The same savegame exploits that worked on System Menu 4.3 also work here, although this is not necessary, as a vWii-only exploit known as Wuphax exists. Additionally, str2hax does not work, because of the removal of the system settings menu.
With an updated System Menu, LetterBomb does not work on the vWii. This menu reports version 4.3 for all 3 versions of the vWii System Menu.
This leads to the screen to confirm performing an update, where the update can be declined, returning to Wii Settings. Wii Settings can still be accessed by installing Forecast Channel dummy or News Channel dummy and clicking the "Update" button on the channel launching screen. These differ from System Menu 4.3 in the fact that they are ancast images, they fixed Letterbomb, and access to Wii Settings was removed (Wii Options now goes directly to Data Management). The vWii has 3 different System Menu versions per region, namely 1.0.0, 4.0.0, and 5.2.0. However, there are a couple of bugs, such as dumping the Wii U's boot0 and the HRESET hack, but none are very reliable for gaining code execution in Wii U Mode. Nintendo solved this in the Wii U Menu channel by making it simply restart the console. This is due to the fact that there is a clear-only register that determines whether the vWii sandbox should be enabled. While homebrew can easily be run in the vWii, there are not many ways to exploit Wii U Mode from the vWii. Many different homebrew applications will not work on vWii, or will result in a brick if used. Additionally, BootMii and Priiloader are not supported, although there are tools to recover from a vWii brick that can be used from Wii U Mode.
The Title ID has been changed, so you can install it without clobbering your official Homebrew Channel (though telling them apart in the menu might be tricky!).The vWii (virtual Wii) is the part of the Wii U's system for Wii mode. This is the code that the millions of users of The Homebrew Channel are running on their consoles.Īs a bonus, this code includes the fix for vWii aspect ratio on Wii U. Wii U users: I will look into creating a Wii U menu channel forwarder which will also enhance a shortcut method directly to OpenBOR on vWii but for the meantime you can start up your WiiU with 'B' button held down (vWii shortcut mode) and immediately access the channel I have provided here. We’ve kept it maintained over the various releases, and we’ve done some very minor cleanup to this release to bring it up to date with the latest version of the toolchain and remove “security” bits no longer relevant to an open source release, but other than that, what you see is what you get. Keep in mind that, since this was never developed in public, you’ll probably find embarrassing things in the source code. Bushing, in particular, always championed for this. However, the plan was always to eventually open source it. And, to be fair, the code is definitely not as pretty as what you get when running it.
But we didn’t want it to become an instant base for quick hacks and mods and endless cheap variations, and we also didn’t think proliferation of installable “channels” on the Wii is a good idea: we still think it makes much more sense to have one entry point into the homebrew ecosystem, and then launch everything else from there (among other things, because it’s easy to brick a Wii by installing things into NAND).
We hoped it would inspire other software to aspire to a similar level of quality. When we built HBC, we always wanted it to serve as a reference for what homebrew software should look like: good design, professional-looking, user friendly, stable, safe, and supporting features such as network connectivity. We thought we’d dust off the blog with a little birthday present: the source code for The Homebrew Channel. Last weekend was the 10-year anniversary of the Nintendo Wii.