The developers of the Wii Homebrew Channel have shut down the project, claiming the community is built on "lies and copyright infringement".

Works on Wii and Wii U (in vWii mode) Full-speed loading from a USB device or an SD card. Loads 1:1 and shrunken .GCM/.ISO disc images. Loads games as extracted files (FST format) Loads CISO-format ...

The Nintendo Wii modding community has been dealt a significant blow as major hacking collective fail0verflow ceases development of the Homebrew Channel.

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.

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.

Aroma is a work-in progress environment. Aroma adds support for Modules (which run in the background and improve functionality of the Wii U), Plugins (which can change and add new features to your Wii ...

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.

The hackers who created the Wii Homebrew Channel have made the channel functional on the Wii U, according to a post on the group’s website, HackMii.