Nintendo Flicks Homebrew Kill Switch In Wii Menu 4.3

[x3sphere]

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Nintendo silently rolled out a Wii Menu update last night, once again taking a stab at crippling homebrew. Now at version 4.3, the latest system software revision scans for and deletes any files it deems as "unauthorized." Homebrew, of course, falls under that umbrella.<!--more-->

Unspecified "behind the scenes enhancements" that allegedly improve system performance are also promised, reiterating what numerous updates over the past year have touted[...]

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[january39]

Do they ever learn....

 

[Cheezeball99]

Well, time to crack the authentication code and add it into homebrew then I guess, huh? With Nintendo's firmware being as seemingly open as it is, faking authentication SHOULD be fairly easy compared to any similar tasks.

 

[funkyellowmonkey]

<p>'There is far more to brew than piracy, though it'd be hard to deny that that is made possible through similar apps.</p>
<p>I do it for the multi-region capabilities,online quake gx,doom ports,media playback for avi,divx,480p us import playback for cube games,etc...</p>
<p>I can also install my original games to a hdd. therefore improving game performance no end.</p>
<p>My nintendo wii works better than most round here.</p>
<p>win,win!' </p>