If you're on 5.4.0 there's no reason not to update to 5.5.1

well 5.4.0 for a long time had kernel and everything like 5.3.2, im still on 5.3.2 and i see no reason to go to 5.5.1 yet since nothing is exclusive to 5.5.1 as off now.

Got it working too. I just wish there was a way to keep using this and block update servers at the same time.

I just want to get the music expansion for Smash U working right now. XD

you can just use tubehax dns it blocks update servers and you still can play online in all games and use servers to exceute the exploit and all that, the only thing you loose is youtube acess wich for me its not even a downside, still im gonna keep my wiiu in 5.3.2 spoofed to 5.5.1 so far i dont see a reason to go to real 5.5.1.

now everyone with a wiiu has a kernel exploit, now i hope most of you block your stuff becuase its praticaly garanteed nintendo will patch it on 5.6.0 or whatever version comes next.

I'm on 5.5.1 =p I can't get any games to update while on 5.5.0. Why I'm freaking out about this phantom patch in my Download Cue. I don't want to get stuck offline when I have a webseries to make... already sucks I can't play Splatoon and other Online games due to my cellphone tether blocking everything.

i already told you its normal... tubehax blocks acces to nintendo update servers and when the console asks thoses ips to see if a new update is available it gets no response so it shows the system update list with a red cross meaning it couldnt verify if one was available or not. that is preety standard stuff ever since tubehax was created long time ago.

Yeah, I'm already on 5.5.1 (which was forced onto me to keep SMM online after it's patches), so why I'm a bit annoyed and hopeful that the exploit is soonish.

also funny that the chick with the 15kb/s internet connection knew about this before you guys XD At least I let ya'll know there's a patch lurking out there.

there is no new wiiu update if your using tubehax dns setting or some sort of dns block since the wiiu cant connect with the server to ask if a new update is avalable or not the  X cross will appear being there an update or not.

Tubehax is on my Wii U. But I'm concerned I won't be able to play Star Fox Zero when it comes out, I'm willing to bet every cent I have that it comes with a system update.

Guess it's time to pick up another Wii U, eh?

Sp you are on 5.5.1, the highes FW available for wiiu explain to me how can star fox that comes out in like 2 weeks come with a higher fw than what is available? ...

you do realize fw in actual games is always way behind the console online fw distributions right? So far not even a single game has 5.5.1 on it yet, games come with the fw they were developed upon considering star fox has been developing for awhile if it comes with 5.5.0 its already preety  advanced lol it might even come with 5.4.0 like all recent games so far did dispite 5.5.0 and 5.5.1 were released long time ago.

what will never happen is a game releasing with a higher fw than what is available online, that will never happen.

It's not that we can't, it's that it takes time and effort to do something like that.

People want Smash 4 stuff in here handed down on a silver platter, but forget that it takes coding expertise, bugtesting, and patience to deal with the occasional mistake error. It's not an overnight thing, specially not when being done by one person who is being unpaid for their work, and frankly, underappreciated.

So, if anyone wants to whine about how other sites already have Smash 4 mods, let them. But this place was, is, and always will be the place to go when you want to browse through mods due to the fact that we were here when others didn't take notice.

well im not asking for an entirely new bv or anything, they could just slap the ssbb character template with ssb4 characters added in, they wouldnt even need to code anything, it would be basicaly copy paste and change the pictures.They could just keep it as a placeholder template if they ever want to make it more unique and such they could make it later.

the only new code required would be a button on the main  page to switch between viewing ssb4 and ssbb, like i said a simple placeholder would be enough for now.

its shame we cant get smash 4 support here tough.

This is very good news since many, including myself, have been stuck on 5.5.1 for awhile. Even if the exploit is patched, do you think Hykem would even release his work now? I have been lurking on the gbatemp site and he seemed pretty upset about something and hasn't logged in since Feb 1st.

hyken is gona permanently, rumor has it he sold his exploit to some havking team for afew grand and im preety sure this is the real cause that he is gone, the raid thing was a bull[censored] rumor, same way smea sold his iosu exploit to the gateway team and such, most hackers just sell their exploits instead of releasing them, the thing is the wiiu isnt even profitable to make a dongle so the company isnt even gonna develop one to begin with.

Dont wait for hyken he wont come at all, everyone on 5.5.0 and abode their best bet is hopping nintendo patches the kernel exploit for 5.5.0/5.5.1 besides that there is little  hope.

its confirmed there is an update tomorow so everyone here that hopes to mod smash in the future if you arent using tubehax then delete your internet settings who knows what they will patch just warning everyone.

While Don's theory is pretty solid, I'm more questioning the wording of your other post. It's your word vs source material. You said which is where I would like to know your source. I don't care what you "follow". Again, the way you post is questionable as you're just giving us "your word". I'd rather read the proof, else next time, word it like Don's post where it's more of a sound theory.

lol im not making anything up if you followed gbatemp wiiu scene you know the devs themselves said they have working 5.5.0 and 5.5.1 kernel the same devs that released 5.3.2 and 5.4.0 kernel, i wont go trough 897 pages to find the several posts the devs made confirming they have 5.5.0 and 5.5.1 kernel acess your free to browse that

http://gbatemp.net/threads/wii-u-hacking-homebrew-discussion.367489/page-897

if you followed gbatemp wiiu scene you should know this is all true, im not making stuff up, im not rumuring upcoming ssb4 characters its an actual fact that preety much everyone knows on  the wiiu scene like i said go trough that thread and you will find alot of info and confirmation from the devs along with pictures and such they posted, but like i said its buried on 897 pages.

I too am curious on how you've come to this conclution...

i follow the wiiu scene since the very beggining on gbatemp, i even beta tested manny wiiu apps, i was the guinea pig for the nnu patcher wish lets you acesss e shop on spoofed 5.3.2 and 5.4.0 and so on, i was one of the first to do the VC injects and such, the devs have the kernel for  the 5.5.1/5.5.0 fw long time ago and they said several times even when people keep begging them, that they will only release it once its patched becuase this is the last kernel they found  and if nintendo sees it and patch's it then all upcoming wiiu fws will never be hackable, not saying there arent anymore kernel entrys on  upcoming fws  but they havent found any extra ones so far.

They are keeping it on check so yeah the sonner nintendo patches it the sooner its released or they will be holding it until the nx launch day most likely.

I also know why iosu wasnt released and it might never be even tough i cant say it, so dont expect the iosu anytime soon if ever to be released just hope for the kernel to be patched by nintendo that is much more likely to happen.

technicaly there is a kernel for 5.5.0 and 5.5.1 but the team will only release the kernel if its patched by nintendo in an upcoming  update so yeah try to stay there with luck nintendo will patch it soon enough.

I heard that setting the second dns to 0.0.0.0 does the same thing. Don't know if it's been tested or not, though.

yeah it does but i always used the two  the same value and im on 5.3.2 still with no change so it works  both ways, to be sure you should still disable the quick start menu and standby downloads options.

I never heard of any wiiu hacking when I was on those versions. There wasn't any news of it. Not even from here. Don't go jamming your finger in our faces when most of the time the lack of real info isn't always our fault.

The new Club Nintendo thing uses your NinId, which was what you made an account with for the WiiU...

Sonnek was already doing smash stuff like music and posting it here way before 5.5.0  got released and if you had blocked then on 5.4.0 you would have had all the goods now.

Well im just warning  in advance since the wiiu updates automaticaly without anyones  concern, specialy if you have  quick startmenu and standy downloads ON it will update even by being off.

Its up to you guys if you want to block the updates or not.

I and manny people spent like 5 months on 5.3.2 without being able to play online or install gameupdates waiting for the kernel acess and now both 5.3.2 and 5.4.0 can spoof the fw and play online and everything, if you want to hack a console  the first rule is be on the lowest fw possible, this is valid for every hacking scene.