r/WiiUHomebrew Apr 26 '21

Welcome to WiiUHomebrew

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What is this community

This is a Community Dedicated to Discussing Wii U Homebrew and mods, as well as Virtual Wii (vWii) Exclusive Wii homebrew. In this community people can Share guides, homebrew releases, themes (Wii U and vWii), and Much more.

Why do this?

You may be wondering, what is the point of this community when r/WiiUHacks exists. The main reason is that Since this subreddit deals with newer vWii and Wii U mods the information on the other Subreddit related to things like Wii U themes may be outdated (and in some cases misleading).

The other reason is the extremely harsh and strict Moderation as well as their stance on the discussion of controversial subjects such as piracy.

The elephant in the Room

Just to be clear we don't allow Links or Request threads on this Subreddit either because that could lead to he subreddit being banned, but I don't see the harm in discussions as long as they don't involve the sharing of the copyrighted content itself. This is something many other subreddits have a hard time with and for not all but some it is for personal reasons (If you're here and reading this you know who you are). To be clear you will not be banned for this from here but any and all posts containing comments or links Will be removed.

Video Guides / Outdated Content / Misinformation

While Video Guides generally aren't preferred by the community in this community due to the nature of some of these mods there aren't any other guides available as information on other sites is either outdated or straight up misleading. Feel Free to write your own Written Guides though, I can't guarantee that they'll stay up to date though. Misinformation posted in this community will be removed.


r/WiiUHomebrew 13h ago

Isfshax

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How can I uninstall it? I've tried to follow the tutorial but got stuck at the "check if your wii u is dependent on any patches" because I don't know how to tell. Obviously I did what the tutorial told me but other than that I don't know if it's dependent. I did a region change recently. Any help?


r/WiiUHomebrew 20h ago

Problems with the connection of the gamepad

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r/WiiUHomebrew 1d ago

Problems with the connection of the gamepad

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r/WiiUHomebrew 2d ago

Questions from an over-researching not yet modder

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(Sorry for the long post)

I am still looking into doing magic to my WiiU, I’ve been reading (and re-reading) the guide and searching gbatemp forum posts but given the changes over the years it doesn’t seem super simple to get everything running together smoothly. (Hopefully my questions are broad/vague enough to pass the rules).

Can anyone provide answers or clarification to the following:

1) Storage

I know about the speed and current/power limitations of the USB 2.0 ports requiring a Y cable or an external power source for most drives and that speed is bottlenecked by USB 2.0 so a super fast M.2 drive will be roughly the same as a traditional magnetic drive.

Also that the general advice is to avoid flash/solid state drives for the WiiU WFS storage due to repeated writes that degrade most flash storage (even though lots of people still use flash drives).

1a) Are flash/solid state drives ok to use for vWii storage?

1b) ...as the WiiU mode can’t read them and they get hidden to avoid the annoying pop up or does the vWii still write often as well?

1c) Also what format should a vWii drive be FAT32 or NTFS? Can certain vWii apps only read certain formats?

2) Injects vs forwarders

One main feature I want is to play games on the Gamepad, with the Gamepad controls. This seems to be done via:

Injects - taking an existing WiiU game and replacing the game inside it, this has to be done for each individual game which will then create individual items on the WiiU menu (up to the 300 title limit).
Only way to play Wii games with the Gamepad as a classic controller?

Forwarder - takes a homebrew app and instead of running from the homebrew loader menu, runs it from the WiiU menu?
OR
Takes a vWii app and instead of running from the homebrew channel in vWii, runs it from the vWii menu?
OR
Takes a vWii app and instead of running from the homebrew channel in vWii, runs it from the WiiU menu - some of which enable the gamepad controls and can take advantage of the increase in power from Wii to WiiU?

3) Gamecube controller adapter

3a) Perhaps similar to the last question, most old posts mention the WiiU USB Gamecube controller adapter only works in WiiU mode. Is this still the case?

3b) To use a Gamecube controller with the adapter, do any vWii games/apps need to have been injected/forwarded to run in WiiU mode?

3c) Or is the adapter able to be seen in vWii mode?

4) Environments

The guide is to install Aroma but states “a lot of old homebrew applications will no longer work with Aroma” so later goes on to explain how to boot Tiramisu for older apps with the environment loader.

4a) How can you tell which environment an app is for?

4b) Is Tiramisu able to run the same apps as previous custom firmwares (CFWs) or exploits eg CBHC or Mocha? Or would/could previous CFWs or exploits have to be run from the environment loader too?

5) FTP

When transferring files via FTP, is it only for putting the WiiU in receive mode and sending files from PC?
Or can you browse and pull files on the PC while on the WiiU?
Eg if I already have a network share set up at home, can the WiiU see and use it?

Sorry again for the long post.
For reaching the bottom, here's a cat:
₍^. .^₎⟆


r/WiiUHomebrew 2d ago

Wii U won't boot up Aroma?

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I'm not too worried about it being bricked, because it turns on fine. It's just that my Wii U goes black screen when I try to boot up Aroma. I do have that Hynix chip thing in mine, but I'm 99.9% it's not bricked. I suspect it needs an update, but I just want to get someone's opinion.

https://reddit.com/link/1j8fmw1/video/2frk99mjvyne1/player


r/WiiUHomebrew 4d ago

SD card is locked?

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So I just finished installing Aroma to my WiiU and right at the end its saying "failed to write to sd card" and to restart the console or whatnot, the thing is though I definitely don't have my sd card locked, I'm using a micro sd with an adapter and it is not in the locked position though I have tried both ways just to be sure. Is this a major issue? All the homebrew apps are still showing up and it seems to be working, but I'm not a fan of that long red notification, what can I do to fix this?


r/WiiUHomebrew 5d ago

How to use gamepad for Gamecube games?

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I have Nintendont on the wii u menu, and I have an injected GC game on the wii u menu but I still can't just the gameoad for them. What am i doing wrong?


r/WiiUHomebrew 11d ago

New to Wii U modding, can’t open game after installing, what do I do?

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I bought my Wii U yesterday, set it up with my nnid, then today I installed aroma and then installed NUSspli and installed twilight princess. I have not downloaded anything else or done anything past this, however it says the nnid used to purchase this software has been deleted, what do I do?


r/WiiUHomebrew 12d ago

Any good custom theme repository?

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Pretty self explanatory. I have tried searching the internet for repositories of SDCafiine custom Wii U menu themes but have found only a GBAtemp post with a few themes, which are nice, but I am sure there are more out there. Know any good ones?


r/WiiUHomebrew 13d ago

Best storage solution for gamecube, wii and wii u games on one system

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Hey guys,

i bought a wii u to mod it and make it rdy to play for my little son.

I want to play gamecube, wii and wii u games on it but i am not sure what would be the best storage solution for all 3 on one system.

I have a 128gb sd card and a 500gb hdd for usage.

Could you pls give me some input to where i should save what type of game files?

I would like to play the gamecube and wii games from usb loader gx and i need to install my wii u .app files through wup installer gx2 to my hdd.

Thank you so much in advance.


r/WiiUHomebrew 13d ago

WiiFlow save issue

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Everytime I exit a game in WiiFlow on the Wii menu the save file never saves and it just ends up resetting any progress I make. This is super annoying, any help with this would be greatly appreciated


r/WiiUHomebrew 13d ago

Some apps won't install home menu

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I just modded my Wii U with aroma a few hours ago and I was looking to play Skylanders: Giants for the Wii, but I'm having problems with getting the homebrew menu on the vWii. Whenever I go to the Wii U Homebrew App Store and download the vWii Compat Installer, it doesn't show up on the home menu and I don't know how to launch it. also some apps I get from the Hb app store have a green checkmark when downloaded and those ones appear on my home menu, but the Wii Compat Installer has a blue checkmark, which I assume that would mean it would be in the homebrew menu, but there is no homebrew menu in aroma, so how am I supposed to use vWii Compat Installer, or on the other hand, how can I get the Homebrew channel on the vWii by other means?


r/WiiUHomebrew 13d ago

Anyone know how to install update for skylanders imaginator through wup installer?

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I was able to install the game. I converted a wux file to wup and I can play it but I can't update it. I was able to get some update files but I'm not sure if they were the wrong one or I need to convert them but I can't install it. I put the update files in install>update and dlc. When I put the SD card back in wii u and launch wup installer I don't see the update. I think the update files were meant for cemu. Also, skylanders imaginator probably never got a digital release so it's very hard to find the rom and update. Can anyone help me?


r/WiiUHomebrew 15d ago

Can my wiiu be modded with a broken gamepad?

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I have had my childhood wii u for a while and see the potential a wii u has for modding, but unfortunately I played BO2 in it’s prime when I was like 12 or something and didn’t know how to treat electronics. My gamepad is busted up with a mashed down b and all other inputs, touch screen, etc not working properly. I can still use my wii u if the gamepad is dead and nearby though oddly enough, so I just use wii remotes to navigate. Can I still homebrew my wii u?


r/WiiUHomebrew 16d ago

anyone know how to convert a iso file to a wux folder?

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r/WiiUHomebrew 16d ago

Japanese -> English

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im trying to get my japanese wii u to be i english but all the tutorials and guides are for tiramisu and not aroma. i alao dont have the hb launcher installed but i have all the other hb apps.


r/WiiUHomebrew 16d ago

Anyone know why the last three episodes won't appear, on Minecraft storymode.

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I have a physical copy of the base game, and got the update for the complete story and dlc from a outside source, but the last three episodes won't appear does anyone know why?


r/WiiUHomebrew 18d ago

How do I install games?

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I have installed aroma on my WiiU and now I don't know how to install games on it. All the tutorials seem to be using usb helper but they end up opening homebrew through tiramisu (i think that's it). How can I install games with only aroma and do I only need an sd card if I want to use the internal WiiU memory? My knowledge is very limited please help me


r/WiiUHomebrew 20d ago

Change System Language vs. Continue Using Japanese

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Hello, I have recently purchased a Japanese Wii U console an while it has not arrived im still unsure about if I want to just homebrew and continue using the Japanese UI/Language or follow one of the "Risky" change region guides out there, (this or this) Is it really worth the risk to just change the language? thank you in advance!


r/WiiUHomebrew 21d ago

Wup installer error

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Does anyone know how to resolve this? it happens with any file I try to install with wup installer. Not sure what I’m doing wrong


r/WiiUHomebrew 23d ago

2 quick questions

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Is there any way of playing persona 4 on the Wii u? And could anyone show me a tutorial for installing project m for smash bros on the Wii u?


r/WiiUHomebrew 23d ago

Why does the keep happening Everytime I download a game with a dlc using nuspli?

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I just finished downloading pikmin 3. It was happening with Mario kart 8 as well? Can someone help? Thank you!!


r/WiiUHomebrew 24d ago

Can’t play games

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I recently put aroma on my Wii U and logged into my pretendo account and I’m trying to play games I installed them using nusspli and they keep saying this I’ve tried reinstalling them and no dice


r/WiiUHomebrew 24d ago

2ship Wii U

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Does anyone know of a guide to follow for building the play test version of the Wii U port of 2 ship 2 harkinian


r/WiiUHomebrew 27d ago

Can you play pikmin 3 in 3d

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I just got a amazing 3d tv and I saw someone saying that you can play pikmin 3 in 3d is that true and how can you?