Like the PlayStation Vita's PSP-based homebrew loader, this exploit is trapped in the sandbox of its original hardware, effectively blocking it from making the most of the Wii U's fancy internals.

Essentially, the Wii Mini's motherboard came with all the necessary connections required to add Wi-Fi and SD card support, but Nintendo simply chose not to include these in the machine.

The Homebrew Channel for the Wii ceased all development. Its creators believe that one of the app's core dependencies uses stolen Nintendo code taken straight from its decompiled SDK.

User KojiKnight claims that it will allow 1:1 backups (no hacked/cheated games), but doesn’t see it being able to enable homebrew, help hackers break the Wii U's game or system encryptions, or ...

Nintendo’s latest, the Wii U, was never expected to escape the wrath of the modding community. Point in case, it’s now been retro-hacked to run the Wii’s Homebrew Channel, an interface that ...

Breathe some new life into your aging Wii by hacking it for Homebrew! Emulation, DVD playback, and Linux are all possible with the Homebrew Channel, now more mature and easier to install than ever.

Once you've got your Wii opened up to homebrew apps, you've unlocked all kinds of potential, including emulators for old-school gaming consoles, different media players, and other utilities.

Wii U has been opened up a little by hackers. The group responsible for the Wii Homebrew Channel hack have created a Wii U version. Check out the details below.

A group of people have revealed that they have found an exploit that could grant access to the Wii U homebrew scene.

Wii Homebrew spawns Wiibrator This is obviously just the kind of thing that Nintendo wanted to stamp out when it released firmware 3.3, complete with provisions intended to stop people from ...

Finally, Engadget editor Paul Miller's prayers have been answered -- in the form of a homebrew SNES emulator for the Wii. It's no secret that Paul is eerily obsessed with the SNES, and now he can ...

A Wii U Homebrew Channel, of sorts, has been pulled together - it's not the first Wii U homebrew workaround by a long shot, but in its current form is certainly the most durable while functioning ...