What if someone makes a system that can generate Wii compatible roms from all those rom files that you can download from the internet? I mean - there has to be somekind of signing system or FairPlay -styled coding system where you account is going to be the key to open those roms that you download from Nintendo. But what if - now, you have to realize that I dont know a **it about Wii's accounts or even seen the console in real life. Just general interest cause I am going to buy one. - someone puts up a server which uses same kind of system. It requests your account and then modifies the rom of that you want to use your account? Or even better - a downloadable program that does it for you and then you just need to build a server...
I dont see any reason why that isn't possible because it downloads those roms via internet. I think that it is not going to lock those files with any fancy copy protection which needs internet connection (or is it?) but it might encode those files to match your Wii Account. Just like FairPlay. Now - if there is a way to build account free rom or modify the software to always try one decode style first or a software that transforms a standard.NES / whatever rom to Wii readable format then it should be pretty easy hack - no hardcore chips needed...
but this is only what if...:D
The site where the link on that post directs tries to install Error Safe spyware to your computer... IE 6.0 --> it doesn't even bother to ask...
But freaky stuff... And I just bought Samsung television so I gave money to develop that kind of **it...:(
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What if someone makes a system that can generate Wii compatible roms from all those rom files that you can download from the internet? I mean - there has to be somekind of signing system or FairPlay -styled coding system where you account is going to be the key to open those roms that you download from Nintendo. But what if - now, you have to realize that I dont know a **it about Wii's accounts or even seen the console in real life. Just general interest cause I am going to buy one. - someone puts up a server which uses same kind of system. It requests your account and then modifies the rom of that you want to use your account? Or even better - a downloadable program that does it for you and then you just need to build a server... I dont see any reason why that isn't possible because it downloads those roms via internet. I think that it is not going to lock those files with any fancy copy protection which needs internet connection (or is it?) but it might encode those files to match your Wii Account. Just like FairPlay. Now - if there is a way to build account free rom or modify the software to always try one decode style first or a software that transforms a standard .NES / whatever rom to Wii readable format then it should be pretty easy hack - no hardcore chips needed...
but this is only what if... :D
The site where the link on that post directs tries to install Error Safe spyware to your computer... IE 6.0 --> it doesn't even bother to ask... But freaky stuff... And I just bought Samsung television so I gave money to develop that kind of **it... :(