Moonlight Wii U is a port of Moonlight Embedded, which is an open source client for Sunshine and NVIDIA GameStream. Moonlight allows you to stream your full collection of games and applications from your PC to other devices to play them remotely.

It's using the hardware-accelerated h264 library of the Wii U which results in pretty fast decoding.
Using my LAN Adapter 720p@60fps runs almost flawlessly.

Here's a little demo (and april fools) video:

Quick Start​

A Wii U LAN Adapter is recommended!

• Grab the latest version from the releases page and extract it to the root of your SD Card.
• Enter the IP of your Sunshine/GFE server in the moonlight.conf file located at sd:/wiiu/apps/moonlight.
• Ensure your Sunshine/GFE server and Wii U are on the same network.
• If using GFE, turn on Shield Streaming in the GFE settings.
• Pair Moonlight Wii U with the server.
• Accept the pairing confirmation on your PC.
• Connect to the server with Moonlight Wii U.
• Play games!

Configuration
You can configure all of the documented settings in the moonlight.conf file located at sd:/wiiu/apps/moonlight.
Note that a lot of option are commented out by default, to edit them you need to remove the # in front of them.

Supported controllers

• Gamepad (can be disabled with the disable_gamepad option).
• Up to 4 Wii U Pro Controllers and Wii Classic Controllers (Pro).
  The Gamepad needs to be disabled to use the 4th controller.

Troubleshooting​

Input doesn't work when using Sunshine​

Verify that you've installed Nefarius Virtual Gamepad and restarted your PC after the installation.

The stream disconnects frequently/immediately​

Depending on your network connection you need to adjust the configuration to find a stable bitrate and resolution.Try something like this to get started:

width = 854
height = 480
fps = 30

bitrate = 1500

Then slowly increase the bitrate until the stream is no longer stable.

Can't find app Steam​

Moonlight Wii U tries to start the app "Steam" by default, but sunshine does not have a default Application called "Steam".
You can either rename the app in the moonlight.conf to

app = Steam Big Picture

which is a default option in sunshine or add a new application called "Steam" in the sunshine configuration.

Releases: https://github.com/GaryOderNichts/moonlight-wiiu/releases
Source code: https://github.com/GaryOderNichts/moonlight-wiiu

Special thanks to agilly1989, rw and QuarkTheAwesome.

 

[CrisMod]

Remove the "#" symbol.


I've tried with every IP it shows and it doesn't work.

If you are connected to the same Router , your PC IP usually it starts with 192.168.X.XX

 

[E1ite007]

If you are connected to the same Router , your PC IP usually it starts with 192.168.X.XX

Yes, yes I'm.
I'm even in the same network since my PC cannot connect to 5 GHz WiFi networks.

 

[huma_dawii]

By the way the main post doesnt mention anything about removing the "#" symbol :v

 

[ploggy]

Remove the '#' in front of the IP-address line.

By the way the main post doesnt mention anything about removing the "#" symbol :v

GaryOderNichtshas has mentioned it in this thread though

 

[huma_dawii]

GaryOderNichtshas has mentioned it in this thread though

Yeah, kind of didnt read the whole thread, since most of the people were just saying they dont have a powerful pc ahhahaha, have you made an icon yet? :B

 

[ploggy]

Yeah, kind of didnt read the whole thread, since most of the people were just saying they dont have a powerful pc ahhahaha, have you made an icon yet? :B

Yeah, I was one of them lol
Heh, I'll leave that upto someone else, I wasn't very good at making them
but there's alot of source material

 

[huma_dawii]

So i tested and its very choppy on my end.. and im using lan adapter... so yeah, i'll pass on this one :v can i make not open Steam all the time? my games are not on steam so i dont want that app opening at all times

Edit: Changed fps to 30 and now is a lot smoother, you what would it be nice? A Channel version so we could manage brightness without leaving the app!

 

[ploggy]

I decided to take a stab at making an icon and meta anyway use them if you want



EDIT: just incase anyone wants the fullsize image

 

[Soukai]

Thanks a lot for this! could someone build a forwarder? <3

 

[huma_dawii]

I decided to take a stab at making an icon and meta anyway use them if you want

View attachment 257279

EDIT: just incase anyone wants the fullsize image

Thanks a lot!

 

[Xzi]

Essentially turns your Wii U into a Shield TV, eh? Might be tempting if I didn't already own the latter. Good work nonetheless!

 

[lordelan]

Nice to see some love for the Wii U. Thanks for this!

 

[Valery0p]

UsendMii can finally go into retirement

This is groundbreaking, I think this is the first time someone made use of the h264 hardware acceleration? Not even MaschellDev streaming plugin managed to use it.

When touch support will be added (and motion controls if you like it) this will be perfect, especially if we can stream and control any desktop application we want.

I've been waiting for this for a long time

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

So is this like playstation remote play but for wii u and only on pc?

 

[ploggy]

So is this like playstation remote play but for wii u and only on pc?

Basically yeah, Gary has said he's open to the idea of a Playstation Remote Play port but hasn't got a PS4

In all honesty I'd probably get more use out of a Remote Play port.

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

Well, guess it can't hurt to try. I don't know much about this since I never heard of moonlight, but least there something new for my wii u to do.

Was this added to the homebrew store on the wii u? Maybe it should be.

 

[carlitos2200]

So far so good. I tried out Street Fighter IV. Had some fun playing that on the wii u tablet. So my question is what setting has anyone tried for best results? Stock settings have been decent so far for me.

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

So this isn't internet based right? I don't have to connect to online to play, just the same router?

 

[matpower]

GUYS , if I'm telling you that I'm PLAYING SUPER MARIO ODISSEY FROM MY WII U!!!!!!!!
YOU, what you are going to reply me?
OR, we talking about Luigi's Mansions????
And it's not April's fool or joke, but April Mind-Blowing.....

In a rightful world, this is what we would have instead of the Switch.

 

[GaryOderNichts]

By the way the main post doesnt mention anything about removing the "#" symbol :v

Added it to the OP.

Done it's now on the front page. Thanks for bringing it to my attention! It might have gotten lost due to the April 1st release. But seems legit.

Oh wow, thanks for the support!

This doesn't work as a channel yet, I'll probably update it in the future.
A nice user interface instead of that config file is also planned.