Did you just copy a Virtual Console game?
by David Hinkle 
{ Apr 7th 2008 at 3:00PM }
One person has apparently created a hack for the Wii, allowing for the transport of the Virtual Console games from one system to another. As you can see in the video above, the process does not look all too difficult, however there is room for discrepancy. The video was uploaded to YouTube by user dannyml, and merely says "Hacked The Virtual Console." And there is a noticeable lack of seeing the copied game run for us to be comfortable labeling this as believed.
So excuse us while we go hang on a fence.
[Thanks, craig!]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Joe H @ Apr 7th 2008 3:15PM
Apparently the person who the hack came from has a pretty good reputation so I'd consider this believable.
Hunting_phoenix @ Apr 7th 2008 3:21PM
And cue Nintendo to crackdown on the homebrew scene...now.
Joe H @ Apr 7th 2008 3:36PM
It again uses the same method that Trucha signer uses, which is the same method Datel's Freeloader uses, which is patched in the IOS37 system update, which is already loaded onto an updated Wii anyway. The Wii doesn't boot up this menu yet (it maintains old versions in the firmware for backwards compatibility with old games, I guess), so as soon as a game and the system menu are updated to use it, it'll already be useless.
Basically, it seems preparations are underway to make this hack useless, but for now it still works.
Joe H @ Apr 7th 2008 3:39PM
I should say, it is believed to, because the person who did this won't be releasing details of how it was done.
Sonic_13 @ Apr 7th 2008 3:54PM
All that video showed was the person doing a system update and when the Wii reset a Virtual Console game was suddenly on their Menu...
They could very easily have edited the video to make it seem like an update causes a VC game to appear out of thin air. A little explanation as to how that is remotely possible would be nice.
Mr Khan @ Apr 7th 2008 3:59PM
A neat effort, if it wasn't faked, it could open the door for freeware VC games
However, it will most likely only encourage Nintendo to crack down stronger
worm @ Apr 7th 2008 5:07PM
Too easily faked + no explanation = not believing this for now
blackdogassault @ Apr 7th 2008 5:58PM
Hm? NTSC-U consoles can be in spanish or any console can be in any language?
It'd be nice to change the menus from my NTSC-J to english.. ~_~' Altho' I can somehow read japanese, it's annoying...
TheOverlord#2(Toon Link FTW)(1461-5875-9923) @ Apr 7th 2008 6:17PM
Why are all cool hack videos done on Spanish Wiis?
If this were real, it would be awesome if they shipped discs for half price of the VC Game...Or if you could get 2-3 VC games on one disc.
nintendo1889 @ Apr 7th 2008 9:35PM
Heck I liked switching languages in Smash Bros Brawl, due to that fact that I can somehow read Japanese, too. But seriously, how can one copy a VC game, let alone get the wii to detect it? It's a hoax. Let's see some proof. Next thing you know is someone gets a FF3/Chrono Trigger ROM working on the VC.
Sonicandtails @ Apr 7th 2008 11:10PM
Except it's not a hoax. It's really simple, considering we already have a homebrew Wii channel and SNES emulator channel. And the way he did it was easily explained too. Patched an IOS update to install a virtual console game on to the system. This really is not hard people, stop calling it a hoax. If this particular video is a hoax, the way he showed doing it and the way I just explained is really a way that we ("The Scene") know can be done, we just haven't tried it yet (Too busy with our awesome new homebrew channel).
Sean @ Apr 7th 2008 11:40PM
So is there a way that I could recreate this based on the knowledge you just provided? (like a step by step because i'm an idiot >_
eNrique @ Apr 10th 2008 3:51PM
obviusly spanish speaking are the best hackers
dark alex anyone?
crazypenguin @ May 4th 2008 4:05PM
nintendo hasn't had such bad problems with homebrew before...unlike sony who had horrible problems, now fixed thanked to ps3...i think nintendo needs to pick up the pace.