Wii's "Everybody Votes" channel hacked to allow unlimited suggestions

It looks like the dozens of e-voting terminals across the globe aren't the only voting machines getting hax0red these days, as the sweet, innocent "Everybody Votes" channel has now been exploited too. Nintendo's Valentine's Day gift to the world was met with much applause, but we knew those tricksters behind the scenes would be hard at work trying to find a workaround to the dreaded "one suggestion (or vote) per day" limitation. Along the same vein as fooling poorly coded shareware into thinking your "30 day trial" never runs out, all you have to do is set the Wii's internal clock a day forward, and from there on out, you're able to cast as many votes as you wish without being hampered. Of course, we don't really expect the Big N to just kick around this weekend and not fix this, but then again, we don't exactly foresee any of the polls found here to face recounts of any magnitude either.

[Via Joystiq]

[wabguard-email @ Feb 24th 2007 9:50AM]

Looks like an time will be updated via network from now on.. :)

[Lazarus Dark @ Feb 24th 2007 10:34AM]

So? as long as it takes to type out stuff using the wiimote, why would you want to do it more than once a day?

On a side note, at first I thought the voting channel was lame and pointless, but I tried a couple and actually found it kind of informative seeing what other wii owners opinions on various subjects are. On the other hand it's doubtful they'll be doing many polls with depth, like politics and religion. I don't really care what other wii owners favorite colors are.

[Kevlar @ Feb 24th 2007 11:56AM]

Let's be clear: THIS IS NOT A HACK. Nor is breaking those 30-day trials by setting your clock ahead while installing. The term "workaround" might apply here, but it is not hacking.

[Ed @ Feb 24th 2007 11:57AM]

The Wii and the Xbox 360 A/V Componet Cables are about 8 feet long but I would like to use a 3 or 3.5 Feet long cable but haven't been able to find any store that sell these, do you know where I can get these? Also the Wii Sensor Bar cable is about 12 feet long but all I need it to have is 2 or 2.5 feet long. Please let me know where I can get it like this thank you.

[Deschain @ Feb 24th 2007 12:21PM]

Ed: Zip ties.

[Alex @ Feb 24th 2007 12:44PM]

Set the freaking camera down on a table or something, holy hell

[brian @ Feb 24th 2007 1:11PM]

Hey, its me Brian. Sorry if i annoyed you i had to get the camara to stop making them black borders.

[John Doe @ Feb 24th 2007 12:59PM]

I knew cats vs. Dogs was rigged. :-P

[Jordan @ Feb 24th 2007 5:52PM]

what's to say they don't just block them at the server? yea, you could kid yourself and think you sent another question in, but either they will or have already set it up to only accept a specified amount of suggestions per SYSTEM NUMBER, so people like the guy w/ the horrible cameraman can fool themselves all day with this little "workaround"

[Will Cheyney @ Feb 24th 2007 6:23PM]

I found this out a while ago. Same works for the 20-Mii-daily-sending-limit :)

[brian @ Feb 25th 2007 10:06AM]

you found it out? sure idiot

[brian1625 @ Mar 3rd 2007 8:51AM]

Next Poll, "Should Vote cheaters be killed or tortured?"

Then this is kind of silly, you'll have one idiot that keeps picking blue and the other red, so in essence they've just wasted their time.