Wii Maintenance Mode: 'It's a secret to everybody'

Besides switching off the Message Board, we're not sure what exactly this newly uncovered Maintenance Mode accomplishes. Several people who've tried it out have reported a number of different effects -- disabled System Settings options and deleted notes on the Message Board -- but nothing of consequence yet. Could hackers eventually manipulate this strange function to run homebrew software and unauthorized code? Who knows!

Provided that your firmware isn't old and busted, like your rhyme style, you can try out this Maintenance Mode yourself! Just follow these simple instructions:

1. Turn on your Wii.

2. Hold down the + and - buttons during the Health and Safety screen

3. While holding down those buttons, hit A

4. Pour yourself a glass of sweet tea

5. Load up Rush's "Red Barchetta"

6. Rock out

Really, you could just skip the first three steps.

[Via DCEmu]