Homebrew Wii to WiiU: a painless upgrade?

[Deleted member 553148]

Just a quick feedback: is it easy and fast to move a Wii/GC collection of game roms over to WiiU?
I currently have a very well set up Wii, with Hackmii, USB Loader GX, Nintendont and a USB drive full of games.
I'm loving it, but WiiUs are dirt cheap right now, and native HD output and external pad sound nice.
Can my Wii setup be recreated without effort on the new console? Or I will need to patch each game and other time-consuming chores?

(Not concerned with the WiiU part here, I know it's fairly straightforward)

 

[godreborn]

Have to hack vwii, but yes.

 

[Deleted member 553148]

Have to hack vwii, but yes.

So I just hack vWii like wiiU dot guide says, install my USB Loader/GX and it's all like before, except being a bit careful with what I install (wii channels/iOS) to avoid bricks? Great, thanks

 

[godreborn]

Yes

 

[OldGnashburg]

Just a quick feedback: is it easy and fast to move a Wii/GC collection of game roms over to WiiU?
I currently have a very well set up Wii, with Hackmii, USB Loader GX, Nintendont and a USB drive full of games.
I'm loving it, but WiiUs are dirt cheap right now, and native HD output and external pad sound nice.
Can my Wii setup be recreated without effort on the new console? Or I will need to patch each game and other time-consuming chores?

(Not concerned with the WiiU part here, I know it's fairly straightforward)

Depends on the setup you want. If your just transferring GC Wii games should be easy. I have a external HDD split between FAT32 and NTFS so I don't have to split my Wii ISO's. Library wise it's as easy as copying and pasting everything to the right place (GC to the games folder Wii games to their respective folder). First you need to hack the vWii. Then just transfer your stuff and install USBLoader GX. You can even install a forwarder on the Wii U menu to use the GamePad with USBLoader GX and play games with it. Any covers or cheats need to be redownloaded using the built in downloader or you need to transfer them over and change the folders to the right place in the Paths menu. Any EmuNAND stuff will not work, and EmuNAND is finicky at best on Wii U, so you are limited in space for WADs.

 

[Deleted member 553148]

I have a external HDD split between FAT32 and NTFS so I don't have to split my Wii ISO's.

I got the same, so I guess it's plug and play for that!

Any EmuNAND stuff will not work.

I gave up on WADs already, they are a pain on Wii too

 

[SapphireBulletBill]

I might consider getting another Wii U for Double Dash 8 Player LAN.
Or MKWii 12 Player LAN.

 

[N7Kopper]

I might consider getting another Wii U for Double Dash 8 Player LAN.
Or MKWii 12 Player LAN.

To play MKWii with more players on LAN, you need at least three setups.

Double Dash is the only Mario Kart to date that supports four way splitscreen in netplay.