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Wii U HOMEBREW Discussion Thread [exploits/apps/games/stuff]
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I've become an expert on Wii U Hacking/Homebrew over the past week...been waiting for the opportunity to get motivated and dig into it, and boy did that opportunity arise. It turns out that Wii U Hacking/Homebrew scene is awesome and there are soooo many neat toys to play with.
I might dabble with emulators later but for now I just use it to make and install disc backups. I love finally having all my Wii U games available on the menu screen and my 40 odd physical copies lined up on my bookshelf, having my cake and eating it regarding the physical vs digital debate. I've ended up spending about £120 on Wii U games since hacking my system.
Yep, my favorite thing aside from Retroarch.
Nice to see that the flowers are still standing post-BotW too.
Same here, couldn't connect through that DNS anymore. Hopefully the time to use internet without condoms has come
Same here, couldn't connect through that DNS anymore. Hopefully the time to use internet without condoms has come
Theoricaly a switch upgrade function would be the last thing they could do to wiiu firmware...
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
Is there a foolproof step by step guide somewhere?
Instructions in the OP aren't working for me. I keep getting FSOpenFile failed. error everytime I run the website.
SD card is FAT32 and has the homebrew launcher.
Instructions in the OP aren't working for me. I keep getting FSOpenFile failed. error everytime I run the website.
SD card is FAT32 and has the homebrew launcher.
Cloggerdude
Member
So, just to check: As long as I'm dumping my retail discs and then installing them to my hard drive, I should be safe to play online, right? Can I install updates through the normal method?
I'm dumping Xenoblade right now, so I guess I'll find out soon enough. I'm moreso concerned about Smash, since I don't want to risk getting banned by playing online.
I'm dumping Xenoblade right now, so I guess I'll find out soon enough. I'm moreso concerned about Smash, since I don't want to risk getting banned by playing online.
Nobody has been banned for using the USB method, as far as I know.
Kadin
Member
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
Awesome thank you for the link.
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Deleted member 126221
Unconfirmed Member
If there are Switch owners here, did you re-use your same NNID from WiiU / 3DS? I want to because I still have spare change on it, and because of the potential virtual console games migration (who am I kidding), but I'm afraid they might decide to ban it out of the blue. Am I just being paranoid?
gingerbeardman
Member
Dump Wii games through vWii, which requires it's own hack. If there's an easier way I'd like to know!
No, you did not. There's no firmware higher than 5.5.1. What you did was install the game's update, not a system update.
Yes. Haxchi is still accessible to virtually all Wii U owners.
TLZ
Banned
Yes I used mine no issues.
No.
That would require a cloud save service from Nintendo and a new Wii U firmware update to support it. Nintendo are still horrible at online services so low to middling chance of the former and there's a close to zero chance of the latter even if they do. 95% chance at this point that 5.5.1 is the final Wii U firmware.
Nightcrown
Member
I'm new to this Homebrew thing so I was wondering which version do I need to download? The 1.4 or 2.1v? Also, every time I extract the files I get multiple trojan alerts.
1. you don't have to use the browser everytime if you have a vc ds game and install haxchi
2. if you rip a game using disc2app and wup installer it will show up on your wii u menu, and you will not have to run haxchi or your homebrew entry point to play it
oneofthose
Banned
Is there a way to play import backups?
Backups you yourself dump and install? Yes.
So with disc2app I can basically install my WiiU games to the HDD without having to place the disc in the drive right?
This is a gamechanger for me right now.
Yes. It's exactly as if you had bought the game from the eShop itself, no need to launch additional apps, your games will be all there on the Wii U menu screen once dumped and installed. All the benefits of buying digitally but with a physical copy to show for it on your shelf!
Perfectly.
I just bought Zelda BotW and I want to run it from my HDD and preserve the disc for future CEMU use.
I also hate swapping discs to play Splatoon and Mario Kart. So happy with this little tool.
EDIT:
To use disc2app and WUP installer I can use the Homebrew Channel started from the website exploit right? No need for haxchii method?
Cloggerdude
Member
If I have one external hard drive that I'm using to install my ripped Wii U games (formatted by the Wii U), then will I have to have a separate drive if I want to rip Wii games/install other emulators?
oneofthose
Banned
ive took the dive and hacked my wii got haxchii installed, in the homebrew launcher is there no way for me to use my wiiu pro controller to launch applications and emulators such as snes9x and vba. I don't want to have to keep grabbing the gamepad to launch stuff and access menus.
breakfuss
Member
Thank you! This...this is AMAZING and will probably lead to me playing it more. Cant believe I'm just now realizing its possible (and only because of all the Cemu talk I encountered in the Zelda threads lol).
1 last question:
-Will all my DLC and previous saves still work?
Tell me about it lol.
Yes as long as everything is on the same storage so if you have stuff on the internal memory move it all to your external hard drive first before dumping and installing games.
LQX
Member
But my Wii U is on 5.5.1 U already. It is asking to update so I'm assuming it is to put a new firmware. No?
Emperor Bohe
Member
dope. i was waiting for BOTW to drop before I homebrew'd my Wii U just to be safe. Think I'll do it this upcoming weekend.
It appears like a system update because it will also install the necessary 3gb install if you have the disk version
edit : it works that way because you can ignore a game update and start the game anyway, but you can't ignore a system update and start the game and if loadiine versions of the game is any indication, you seriously NEED that install to run Zelda =P
laserlaser
Member
Is the first post outdated? I clicked on the app link but doesnt help me when i dont know how to get started
LQX
Member
You two were right. Installed the update and my firmware is still the same. Thanks.
Svejk
Member
So say i have haxchi installed, but it's not coldboot. If i have a game that was installed on the system memory (through Wii U USB Helper), do i need to load haxchi everytime before loading said game?
No, only if said game is not from your region or it's a VC game, in which case you just hold B button during haxchi boot.
Svejk
Member
Oh ok! Thanks for the reply! I've been paranoid about booting haxchi every time prior to playing the installed Wii U game... Havent bricked a system yet and i don't plan on starting now. I got everything and anything possible set up to prevent the Wii U from going online. Thanks again!!
So, what would happen if you attempted to load an other region game or VC game without loading haxchi prior?
Kadin
Member
It gives an error about the user or profile not being on the system to which the game is tied to. Or something like that I believe, haven't done it in a while.
An error message screen will appear.
Hopefully a quick question.. I just want to run dumps of my disks on a USB hard drive, no disk swapping and saving wear and tear on the dvd drive.
Do I just need haxchi and the wup installer?
I'm not really sure about what the purpose of going further and installing redNAND and Mocha.
Does redNAND just allow the running of haxchi from an SD card, so another level of safety and less chance of a brick?
Mocha, still not sure what it's for!
Do I just need haxchi and the wup installer?
I'm not really sure about what the purpose of going further and installing redNAND and Mocha.
Does redNAND just allow the running of haxchi from an SD card, so another level of safety and less chance of a brick?
Mocha, still not sure what it's for!
Those and disc2.app.
Mocha is a CFW.
If you just want to dump and install your physical games to a USB HDD just ignore the redNAND, Mocha and coldboot Haxchi stuff. Once you've dumped and installed all your games you're all done, no need to dabble with any more hacks or ever run Haxchi or Homebrew Channel ever again, your games will run exactly as if you downloaded them from the eShop itself.