Moonlight Wii U is a port of Moonlight Embedded, which is an open source implementation of NVIDIA's GameStream, as used by the NVIDIA Shield.
Moonlight Wii U allows you to stream your full collection of games from your powerful Windows desktop to your Wii U.

It's using the hardware-accelerated h264 library of the Wii U which results in pretty fast decoding.
Using my LAN Adapter [email protected] runs almost flawlessly.

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


Requirements

• GFE compatible computer with GTX 600/700/900/1000 series GPU (for the PC you're streaming from)
• Geforce Experience 2.1.1 or higher
• A Wii U LAN Adapter is recommended

If your PC isn't supported or you're having performance related issues, try using sunshine instead.

Quick Start

• Grab the latest version from the releases page and extract it to the root of your SD Card
• Enter the IP of your GFE server in the moonlight.conf file located at sd:/wiiu/apps/moonlight (remove the '#' before the address line, it's commented out by default)
• Ensure your GFE server and Wii U are on the same network
• Turn on Shield Streaming in the GFE settings
• Pair Moonlight Wii U with the GFE server
• Accept the pairing confirmation on your PC
• Connect to the GFE 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.

Supported controllers

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

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.