'Twilight Hack' teases homebrew

by JC Fletcher { Feb 11th 2008 at 1:30PM }

"Team Twiizers" have just released a hacked save file for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess that allows unsigned code to run. It requires nothing more than an SD card and a copy of Twilight Princess -- no hardware modding needed. Check out the video above, which features not only a demonstration of the hack at work, but also some neat chiptunes from Thomas Detert.

This is just a proof of concept at the moment, but at the end of the video, the group promises an ELF loader, which would allow the Wii to run Linux. This isn't the first time someone has hacked the Wii, but it is the first time the tools have been made available. We look forward to the inevitable rush of neat Wii homebrew applications, if this hack is actually developed to a useful stage.

[Via NeoGAF]

Tags: hack, homebrew, linux, twilight-princess, wiibrew

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

xeleion @ Feb 11th 2008 1:40PM

Oooh snap.

Bardeg @ Feb 11th 2008 1:53PM

Finally!
I hope the Wii will soon be able to run Linux, so I can try to make some fun programs for it myself.
Until now the only reason someone would mod their Wii is piracy, but I couldn't care less about that.

Smoke @ Feb 11th 2008 2:15PM

It works on my Wii, pretty neat. Too bad it disables the Wiimote's functionality as soon as the game starts(PAL version of the Wii and TP)

Sonic_13 @ Feb 11th 2008 4:11PM

Interesting...Are there any lasting effects to crashing your Wii?

I don't know anything about hacking, so I may be wrong, but it seems like the kind of thing Nintendo could easily release a patch for...
Future copies of the game may also be fixed to prevent that glitch (assuming new copies are still being made).

Adv2k1 @ Feb 11th 2008 5:07PM

just watch this actually be a virus...

ChrisP @ Feb 11th 2008 7:14PM

I knew link was a linux fan!

genocidalrobot @ Feb 11th 2008 8:05PM

the wii screen has no clock displayed, so it has an older, not-updated firmware, correct?

Cloudizme @ Feb 12th 2008 2:51AM

Watch closely right before he clicks the tools icon. The time is clearly displayed, but only for a few frames.

Nice catch though! ;)

Smoke @ Feb 12th 2008 6:07AM

The hack's compatibility relies solely on the game version, not the Wii's firmware. Mine's updated to the latest firmware and as said before it works. The Wii and TP are PAL launch versions though.

However, this could be blocked through a firmware update that checks for corrupted/specific save files for TP(or other games)