Hacking I have the latest wii u sdk! Any questions or things I should try?

[OctopusRift]

Screencapping Nintendo's dev tools is breaking the NDA. Looks like you were smart enough to use a different username on the official dev site though.

Edit: So is disclosing the price of the development hardware.

Yeah... the tools also have individual hashes for each person so... IDK if I wanna get sued... nah.

 

[Mathew_Wi]

Yeah... the tools also have individual hashes for each person so... IDK if I wanna get sued... nah.

I don't think they have unique hashes. You're free to prove me wrong however.

 

[OctopusRift]

I don't think they have unique hashes. You're free to prove me wrong however.

Even my pdf for documentation has a special hash different to my friends.

 

[WiiCube_2013]

$4k for the Wii U Dev Kit? That seems overpriced for a console that has such a short amount of games worth to play and support. :-S

 

[Vappy]

$4k for the Wii U Dev Kit? That seems overpriced for a console that has such a short amount of games worth to play and support. :-S

Dev kits are always in that price range. Typically you're paying for more than the hardware, you're also paying for the accompanying software and support. I guess NIntendo are making the software more accessible to attract more independent developers.
EDIT: And is that the standard SDK you're showing? The application page linked only gives Unity and Web Framework as options, and specifically mentions applying via Wario World for the standard one.

 

[OctopusRift]

$4k for the Wii U Dev Kit? That seems overpriced for a console that has such a short amount of games worth to play and support. :-S

 

[FusionGamer]

Dev kits are always in that price range

That's about to change with each Xbox One becoming dev kits.

 

[Bug_Checker_]

I do not understand the point of this thread.
I guess congratulations are in order for being behind official devs by about 4 or more months and the rest of the public by about 3 months.
"Wii U Cafe SDK v2.12.13"

And as far as price of dev kits, Nintendo doesn't want price public so they can steeply "discount" without having to rebate to everyone.

 

[Bladexdsl]

$4.5k for new with all components.

i don't believe you post the receipt

 

[loco365]

i don't believe you post the receipt

I think some prices were leaked a while back online, and they probably haven't changed. I think it was 3dsguy that posted the panda 3DS unit prices, and I'd have to look around but I think the Wii U devkit prices do exist somewhere online.

 

[Bladexdsl]

hahahahaha don't you get it?

 

[loco365]

hahahahaha don't you get it?

nope

 

[Bladexdsl]

ask kongnutz

 

[loco365]

ask kongnutz

Oh. Right.

 

[Ericzander]

$4k for the Wii U Dev Kit? That seems overpriced for a console that has such a short amount of games worth to play and support. :-S

That's exactly what I was thinking. Holy crap, no wonder they have bad third party support. I hope that OP actually IS a dev and didn't just want to grab the sdk.

At any rate... Someone really should ask him what to do with it.

 

[Monado_III]

That's exactly what I was thinking. Holy crap, no wonder they have bad third party support. I hope that OP actually IS a dev and didn't just want to grab the sdk.

At any rate... Someone really should ask him what to do with it.

I do't think 4k is stopping any REAL third party support. 4k is petty change to a multi-million dollar company when it means they can sell stuff to several million more people. And if @Vappy is to be believed, almost all dev units are around that much.

 

[uyjulian]

Port an existing Wii homebrew to the devkit?

 

[Monado_III]

Not sure if this is known yet, but what are the Wii U installable files? (like the 3ds has cia files)

 

[Vappy]

And if @Vappy is to be believed, almost all dev units are around that much.

I can't find any reliable sources off-hand, but I know that, at launch, the PS3 DECR-1000 cost $10,000+, the PS2 TOOL may have been more, and the PSP one was at least $5,000.

 

[loco365]

Not sure if this is known yet, but what are the Wii U installable files? (like the 3ds has cia files)

Did some Google-fu and found this blog post, it might answer your questions.