Hacking WiiU now requiring update to use online features

[TeamScriptKiddies]

 

[Ryanrocks462]

HACK THE PLANET!!!!

 

[Bonny]

Smart move from Ninty! Was about time.

 

[Ryanrocks462]

Smart move from Ninty! Was about time.

no just no

 

[Psionic Roshambo]

Everyone go buy some Wii-U's before they are all updated... lol

 

[JoostinOnline]

You are two years behind bro. They've done update checks since the Wii U was released.

 

[the_randomizer]

Oh look what we have here, Nintendo being sneaky bastards as usual. Well too bad for them, I gave up on the eShop long ago. Joke's on them, I disabled my WiFi on the Wii U anyway, so ha.

Smart move from Ninty! Was about time.

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight....

 

[Psionic Roshambo]

You are two years behind bro. They've done update checks since the Wii U was released.

I mean buy some systems at the store, those will be on a lower firmware....

Unless Nintendo has figured out a way of updating the firmware on unopened and unpowered systems.

 

[the_randomizer]

Once again, they didn't pull this bullshit off on the Wii, well they did, but people quickly circumvented it. This however, will be quite trick, but until 5.1.1 can be safely updated to, the eShop can just suck lemons.

 

[WulfyStylez]

Once again, they didn't pull this bullshit off on the Wii, well they did, but people quickly circumvented it. This however, will be quite trick, but until 5.1.1 can be safely updated to, the eShop can just suck lemons.

Only tricky till we've got kernel access. After that, probably fairly easy to get around.

 

[Deleted User]

Everything except the e-shop works for me

 

[Huntereb]

Looks like my Wii's gonna collect dust for the next year.

 

[FearItSelf23]

Meh, I updated so I can download mh3u again from the eshop. I'd rather just buy a new wii u for homebrew if it is ever cool enough to warrant than be constantly dealing with the hassle of blocking update servers and being locked out of stuff I purchase.

 

[RandomUser]

I can't remember, but did someone say that the Wii U uses eMMC NAND? If so perhaps, we could dump the NAND using an SD adapter and SD Reader, much like the 3DS? This could potentially allow us to update the Wii U and when HomeBrew comes, we then could downgrade by flashing the dump back to the Wii U.

 

[razielleonhart]

i killed my wifi on my wii u around the time when 5.0 was about to come out i dont buy games all the time on the eshop and the only online game i have is Infinity

 

[Muskusrat]

O well lets hope WiiUKey is real then

 

[Ryanrocks462]

O well lets hope WiiUKey is real then

its wiikeyU not wiiUkey XD

 

[WulfyStylez]

I can't remember, but did someone say that the Wii U uses eMMC NAND? If so perhaps, we could dump the NAND using an SD adapter and SD Reader, much like the 3DS? This could potentially allow us to update the Wii U and when HomeBrew comes, we then could downgrade by flashing the dump back to the Wii U.

No, eMMC is just for stored data like games n stuff. System is stored on a NAND chip. You could probably physically dump it with the right tools, but I don't know of anyone who's tested dumping, updating, and restoring. Someone really needs to.

 

[NWPlayer123]

Dumping what? vWii NAND, Wii U NAND, or Wii U eMMC? Because none of those options are possible right now. Well, dumping is possible for vWii NAND, but not restoring/flashing.

 

[JoostinOnline]

I mean buy some systems at the store, those will be on a lower firmware....

Unless Nintendo has figured out a way of updating the firmware on unopened and unpowered systems.

When the Wii U first came out, you were required to update to use online stuff. I had to update mine for that reason. This isn't a new thing with 5.1.1. Nor with consoles in general. It existed on the Wii as well as other consoles. It's also not bullshit. There is a very good reason behind it. It keeps people from cheating online.

Stop whining. It's the way things have been for a long time.