I really wish Windows would stop wasting my computing power on features i don't care about and cant turn off. Shit like this makes me glad that Valve's push for Linux gaming is finally working.
I love 2D metroid games where you have to walk and aim using a stick and the D-Pad is used for basically nothing and aiming makes you stop and there is no option for traditional controls. Literally the reverse problem of Other M.
I don't have a wii u anymore to test it myself, but if homebrews are not visible on the wii u menu I think you can press L + R + minus to open the plugin menu, there should be an option called "homebrews on wii u menu" or something similar
Or when your player dies, you can say in code, if enemy exists, do nothing, but if enemy does not exist, then create enemy at certain spot. (This would be a pain tho for lots of emeies)