Is there a way to get those specific games to display in 4:3 (black bars, no stretching) without manually going to the Features menu and turning off "WiiU Widescreen" each time?
not yet.
it's a request already to add an option for wii games too, though it will affect only vWii so I'm not very found on adding game settings which will have no effect (on wii).
2. during the tests, after the hdd fails to initialize (due to cios), the "Show Wii games" check box is unchecked and have to be checked manually for the next boot to show Wii games again - This may be one of the reason why some users cannot find their Wii games because the option was unchecked for "no reason".
It's not really with no reason. It's because it loaded without a HDD connected, so no Wii game was possible to load (as only USB is possible, no SD card, for wii games).
I changed that behavior recently. Previously, when HDD was not mount at boot, the loader enabled ALL the checkboxes. I found that weird saying "going to channel mode" and enabling gamecube too....
So instead I removed Wii and enabled channel.
I can just "enable channel" and keep the current setting, OR I can just "not change anything". No HDD mounted, then it's loaded to a white screen if no other sources are selected.
what do you think is best?
If USB is not mounted and Wii is selected:
Old behavior : Wii -> ALL
Current behavior : Wii -> Channel (keep other sources, if gamecube was enabled, it still is, but channel is added and wii removed)
possibility 1 : Wii -> Wii + channel (keep current setting + add real channel)
possibility 2 : Wii -> no changes (Nothing to display if only Wii was selected no game will be listed)
possibility 3 : Wii -> Real NAND only if Wii alone was selected (if EmuNAND or gamecube is enabled, don't go to channel mode, if no game in the list then channel mode is enabled)
It can be a user option too.
I like choice2, No changes at all. but a lot of users might complain that no games are displayed at all. "freeze on white screen"
choice 3 could be done, realNAND is set only if there's nothing to display.
Will a hub with a hdd and an HID controller work in Nintendont?
I don't know if HID can load from HUB. let me know your result.