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    Default Apparently WiiU hacked by the Wiikey team

    The Wiikey team, a team responsible for the most popular design of chip for early wii drives and also the xenogc for the gamecube, has made a post on their site saying they have a chip coming out for the wii U.

    Not much information is available at present but they claim it is a drive emulation driven hack (sometimes known by the initialisms ODE and ODDE) and will load from USB, presumably the USB on the chip itself. Such an approach is not new with examples later on in the Wii's lifetime and more recently it also got a following in the 360 though it all has its roots in the gamecube.
    How well Nintendo can defend against it depends a lot upon how the Wii U is designed but as little information is available on that front, or indeed any front, we can not elaborate much further at this point. However from what has been said it is unlikely it will allow for true region free without any further hacks unless Nintendo made a similar mistake to the one that led to the partial Wii region free (unlikely). Being a drive emulator that also means no native homebrew, probably no downloadable content and no modified games without further hacks.

    Wiikey site said:
    Wiikey U is the first and only optical drive emulator that allows you to play all your WiiU games from any USB media!

    Play your WiiU and Wii games from any USB media!
    Compatible with all WiiU models and regions
    User friendly intuitive interface
    No soldering required
    Multi-language support
    Supports most popular file systems, including EXT4/3/2, Max OS X, and NTFS
    Powerful embedded Linux system
    High-speed USB2 interface
    Firmware and FPGA fully in-system updatable from USB media
    Recovery mode - it is always possible to recover from a bad flash
    Stylish USB remote with powered USB hub and charger function
    Bulletproof high quality hardware (not manufactured in China!)
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    http://gbatemp.net/threads/wiiu-hack...y-team.347143/

    Good news but pitty it doesn't seem to allow homebrew

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    Default Re: Apparently WiiU hacked by the Wiikey team

    The news is on the official site, so I have no doubt on its authenticity. I do think its too early for this though, I think the WiiU needs more momentum before a hack appears. If its just an ODE type device then it has little to offer other than free games too, which pretty much sucks. If we can boot imports then maybe it has some value.

    NEWS

    A few lines of code...

    "Nintendo is aware that a hacking group claims to have compromised Wii U security," a spokesperson told Eurogamer. "However, we have no reports of illegal Wii U games nor unauthorized applications playable on the system while in Wii U mode."

    57 55 50 2D 50 2D 41 52 50 50 2D 30 30 2D 31 30
    31 45 55 52 2D 32 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
    WiikeÜ - Its True!

    [2013.05.01]
    Yes, its real - we have now completely reversed the WiiU drive authentification, disk encryption, file system, and everything else needed for this next generation K3y. Stay tuned for updates!




    http://wiikey.com/news/

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    Default Re: Apparently WiiU hacked by the Wiikey team

    Quote Originally Posted by {{909}} View Post
    The news is on the official site, so I have no doubt on its authenticity. I do think its too early for this though, I think the WiiU needs more momentum before a hack appears. If its just an ODE type device then it has little to offer other than free games too, which pretty much sucks. If we can boot imports then maybe it has some value.

    NEWS

    A few lines of code...

    "Nintendo is aware that a hacking group claims to have compromised Wii U security," a spokesperson told Eurogamer. "However, we have no reports of illegal Wii U games nor unauthorized applications playable on the system while in Wii U mode."

    57 55 50 2D 50 2D 41 52 50 50 2D 30 30 2D 31 30
    31 45 55 52 2D 32 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
    WiikeÜ - Its True!

    [2013.05.01]
    Yes, its real - we have now completely reversed the WiiU drive authentification, disk encryption, file system, and everything else needed for this next generation K3y. Stay tuned for updates!




    http://wiikey.com/news/
    you would really think that by now region locking would be redundant, if not just for the fact its one thing off the list of why people would hack their machines - but who knows!
    You know he grew up as a little shitspark from the old shitflint and then he turned into a shitbonfire and driven by the winds of his monumental ignorance he turned into a raging shitfirestorm. If I get to be married to Barb I'll have total control of Sunnyvale and then I can unleash the shitnami tidal wave that will engulf Ricky and extinguish his shitflames forever. And with any luck he'll drown in the undershit of that wave. Shitwaves.

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    Default Re: Apparently WiiU hacked by the Wiikey team

    Hacked with nothing of note worth playing on it.

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    Default Re: Apparently WiiU hacked by the Wiikey team

    well, theres this to play :

    ______ /__________________________ __________ __/ _______
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    | / _______/ / // _/ / / // rtx/
    | VENOM \ /__________/_____/_____/_________/______/_____/ /art
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    `-------- / --> Proudly Presents: The Avengers - Battle for Earth (EUR)
    /

    Publisher.....: Ubisoft Platform......: Nintendo WiiU
    Developer.....: Ubisoft Origin........: Europe
    Release Date..: May 2013 Size/Format...: *.ISO (WUOD)

    -- Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------->

    Wow, things are starting to heaten up, eh?

    We think a teensy bit of disc image header is cute and courageous.. but
    here at VENOM we go for GOLD!

    Today we give you the first full WiiU disc image! Nothing more to add, enjoy.

    For the curious tinkerers, if you EVENTUALLY want to play this disc image
    by whatever means, you will probably need this AES key:

    ->> 027c9557648a1a999aa7848319bb5ef2 <<-

    P.S. Where are the sleeping giants who broke this console back in december? -- Greetings -------------------------------------------------------------->

    . LEGACY . CAPITAL . RISING SUN . DUAL CREW SHINING . ECHELON . MODE7 .
    .KALISTO . MENACE . TRIFORCE . JESUS . SUXXORS . F4CG .
    . COMPLEX . DUPLEX . MONEY . ESPRiT iSO .
    __
    ------------------------------------ / ----------------------------------->

    "The Playmakers"
    bet its a steaming pile, but its the first release. 23gig so we can assume the wii uses a variation on bluray.

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    Default Re: Apparently WiiU hacked by the Wiikey team

    anybody updates on this?
    thought the it might have surfaced by now......

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