Phantom is an Aroma/WUPS plugin that patches various Nintendo Network URLs on a Wii U to use Plasma Network instead. It also (for the time being) bypasses SSL verification in most cases. It redirects Nintendo Network in:
- IOSU-side connections (Friends, SpotPass, accounts etc.)
- Account Settings
- NNCS
- Nintendo eShop
- Miiverse (in-game)
- Miiverse applet
Phantom also includes game-specific patches to add extra features:
- Modpack-specific matchmaking for global, regional rooms (by simulating extra DLC) - Mario Kart 8
- P2P port override for better connection stability (if you port forward) - Minecraft: Wii U Edition, Mario Kart 8, Splatoon
Phantom is a fork of Inkay by PretendoNetwork, renamed and repointed at Plasma Network.
Phantom is only supported on the release version of Aroma configured for autoboot/coldboot. Other configurations (specifically lacking coldboot) may cause issues with SpotPass.
Phantom's patches are all temporary, and only applied in-memory without modifying your console. The SSL patch, while also temporary, could reduce the overall security of your console while active - this is because it no longer checks if a server is verified. However, this does not apply to the Internet Browser, where SSL still works as expected.
Phantom's dependencies and build tooling can be handled as a container, which is recommended for WUPS plugins. Using docker or podman:
docker build -t phantom .
docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/app phantom make
# you can replace "make" with other commands - e.g. make cleanIf using podman on SELinux systems (like Fedora Linux), you might need to use $(pwd):/app:Z instead of $(pwd):/app.
Phantom has the following dependencies aside from devkitPPC and wut:
Each of these should be make install-able. After that, you can compile Phantom with make.