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'''vWii''' (or Virtual Wii) is the fanmade name for the emulated Wii mode of the Wii U. It uses modified IOSes and a modified [[Wii System Menu]] to account for changes in the Wii U's hardware and the virtualized environment which is booted directly from Wii U mode using a technique called cafe2wii.
 
'''vWii''' (or Virtual Wii) is the fanmade name for the emulated Wii mode of the Wii U. It uses modified IOSes and a modified [[Wii System Menu]] to account for changes in the Wii U's hardware and the virtualized environment which is booted directly from Wii U mode using a technique called cafe2wii.
  
== System Menu encryption ==
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== vWii encryption ==
The vWii System Menu uses a custom encryption not present on the original Wii; this makes it impossible to install modifications such as Priiloader without breaking the encryption first.
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vWii-specific titles, including System Menu and IOSes, use a new keyslot not found on the original Wii.
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* Key slot 0: Wii common key
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* Key slot 1: Korean key (located in SEEPROM at 0x74)
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* Key slot 2: vWii key (located in OTP at 0xD0)
  
 
== Boot process ==
 
== Boot process ==
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Latest revision as of 17:42, 5 March 2021

vWii (or Virtual Wii) is the fanmade name for the emulated Wii mode of the Wii U. It uses modified IOSes and a modified Wii System Menu to account for changes in the Wii U's hardware and the virtualized environment which is booted directly from Wii U mode using a technique called cafe2wii.

vWii encryption

vWii-specific titles, including System Menu and IOSes, use a new keyslot not found on the original Wii.

  • Key slot 0: Wii common key
  • Key slot 1: Korean key (located in SEEPROM at 0x74)
  • Key slot 2: vWii key (located in OTP at 0xD0)

Boot process

vWii lacks the Wii's 3 bootloaders (boot0, boot1, and boot2); instead, the Wii U launch code (cafe2wii) directly launches vWii IOS and the System Menu. This can be used to boot into a custom title other than the System Menu such as a particular channel or homebrew app.