Infamous hackers WiiKey have announced that they’ve managed to fully hack the Wii U, including drive authentication, disk encryption, and the file system. This kind of hack is extremely detrimental to both Nintendo and the game industry at large, since it is designed to allow pirates to bypass the protection Nintendo has in place in order to play unofficial copies of games found on pirate sites. No homebrew channel and no region unlocking will result from the hack, so if this statement is true, it’s likely Nintendo will be addressing it soon.

Taken from the WiiKey website:

Yes, its real – we have now completely reversed the WiiU drive authentication, disk encryption, file system, and everything else needed for this next generation K3y. Stay tuned for updates!

The WiiKey team were responsible for the first Wii hack released in 2007, so if this rumor turns out to be true, we could see even less third party support for the Wii U unless Nintendo takes action against the hackers quickly.

P.S Read No region unlocking because if they messed with the region my guess would be that it would be detectable 

it had issues posting it tried to post once then failed then had to post again didnt notice it duped sorry 

It looks like Nintendo is preparing to do a bit of cleaning with the original Wii, as CVG is reporting that several Wii channels that grace the console now will be shut down come June. Those channels include:

• Nintendo Channel
• News Channel
• Forecast Channel
• Everybody Votes Channel
• Mii Contest Channel
• Data exchange with Wii Friends

It’s inevitable that as a new console replaces the old, services will be taken offline. We saw it happen with the old Xbox and now it’s happening with Nintendo’s Wii as well. The statement Nintendo gave about the shutdowns was rather apologetic, but inevitable:

“We at Nintendo sincerely thank you for your continued patronage of our company’s products. We apologise to those of you currently using these services.”

Do any of these channel shutdowns affect you??

It looks like Nintendo is preparing to do a bit of cleaning with the original Wii, as CVG is reporting that several Wii channels that grace the console now will be shut down come June. Those channels include:

• Nintendo Channel
• News Channel
• Forecast Channel
• Everybody Votes Channel
• Mii Contest Channel
• Data exchange with Wii Friends

It’s inevitable that as a new console replaces the old, services will be taken offline. We saw it happen with the old Xbox and now it’s happening with Nintendo’s Wii as well. The statement Nintendo gave about the shutdowns was rather apologetic, but inevitable:

“We at Nintendo sincerely thank you for your continued patronage of our company’s products. We apologise to those of you currently using these services.”

Do any of these channel shutdowns affect you??

Your dorm most likely has the internet protocols for the wii u blacklisted or the ports black listed 

here is why keep the console connected to the internet and run nintendo land for about 2 hours then quit nintendo land by then the download should have downloaded and will ask you to install it this happened to me 

drive not compatible

you can suit your speaking toung quite well on the wii u but remember its region locked 

can i mention something here.

1. you need a hd tv the supports 480p as well as 720p without this you are in trouble.

remember not all tv's that come with hdmi ports are hd there where hundreds of tv's that said they where hdtv's and they where not 

Actually on most hdtv's you need to set the setting of zoom to fill the screen the 16:9 only works good on 32 inch hd tv screens you have to zoom on all the others 

Because the wii u formats devices and cards and hard drives as a custom format that only the wii u portion of the machine can read that the wii portion of the machine cannot read.

Also i wouldn't recommend sd cards for the wii u the way the wii u constantly writes and reads to any storage device if you use flash memory in 30 days you will have a bad sd card or worse a non functional one because of data corruption use a hard drive  

Actually i can explain this if you would have listen to his comment:

"its a router and cable box from the cable company"

See Cable companies use not the latest wireless tech but older tech because its cheaper see the wii u doesn't support wireless g which most routers from cable companies are they use wireless g and the other thing you must keep in mind it that wireless g routers the really nasty cheap ones only support 2 devices registered with the device so this is why your iPod your wii u dont connect to the internet while the 360 and ps3 do because they support wireless g.

I recommend updating your wireless router to net gear dlink linksys any of those will work 

thats odd because the 32 gig one i have never would let me use my own sensor bar i had to use the new wii u one and as for the wii mode not working i can give you a fix although you wont like it.

Sorry to say send it to nintendo.

And check your internet connection if you have dsl it can and will &^%$ up your wii u badly i had to upgrade because the dsl wasn't fast enough and the console i started with a basic 8 gig ended up dead from a faulty firmware so its hit and miss 

That sucks see this is why i don't repair just rebuy because you have a issue let me explain...

1. your save data cannot be transferred sorry its now console locked 

2. your eshop purchases gone as well sorry non transferable now 

3. i would call nintendo and tell them you sent me the wrong console back on top of that you destroyed my save data on top of that i cannot get my shop stuff back fix it or replace it with a new console with all my data back on it or face better business charges for illegal service practices that will get there attention and in the u.k there are consumer rights even that nintendo has to abid from because the goverment says so.

Actually there is your problem the sensor bars are not interchangable you need the wii u sensor bar that came with the wii u sorry the wii sensor bar is differrent voltage and can cause freezing issues with the wii u please try with the wii u sensor bar first 

Actually you can reset the pin number there should be a forgot pin option on the parental controls in the system setup option from the wii u main menu look for the wrench and click it then select parental controls then after that it should say on the game pad forgot pin forgot security question answer it will then ask you to dial a 1-800 number to get it reset give the number that appears on screen to the nintendo service rep to get it reset it will ask you how old you are and why you needed it reset just tell them you purchased the console used and needed to disable the parental controls in order to play games because the previous owner locked out all games it will then reset the console then do a system format but a warning here...

And listen...

IF YOUR CHILD IS UNDER THE AGE OF 12 HE OR SHE CANNOT ACCESS MIIVERSE SECTIONS CONTAINING MATURE CONTENT SO IF YOUR KID IS ABOUT TO PLAY CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS 2 OR ASSASSINS CREED 3 THE AGE ON THE NINTENDO ACCOUNT WHICH IS FREE MUST BE SET TO A DIFFERENT AGE I RECOMMEND MAKING HIM 16 OR OLDER BECAUSE THIS RESTRICTION IS UNFAIR TO GAMERS AND LIMITS SEVERAL GAMES FEATURES.

Also make sure you get a external hard drive i recommend a 2 tb external wd my book essential it works great with the wii u black ops alone take 4 gig's of storage away from the console just in updating and first game save file creation 

the vita is toilet paper huh!!!

Awesome statement 

It best discribes my feelings about the device.

my hell was this.

my vita memory card corrupted and sony has there warrenty for the card but there warranty doesn't cover corruption or loss of data great!!!

So i now have 4 ds handhelds still looking for a original ds though i  have.

Red and black 3DS XL

Limited Edition Zelda 3DS w/Nyko extended battery.

DS LITE Red and black

Limited Edition Zelda phantom hourglass Ds Lite got it for $20.00 from gamestop the guy who brought it in would only get $10.00 for it so i gave him $20.00 with the original ac adapter there kid did ding the plastic by the hing but there is a hollow spot there in case you drop it so no big deal 

the vita can go suck a egg in my aspect the device has major issues the battery sucks no one can fix that not even nyko because nyko has stated the vita firmware reads the battery so they cannot even produce a battery the fact also is the device is online rigged where features work only if you have 3g so no thank you

MY DS Collection works great for me.

Love this game the online is great the costumes are awesome nice graphics i recommend this game its very well done 

Anyone else find this stupid zen pinball gets released in europe and japan but delayed in the u.s now its been 3 months and they decided to launch bit trip garbage instead wow not impressed.

it also depends on who is using what signal in your house xbox 360's interfer with the signal the ps3 doesnt certain routers do it's hit and miss 

Seems like fans took to Capcom’s community forums to express their discontent with the fact Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate would not support “off-TV play” on the Wii U Gamepad or “cross-region play” between territories when playing online. As a result, Capcom has agreed to implement both features via an update that will release sometime in April, a month after the game’s release in both North America (March 19) and Europe (March 22). A Capcom employee had this to say:

“We’re working on a software update to add Cross-Region online and Off-TV play for the Wii U version of Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate! (thanks to community feedback!)

Said update will come post-launch (sometime in April) and it will merge both North American and European servers into one big network for all western hunters out there. This is happening solely because you communicated your thoughts very loud and clear – and it made sense  ”

Also to be noted, there will be free DLC quests made available at launch and nearly every week thereafter for some time. Capcom seems to be delivering the goods on this one and these changes are welcomed. Talk about listening to your fans and implementing what they want ASAP?! Do these features help you decide whether or not to purchase the game? Or were you getting it regardless? Off-tv play is a big feature for me as I hardly use my TV when playing my Wii U anyway.