Hacking new Wii U

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Hello everyone,

I finally got myself a WiiU and while I was researching how to softmod it, it went and updated itself to fw 5.0.. How can I softmod it now? I tried the smashbros method but the game won't see the savegame in the stage builder.

I'm using an old 2gb sd card inserted directly in the machine.. What am I missing?

Thanks in advance and my advanced apologies if this question has already been answered..
 
Thanks for the quick reply! I tried that too with the same result.. I'm at work right now but I'll try as soon as I'm back home.

I like yer avatar btw! (;
 
Thanks for the quick reply! I tried that too with the same result.. I'm at work right now but I'll try as soon as I'm back home.

I like yer avatar btw! (;

Make sure you do not have any save for smasbros on your vWii.

Use this to make your life easier : http://www.wii-homebrew.com/download/nintendo-wii-downloads/pc-tools/uhg-downloader/


Ignore the false positives note if your virus scanner pops up.
The files are 100% save.


Never ever install cIOS that are for a original Wii.
Softmodding vWii involves different files than a original Wii.
Here is a tutorial: http://forum.wii-homebrew.com/board...5130-ultimate-vwii-homebrew-guide/#post500700
 
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Make sure you do not have any save for smasbros on your vWii.

Use this to make your life easier : http://www.wii-homebrew.com/download/nintendo-wii-downloads/pc-tools/uhg-downloader/


Ignore the false positives note if your virus scanner pops up.
The files are 100% save.


Never ever install cIOS that are for a original Wii.
Softmodding vWii involves different files than a original Wii.
Here is a tutorial: http://forum.wii-homebrew.com/board...5130-ultimate-vwii-homebrew-guide/#post500700

Fantastic guide by the way my only issue is I don't see the Twilight Hack at all and that is the only retail game I have saved at home for this sort of thing. Can you still use the hack with the WiiU or not? Do you know off a good guide using the TH for the WiiU please.
 
Fantastic guide by the way my only issue is I don't see the Twilight Hack at all and that is the only retail game I have saved at home for this sort of thing. Can you still use the hack with the WiiU or not? Do you know off a good guide using the TH for the WiiU please.

Unfortunately the good ole Twilight Hack (ahhh, memories!) doesn't work on Wii U at all, and actually won't work with the Wii system menu 4.0 or higher, that's long gone I'm afraid.....
If you shop around you can find Wii Lego Batman nice and cheap - I picked it up specifically for the Wii U softmod from my local CEX for about £6... think it's the cheapest one from the list (you can probably double that price for Lego SW or Indy, more like £20 for Smash/Yu-Gi, and let's not even go there for Tales...:lol: )
 
Amazon has quite a few of the games for cheap. For example the a used Lego Batman costs less than £2 + shipping (which is a few pounds). So in total, you'd be down about £4 or less. As mightymuffy said, Yu-Gi and Smash are the more expensive ones at £10-20 for a used one..
 
Is there any other way of hacking without a proper retail game?

No, if there were then nobody would be recommending people to buy one. LEGO Indiana Jones is probably the cheapest retail game with an exploit, I got it for like $8 new years back.
 
If you are thinking about using the Twilight Hack, Please STOP everything you are doing right now.
Read EVERYTHING completely at least twice ("measure twice cut once" as they say).
Ask a ton of questions and do a "dry run" by making a complete list and following that list checkpoint by checkpoint.

As soon as you can in the process,Backup your Nand and save it to a safe place! see thread
Dump Mii NAND - a BootMii format (nand.bin) NAND dumper for vWii/Wii

http://gbatemp.net/threads/dump-mii-nand-a-bootmii-format-nand-bin-nand-dumper-for-vwii-wii.358977/

Make sure you are ONLY following instructions having to do with vwii mode (virtual wii mode). The vwii is ONLY available on the wiiu. Disregard ALL instructions that relate to the wii. (ANYTHING wii related could screw by your system.
Did I mention "Ask a ton of questions".

If you do not believe how "easy" it is to screwup your wiiu (if you don't follow instructions), Look back several pages in this sub-forum for all the causalities of being impatient or careless or outright reckless. Please take your time.

You (most likely) setup your internet before backing things up. That is why you updated and don't have an older nand backup to rely on. It did not cost you anything this time but the next time it could break your chance for homebrew.
 
i followed the guide and all is well with the world! erhm i mean my gaming! thanks a lot guys for pointing me in the right direction! i used the smash bros hack and it worked like a charm :D
 
Make sure you do not have any save for smasbros on your vWii.

Use this to make your life easier : http://www.wii-homebrew.com/download/nintendo-wii-downloads/pc-tools/uhg-downloader/


Ignore the false positives note if your virus scanner pops up.
The files are 100% save.


Never ever install cIOS that are for a original Wii.
Softmodding vWii involves different files than a original Wii.
Here is a tutorial: http://forum.wii-homebrew.com/board...5130-ultimate-vwii-homebrew-guide/#post500700

Is there not a english translation for this page, and also the programs it installs as i noticed blue dump app is all in german
 

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