> If it weren't Nintendo, one would think this could be a creative approach to reviving the console
That is what they're doing, the Pretendo project is building custom servers for the 3DS and Wii U to replace the official ones which just shut down. This exploit makes it possible to point a non-jailbroken Wii U at the Pretendo servers just by changing the DNS settings.
it is possible that an engineer inside nintendo is surrepticiously helping by introducing a bug like this. It's really the lawyers that are trigger happy about suits and take downs (and they're within their right, and have good reasons to of course).
That is what they're doing, the Pretendo project is building custom servers for the 3DS and Wii U to replace the official ones which just shut down. This exploit makes it possible to point a non-jailbroken Wii U at the Pretendo servers just by changing the DNS settings.
https://pretendo.network/blog/4-8-24