WiiKey's new DriveKey frees 'unhackable' Wiis with zero fuss
By Paul Miller 
posted Jan 26th 2009 2:32PM
posted Jan 26th 2009 2:32PM
[Thanks, Gob]
posted Jan 26th 2009 2:32PM
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so many choices now to hack my little wii...
I'm still putting off upgrading my system menu to 3.4 because I don't want it to kill my homebrew channel :(
You can still install the homebrew channel even with 3.4 - I just did it a few weeks ago. Haven't run any homebrew yet, but I did it just because I could ;)
Have you considered wii enhancement drugs? I've heard they work miracles.
Yes, there are a number of choices for circumcision these days. I'm sure you'll make the right choice. :)
So you can homebrew with this thing but it makes some games unplayable? Wow, sounds like a definite winner and all for just 70 bucks.
Well, you can run homebrew without this thing, you just need Twilight Princess. If you're paying $70 just to run homebrew, you're doing it wrong.
Is there an easy way to make the Wii region free without opening the thing? All I want it to be able to play JP games not released in the US. Nintendo seems to be stuck in the 90s with all this region locking cr@p.
Yes:
1. Use Twilight hack to install Homebrew Channel
2. Use GeckoOS to do region-free loading.
How about homebrew channel + your choice of loader (wiigator 0.3 gamma)? All you need is twilight princess, a SD card. It helps if your wii firmware is 3.2 or the first 3.3, but any system firmware can be used.
What makes TP better than any other game?
@Jason: TP is the only game that there is a released exploit for.
...because it's a glitch in twilight princess that isn't in any other games that lets this happen.
It's not THAT hard to work out, now is it?
..you do realize like about a week ago or more they hacked the internal IOS files on the Wii to the point where umm... no modchip or even loader is needed right? It just loads the games straight up in the disc channel hassle free at 3x speed though instead of 6x...
huh, where, how?
..you do realize like about a week ago or more they hacked the internal IOS files on the Wii to the point where umm... no modchip or even loader is needed right? It just loads the games straight up in the disc channel hassle free at 3x speed though instead of 6x...
Do you have a link? I was going to do the twilight princess softmod...but if there is a newer/better way...I'm all ears!
You still need to do the twilight hack and the homebrew channel helps a lot, too. Don't think anyone can link to IOS files though...
This thing runs games at 3x too. And most of those softmod packs people spread are filled with copyrighted files. So they're illegal in pretty much all the world, unlike this modchip.
OMG! Engadget! Stop spamming us with all this Wii news today!
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why even use modchips any more when it is soo easy to softmod your wii? especially when it allows the drives to run at 3x and not just at 2x. another attempt by the wiikey team to screw you out of money with ideas stolen from other hacking teams out there.
Until they can get it to run at full speed, there are going to be issues with some games... That's why. A lot of times, movies playing at 2x or 3x will be really slow and choppy, sometimes resulting in disc read errors. Many games don't let you skip movies. Load times are a lot slower and can also generate DREs. These problems occur especially with cheaper media. I remember seeing Wario Ware at 4x, it had problems even at 4x where it would crash during unskippable movies.
I would prefer to see this one hit the market:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/matrix-wiizii-mod-hooks-to-external-sata-hdd-for-speedy-iso-load/
I could just rip ALL my games to a HD (I have a 1tb ESATA drive not being used right now). Even if you were limited to using a USB drive, the load times would still be faster than the internal DVD drive.
Is there a way of haking the Wii with no twilight princess because i dont have a game and i dont have money to buy this chip or any but i alredy got a 2 GIG SD card?
Just rent it from Blockbuster if you can or borrow it from someone, you don't need to actually own the Twilight Princess, you just need to have it in your Wii a few minutes.
not even worth it, yea tha solder free is nice but if it limits my drive speed and no updates theres no telling when nintendo will release a update that will brick your system, well until you install the original cable
oh my god, on second note after watching the videos, damn thats nice, just that drive speed would have me paranoid
i think it's kinda funny that when people talk about pirating pc software they get their panties in a wad (everyone was happy that people who downloaded ilife ended up getting a trojan) but on the other hand it's super cool to pirate video games (just read some of the comments here).
Have they made a mod to make the Wii less Sucky? Just curious, as I look at my dust covered, pre-door stop. I have a fat stack of recently released PS3 and 360 games that blow anything on the Wii straight out of the water, even Mario Galaxy. Sorry, but the Wii's interface is gimmicky and the games are sholveware. Most games don't even work, thanks to the wonky controls. I've never had a controller before that I actually BLAMED for the game sucking. I won't even mention the graphics. Is there any amount of modding that could make the Wii suck less? If it wasn't for my old Gamecube library, I would have dumped mine on Ebay long ago. OVER-HYPED-JUNK
Let me save some time for Wii fanboyz: OMG! I can't believe he said that? What's wrong with him? Blah Blah Blah
yeah, the best selling junk until now, compared to the xbox and playstation ;) ^^
I had the original wii from day one. Modded with wiikey no problem. Then one day it just stopped working. I got a new wii but didn't want to spend the money on yet another mod chip. I found it was just much easier to swap the dvd drives and it works perfectly. There are places now that will sell a modded dvd drive so all you have to do is open it, remove your drive (if i remember, it was just two flat cables) and plug the other one in. "unmoddable" drives shouldn't be an issue. Seeing as the games aren't worth more than a ds game or less, it's definitely worth it.
Well I installed a drive Key, and yes there are problems. The video is laggy. And my original games when they do load run into disc errors. Copies seem to work alot better, but as said the video segments are laggy.