Wii Hacks · Hacks, Cracks, Mods, Homebrew, Utilities

So we  are coming up to yet another Christmas season, many of you are making your list and wondering what is going on with the wii scene.  The Princess hack no longer works, there are some modchips out there, a few homebrew mods, but we are still waiting for the ability to make homebrew games.  That is when this scene goes into overdrive.  Sharing a game over bittorrent and burning it to a DVD isnt true hacking, its simply piracy.  Not that I judge anyone who can morally justify it to themselves.  I also know better than anyone that media goes bad, so the ability to backup games and play them is NOT piracy in my opinion.  Renting every game at Blockbuster and backing them up is another story.
So what would I get this Christmas if I didnt have one already.. Component cables for my wii (makes a huge difference).  A good soldering iron and some wire and circut boards to practice on (if something really compelling comes out you dont want to be learning how to solder on your main system.  Finally a tri-wing screwdriver; trust me this is something you want - I took the thing apart with a make shift screw driver on a dead wii and stripped every single screw.  You may also want to get a multi-meter and some other electronics tools if you plan on making this a hobby.

There hasnt been much new’s worthy of announcement coming out on the scene.  So here is an old one redux.  WiiMote being used under linux.  The guys over at hackaday.com have put together a tutorial on getting your wiimote to work under linux.  If you haven’t gotten your wiimote working under linux or windows or mac, this is your chance.  If you don’t have the technology, just remember to ask for a bluetooth receiver this Christmas.

Check out hackaday.com for more info.

WODE is a new product for the wii, WODE stands for Wii Optical Drive Emulator.

WODE will include a Flatmod type mainboard that attaches (solderless) to the Wii drive cable similar to other available chips. It also comes with it’s own vertical stand that harnesses a slave board with built-in LCD, USB, and SD slot. The SD card is used to house the powerful Linux-based WODE software.
WODE is compatible with WII DMS, D2B, D2A, D2C, D2C2, D3, D3-2 boards.
The OS is LINUX and allow to manage WIFi connection and many others features, like a Mini Computer.

For more information on this check out our friends at Wiihacks.com here.

Nintendo has unveiled the latest controller for the Wii.  It gives it greater accuracy and control.  The current controller has no idea if it is above your head or below your waist.. it only senses the up and down and side to side movement..

This new controller apparently gives the Wii a sense of “space”.

It will be interesting to see what homebrew and hacks come out using this new Controller add-on (which hopefully comes with a wicked game).

Anyone living in the U.S looking for a good opportunity to make savings on their long distance should take a look at Cheap2Dial.  Basically you can keep your own local carrier and enjoy the simply enjoy the long distance savings.

This isnt a hack for Wii but it is still news worthy since they have saved me enough to buy a new game

Take that Big N, Team Twiizers has released a beta version of the Twilight Hack for Firmware 3.3! We can confirm that it is up and working just as it did before! Great job guys!Per Marcan on the HackMii site:

This new version of the Twilight Hack is compatible with version 3.3 of the Wii System Menu, using the workarounds explained in previous posts. Thanks to everyone on IRC who contributed to the search for the bugs, and to tmbinc and tehpola for finding the two bugs that make this possible.

Changelog for this release:

* The Twilight Hack is now compatible with version 3.3 of the Wii System Menu.
* Improvements in video configuration. The entire console should now be visible in all video modes, and scrolling has been improved.
* For the USA version, the two variants of the hack have been packed into one save file. Just select the save slot that corresponds to your version of Twilight Pricess when you start the game.
* New savegame icons by drmr. The new icons now show which region that version of the hack is for.
* This version now tries to load boot.dol, and falls back to boot.elf if boot.dol is not found.
* ???????
* Many, many bug fixes.

Download it here. Head over to Wiibrew for more information and updates. See the included README for installation and usage instructions.

Enjoy!

Some of our valuable members here at NES-Hacks have already updated to 3.3 and confirm that it works. One of our member is reporting that the PAL version of the Hack does not like Homebrew Channel v8, however, Homebrew Channel v7 works and you can upgrade to v8 after it’s installed.

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Here is something that i have yet to see made news anywhere. Rudolph has managed to triple boot M3 Sakura, M3DS Real, and iTouch DS all into the M3DS Real flashcart. FiRsT-aNd-LaSt over at GBAtemp has compiled the files using batch files from Rudolph.

Rudolph Blog
GBAtemp Discussion

Put the contents of the file on the root of you sd.
It runs in Sakura automaticly, press X for M3Real firmware, and press Y for iTouchDS firmware.
Well I know alot of people have been wanting this and it’s finally here. The file below contains the following:

M3/G6 English Firmware v3.7e
iTouchDS English Loader v1.8
Sakura Unofficial Hacked English 1.11x With SP1

Plus all the skins of my other bundle and the updated CHEAT.db (6-15-08) “Thanks to Narin and all his hard work!”

All three are booting up and playing NDS and GBA games, I’m unsure if anything has changed with homebrew support.

The file contains a READ ME and I suggest you read it, it contains important information.

*As a warning don’t change any of the files within the SYSTEM folder or you risk the Triple Boot Loader to work incorrectly!*

This has been tested on my M3Real Perfect (English) and is known to work.

Thanks all goes to Rudolph for making this all possible and some credit for me I guess for configuring it to boot all english.

ENJOY!

CHANGELOG:

[Wii only]
- added automatic TV mode detection (from SYSCONF), no more PAL60 version needed
- added option to return to Wii System Menu
- fixed “TP reload” option: now compatible with HB channel
- removed SD-Gekko support (Wii slot becomes default slot)
- added Wii SD slot support for WRAM files
- added Wiimote, Nunchuk & Classic controllers support through libwiiuse (see User Manual for default keys)
[PCE]
- sourcecode cleanup
- fixed multiplayer support (max. 4 players)
- added preliminary Super CD-ROM support: Data only (.ISO & .BIN image files), no CDDA track support

[NGC/WII]
- fixed progressive mode support, now automatically detected

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A new D2C2 compatible modchip has been released. The Wiizard has some interesting features, including DVD upgrade…

Non Swap / Direct Boot
Boots Own Region WII Backups Directly
Boots Own Region Gamecube Backups Directly
Boots All NTSC JAP/USA on NTSC WII
Boots NTSC Backups/Originals on PAL WII Partially
Boots PAL Backups/Originals on NTSC WII Partially
Boots Directly Gamecube Original/Backups Imports Partially
Boots All Gamecube Import Backups by SWAP
Great Stability , Stability CAP Built-In
3 Wires + GND + VCC for D2A/DMS/D2B/D2B Cutted
7 Wires + GND + VCC for D2C/D2C2 Boards
D2A/DMS/D2B/D2C/D2C2 Chipset Models Supported
Supports all the WII Versions/Drive currently available
Improved Read Method (No DRE),Audiofix
Multidisc,Multigames,Flash Recovery Mode
Support DVD-R/DVD+R & DVD+RW/DVD-RW/DVD9/DVD+R DL without Booktype
Universal EUROPE/USA/JAPAN Wii Console Supported
Stealth & Anti Error 001 Mode & SSBB DL Support
DVD FIRMWARE UPGRADES,No External Programmer Needed
Upgradeable ACTEL IC by JTAG Programmer

Check out the official site for more info…
http://www.wiizardmod.com