Interesting, thanks for the heads up OP. I'll keep an eye on this.
I liked being able to dump my Wii and Gamecube games for Dolphin, but I'm not sure if this will be as useful (except for the VC extraction thingy).
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Wii U hacking no longer even requires a PC.
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Interesting, thanks for the heads up OP. I'll keep an eye on this.
I liked being able to dump my Wii and Gamecube games for Dolphin, but I'm not sure if this will be as useful (except for the VC extraction thingy).
Is this piracy level homebrew on the latest version? As far as I know 3DS isn't on the lastewt FW (of course im not exactly knowledgeable on this stuff which is basically technobabble to me), so if nintendo has just left wii u open to potential piracy for weeks now. . .jeez.
Well i guess this mean i can get some smash wii u mods at least. Can't wait to add a metric fuckton of music.
Edit: a word
Well i guess this mean i can get some smash wii u mods at least. Can't wait to add a metric fuckton of music.
Edit: a word
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
Awesome now I can play Taiko! I can't think of anything else worthwhile to import though...
Palmer?
KojiKnight
Member
Wii U is on the latest firmware (5.5.1)?
You also made sure to do the second item from the drop down list (AppStore Installer) right? You have to use that to install the homebrew launcher onto your SD card.
Does it give that error when the exploit first runs? Or when you try to install the appstore?
This is for vWii (GCN,Wii) I believe, not Wii U backups
Edit: I'm wrong it's the other way around. Not really interesting then.
KojiKnight
Member
Other way around. This actually does not work to give you vWii access, you need a separate wii game exploit for that (easiest being Smash Bros).
This hack gives you access to Wii U homebrew, including dumping and playing games (but games have to be played off of SD card which is worse than playing on discs and lacks online in any shape or form)
Wii U. It has been possible to run backups for a few months now.
Sd Card only.
killatopak
Gold Member
Can I mod games if I do this? Like cheats and stuff?
Well, I ran the installer, saw all the apps to install. Activated some of them to download, and then I tried to use one of the programs. Started the home menu, found nothing on there. Tried to restart the launcher, FSGetMountSource failed message, turned off and now comes the error message. Fw was 5.5.1.
Now it doesn't start anymore at all!
It think I have my first brick :-(
When you try to get that smart drive-by comment and you fail.
This is exactly the case. They just dont give a shit it seems.
Ahh that is much more reason-
Well fuck we're back to square one. . . i think. jeez
yo ho yo ho a pirate's life for them. . .
KojiKnight
Member
This hack can't brick your system. Hold down the power on your Wii U. Turn it back on after 10 seconds.
If you're a pirate that likes playing games with super long load times and laggy gameplay and no way to play online... I guess?
LordOfChaos
Member
Yep. As a lot of people thought, as soon as Nintendo took its eyes off it for the NX, blown wide open.
At least it's end of life, I recall fail0verflow and maybe other groups had some level of exploit earlier on but didn't release for fear of killing the console (and getting sued)
At least it's end of life, I recall fail0verflow and maybe other groups had some level of exploit earlier on but didn't release for fear of killing the console (and getting sued)
Tried that, still the same problem!
Tried it again and again!
My luck just runs perfectly at the moment, it's a dream come true, I could cry!
GameFreak117x
Banned
Not really. Just my opinion. Im just not interested in Nintendo games enough to pay for them.
Edit: I don't have an sd card reader.
Why are you here, then?
On topic, I'll wait for the ability to play games from an hdd. But awesome news.
If this makes it easy to import a European disc copy of Fatal Frame 5 and play it on my NA Wii U, then I'm excited.
then why are you in this thread
then why are you in this thread
Sapiens
Member
Nintendo games are worth every penny most times. Except for that fuckin star fox shit.
So what, you just download backups instead of buying them?
GameFreak117x
Banned
To see if the games could be burned to a DVD or read off external HDD like I asked in my previous post.
Triforce141
Member
Yep, mods, cheats, save editors, etc. can be used.
Maxing everyone's stats in Hyrule Warriors, custom music in Splatoon, content restoration in Tokyo Mirage Sessions; Smash 4 mods galore to name a few.
Astral/H3X
Member
I seriously cannot think of a single more blatant shit post than this. I mean, I guess congrats, you're the worst of this type of cancer I've ever seen.
Looks like you are not the only with this problem, anyone interested in this hack be careful of possible briks :/
KojiKnight
Member
No idea what happened then, because these hacks don't access anything but memory. It can't access anything permanent, it's not elevated access to modify firmware in any way which is why you have to go into the webbrowser every time.
I imagine things on memory for the OS can be save, and it cause the system to brick.
I don't get it either! If I look the internet up about the error code, there is sparsely any info at all about this fucking error code. 160-2215 if anybody is interested.
I hate my luck and life at the moment!!!
NinjaCoachZ
Member
Awesome! The PC method was always spotty for me. I'll try this out when I get home.
EDIT: This talk of bricking is giving me second thoughts.
EDIT: This talk of bricking is giving me second thoughts.
lolez2matt
Member
Have you tried to turn the console on without the sd card?
Choppasmith
Member
So... how would I run something like XCX Gecko now? Right now I have to go the browser load kernel exploit > go to browser again > load TCP Gecko > Load XCX. DOes this simplify the process?
Yep, did that
KojiKnight
Member
No. All this does is remove the step of installing homebrew on an SD card via PC first. Literally, this is the only difference.
Did you try unplugging the console?
Yep, unplugged it more than 10 seconds removed the SD card, and still, same error message!
Maybe it is game or card dependent, but this was not my experience playing a patched TMS. From other's impressions of the disc version load times were better of of SD.
Choppasmith
Member
Gotcha! Thanks!
Pizza con salsiccia
Banned
If you do that, you can still play online?
I don't have a WiiU and don't plan on buying one, but I'm curious. I know my brother in law would try this if he ever hears about it.
I don't have a WiiU and don't plan on buying one, but I'm curious. I know my brother in law would try this if he ever hears about it.
Rodney McKay
Member
Can't wait for Nintendo to stop doing 3DS firmware updates so homebrewing it will be even easier, same for Sony with the Vita.
I'd love to be able to get some of my PSP games on my Vita (that aren't available on PSN) and get those great NES and SNES emulators on my 3DS.
I'd love to be able to get some of my PSP games on my Vita (that aren't available on PSN) and get those great NES and SNES emulators on my 3DS.