Hacking Recommended USB stick speeds for Wupinstalled games?

[Xirix]

I'm looking to try out putting games and such on a USB stick as I have been told it is faster than SD card loading, I don't want to get a HDD for this, probably just a 32 or 64 gig stick, what kind of read speed should I be looking for at least to make sure the games run nicely?

Also what should the stick be formatted to, or does it not matter?

 

[Deleted User]

Speed doesn't matter, most pendrives are slow as hell. [Still, they load games quickly]
I don't suggest getting a pendrive unless you want to unplug it after you're done playing.
[Pendrives are easily corrupting with Wii U because it does ALOT OF STUFF IN THE BACKGROUND...well, sorry for caps]
Hm, every USB Storage device needs to be formatted to Wii U format which is unreadable by anything that isn't a Wii U.

 

[KiiWii]

Pen drives work fine as long as you get decent brands.

 

[H1B1Esquire]

I recommend buying a micro SD and X-in-one USB adapter.

 

[AnonDragon]

I've played games on two USB sticks, both of them working in a nice speed, but... Wii U has killed them already. Yes, USB sticks have limited life, so I'm going to buy myself a cheap HDD (of 128 or 256 GB) with the Y cable (already had another one, but as it is impossible to create a separate partition for Wii U's format... and I don't want to lose all my stuff).

So I'd personally suggest going for the HDD, because you never know when will USB sticks stop working (especially when saving data, I wouldn't like corrupt data)

 

[H1B1Esquire]

@AnonDragon
How long did the sticks last and were they bought just for and solely used on Wii U?

 

[Hayleia]

And were they $10 sticks from Walmart or actual sticks from a reputable brand?
Note, I am really asking, not making fun of anything. If you tell me they were from a reputable brand, I'll switch to HDDs...

 

[AnonDragon]

@AnonDragon
How long did the sticks last and were they bought just for and solely used on Wii U?

About two months each... and got them from a random street tech store (gift from an aunt). No idea of their brand (those with cute covers/shapes). I tested some other "brandless"/chinese and those died instantly or didn't even were recognized by the machine : P

 

[Deleted User]

And were they $10 sticks from Walmart or actual sticks from a reputable brand?
Note, I am really asking, not making fun of anything. If you tell me they were from a reputable brand, I'll switch to HDDs...

I myself used my Kingston 32GB USB Stick [Or it was something like 8-16GB].
It died in 2-4months because i always had it inserted into my Wii U.

 

[Hielkenator]

Same here various brands, mainly used for game testing, before adding them to my hdd ( nothing worde than to redo a full wiiu hdd )

Brands were sandisk 32 GB and 64 GB.

Kingston 32 GB, and a samsung 16 GB.

All have been corrupted beyond repair.

My cheap 1 tb laptop hadd with a cheap sata to usb cable flawelessly for as long as I have usb loading on Wiiu

USB stick tend to get very hot.....

 

[KiiWii]

I have had a Kingston 16gb plugged into my 8GB WIIU since wii fit U digital demo came out (years ago) used it almost every day for months and then recently formatted it for use with BOTW when it leaked in Feb.

I could be wrong here, or just very fortunate, (and I'm probably hexing myself) but I haven't experienced any heating or issues and I have 120+ hrs on BOTW now....

 

[Deleted User]

I have had a Kingston 16gb plugged into my 8GB WIIU since wii fit U digital demo came out (years ago) used it almost every day for months and then recently formatted it for use with BOTW when it leaked in Feb.

I could be wrong here, or just very fortunate, (and I'm probably hexing myself) but I haven't experienced any heating or issues and I have 120+ hrs on BOTW now....

Bruh, mine just shat itself after having it plugged into my Wii U for 2 months

 

[Xirix]

Hmm, perhaps I'll try a small capacity HDD with a Y Cable then, I tried one of the USB sticks I had just lowing around and it didn't work because of a low power error.

 

[H1B1Esquire]

got them from a random street tech store

I'm going to name that as the culprit. I guess those kinds of drives are still okay to make literal backups to copy data in emergencies.....but probably only save data or smol games.

 

[EclipseSin]

I have had a Kingston 16gb plugged into my 8GB WIIU since wii fit U digital demo came out (years ago) used it almost every day for months and then recently formatted it for use with BOTW when it leaked in Feb.

I could be wrong here, or just very fortunate, (and I'm probably hexing myself) but I haven't experienced any heating or issues and I have 120+ hrs on BOTW now....

I'm with you. Real name brand products do not die so quickly unless you get a dud. I have a 256MB pen drive that is ancient as fuck and it is still working at 20MB/s as it always has. Yea, that's slow, but it's from 2004, possibly manufactured before that and still works. Has been used for various projects, ps3 hacking, ps2 launchelf shit, arduino/teensy projects...