This has to be a sad day for Nintendo. For the first time ever, people are able to play copied (or backed-up) games on a Nintendo console with nothing more than a game they can rent from the video shop (how I installed the homebrew channel) and a $10 SD card.

It’s all possible because of a well known exploit in the game Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, which when a hacked savegame copied from the SD Card to the Wii’s system memory and loaded in game, causes the console to crash and allow Homebrew software to run. Word had it there was a loader in development but nothing had hit the internet - until now. The software released is buggy, in beta and the amount of effort involved to get things working seems too great. Of coarse given time things will change and everything will be easier - still, this is enough to stop certain people from purchasing original titles who would have otherwise paid for them (due to the cost and availability of a modchip). This is however good news for those who want to make real backups or be able to try a game properly before forking over the cash.

This leak will likely have negative effects on the development of the software, as it was a self-rightous beta tester who is responsible for it being available.

You can download it via GBAtemp and read more at MaxConsole.