HI All,
I've been reading this forum and the wealth of information and advice that is available for the past week as I'm about to receive my first Wii U this week.
I come from a background of modding a PS 3 and partitioning drives to run PS3 ISO's as well as PSX ISO's and also have a huge catalogue of ROMS for Retroarch which is pretty clunky in PS3 admittedly but all on the same drive.
My main interest in the WII U aside from playing some new excellent games is the actual modding process - I love tinkering.
With that in mind, I have read quite a few of the threads and I had some questions. Bear in mind that I realise there are a million ways to achieve the same goal but mine is likely to involve a 2TB SSD, a 1TB SD card ( not endurance as I don't believe that size exists yet) and possibly a mod of the NAND to 64gb from the 32gb the WII U comes with.
I am going to install Aroma and the beta Retroarch that works with Aroma.
What is the best file format set up based on what I have already said above?
WIIU Games and Retroarch Roms together on the USB SSD ? I noted that there might be an issue with ROMS visibility in Retroarch on the current Beta version? What format should this drive be? Does the drive need to be partitioned to host both WII U and Roms?
WII and Gamecube games on the SD Card ? What format should this drive be? I'm assuming these games require FAT32 similar to the apps and Homebrew files?
NAND upgrade to 64gb - I read the forum guidance but I wasn't quite sure whether this could be achieved without soldering? I would prefer mods that don't involve me and tools.
Any other must have tools and suggestions? I have N64 roms, given Retroarch's current capabilities can they be emulated on the WII U outside of Retroarch? I see there is WIIFLOW and the USB Loader? Is there one clear winner in 2025 over the other or is it best to try both and see what I like best? (Not trying to open a can of worms here just genuinely interested) How do Injects work( I realise there is a specific thread for this but trying to gather all of the info I need in a one stop shop) and would they offer a way to play N64 games (or other platforms that are less straightforward?)
Any other hints and tips are appreciated? I realise if anyone prefers a one drive/card solution then what I'm suggesting above will have them suggesting another option but I'd prefer to try out this approach in the first instance and would love to hear how I can make this set up work for me.
Really appreciate any info and suggestions. Ta!
I've been reading this forum and the wealth of information and advice that is available for the past week as I'm about to receive my first Wii U this week.
I come from a background of modding a PS 3 and partitioning drives to run PS3 ISO's as well as PSX ISO's and also have a huge catalogue of ROMS for Retroarch which is pretty clunky in PS3 admittedly but all on the same drive.
My main interest in the WII U aside from playing some new excellent games is the actual modding process - I love tinkering.
With that in mind, I have read quite a few of the threads and I had some questions. Bear in mind that I realise there are a million ways to achieve the same goal but mine is likely to involve a 2TB SSD, a 1TB SD card ( not endurance as I don't believe that size exists yet) and possibly a mod of the NAND to 64gb from the 32gb the WII U comes with.
I am going to install Aroma and the beta Retroarch that works with Aroma.
What is the best file format set up based on what I have already said above?
WIIU Games and Retroarch Roms together on the USB SSD ? I noted that there might be an issue with ROMS visibility in Retroarch on the current Beta version? What format should this drive be? Does the drive need to be partitioned to host both WII U and Roms?
WII and Gamecube games on the SD Card ? What format should this drive be? I'm assuming these games require FAT32 similar to the apps and Homebrew files?
NAND upgrade to 64gb - I read the forum guidance but I wasn't quite sure whether this could be achieved without soldering? I would prefer mods that don't involve me and tools.
Any other must have tools and suggestions? I have N64 roms, given Retroarch's current capabilities can they be emulated on the WII U outside of Retroarch? I see there is WIIFLOW and the USB Loader? Is there one clear winner in 2025 over the other or is it best to try both and see what I like best? (Not trying to open a can of worms here just genuinely interested) How do Injects work( I realise there is a specific thread for this but trying to gather all of the info I need in a one stop shop) and would they offer a way to play N64 games (or other platforms that are less straightforward?)
Any other hints and tips are appreciated? I realise if anyone prefers a one drive/card solution then what I'm suggesting above will have them suggesting another option but I'd prefer to try out this approach in the first instance and would love to hear how I can make this set up work for me.
Really appreciate any info and suggestions. Ta!
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