Misc Copy game update with Dumpling and convert it to Installer GX2 format

JGSM · Feb 9, 2026

Dumpling can only make a copy of the game update files in Cemu format, apparently (I have never used Cemu, btw).
I need to convert that into APP format, so I can install that update by using Installer GX2.
Apparently Nkit can do that, but I cannot figure out how to do it, as the game update consists of multiple files (not just a WUX or WUP file).
Can anyone give me some advice? Thanks!

bitzthatbyte · Mar 30, 2026

Not sure as have not tried it but there is some info here about Nkit2

Tutorial Thread 'A Comprehensive Look at the Wii U's File Formats and How to Convert Between Them'

Mar 28, 2026

Introduction

In this thread I wanted to provide a single easy to follow resource for explaining and understanding the different file formats for Wii U software and the uses cases they can have, either on original hardware or on the CEMU emulator. This is also the result of a few months of experimentation on my end and I wanted to document and share these results as well.

What file formats are we dealing with?

We have 4 main file formats to work with here, of which only one properly works on original hardware, though CEMU can use all of these...

GABO1423 · Mar 31, 2026

That won't work since what is being asked is a way to change a decrypted WUP to an encrypted WUP. I wasn't able to find a way to make that possible.

In theory you could try NUSPacker with the decrypted contents though, but I don't know how reliable that would be.

Then again since the OP is asking about updates, you can still download those from the servers just fine assuming you aren't using Pretendo and the like.

Carnage · 2026-08-07T03:47:58+0100

GABO1423 said:
That won't work since what is being asked is a way to change a decrypted WUP to an encrypted WUP. I wasn't able to find a way to make that possible.

In theory you could try NUSPacker with the decrypted contents though, but I don't know how reliable that would be.

Then again since the OP is asking about updates, you can still download those from the servers just fine assuming you aren't using Pretendo and the like.

Actually that is the correct way to do it, you also need the title key (you can get the Encrypted key via, Ticket2SD, and then use the Title ID and Encrypted key along with the Wii U Common Key to get the Title Key) and then Simply:
NUSPacker -in "UNPACKED" -out "PACKED" -encryptionKey TITLE_KEY -encryptKeyWith WIIU_COMMON_KEY

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