Twilight Hack returns to knock out Wii Menu 3.3

Nintendo talks a big talk, but has never invested heavily in actually protecting its systems from those nefarious homebrew junkies. While the Wii Menu 3.3 did slightly break the Twilight Hack, it didn't even bust up folks who already had the homebrew channel installed, and its protections against further hacks were minimal. Now the HackMii folks are back with Twilight Hack v0.1beta1, which bests Wii Menu 3.3, along with some other improvements for homebrew usage. We can't tell if this is incompetence or benevolence on Nintendo's part, or perhaps these hackers are just that good, but either way we're lovin' it JT-style.

[ManekiNeko @ Jun 21st 2008 8:28PM]

I hope you mean Justin Timberlake, not Jack Thompson.

[low tech @ Jun 21st 2008 8:33PM]

Maybe he means Jammin Time. Cause that's what I think of when I see JT.

[Tim @ Jun 21st 2008 8:54PM]

Actually, i think its James Taylor
Sweet Baby James FTW

[Reader @ Jun 21st 2008 8:41PM]

"We can't tell if this is incompetence or benevolence on Nintendo's part"

Really, you can't? Only Apple or Nintendo would ever get a line like that. Any other company would be some evil and undoubtedly incompetent.

[Ghen @ Jun 21st 2008 9:29PM]

I prefer to look at it like Nintendo just doesn't give half a crap. Why spend thousands of dollars having your coders make the system hack-proof when its pretty much inevitable?

Only reason the PS3 hasn't been hacked is BD-R burners are still cost prohibitive.

[PCIV @ Jun 21st 2008 9:37PM]

That's is the ability of PS3. Burning PS3 BD are cost-probitive, laptop drives are too small/expensive to be efficient to hold the 50GB disks, and noone can use MemoryStick for that either...

[Hugh Newmark @ Jun 21st 2008 11:04PM]

Is it just me, or are the anti-Apple fanboys starting to get more annoying than the Apple fanboys?

[Sora267 @ Jun 22nd 2008 12:08AM]

It's just the fanboys in general that are annoying.

[Kurian @ Jun 22nd 2008 12:50AM]

Nintendo has no experience in the security side of consoles. All the previous consoles were inflexible toys. The Wii is the first true general purpose, exploitable hardware which is suitable for homebrew. Hence it WILL be hacked to death.

They WILL have to learn the hardway like MS with the XBox, and Sony with the PS2 and PSP.

[Blaine Oliver @ Jun 22nd 2008 4:23AM]

@ Kurian,

So the DS is what? Unhackable? Your so wrong...

[Just-uh-Thought @ Jun 22nd 2008 6:58AM]

Anyone ever consider that they really don't care?

Doesn't have to be incompetence when you already bought the system and paid them money.

[MT Headed @ Jun 21st 2008 8:50PM]

Ba da ba ba ba, my friends. Ba da ba ba ba indeed.

[Unknown @ Jun 21st 2008 9:15PM]

I have to say I cannot stand ad jingles. Especially ones that are mindlessly regurgitated like "I'm lovin' it." I'm looking at you, Paul.

Dear god, I hate that phrase and McDonald's stupid jingle with the burning fire of a thousand suns.

[Jhongerkong @ Jun 21st 2008 10:40PM]

You know, that comment you made right there...

Im lovin it

[deyanimay @ Jun 21st 2008 10:43PM]

take a chill pill if you don't have one take a chill strip, just put it on your tongue and chillll.

[Kurian @ Jun 22nd 2008 12:52AM]

I'd love to see that stupid McDonalds clown brutally murdered by Jason Vorhees.

[Abuzar @ Jun 22nd 2008 2:12AM]

lol RVB

[Ridgecity @ Jun 21st 2008 8:51PM]

They gotta be good. A whole industry is counting on these guys doing their job.

[r3ap3r @ Jun 21st 2008 9:56PM]

You're late... ArsTechnica had this yesterday, already on Digg's front page.....

http://digg.com/nintendo/New_Wii_update_hacked%2C_homebrew_lives_on

[Sora267 @ Jun 22nd 2008 12:09AM]

Because we all check ArsTechnica and Digg every day.

[Brian @ Jun 22nd 2008 12:58AM]

Sora267: More or less.

[anigrafx @ Jun 22nd 2008 4:11AM]

Amm who says Engadget were trying to be first? who gives a monkey's weither the news breaks here first or not??

[jimbo @ Jun 21st 2008 10:23PM]

Is there a way to play Wii backups without the use of a modchip? You know, in case my original game gets scratched up...............

[Jhongerkong @ Jun 21st 2008 10:41PM]

nope

[Nick Catalano @ Jun 22nd 2008 8:24AM]

Does anyone actually play 'homebrew' games with these mod chips? Really?

You know 95% of people using hacks are just using it to play 'backups' but nobody wants to come out and say it. :)

[Jamar @ Jun 24th 2008 11:15AM]

Er, but this doesn't involve any modchips at all. No way to load backups with this. Try reading up on the Twilight Hack.

[NG @ Jun 22nd 2008 8:55AM]

i haven't touch my wii for so long that i think i am still on OS 1.8

[DB @ Jun 22nd 2008 1:44PM]

wii-lly?

[kay @ Jun 23rd 2008 12:53PM]

The Nintendo execs are probably like "Stop the twilight hack". Engineers, okay we'll write something. But the engineers probably know eventually, someone will hack it again so they don't try very hard at stop the hack. They'll "fix" it temporarily to please the guys up top.