Gaming The Wii U Transfer Tool is up for download already

[Kadin]

Yeah I just moved them over, or rather copied them, so I wouldn't have to download them again from Nintendo's server. Just save some time. It confirmed that everything I bought and didn't get into the system memory would be available to download again.

[EDIT]

Ok so it doesn't appear that anything was broken other than my VC games that I transferred now say they can't run which was expected. HBC, USB Loader GX, and all my other installed items work with zero issues (on the Wii).

Going to do a NAND restore and see what I get with that. So far, no issues...

[Edit #2]

Ok after doing the NAND restore, all the games that I left on my SD Card (everything) now play without any issues. Just loaded up Zelda (NES) and it's at the quick save screen to resume where I last played months ago.

Not sure if any of my saves are still on the SD/Wii memory but that's fine either way. Very happy to see it all worked out. And yes, the Wii Shop still works on my Wii now. I can see all the Wii U transfer history...

[EDIT #3]

Scratch that on the VC games all playing... it appears Paper Mario doesn't want to boot now. We'll see what else I find doesn't play.

Ok I have a sneaking suspicion that going back into the Wii Shop channel on the Wii broke the link to allow me to still play them all on my Wii. Worked fine after reboot before I went there, now none of them do. Restoring NAND once again and testing once more.

Poor Wii U, not getting much love atm.

 

[Kadin]

Ok so that was it. If you fire up the Wii Shop Channel on the original Wii after doing the transfer, it de-links everything allowing it to no longer play.

Restored NAND just let Paper Mario, Zelda, Mario, FZero and a bunch of others to play once again.

So the point of this story: Avoid the Wii Shop on your original machine if you still want to have access to your purchases there as well as on the Wii U.

 

[ItsMetaKnight]

Interesting. That means you have to remove the Shopping Channel from the Wii if you want to sell it after a transfer and NAND restore, correct?

 

[JRDad1]

Could you just delete the account history so it'd be like working with a brand new wii?

 

[9thSage]

Awesome, thanks for the info. Did you try connecting to the Wii Shop after you restored your NAND?

I didn't actually, no.

*edit*
Ah, so it unlinks them if you go there...I had a suspicion about something like that, glad I didn't try it.

 

[Maxternal]

I'm sure if you REALLY wanted you could just go through each title,
transfer to NAND,
pack into WAD (with WiiMod)
Delete
and repeat for everything on the SD
Then after you've connected to the shop channel and un-linked you could just re-install your collection of backed up WAD's.
(I know it's a lengthy process but If you want to keep using the shop channel on the Wii, it'd at least be a way to let that work for you.)

 

[tronic307]

Ok so that was it. If you fire up the Wii Shop Channel on the original Wii after doing the transfer, it de-links everything allowing it to no longer play.

Restored NAND just let Paper Mario, Zelda, Mario, FZero and a bunch of others to play once again.

So the point of this story: Avoid the Wii Shop on your original machine if you still want to have access to your purchases there as well as on the Wii U.

So, the transfer was successful even with HBC, right? My IOS's and shop channel are up to date, but i'm running SM 4.1U w/Priiloader. Should I perform a Wii system update before the transfer?

 

[Kadin]

So, the transfer was successful even with HBC, right? My IOS's and shop channel are up to date, but i'm running SM 4.1U w/Priiloader. Should I perform a Wii system update before the transfer?

Yup to the first question. As to doing a system update, no, don't. As long as you can reach the shop channel and download the transfer tool, that's all you need.

 

[JRDad1]

So I've got a question, If I store all my games on my SD card and I transfer everything over to the Wii U then restore my NAND, Can I still play the games off the SD card or do they need to be on my system?

 

[tronic307]

Yup to the first question. As to doing a system update, no, don't. As long as you can reach the shop channel and download the transfer tool, that's all you need.

Thanks! What happens to out-of-region saves?

 

[Vulpes Abnocto]

BE ADVISED

Some people are reporting major trouble in using this tool.

http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/buyer-beware-nintendo-nukes.html

 

[Fuffelpups]

How big is the Transfer Tool, how many free Blocks do i need on my Wii to download it from the Wii Shopping Channel?

 

[mark0217]

Well, is anything working on the WiiU that isn't supposed to (HBC, backup VC games, etc)?

 

[Nemesis90]

BE ADVISED

Some people are reporting major trouble in using this tool.

http://boingboing.net/2012/11/20/buyer-beware-nintendo-nukes.html

It appears he had a hardware failure with his Wii, so i'm not really sure what would be at fault here. I do agree that this method of transfer is a bit of a hassle though.

 

[tronic307]

It appears he had a hardware failure with his Wii, so i'm not really sure what would be at fault here. I do agree that this method of transfer is a bit of a hassle though.

He might have just had a corrupted save file. I wasn't taking any chances; I offloaded all out of region saves before the transfer, cause it's region locked anyway. My MK:Wii save was 100% unlocked by Ocarina codes, and still made it over.