World's First Custom Firmware For Wii Released

Posted by timothy on Thursday July 17, 2008 @07:21AM from the how-to-quantify-spare-time dept.

Croakyvoice writes "Waninkoko has released the world's first custom firmware for the Nintendo Wii, which is installed using the twilight hack; among its features is the ability to allow writeable DVDs to be read in emulators. From the readme: 'The Custom Firmware installs as IOS249 and it does not modify any other IOS so it is secure to install and has been made to be used ONLY with homebrew software. This is a custom IOS, an IOS modified to add some new features not available in the official IOS.'"

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Re:But can it... by BobNET · 2008-07-17 08:13 · Score: 0, Redundant

Really? The Wii is limited to 480p - so that's a rubbish picture for those of us in PAL territories. The sound is limited to stereo - so no DD or DTS. Considering an £20 DVD will have digital sound and better quality - why bother using the Wii in that way?
I have a standard definition TV in an NTSC region with only two speakers hooked up to it, you insensitive clod!