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The Nintendo Wii U is a console from the eighth generation of video game consoles.
The console was launched in North America on November 18, 2012 followed by Europe on November 30, 2012 and Japan on December 8, 2012.
The WiiUBrew wiki is a great supplemental resource to this wiki.
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25 tutorialsWii UWiiU:Applying ROM PatchesOn Wii U, mods for games are applied via Caffiine/SDCaffiine. These apps changes what file the game is loading at runtime, so that the…Updated Oct 9, 2026Wii UWiiU:BloopairBloopair is a very useful app/plugin for your Wii U that allows you to connect your wireless controllers to your system. It is develop…Updated Oct 9, 2026Wii UWiiU:Booting LinuxThis guide will walk you through installing Adèlie on your Wii U; this is a fairly new distribution so app support is not perfect yet …Updated Oct 9, 2026Wii UWiiU:Connector PinoutsThe Wii U uses the same pinouts as the predecessor, the Wii. Wii U Multi A/V Connector Pinout MODE pins: On PAL systems the default ou…Updated Oct 9, 2026Wii UWiiU:Creating Game BackupsCircumventing DRM mechanisms and/or creating backup copies of games and media for personal use is a right granted only in some countri…Updated Oct 9, 2026Wii UWiiU:Creating Game Save BackupsThere are several reasons one would want to back up save games on a Wii U, such as using them in the Cemu emulator, using them on anot…Updated Oct 9, 2026Wii UWiiU:De Fusede_Fuse is a mod-chip for the Wii U created by shinyquagsire23. It allows you to boot unsigned code directly after the boot ROM, which…Updated Oct 9, 2026Wii UWiiU:Error CodesDue to a variety of reasons, a Wii U may display an error screen with an error code. Below are the meanings of each number, possible c…Updated Oct 9, 2026Wii UWiiU:FTPiiU EverywhereThis tool lets you browse system partitions on the memory, and, if you get too curious, you could brick your Wii U.Don't mess with any…Updated Oct 9, 2026Wii UWiiU:Gamepad on PCVanilla is a work in progress software clone of the Wii U gamepad, Everything should be considered alpha as best This is a temporary f…Updated Oct 9, 2026Wii UWiiU:Homebrew App Store (HBAS)The Wii U Homebrew App Store is a homebrew application developed for Wii U by VGMoose. It is a homebrew application that allows you to…Updated Oct 9, 2026Wii UWiiU:Homebrew LauncherThe Homebrew Launcher is a dedicated launcher application for launching Wii U homebrew apps, developed by Dimok and others. It remains…Updated Oct 9, 2026Wii UWiiU:List of Every Wii U DiscThis article contains a full set of every Wii U disc released, whether it is a retail release or not. It is based on the data of Redum…Updated Oct 9, 2026Wii UWiiU:List of Every Wii U Game Released Physically in AustraliaThis list contains every Wii U game physically released in Australia. Special editions, cover variants and box sets are not included, …Updated Oct 9, 2026Wii UWiiU:List of Every Wii U Game Released Physically in the NTSC-J regionThis list contains every Wii U game physically released in the NTSC-J region. Special editions, cover variants and box sets are not in…Updated Oct 9, 2026Wii UWiiU:List of Every Wii U Game Released Physically in the NTSC-U regionThis list contains every Wii U game physically released in the NTSC-U region. Special editions, cover variants and box sets are not in…Updated Oct 9, 2026Wii UWiiU:List of Every Wii U Game Released Physically in the PAL regionThis list contains every Wii U game physically released in the PAL region (Europe + Australia). Special editions, cover variants and b…Updated Oct 9, 2026Wii UWiiU:ModdingThis page describes the many different environment loaders and the different ways to mod your Wii U. isfshax isfshax is a more recent …Updated Oct 9, 2026Wii UWiiU:NUSPackerNUSPacker is a general utility tool written in Java which is used for making a “channel” for Wii U Menu out of a base CCM structure, t…Updated Oct 9, 2026Wii UWiiU:Playing Game BackupsOnce you have acquired backups of your games following this guide, a few different methods are available to play these backups. Some a…Updated Oct 9, 2026Wii UWiiU:SaveMiiThis page serves as an alternative mirror for the one on wiki.hacks.guide. SaveMii is a save file manager available for homebrew-enabl…Updated Oct 9, 2026Wii UWiiU:Video Output NotesThe Wii U supports 480i, 576i, 720p, 1080i, and 1080p through HDMI 1.4 and component video (YPBPR, D-Terminal and RGB SCART) or 480i/5…Updated Oct 9, 2026Wii UWiiU:Wii CompatibilityThe upscaler that the Wii U uses for Wii Mode introduces some colour issues, image distortion[1] and seemingly about 21 ms[2] (which i…Updated Oct 9, 2026Wii UWiiU:Wii U Model DifferencesSome page content & researching collaboratively taken from io55.net's Wii U page[1] with permission. When it comes to the retail SKUs,…Updated Oct 9, 2026