Hacking RegionHax - How to get RegionFree on WiiU

Have you tested RegionHax ?

  • Nope, no care about that

    Votes: 13 9.6%
  • No, but i will do it one day

    Votes: 58 42.6%
  • Yes, on rednand and it works !

    Votes: 15 11.0%
  • Yes, on sysnand and it works !

    Votes: 34 25.0%
  • Yes, on sysnand AND rednand and it works !

    Votes: 10 7.4%
  • Nope, i bricked my rednand

    Votes: 1 0.7%
  • Nope, i bricked my Wii U

    Votes: 5 3.7%

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It installs and executes, but I don't understand the language, so I can't read the messages. I would not expect it to work properly though, because Nintendo should only be willing to sell you the subscriptions that are available to your console's actual region (which the region-free hacks don't change.)

A lot of games have multiple languages to accommodate for the countries within the region. Depending on your console's settings X language will be chosen that is provided, as you stated, that the game itself has the files for X language.
 

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Well I have everything already but I did it on sysnand and rednand and both worked, checked with systemcofig tool on both. Thanks!
 

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It installs and executes, but I don't understand the language, so I can't read the messages. I would not expect it to work properly though, because Nintendo should only be willing to sell you the subscriptions that are available to your console's actual region (which the region-free hacks don't change.)

A lot of games have multiple languages to accommodate for the countries within the region. Depending on your console's settings X language will be chosen that is provided, as you stated, that the game itself has the files for X language.

Thanks to you both for your replies. I'll give a try none the less when I get redNAND set up this weekend. Being able to read Japanese is definitely an asset for this game :)
 

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It installs and executes, but I don't understand the language, so I can't read the messages. I would not expect it to work properly though, because Nintendo should only be willing to sell you the subscriptions that are available to your console's actual region (which the region-free hacks don't change.)

I'm wondering how you were able to get a ticket for the game? I tried using FunKiiU to grab it, but nothing would download. If I used JNUSToolMOD, it would download the files, but without a ticket.
 

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I'm wondering how you were able to get a ticket for the game? I tried using FunKiiU to grab it, but nothing would download. If I used JNUSToolMOD, it would download the files, but without a ticket.
Get the title and key from that title key site, then use funkiiu to generate the ticket:
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py FunKiiU.py -title titleidfromthatsite -key keyfromthatsite -ticketsonly
When you do it that way, it doesn't try to use the title's name as part of the folder name, so it doesn't run into the errors. (Alternatively, there's been a commit to github since the last release that fixes that problem.)

Or you can download it with WiiU USB Helper, which doesn't have a problem with the characters.
 
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My Wii U is JPN.
I tried to play Zelda Twilight Princess HD (USA) on Sysnand CFW but the game was run in Japanese.
If I do this method, will the game run in English?

*Sorry for bad English.
 
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My Wii U is JPN.
I tried to play Zelda Twilight Princess HD (USA) on Sysnand CFW but the game was run in Japanese.
If I do this method, will the game run in English?
No. This method does not change your region setting (and you must not change it.) It changes the list of regions whose titles are allowed to run on your WiiU. Like CFW, this only allows the game to run. What the game does based on your language and region settings is up to the game.
 

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No. This method does not change your region setting (and you must not change it.) It changes the list of regions whose titles are allowed to run on your WiiU. Like CFW, this only allows the game to run. What the game does based on your language and region settings is up to the game.
Is there any way to make the game run in English or Spanish?
Does redNAND have the System Config Tool, can I change the language of the console or the game there? I saw that there is a "Language" option under "Platform Region", is this option that changes the language of console or game?
 
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Is there any way to make the game run in English or Spanish?
Does redNAND have the System Config Tool, can I change the language of the console or the game there? I saw that there is a "Language" option under "Platform Region", is this option that changes the language of console or game?
The Loadiine compatibility list confirms that the game runs only in Japanese on your console.

Regarding the System Config Tool, I would not change any of those settings unless someone else tells you that it's safe and that it will do what you want. I don't have experience with changing those options.
 
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Get the title and key from that title key site, then use funkiiu to generate the ticket:
Code:
py FunKiiU.py -title titleidfromthatsite -key keyfromthatsite -ticketsonly
When you do it that way, it doesn't try to use the title's name as part of the folder name, so it doesn't run into the errors. (Alternatively, there's been a commit to github since the last release that fixes that problem.)

Or you can download it with WiiU USB Helper, which doesn't have a problem with the characters.

Thanks very much! I ended up grabbing WiiU USB Helper which did the trick.
Reference thread for n00bs like me: https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-wii-u-usb-helper-a-small-eshop-for-windows.446565/
 
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I'm so confused.. Where can I get the wupclient.py (from Fix94) and Wupserver with cfwbooter?

Sorry, I'm really new to this. My brother mistakingly bought a botw nstc version for our pal wii u. So Instead of buying a whole new copy, we decided to mod the wii u but I can't seem to figure this out. Please help!
 

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I'm so confused.. Where can I get the wupclient.py (from Fix94) and Wupserver with cfwbooter?

Sorry, I'm really new to this. My brother mistakingly bought a botw nstc version for our pal wii u. So Instead of buying a whole new copy, we decided to mod the wii u but I can't seem to figure this out. Please help!
This hax is dangerous as you are changing system files if you get it wrong you will Brick the wiiu it is also outdated. use a cfw Like mocha as it does not mod any system files like region hax does. All you need to do is download homebrew launcher and download mocha put them on the sd card then insert sd card to wiiu. Switch the wiiu on then goto Internet browser and start it. Goto the website www.loadiine.ovh the site will launch homebrew launcher then you simply select mocha and your wiiu will restart and you are then region free then just load the game. You will need to do this each time you want to play the game but as I said at least you don't need to worry about getting a brick.
 
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This hax is dangerous as you are changing system files if you get it wrong you will Brick the wiiu it is also outdated. use a cfw Like mocha as it does not mod any system files like region hax does. All you need to do is download homebrew launcher and download mocha put them on the sd card then insert sd card to wiiu. Switch the wiiu on then goto Internet browser and start it. Goto the website www.loadiine.ovh the site will launch homebrew launcher then you simply select mocha and your wiiu will restart and you are then region free then just load the game. You will need to do this each time you want to play the game but as I said at least you don't need to worry about getting a brick.
Or you have a ds vc title in which case you can coldboot directly into cfw.
 

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Hello community!

I use an US-version of wii u. I've installed this patch on my sysNAND changed the region value from 2 to 4 (since i live in europe).
The wii u did not brick but a cant use the browser and settings app anymore (software region setting is not compatible). So I can not load the CFW booter from www.loadiine.ovh as well as the WUP installer.

Is it possible to load CFW with WUP installer somehow?

Many thanks in advance
 

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Hello community!

I use an US-version of wii u. I've installed this patch on my sysNAND changed the region value from 2 to 4 (since i live in europe).
The wii u did not brick but a cant use the browser and settings app anymore (software region setting is not compatible). So I can not load the CFW booter from www.loadiine.ovh as well as the WUP installer.

Is it possible to load CFW with WUP installer somehow?

Many thanks in advance
You had to change the region to 119 all regions it even tells you this on the first page not to 4 euro as to avoid this issue. You are now stuck as there is zero way to fix this issue. That is why you should have used mocha or haxchi as they both make the wiiu region free and don't fuck up the system like this hax does.
 

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You had to change the region to 119 all regions it even tells you this on the first page not to 4 euro as to avoid this issue. You are now stuck as there is zero way to fix this issue. That is why you should have used mocha or haxchi as they both make the wiiu region free and don't fuck up the system like this hax does.
Hello Marko!
Thanks for quick response. I've set "4" only on the sysNAND. I do still have "119" on my redNAND but i don't have haxchi. Is it possible to access redNAND somehow?

Greets
 

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You had to change the region to 119 all regions it even tells you this on the first page not to 4 euro as to avoid this issue. You are now stuck as there is zero way to fix this issue. That is why you should have used mocha or haxchi as they both make the wiiu region free and don't fuck up the system like this hax does.

Meh, this hax dont fuck up the system if you know what you're doing....

Hello Marko!
Thanks for quick response. I've set "4" only on the sysNAND. I do still have "119" on my redNAND but i don't have haxchi. Is it possible to access redNAND somehow?

Greets

If you want really set system.xml from 2 to 4 (just change region to another region, not RegionFree), you have to modifiy meta.xml for ALL INSTALLED APPLICATIONS (Mii Maker, Disc Channel, Internet Browser and all others) to your destination Region (for your exemple you should replace region to 4 in meta.xml for all your apps).

I agree this is not for final users, but if you know what you're doing, this can be usefull ;)

To answer you, you can boot your rednand with a CFW who launch WupServer in background, and do the modification (like you did in sysnand) !
 

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Meh, this hax dont fuck up the system if you know what you're doing....



If you want really set system.xml from 2 to 4 (just change region to another region, not RegionFree), you have to modifiy meta.xml for ALL INSTALLED APPLICATIONS (Mii Maker, Disc Channel, Internet Browser and all others) to your destination Region (for your exemple you should replace region to 4 in meta.xml for all your apps).

I agree this is not for final users, but if you know what you're doing, this can be usefull ;)

To answer you, you can boot your rednand with a CFW who launch WupServer in background, and do the modification (like you did in sysnand) !
Hello and thanks for answering. How can i get into CFW without web browser working? Unfortunately, I've not installed haxchi.
 

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Meh, this hax dont fuck up the system if you know what you're doing....



If you want really set system.xml from 2 to 4 (just change region to another region, not RegionFree), you have to modifiy meta.xml for ALL INSTALLED APPLICATIONS (Mii Maker, Disc Channel, Internet Browser and all others) to your destination Region (for your exemple you should replace region to 4 in meta.xml for all your apps).

I agree this is not for final users, but if you know what you're doing, this can be usefull ;)

To answer you, you can boot your rednand with a CFW who launch WupServer in background, and do the modification (like you did in sysnand) !
Problem with that is he does not have Haxchi and cant load the internet browser so has zero way of booting rednand as he changed the region on sysnand now the browser won't load.
 

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