Wii U from Japan Region - Is it worth buying in 2025?

[JamesWA]

For many years the Wii U consoles from JAPAN region were a difficult topic. Because you were not able to change the language in the settings menu. Also if modded...there were a lot of problems playing some games from other regions like USA. many hanged when launching

For the wii U menu side there is a guide to upload some files via ftp and that fixes some of the menus to appear in English. But it does not fix the Vwii menu still appears in japanese.

As of 2025, Japanese Wii U still have many problems? should we avoid them? I read that with Aroma there is a plugin that fixes the issue of being able to play many games from USA region that previously were not working on a JAP wii u.

But what about virtual console injection games?
what about Vwii games? do they work on a japanese console?
What other problems are still going on with a JAP Wii U console, trying to play USA versions of games?

 

[SDIO]

You can also just do a region change https://gbatemp.net/threads/region-changing-the-wii-u.650802/

 

[JamesWA]

You can also just do a region change https://gbatemp.net/threads/region-changing-the-wii-u.650802/

thank you SDIO, I just followed the guide, and the guide is really excellent.

 

[ikn0w1]

For many years the Wii U consoles from JAPAN region were a difficult topic. Because you were not able to change the language in the settings menu. Also if modded...there were a lot of problems playing some games from other regions like USA. many hanged when launching

For the wii U menu side there is a guide to upload some files via ftp and that fixes some of the menus to appear in English. But it does not fix the Vwii menu still appears in japanese.

As of 2025, Japanese Wii U still have many problems? should we avoid them? I read that with Aroma there is a plugin that fixes the issue of being able to play many games from USA region that previously were not working on a JAP wii u.

But what about virtual console injection games?
what about Vwii games? do they work on a japanese console?
What other problems are still going on with a JAP Wii U console, trying to play USA versions of games?

I had purchased mine from Japan last year and used the guide from SDIO to change the region. Everything works as it should, the only "bug" would be that the date in English on the vWii menu is messed up, but nothing else otherwise.

 

[mrconsole]

Will region change install the full original EU/US firmware in the end or it's just some files replacement in JP firmware, so some bugs may appear?

 

[SDIO]

Yes it will have exactly the titles installed from that region. The only problem would be that the eShop doesn't work.

the only "bug" would be that the date in English on the vWii menu is messed up, but nothing else otherwise

Did you also region change the vWii?

 

[grizz6]

Is there any way to restore Wii U shop access when region changing from Japan to USA?

 

[assistplucky]

Is there any geometry dash way to restore Wii U shop access when region changing from Japan to USA?

I had the similar issue, but I'm not sure how to resolve it.