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<li><a href="#game-exploits" id="markdown-toc-game-exploits">Game Exploits</a> <ul>
<li><a href="#smash-stack" id="markdown-toc-smash-stack">Smash Stack</a></li>
<li><a href="#twilight-hack" id="markdown-toc-twilight-hack">Twilight Hack</a></li>
<li><a href="#indiana-pwns" id="markdown-toc-indiana-pwns">Indiana Pwns</a></li>
<li><a href="#bathaxx" id="markdown-toc-bathaxx">Bathaxx</a></li>
<li><a href="#return-of-the-jodi" id="markdown-toc-return-of-the-jodi">Return of the Jodi</a></li>
<li><a href="#eri-hakawai" id="markdown-toc-eri-hakawai">Eri HaKawai</a></li>
<li><a href="#yu-gi-owned" id="markdown-toc-yu-gi-owned">Yu-Gi-OWNED!</a></li>
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<li><a href="#other-exploits" id="markdown-toc-other-exploits">Other Exploits</a> <ul>
<li><a href="#bannerbomb" id="markdown-toc-bannerbomb">Bannerbomb</a></li>
<li><a href="#letterbomb" id="markdown-toc-letterbomb">Letterbomb</a></li>
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<p>This page lists different exploits that were/can still be used on the Nintendo Wii to hack the console, but are no longer recommended.</p>
<h3 id="game-exploits">Game Exploits</h3>
<h4 id="smash-stack">Smash Stack</h4>
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<li>Loads directly from files on the SD card through Super Smash Bros. Melee</li>
<li>Requires an SD card under the original SD specification, 2GB or less</li>
<li>Works on all system menu versions, even 4.3, as well as on Korean Wiis</li>
<li>Can be used as a means of recovering an Error 003 console in Recovery Mode</li>
<li>Superceded mostly by Letterbomb and Bluebomb</li>
<li><a href="https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Smash_Stack">Wiibrew Page</a></li>
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<h4 id="twilight-hack">Twilight Hack</h4>
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<li>Loads a hacked game save on the Wii System Memory through The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess</li>
<li>Works only on system menu versions up to 3.4</li>
<li>Superceded by Wilbrand, or by updating to 4.3 and using Letterbomb and Bluebomb</li>
<li><a href="https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Twilight_Hack">Wiibrew Page</a></li>
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<h4 id="indiana-pwns">Indiana Pwns</h4>
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<li>Loads a hacked game save on the Wii System Memory through LEGO Indiana Jones</li>
<li>Works on all system menu versions, even 4.3</li>
<li>Superceded mostly by Letterbomb and Bluebomb</li>
<li><a href="https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Indiana_Pwns">Wiibrew Page</a></li>
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<h4 id="bathaxx">Bathaxx</h4>
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<li>Loads a hacked game save on the Wii System Memory through LEGO Batman</li>
<li>Works on all system menu versions, even 4.3</li>
<li>Superceded mostly by Letterbomb and Bluebomb</li>
<li><a href="https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Bathaxx">Wiibrew Page</a></li>
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<h4 id="return-of-the-jodi">Return of the Jodi</h4>
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<li>Loads a hacked game save on the Wii System Memory through LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga</li>
<li>Works on all system menu versions, even 4.3</li>
<li>Superceded mostly by Letterbomb and Bluebomb</li>
<li><a href="https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Return_of_the_Jodi">Wiibrew Page</a></li>
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<h4 id="eri-hakawai">Eri HaKawai</h4>
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<li>Loads a hacked game save on the Wii System Memory through Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World</li>
<li>Works on all system menu versions, even 4.3</li>
<li>Superceded mostly by Letterbomb and Bluebomb</li>
<li><a href="https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Eri_HaKawai">Wiibrew Page</a></li>
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<h4 id="yu-gi-owned">Yu-Gi-OWNED!</h4>
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<li>Loads a hacked game save on the Wii System Memory through Yu-Gi-Oh 5D’s Wheelie Breakers</li>
<li>Works on all system menu versions, even 4.3</li>
<li>Superceded mostly by Letterbomb and Bluebomb</li>
<li><a href="https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Yu-Gi-OWNED!">Wiibrew Page</a></li>
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<h3 id="other-exploits">Other Exploits</h3>
<h4 id="bannerbomb">Bannerbomb</h4>
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<li>Crashes the Wii Menu by exploiting an oversight in Wii banner loading</li>
<li>Works on system menu versions 3.0-4.1 on v1, and 4.2 on v2 (attempting to load Bannerbomb on 4.3 will result in an <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Error#004 The system files are corrupted</code>)</li>
<li>Superceded by Wilbrand, or by updating to 4.3 and using Letterbomb and Bluebomb</li>
<li><a href="https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Bannerbomb">Wiibrew Page</a></li>
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<h4 id="letterbomb">Letterbomb</h4>
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<li>Crashes the Wii Menu by exploiting an oversight in the Wii Message Board</li>
<li>Works on system menu version 4.3 ONLY</li>
<li>Superceded by Wilbrand, functionality remains the same but Wilbrand has wider support</li>
<li><a href="https://wiibrew.org/wiki/LetterBomb">Wiibrew Page</a></li>
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<h4 id="flashhax">FlashHax</h4>
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<li>Executes the chainloader via a web page in the Internet Channel</li>
<li>Works regardless of system menu version, only requirement is patience as exploit is extremely unreliable</li>
<li>Superceded by str2hax, or by using an SD card for Letterbomb</li>
<li><a href="https://wiibrew.org/wiki/Flashhax">Wiibrew Page</a> or <a href="flashhax">Exploit Page</a></li>
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