Wii hacked to run backup discs? Maybe.

If you've got a hefty hankering for a totally unverifiable Wii hack on video, complete with a horrible soundtrack and shaky-cam cinematography, then boy do we have a present for you. YouTube's finest, a certain pimmysays, has uploaded just such a video, and is making the notable claim of hacking the Wii to run game backups. Just like the rest of these fools do, pimmy's video quality is horrible, and there could easily be a cut at 1:16 -- or just about anywhere else, for that matter -- where pimmy could've stopped the camera and swapped in an actual Zelda disc instead of that burned DVD the video shows being loaded at the first. Luckily, we won't have to wait too terribly long to find out: pimmy is promising "something special" on New Years, implying an unveil of the hack for all to see. We're not holding our breath. Peep the video after the break.

[Via MaxConsole]

[briaguya Posted Dec 19th 2006 5:40PM]

obviously this is fake, the second wii isn't even updated
the bottom thing there is different

[m4rc310 Posted Dec 20th 2006 11:07PM]

OI OI OI.... great combo dropkick murphys and wii!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 23rd 2006 2:35PM]

Its fake for one huge error, watch the Wii menus before he puts in the SD card and then after it "resets", they have two diffrent firmware versions, the FIRST onscreen wii has its shop channel activated and a newwer firmware, look at the curves on the bottem of the menu, and the SECOND-OFFSCREEN does NOT have its shop menu activated in the upper right corner and has an earlier firmware release.

Wish it wasent true..but its a fake.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 29th 2006 5:15PM]

Well lets wait until 1/1/07 to see if it is true or not i believe that was a fake but who knows,no one can say until we find out but if this thing is real then im of to ge a wii lol... :p

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 31st 2006 5:00PM]

its 1/1/07 already :P wheres the promised hack? hehe

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 31st 2006 5:02PM]

damn, i guess living on the other side of the planet on a +10 timezone doesnt help with the wait. Oh well.. another 7hours :D

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 3rd 2007 12:14PM]

can someone send me a link to were i can get th.e bootloader. i've looked every were. plzz

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