OK, I was able to create a save on the Memory Card Emulation with Windwaker.
I rebooted my Wii U, picked windwaker again, and when the title screen came on, I got some sound garbage, pressed start, and it said the memory card was corrupted and needed to be formatted. I did so, and was able to save a quest in the first slot.
Currently at this moment, I have the story playing, and im experiencing the sound tearing/garbage sound here and there throughout the story.
EDIT game crashed/hanged at this point of the story. "Clothed in the green of fields, they aspired to find heroic blades and cast down evil."
Going to reboot and try again.