Malamar - Aroma patches for Splatfestival Network/Spacebar

Malamar is an Aroma/WUPS plugin based on Pretendo's Malamar that patches various Nintendo Network URLs on a Wii U to use Splatfestival/Spacebar 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

Malamar 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

Requirements

Malamar is only supported on the release version of Aroma configured for autoboot/coldboot. Other configurations (specifically lacking coldboot) may cause issues with SpotPass.

Safety

Malamar'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.

Compiling - Docker

Malamar's dependencies and build tooling can be handled as a container, which is recommended for WUPS plugins. Using docker or podman:

docker build -t malamar .
docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/app malamar make
# you can replace "make" with other commands - e.g. make clean

If using podman on SELinux systems (like Fedora Linux), you might need to use $(pwd):/app:Z instead of $(pwd):/app.

Compiling - System

Malamar has the following dependencies aside from devkitPPC and wut:

• WiiUPluginSystem
• WiiUModuleSystem
• libmocha
• libkernel
• libnotifications
• libfunctionpatcher

Each of these should be make install-able. After that, you can compile Malamar with make.