Action Replay Wii

[goemon_guy]

I was looking through my local Future Shop and noticed this...


(Excuse the poor quality of the 3DS' camera; it was all I had on me, in the way of photography.)

An Action Replay for Wii. Not a Gamecube Action Replay; A Wii Action Replay.
It looks like an SD Card with two sides: 1 is an SD Card and the other side is a USB drive.

It's recent too, 'cuz it has Skyward Sword codes on it!

I saw it, and was disgusted, because Datel's making money off of something that people can easily get for free.

Another thought popped into my mind: What if Datel ripped off Geckocodes' codes, and is including them "creditless"? It seems unlikely, but with Datel, who knows what could happen... I was tempted to buy it and give it a try, but I can't justify the $29.99 that it costs.

Anyways, has anyone else seen one of these, or has *unfortunately* bought one of these?
Oddly enough, they're not available on Codejunkies' website... o.o

[Thomas83Lin]

just adding, I also read its using the letterbomb exploit, yet to see any evidence of code stealing though. found most of my Info on CMP

[matt123337]

You sure this isn't just their powersaves? Or perhaps it's a fake?

[Thomas83Lin]

no its real, you can check it out on CMP with pics.

edit:
here is a link, I guess this is ok sense they are a affiliate. if not i can remove the link.
http://www.codemasters-project.net/vb/showthread.php?15265-Action-Replay-uses-LetterBomb
[spoiler][/spoiler]

[Arudo]

Huh... this seems pretty sketchy if they're releasing something that other people have effectively worked on...

[Thomas83Lin]

found a video of it in action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LKqjZgdZg4

[Arudo]

Um... so at this point do we go 'You thieving scum!' at Datel or what...?

[Clay10]

An older version of this has been out for a while now. A few years ago I almost bought one (I didn't know about the USB gecko or even wii hacking). It looks like they just put a black plastic covering on it and updated the codes...

[PoptartHunter]

So, is the HBC required to use this or does it run the codes without requiring any modifications to the console itself? If it doesn't require the HBC, then this would make sense because of people who don't want to "take the risk" of installing it.

[goemon_guy]

Even still, at $29.99, it's waaaay more than what it's worth.

[Bully@Wiiplaza]

wow, people pay money for this shit when datel probably only ripps off our geckocodes stuff (why would they do extra effords when everything is there?). Nobody comes up with the idea to donate to us for making countless codes, but still buy an Action Replay. I´m wondering if we can inspect the codes somehow. ~_~

[hetoan2]

anyone know if they are using an architecture similar to what they did for the GCN? or are they going the unencrypted NDS route?

[HAXZing TERR0R]

I don't think this requires homebrew software to be installed because that would be promoting violations of the terms of service.

[James0x57]

Datel has stolen codes before- from me- and sold them on specialized ARs that only worked on Twilight Princess.
I am not the only one they've done that to.

If anyone can confirm stolen codes, I will put a PSA on geckocodes in a heartbeat.

[dcx2]

I doubt it permanently modifies the Wii.  It probably requires you to use letterbomb each and every time to start the loader.

Which means that when 4.4 comes out, this product is probably worthless.