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[source: marcan @ fail0verflow.com] It’s been almost 7 years since the Wii was released. Back in 2006, not many owned a living room PC. PCs were still relatively bulky, and the Chinese offerings were limited to horrible media players. At the time, the prospect of having a game console double as a HTPC and being able to browse the web, play games for older platforms with emulation, and run homebrew games on a device which you already had in the living room was rather appealing. Fast forward to today. Mobile SoCs have made huge advances - you can get a quad-core chip in a phone these days - and have made the jump to the living room. Spend $25 and you can get a Raspberry Pi, which is about on par with the Wii at 1/10 of the launch price and 1/7th of the power consumption (with HD video). Spend $100 and you can get an Ouya, which beats the Wii U’s CPU and doesn’t have too shabby graphics at one third the cost. These mobile-derived devices aren’t quite a replacement for game consoles yet, but they’re catching up fast. They’re cheap enough that they’re almost disposable. The software ecosystem is much larger and wider than any console has ever had. More importantly, they’re open, and the development tools and environments are way better for open development than any game console ever was.
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Posted on Tuesday, May 07, 2013 @ 02:13:13 GMT (1077 reads)
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[source: wiikey.com] Yes, its real - we have now completely reversed the Wii U drive authentification, disk encryption, file system, and everything else needed for this next generation K3y. Stay tuned for updates!
Note: EurAsia forum topic here.
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Posted on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 @ 07:07:46 GMT (2856 reads)
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modrobert writes: "Marcan have added his annotations to a die photo (mirror here) of the Wii U CPU (codename Espresso) originally shot by chipworks.com. You can see the 'secret' 16K boot ROM marked on the image among other blocks of CPU logic."
Note: EurAsia forum topic here.
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Posted on Sunday, February 17, 2013 @ 16:27:25 GMT (1261 reads)
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modrobert writes: "I just stumbled across this tweet by fail0verflow with a Wii U gamepad showing a photo of Reggie posing below their team logo. This is probably hard to do from Wii mode, so it's relatively safe to assume it was actually done natively on the Wii U. Congratulations to fail0verflow! The Wii U is now a system we can all enjoy together indeed.
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Note: EurAsia forum topic here.
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[source: dhewg @ hackmii.com] Another year, another console, another Hackmii Installer!
Despite all of the anti-reverse-engineering tricks we put into our last installment of the HackMii Installer, Nintendo managed to find the IOS exploit we used to install The Homebrew Channel and fix it sometime within the last two years. There never was a Wii system update for this, the fixed IOS versions can only be found on a Wii U.
They also blocked our old title ID. Consequently, we have a new release with a new version of The Homebrew Channel; this will install on both Wii consoles, and inside the virtual Wii sandbox inside the Wii U. The currently used IOS exploit is courtesy of tueidj.
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Posted on Saturday, December 08, 2012 @ 08:01:39 GMT (1383 reads)
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modrobert writes: "Shortly after the North American release of Wii U there are teardowns of the console done by anandtech.com and ifixit.com. There is also a video of Comex stack smash exploit running unsigned code in Wii compatibility mode on the Wii U."
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modrobert writes: "We are a few days away from the official Wii U launch in North America (November 18th, 2012) and I just want to mention that the Wii U tech forum and the wiki page are ready for the first valiant attempts to hack this console. Usually this means gathering a lot of information about the console in the early stages. For hands-on gaming related experience I recommend joining the wii-u.asia hardcore community over at consolereview.net."
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[source: gbatemp.net via engadget.com] Electronics manufacturer Foxconn has mistakenly placed the private keys and other design related documents for the Nintendo Wii-U on the public portion of their FTP server that they use for hosting drivers and software. The mistake was noticed by an engineer early Wednesday, but not before the documents had been downloaded more than a dozen times. Foxconn is primarily an original design manufacturer, and its clients include major American, European and Japanese electronics and information technology companies. Notable products which the company manufactures include the iPad, iPhone, Kindle, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. The Wii-U is Nintendo's next generation console set to supersede the 2006 Nintendo Wii. Nintendo has been ramping up production for the October release date with over 1 million units having been already produced. This is another blow to Foxconn's tarnished reputation that has been plagued in recent years by reports of employee suicides and specification leaks for the iPad2 while the unit was still in production. Attempts to seek comment from Foxconn's public relations department went unanswered.
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modrobert writes: "Here are the current Wii U specs in a mix from various sources. I guess we will know for sure after E3 2012. Check the forum threads over at wii-u.asia for more info.
Current specs:
* Quad Core, 3 GHz PowerPC-based 45nm CPU, very similar to the Xbox 360 chip. The CPU features two threads per core, 2-4 MB L3 cache, and 256B of L2 cache per core
* 2 GB of RAM, with 560 MB of RAM dedicated to the main OS
* AMD Radeon HD 6770 chipset
* 25 GB Blu-ray based disc
* 8 GB internal flash memory
* Custom, Nintendo-made Wii U operating system that runs on a separate, ARM-based processor."
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Posted on Tuesday, May 29, 2012 @ 02:47:15 GMT (1042 reads)
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modrobert writes: "After getting kicked out of Google+ due to their names policy, I decided to move the wii-u.asia hardcore community closer to home. The domain is now pointing to the consolereview.net forums and you are welcome to join the fun. I'm not sure what that means, but being located in the general category below the landfill forum feels exciting indeed, anything goes. The stage is set, best moderators on the planet are in charge, oldschool Dextrose folks as follows; Schweino, TenOfTen, Weirdzo, chalmo, bagu, lameboyadvance, pOOBAH and casio....what could go wrong?
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[source: wiiudaily.com] Nintendo has set a Wii U launch date, according to a email WiiUDaily has obtained from a Japanese retailer. The Wii U launch date is pegged to Sunday, November 18, 2012 for North America, and one week later for Japan. The Wii originally launched on November 19, 2006, which also happened to be a Sunday. There was no word on the European Wii U launch date.
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Posted on Thursday, April 05, 2012 @ 03:34:30 GMT (910 reads)
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modrobert writes: "There's a new hardcore community site at http://wii-u.asia for those interested in the latest regarding the upcoming Wii U console. The site is powered by Google+ (and read access is possible even if you don't have a G+ account yet). Fast paced news reporting with depth and hacking coverage to come. Join me and lots of others in this promising experiment."
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Posted on Thursday, July 07, 2011 @ 11:56:09 GMT (1186 reads)
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[source: Vlad Savov @ engadget.com] Coming in 2012, Nintendo's next home console will deliver "deeper game experiences" that aim to offer "something for everyone." And it'll be called the Wii-U! A variety of new controls will be made available by that crazy new controller with a 6.2-inch touchscreen embedded in it. Most importantly, you'll no longer be tied to a TV to enjoy your home consoling action -- the Wii U controller can handle your gaming session when the television is needed for other purposes, while a built-in front-facing cam will let you video chat from anywhere too. Notably, you won't have to use the 6.2-inch behemoth if you don't want too -- the Wii U will be compatible with all current-gen accessories and software. Yes, your expansive Wii collection will play on the U version of the console as well. We've also seen some decidedly high-def visuals from Nintendo showing off the Wii U's graphical prowess.
Note: EurAsia forum topic here.
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Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2011 @ 03:28:29 GMT (1520 reads)
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