Hacking Why do you hack your Wii?

[OtakuGamerZ]

We're not talking about Computers for starters.

well I have only 2 pc games and neither are pirated, but if this was about movies and tv shows I pirate a lot. [/pc talk]

back to wii

 

[WiiThoko]

(4) x6 Loading
times.

But retail games already run at 6X speed

. USB Loader is like 8X-12X I think.

 

[illinialex24]

I find it sad more than 50% are in the true pirate category (I don't include demoers as pirates because if not, they would borrow the game from a friend, its just a quicker way of demoing) on this site. Guess its to be expected...

 

[Popcorn Fairy]

I hacked mines mostly to play pirated gamecube stuff.

 

[Tolin42]

Pretty much solely for import titles that'll never come stateside through a publisher. I did the japanese Metroid Prime, loved how it played, bought the trilogy when it came out. Not really big into trying before buying generally... I let my research or interest in a title and genre drive my buying habits. Doesn't always pay off, obviously. Baroque seemed interesting, but it really wasn't. Same for a few others.

More recently, if I DO grab something it's mostly due to a lack of monetary means... but I really try to restrict that and only have it around for long enough to try out. The sole exception are the import titles, which I DO try to make the effort to pick up at from an import place. Don't really think less of anyone who pirates, nor am I in the position to demean or denounce a pirate when I myself have been guilty of it - I may not totally agree with the practice, but it hasn't stopped me from engaging in it in the past.

 

[piratesmack]

The only thing I use my Wii for anymore is playing old genesis/snes games with Genplus and Snes9x GX

 

[Thomas83Lin]

The only thing I use my Wii for anymore is playing old genesis/snes games with Genplus and Snes9x GX

I'm with you man, thats what got me started and interested to the Wii homebrew in the first place, SNES/Sega/Nes mame also, just noticed there has been some updates to that, may have to re-check it out

 

[Sir-Fritz]

hacked mine for homebrew, making backups of my gamecube games and the occasional download of a game when i have no money. Withouth homebrew i wouldnt have used my wii for like a year.

 

[razorback78]

...for playing backups, old school games, and making it a multimedia device...if not for homebrew, like the others, i won't be using it that much and eventually sell it to a second hand shop buyer.

 

[Yyhhggtt]

...?
Apps, and brick protection...

 

[dark42]

I hacked my Wii because I like to hack things and have more control over them. Most of my gadgets are modded in some way.
I'm too poor to buy games (college student), but I did buy Metroid Prime Trilogy just because that game is so awesome. Even if I did have lots of extra money I don't think I'd buy too many because IMHO most games are not worth anywhere near $50-$60.
I do like to buy games on Steam occasionally (mostly Valve's stuff), especially during weekend sales. Cheap, high-quality games with lots of replay value!

 

[Bladexdsl]

as usual mostly the trolls have taken over this thread

 

[TRushInfo]

When will people learn that you cant post opinion threads at gbatemp because everyones opinion is wrong here

 

[Thomas83Lin]

Well i gave my honest opinion, not really worried what others think

 

[FoGBaV]

Now - after many people descided to have the WII hacked to be a good pirate ... there is one step left in the evolution.

most of us are trying to collect nearly all games available for the region we are in ...

Now that USB-Loader can fetch the games on a FAT32 partition - why is nobody implementing the final stage in USB-Loader ... a Bittorent-Client downloading all the ISOs or WBFS Files not been seen on own HDD.

I mean - we automaticly are downloading Covers - New USB-Loader Versions - and we know the 6 Digit file names of every game ... and we know the MD5 of the game.

Wouldn't it be the final stage to download and upload the content of everybodys hdd files to the net with some kind of p2p-Client when wii is in idle mode ?

Just let the WII be powered on with the right USB-Loader and isos are getting uploaded and downloaded over night ... woah ...8)

This is what i would call Online Community Mode for WII ...8)

Concering about security ? Just use a "secure" Client e.g. TOR or I2P or OneSwarm or Wuala or ... or ... or ...

Just my 2 cents for the next "pirate evolution thing" ... i think it will soon be happen

 

[supagusti]

Just take a look on the old xbox - the unmodded ones are dumped for many years.
My modded one is in use every day - with xbmc I can watch every movie/tv-show (1080i upscaling) i have and almost every clips from the internet (via plug-ins).
It's has a very high WAF* level, 'cause it's easy to use and fully controlable via the tv-remote.

This is the direction where modding on the Wii should go. Play anything via every media as easy as possible.

(*) W.A.F = wife acceptance factor

 

[SkankyYankee]

some people see people hacking wiis and say why i dream things that never were and say why not

 

[jsjar]

i picked the last option almost every electrical item i have ever owned has been either dismantled beyond repair or modified
the first console i modified was the old xbox that was purely for piracy but as i got older i lost interest in the games
i'v killed several phones 3 360 not that they needed much help hacked my pc to run osx and now the wii im getting board of it now so im waiting for my next project to come along maybe a car next time

 

[noobwarrior7]

I hardware-hacked my wii, with some reverse mechanical engineering, to launch discs, upon pressing eject, with the proper environmental variables to have a reasonable projectile-launcher capable of just breaking skin. I did this because it was hilarious to watch it hit my unsuspecting friends in the stomach and chest area, until they kept spilling their beer.