Hacking PSA: The upcoming kernel exploit works on ALL firmware versions!

[Jackall4BDN]

yeah same here. i already own all the wii u games i want and will pick up the last few as they release. i just want native homebrew so we can have better emulators.

Well, whatever Emulators you still want, those that run in vWii cover pretty much every system except for maybe the DS and maybe PSP which would be doable on WiiU, anyways. PS2 wouldn't run, PSX, Gamecube, N64, SNES,NES, GBA,GB and pretty much every SEGASystem except Dreamcast run like a charm under vWii and not a single of those Systems look much better in 1080p then they do in 460p under vWii. So except for being lazy and clicking on that WiiU-Homemenu instead of the Homebrew-Channel and getting a lot of work for homebrew-devs i don't see an advantage xD (no offense, feel free to change my mind )

Not saying that i am not excited about homebrew for WiiU or that i would hate Emus for it, just don't see the point, just to make that clear once more.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

Well, whatever Emulators you still want, those that run in vWii cover pretty much every system except for maybe the DS and maybe PSP which would be doable on WiiU, anyways. PS2 wouldn't run, PSX, Gamecube, N64, SNES,NES, GBA,GB and pretty much every SEGASystem except Dreamcast run like a charm under vWii and not a single of those Systems look much better in 1080p then they do in 460p under vWii. So except for being lazy and clicking on that WiiU-Homemenu instead of the Homebrew-Channel and getting a lot of work for homebrew-devs i don't see an advantage xD (no offense, feel free to change my mind )

Not saying that i am not excited about homebrew for WiiU or that i would hate Emus for it, just don't see the point, just to make that clear once more.

N64 and PSX would both benefit highly from the extra power the Wii U would give

 

[cookie15]

Well, whatever Emulators you still want, those that run in vWii cover pretty much every system except for maybe the DS and maybe PSP which would be doable on WiiU, anyways. PS2 wouldn't run, PSX, Gamecube, N64, SNES,NES, GBA,GB and pretty much every SEGASystem except Dreamcast run like a charm under vWii and not a single of those Systems look much better in 1080p then they do in 460p under vWii. So except for being lazy and clicking on that WiiU-Homemenu instead of the Homebrew-Channel and getting a lot of work for homebrew-devs i don't see an advantage xD (no offense, feel free to change my mind )

Not saying that i am not excited about homebrew for WiiU or that i would hate Emus for it, just don't see the point, just to make that clear once more.

Main feature I want is homebrew apps/emulator with full Wii U gamepad support.

 

[Jackall4BDN]

Main feature I want is homebrew apps/emulator with full Wii U gamepad support.

totally forgot about the gamepad, that actually WOULD be nice

 

[djisgod]

Well, whatever Emulators you still want, those that run in vWii cover pretty much every system except for maybe the DS and maybe PSP which would be doable on WiiU, anyways. PS2 wouldn't run, PSX, Gamecube, N64, SNES,NES, GBA,GB and pretty much every SEGASystem except Dreamcast run like a charm under vWii and not a single of those Systems look much better in 1080p then they do in 460p under vWii. So except for being lazy and clicking on that WiiU-Homemenu instead of the Homebrew-Channel and getting a lot of work for homebrew-devs i don't see an advantage xD (no offense, feel free to change my mind )

Not saying that i am not excited about homebrew for WiiU or that i would hate Emus for it, just don't see the point, just to make that clear once more.

yeah but they are all at 480p and suffer from the memory limitation of the vwii. i want a fully working neo geo/cps1-2-3 emulator that i do not have to restart after each game due to it running out of memory.also the ability to use shaders will mean that 1080p emulators would be a huge improvement over the old ones. also i want a working dreamcast emulator for all that shenmue/ powerstone/ grandia goodness.

 

[Jackall4BDN]

yeah but they are all at 480p and suffer from the memory limitation of the vwii. i want a fully working neo geo/cps1-2-3 emulator that i do not have to restart after each game due to it running out of memory.also the ability to use shaders will mean that 1080p emulators would be a huge improvement over the old ones. also i want a working dreamcast emulator for all that shenmue/ powerstone/ grandia goodness.

I really loved Powerstone, such an Awesome BeatEmUp, the only one besides Smash Bros (which technically isn't really a BEU and more a genre in it's own) that i ever enjoyed, i would play the fword out of it with an emulator on my gamepad xD

 

[Deleted User]

N64 and PSX would both benefit highly from the extra power the Wii U would give

An N64 emuator that supports high res textures would be amazing. Given how unpopular the WiiU is I don't see it happening though.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

An N64 emuator that supports high res textures would be amazing. Given how unpopular the WiiU is I don't see it happening though.

Why not?? Homebrew isn't determined by console popularity, just a developers wish to get something done

 

[Jackall4BDN]

Why not?? Homebrew isn't determined by console popularity, just a developers wish to get something done

Well, seeing how many people actually tackled the WiiU and the resulting speed of actually FINDING anything (yes, i know it is also way harder to fin vulns, but that is not the major-factor, here)
compared to previous-gen-consoles i can see his point... The dedication in devs is one thing, but every dev who CARES for his or her homebrew won't start new projects too soon, and the number of actual devs for WiiU-Stuff is very limited. I am well aware that that may be due to the fact that nothing big has been released, yet, but you can't predict how much that would change, anyways.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

Well, seeing how many people actually tackled the WiiU and the resulting speed of actually FINDING anything (yes, i know it is also way harder to fin vulns, but that is not the major-factor, here)
compared to previous-gen-consoles i can see his point... The dedication in devs is one thing, but every dev who CARES for his or her homebrew won't start new projects too soon, and the number of actual devs for WiiU-Stuff is very limited. I am well aware that that may be due to the fact that nothing big has been released, yet, but you can't predict how much that would change, anyways.

Yeah, I hear you. I'm kind of hoping it will be like the 3DS scene:

Nothing... Nothing... Nothing... Nothing... Nothing... OMG NINJHAX WOW HOMEBREWS HERE SUDDENLY CIAS WOOOOOAH EMUNAND?!

I know you can achieve a lot more with just kernel access on 3DS, but yeah, here's hoping the Wii U scene will someday be like that

 

[Chris_Highwind]

Well, whatever Emulators you still want, those that run in vWii cover pretty much every system except for maybe the DS and maybe PSP which would be doable on WiiU, anyways. PS2 wouldn't run, PSX, Gamecube, N64, SNES,NES, GBA,GB and pretty much every SEGASystem except Dreamcast run like a charm under vWii and not a single of those Systems look much better in 1080p then they do in 460p under vWii. So except for being lazy and clicking on that WiiU-Homemenu instead of the Homebrew-Channel and getting a lot of work for homebrew-devs i don't see an advantage xD (no offense, feel free to change my mind )

Not saying that i am not excited about homebrew for WiiU or that i would hate Emus for it, just don't see the point, just to make that clear once more.

Wait, what? I wasn't aware that there was a fully working Saturn emulator, or a fully working PSX emulator for Wii/vWii. The only emulators I saw of those looked to be abandoned at an early stage in their development.

 

[Jackall4BDN]

Wait, what? I wasn't aware that there was a fully working Saturn emulator, or a fully working PSX emulator for Wii/vWii. The only emulators I saw of those looked to be abandoned at an early stage in their development.

Not particularly sure since i scrapped emulation on Wii and used my raspberry for it, so i watched the scene 2 years ago tops, but i thought i played Sonic 3D Blast before on my Wii, quite working aswell... i could be mistaken, tho

 

[ahbba]

What exactly does kernel exploit do? Will it allow wii u iso files to be used?

 

[NWPlayer123]

What exactly does kernel exploit do? Will it allow wii u iso files to be used?

No, but it allows us to do stuff like dump game files and load new ones.

 

[NeoSlyde]

Can i play game backups ?

 

[the_randomizer]

Can i play game backups ?

See above post, ISO loaders will not be around for some time.

 

[Osha]

The only thing I want is being able to play emulated games on the gamepad without having to use either a Wiimote or something else. Anything else is just a bonus after that.

 

[Ailuros27]

So, is it safe to update the system to whatever FW version came out today? Cause I want to use the upcoming exploits, but I'd like to get those Xenoblade X loading speed downloads when it releases, because I have no room for it digitally.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

So, is it safe to update the system to whatever FW version came out today? Cause I want to use the upcoming exploits, but I'd like to get those Xenoblade X loading speed downloads when it releases, because I have no room for it digitally.

There hasn't been a system update since December 5th. The most recent game updates were MK8 and Sm4sh, though, so maybe that's what you're thinking about. And yes, it's still perfectly safe to update

 

[GreenZeldaCap]

Wow, a browser exploit must have been quite a feat. Wonder how long it took to find.