@ Howard, I'll post your info in a few. Not near my Wii U right now.
@ Rican, I think something bigger than my Nintendont / HDD setup is going on as even the HBC refuses to show apps that are on a USB stick. I wonder if I'm having a IOS issue.
Good to hear some possible resolution, keep up posted! I just wanted to clarify as well with my idea of a blank MC first...create a blank MC, add it to your HDD before nintendont creates one or the game tries to format it