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30c3: Console Hacking 2013 Wii U
- Thread starter la_briola
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abstract alien
Member
Hopefully it doesn't lead to piracy like this sort of thing usually does.
The Abominable Snowman
Member
Unless they actually release what they've found, this is nothing more than an exchange of ideas. Maybe another hacking group will gather enough information to come up with their own findings or further development, or maybe a rogue hacker may have already overcome one of the hurdles they will talk about.
Either way, there's not much for Nintendo to do, and there's not much we can really gather from this year's events.
Well the Wii U doesn't have a HD, nor does it have a USB 3.0 port nor does it read DVDs, so maybe it's inherently a hassle to pirate for anyway?
Either way, there's not much for Nintendo to do, and there's not much we can really gather from this year's events.
Well the Wii U doesn't have a HD, nor does it have a USB 3.0 port nor does it read DVDs, so maybe it's inherently a hassle to pirate for anyway?
you will not require usb 3.0 to transfer data.
To my knowledge, even with Wiibrew it was never possible to actually pirate wii shop games. You could download the files directly from nintendos servers but they were useless.
abstract alien
Member
Pirates are tenacious and intelligent as hell, so no measure short of an annoying DRM attempt would ever make me feel safe. Especially if I was a dev.
Wii shop games were pirated to hell.
Yeah, people would release WAD dumps and all you had to do to install them was Wad Manager and you'd have the full game with online features (if they had any). People also injected ROMs into some of the Virtual Console emulators to have games like Banjo Kazooie, which was never released on the Virtual Console.
blu
Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
WiiU browser does the h264 HLS streams just fine.
ps: HB is already on your WiiU, in the Wii sandbox ; )
tinfoilhatman
all of my posts are my avatar
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This would lose them sales on the console, which is what they want you to buy. They will never, ever condone this kind of thing.
"all of my posts are my avatar"
test_account
XP-39C²
Yeah, i remember he released the decryption keys first. I was a bit unsure if fail0verflow released anything before this, i guess that they didnt?
To be a bit fair, this thread is about hacking and reverse engineering, which is related to making a WiiU emulator for PC. But yeah, that will most likely take quite some time.
You can connect pretty much any harddrive (at least USB 2.0 harddrives) to the WiiU and run downloaded games from the eShop on it. I guess it wont be much of a problem to just connect any USB 2.0 harddrive to the WiiU and run pirated games from it either if the system gets hacked.
Uiki
Member
If I remember correctly, fail0verflow released only the tools to get the keys.
I don't expect anything like that for the wiiu.
I bet the first thing they tried on Wii U was "matshita bd-rom".
blu
Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
We all region free.
DeuceGamer
Member
Would be great if Nintendo just done it but if they don't then maybe the Homebrew scene will. I have been playing some Wii games on the Gamepad with the Wii Mote some recently (so my wife can enjoy the TV) and while it's not a bad way to play it could be amazing if the controls worked on the Gamepad instead of requiring a second controller and relegating the GamePad to a portable TV screen.
Yep, another thing that would be nice. It seems plausible to me that if the homebrew scene took a real interest in it that it could accomplish these types of things.
I really don't want it to be pirated though so would be happy if Nintendo simply mapped controls to the GamePad but I'm not sure that will happen.
This streams works for me http://streaming.media.ccc.de/saal2/translated/lq/
http://streaming.media.ccc.de/ here are all. look for Saal 2.
for every format: http://streaming.media.ccc.de/wiki/
OminoMichelin
Member
Stream isn't working for me
There are MANY streams. Not one. There is stream for browsers, for tablets, for media players, etc. What device/software are you using?
blu
Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
And in case somebody missed it: h264 HLS streams work fine in the WiiU browser.
Cbajd5
Member
They're going over what they did with the Wii, I think. A quick summary.
Wait, was the Homebrew Channel ever officially updated so it didn't switch to 4:3 when run on vWii after the latest major update?
They started with a Wii overview.
OminoMichelin
Member
On firefox, any stream I try doesn't work, or works for like a minute then stops itself. I don't think it's a bandwidth problem
Saal 1. You need Saal 2.
Thanks ^^u.
Moral Panic
Member
design flaw ouch
Kazuma Kiryu
Member
Wow, major design flaw.
phosphor112
Banned
Amazing.
OMFG at that LOLSERIAL.
They use the binary signal from the sensor send bit code. Holy shit.
OMFG at that LOLSERIAL.
They use the binary signal from the sensor send bit code. Holy shit.
Moral Panic
Member
Wow using the sensor bar as a serial port! genius
Wishmaster92
Member
lolserial haha
deadhorse32
Bad Art
lolserial amazing
phosphor112
Banned
Wii U isn't cache/memory coherent like X1 and PS4.