Okay, let me set this up. First off, I know I am guilty of not educating myself more on this.
I have a white 8gb WiiU with a 128gb USB Stick for extra storage for downloading games and save data. The 8gb U was all I could afford at launch time, I am on disability.
I found someone on a facebook group who was selling a homebrewed WiiU and I asked him to mod my U for me.
After several emails and texts, I took it to his job, he works in IT in the same town I live in.
I took the following to him:
WiiU
Gamepad
Wii remote
Classic Controller
128gb USB stick* (by Silicon Power, ordered off Amazon months ago)
32gb SD Card
* - the 128gb USB stick had my club nintendo free game + 3 other games I got with my club nintendo points. It also had Zen Pinball and Star Wars pinball. And some saved data for each of those games. Which are no longer there because the 128gb stick is no longer formatted for my U.
2 hours later, he was done (and he wouldn't let me see how he did it)
He added the following to the Wii area
Homebrew channel (but no Wad manager)
Configurable USB loader channel
fceugx channel (NES games)
snes9xgx channel (SNES games)
WiiMC channel (no clue what that does)
And he added the following Wii ware games
Super Mario 64
Super Smash Bros 64
Mario Kart 64
Cruisin USA 64
RESULTS:
I lost some WiiU channels and save data that was on my 128gb USB stick (my fault on that one, I should have backed it up, or he should have asked me since it was obviously on there to begin with)
128gb USB stick is not compatible, it won't load the Wii games on it and it won't play the Gamecube games, says No Fat Device Found.
I have to transfer the games between the USB sticks, using my pc
So he had to end up giving me a 32gb USB stick that he had and I use that to transfer games to.
No Wad Manager in Homebrew (I would like channels for my games I frequently play, I've heard it's risky to do Wads though)
NES and SNES games work fine, no issues there
N64 games, I think he said that I need a USB adapter for my gamecube controller, I have the link to the website for it.
Gamecube games work from USB or SD card, however, not all games I copy and paste from USB stick to SD card appear on the SD card list when I load it in Nintendont.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE:
I would like a better way to manage this stuff, gets confusing quickly.
I am thinking I need more storage space on a compatible USB stick that's FAT formatted, to avoid the transfer issues via the PC.
And I want my WiiU stuff back, my existing 128gb stick could be used for that (I am sure I can get some of it back via eshop, but not my saved data)
And I would still have to switch USB sticks depending on what I wanted to play.
Thanks for listening
Hobbs (newbie to this stuff)
I have a white 8gb WiiU with a 128gb USB Stick for extra storage for downloading games and save data. The 8gb U was all I could afford at launch time, I am on disability.
I found someone on a facebook group who was selling a homebrewed WiiU and I asked him to mod my U for me.
After several emails and texts, I took it to his job, he works in IT in the same town I live in.
I took the following to him:
WiiU
Gamepad
Wii remote
Classic Controller
128gb USB stick* (by Silicon Power, ordered off Amazon months ago)
32gb SD Card
* - the 128gb USB stick had my club nintendo free game + 3 other games I got with my club nintendo points. It also had Zen Pinball and Star Wars pinball. And some saved data for each of those games. Which are no longer there because the 128gb stick is no longer formatted for my U.
2 hours later, he was done (and he wouldn't let me see how he did it)
He added the following to the Wii area
Homebrew channel (but no Wad manager)
Configurable USB loader channel
fceugx channel (NES games)
snes9xgx channel (SNES games)
WiiMC channel (no clue what that does)
And he added the following Wii ware games
Super Mario 64
Super Smash Bros 64
Mario Kart 64
Cruisin USA 64
RESULTS:
I lost some WiiU channels and save data that was on my 128gb USB stick (my fault on that one, I should have backed it up, or he should have asked me since it was obviously on there to begin with)
128gb USB stick is not compatible, it won't load the Wii games on it and it won't play the Gamecube games, says No Fat Device Found.
I have to transfer the games between the USB sticks, using my pc
So he had to end up giving me a 32gb USB stick that he had and I use that to transfer games to.
No Wad Manager in Homebrew (I would like channels for my games I frequently play, I've heard it's risky to do Wads though)
NES and SNES games work fine, no issues there
N64 games, I think he said that I need a USB adapter for my gamecube controller, I have the link to the website for it.
Gamecube games work from USB or SD card, however, not all games I copy and paste from USB stick to SD card appear on the SD card list when I load it in Nintendont.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE:
I would like a better way to manage this stuff, gets confusing quickly.
I am thinking I need more storage space on a compatible USB stick that's FAT formatted, to avoid the transfer issues via the PC.
And I want my WiiU stuff back, my existing 128gb stick could be used for that (I am sure I can get some of it back via eshop, but not my saved data)
And I would still have to switch USB sticks depending on what I wanted to play.
Thanks for listening
Hobbs (newbie to this stuff)