Exploit allows for Wii homebrew without modchip
By Donald Melanson 
posted Jan 28th 2008 2:36PM
posted Jan 28th 2008 2:36PM
We've seen some fairly significant developments on the Wii homebrew front as of late, and it looks like you can now chalk up yet another milestone, as an exploit has reportedly been discovered that lets the console run homebrew without a modchip. To do that, however, you'll apparently need a copy of Zelda: Twilight Princess (hardly a problem for most) and a willingness to take some risks, as the exploit in question takes the rather unelegant approach of crashing the Wii before letting you run your own code. Details on exactly how to exploit the exploit also seem to be a bit hard to follow at the moment, but you can hit up the link below if you want to get started.
[Via Digg]
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Won't this mean it will be even harder to get a Wii now?
If you haven't gotten one in the past year and 2 months, something is wrong with your skills.
It's hard to get one, but not THAT hard.
I feel for you guys in the states, here in Berlin my local gamestop has about 50 wii's sitting in the display window gathering dust...I think Art Vandelay just found a new item to export!
In the UK the wii is sold out everywhere and wii/ds software tops all euro charts every week!
this hack will do for the Wii what the R4 has done for the DS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_DS_storage_devices
it will be a download and pirate frenzy soon!
Ah, brings me back to the glory days of softmodding the XBOX. In for XBMC-Wii edition.
Looking at that screen shot makes me wish I were at home playing Zelda instead of being here at work reading the internet all day...
Yup, looks like a similar concept to the buffer overflow used to crash MechAssault, which allowed the execution of unsigned code and eventually led to Xbox softmodding.
I doubt wii would have a real processing power advantage over the old xbox, so xbmc might be the same.
.. and a much nicer form factor, plus intergrated wireless, bluetooth, usb2, sd slot, and comfortable wiimote for controlling it.
even if it can't play HD videos, I would love to see XBMC ported to the Wii
It's all the asshole resellers trying to hock them on fleabay that's keeping them in shorty supply here.
this is in response to alex those that you see in the window of your gamestop in berlin i belive are display boxes that do not actually contain a wii console
http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/02/wii-modded-with-lpt-cable-instead-of-mod-chip/
PS: Too bad, no more video.
This is outmoded and outdated by many of the newer modchips.
I love the textbox i also like that they started this with TP considering almost everyone with a Wii has it.
Daaaamn that game was pretty.
Hacked!!!bushing!!rsec!!
meh, i still have to mod my xbox.
D:
I approve I believe similar hacks were used to softmod the xbox weren't they? Either it'll be interesting to see what the homebrew community comes up with this interesting interface. I'd like to see an apple esqe media center app with coverflow and more motion orientated controls. What do you want to see?
not that.
WiiMC?
WMC?
With support for external USB harddrives and HD .h264 support
Way to contribute to the conversation, Joseph.
Looking through the forums on this Wii site, it looks like they've simply found a way to crash the console, which requires specific data relevant to the individual console that there is no public method of getting yet. So yeah, this may, in the future, lead to homebrew without a modchip, but it's a bit of a stretch to claim it allows it guys!
Yeah, its for wii, (there have been other screens), but why is this one from the gamecube version of the game?
(The big green A)
good question :)
i would be really happy if this exploit could work on a wii running the gc version of zelda:tp, since that's the one i have. (Got zelda last january, then got wii in july...)
Yes.. but it would be highly unlikely.
When the Wii runs a GCube game... it literally acts like a gamecube, blocking off motion sensing, bluetooth, the extra ram and power... etc.
So yea, looks like Nintendo might be happy with the boost in sales if this works :D.
From the pictures shown on Wiili, it appears it'll work on both.
better, safer, you don't need a copy of zelda, no need to mod your wii. Just download the software, and play imported games, copied games, make copies, http://howto-copywiigames.jimdo.com/