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Wii Update 3.3 Defeats Twilight Hack, Freeloader
Richter X writes "The newest update to the Nintendo Wii's Menu, version 3.3, contains code specifically designed to find and kill the popular Twilight Hack used by homebrewers to play unauthorized code on the Wii. The update also prevents the Freeloader software used to play imported games on the Wii. However, it does not seem to affect the Homebrew Channel in Wiis that already have it installed. The updated code is currently being researched in order to find what code has been changed. So far it has been confirmed that Nintendo included specific instructions to target the Twilight Hack. Work is also being done to update the Twilight Hack in order to bypass this new code."
The functionality of the Homebrew Channel is unaffected by this update.
"Who modded this informative? Whoever it is must've been smokin' some of that martian pot!"
Until now I had no plans on hacking my Wii. Now that Nintendo is trying to prevent me from using my hardware as I see fit, I think I will. I can't be the only person who thinks this way.