U if they could get Wii video output working on the Gamepad.
Infinite Justice
Member
cyberheater
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Don't get me started. As soon as I bought the thing I spent 2 hours updating it. And then packed it away for Xmas day. Now when I open it. I've got another hour to update it.
Elfforkusu
Member
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Disappointing this isn't how it works already, to be honest. Doubly so if the WiiU ends up hacked immediately anyway.
Third parties want it.
Will watch the stream.
ioriyagami
Member
From the source code of fail0verflow's post:
Code:
<div class=[B]"sha1sum"[/B]><span class=[B]"overflow"[/B]>27181eb3cc988732fc416563c6f21b4a</span>34b88a05</div>Hacking the system is one thing, what you want is a completely different issue. Hacked or not, I don't see that happening anytime soon. And if it's going to happen, it'll probably be wonky.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Yeah it might take a Wii emulator, or something. There's probably a reason why Nintendo couldn't get it working on the pad, with their sandboxed Wii setup.
Stephen Colbert
Banned
What are the odds I can soon play roms of my old SNES, Genesis or even GC games on a Wii U and have them be streamed onto the tablet controller?
If they can stream emulated games onto the tablet controller, I'll go buy one today itself.
If they can stream emulated games onto the tablet controller, I'll go buy one today itself.
Isn't it funny? with the wiiu hardware we have had so many mind blowing moments so far since launch
I think they just want to control prices in general, plus the 8-bit era had the added incentive of a lot of Japanese games they may not want seen by American players (easily) and that a lot of games weren't so text based as to be unplayable in Japanese. At this point it's probably more the former with the latter shifted to playing it VERY safe with rating controls, which does seem more believable after that Europe time limit insanity.
abstract alien
Member
As awesome as hacks are, they often bring on more harm than good. Not sure how I feel about it.