A reason to break out your Wii U again

[@nintendope1]

Dude, the Wii U is the ultimate Nintendo console to softmod. It gives you native access to GameCube, Wii, and Wii U games. And like you said, you can use any modern controller you want to play games. And of course, you can load it up with emulators.

[@nsgames24]

I'll never understand to this day why Nintendo never released GameCube games for the Virtual Console. Folks have proven that the Wii U can emulate GameCube games well and Nintendo literally made a GameCube controller adapter, but purposefully made it work for one game?

[@poptheweasel100]

The DS emulator used for the Virtual Console games is really good too, it can play most games that aren't DSi enhanced titles no problem, and it's the only real way to play DS games on the big screen without much hassle thanks to the touchscreen. With a modded Wii U, you can play almost EVERY Nintendo console, only really missing out on the 3DS and Switch.

[@DarkBowser64]

@@nsgames24 It's not even an emulator; the Wii backwards compatibility in the Wii U gives way to GameCube backwards compatibility since it's basically just a souped up CPU and GPU of the GameCube to begin with, with some extra stuff thrown in. Nintendont just acts as a hypervisor (compatibility layer) for the GameCube games to run in Wii mode... so they even run faster, with less frame drops than the original games running on Wii through the regular disc channel!

[@SwoleMuffin]

Was about to say lol​@@DarkBowser64

[@garrtrigger]

​@@poptheweasel100While playing ds titles can u use a third party controller?

[@szalontaibarnabasivo]

I would still disable system updates, we've seen instances where companies release patches post console shutdown specifically to fix these exploits, just because.

[@lorneross49]

As soon as their next console is released I'm turning on airplane mode with just Bluetooth enabled! To protect my switch oled from any malicious updates that will most undoubtedly hinder its performance 👏 🎉 so I'm filling up my library on my switch and I've been backing up the entire SD card on a backup PC hard drive. I don't play online much anyways, just smash bros with friends and that's about it.

[@tyrone6]

No way they would do that to a system with no shop and no online

[@lorneross49]

@@tyrone6 do NOT underestimate Nintendo's grotesque salivating greed!

[@weegeenumberone2]

@@lorneross49Nintendo is definitely way too fuckin' greedy, they WILL update the 3DS and Wii U to fix all the exploits. But everyone will still find a way to hack their systems still

[@revolv8379]

@@tyrone6 they did it with the 3DS about a year ago

[@Dracossaint]

Zombii u has a whole new meaning now.

[@StarlightAnimations.]

Hahahaha that was good

[@zozzinator]

You missed a few things with pretendo: 1. They have backed up all existing Mario Maker levels, idk if they uploaded them to their own server yet. This means that your levels should arrive there soon as well and that it won't be so deserted anymore 2. Some features for some games are still a work in progress and take some time, including the 100 Mario challenge. Progress can be viewed on the Pretendo website 3. You only need to use your new Pretendo Account for accessing the Miiverse replacement, you can use your old WiiU account for normal online play If I missed something else you missed I'll update the comment

[@NottJoeyOfficial]

You can't actually use your existing user for online play unless you delete your Nintendo Metwork account off of it.

[@jondbarrow]

You cannot use existing NNIDs to go online with Pretendo

[@witherwraithmc]

You can’t use your old NNID… sort of. You need to create a pretendo account to access the servers, but you CAN move your save data from NNID to PNID.

[@zozzinator]

@@witherwraithmc well i can go online with my old account, I also asked in the discord server

[@thomasv10lator70]

> 1. They have backed up all existing Mario Maker levels, idk if they uploaded them to their own server yet. AFAIK they don't want to add these as it's unclear if that would count to piracy.

[@marcodeleon6825]

8:20 "say it again for the people in the back" 🗣🗣

[@AnthonyZ.]

5:06 kinda makes sense since 1. The name Homebrew sounds a lot like brewing coffee at home And 2. The Wii u’s code name was “Project Cafe”.

[@MrTmb64]

I actually soft modded mine last year after not using it for years, found many new uses for it, and absolutely loving it ! It's an emulation powerhouse ! Also it's extremely fun to play ds games with the top screen on the TV and bottom screen on the gamepad

[@clamjammer4927]

Yeah playing ds games on it is a game changer

[@miro_trendafilov]

The Wii U is dead. Long live the Wii U!

[@cf3661]

The WiiU is one of the best emulation consoles. It will never die 😉

[@carltonjonny]

What is dead may never die 🦑

[@Stayinthegrave]

I AM THE WII U!

[@lucho3410]

To you it might be dead

[@freshboi6351]

INDEED MY MAN

[@PixelShade]

I honestly loved the WiiU... It lacked 3rd party support, and had a somewhat slow loading OS. But Nintendo really did put in the high gear when it came to their own games. And the machine, together with the 3DS had a lot of that wonderful "Nintendo charm": Mii's, Miiverse, Mii Plaza, Street Pass, Miiverse game integration etc. the whole ecosystem felt lively and fun (The switch feels dead on the other hand with your friends acting like mindless "ghosts" playing games on their devices occassionally). Nintendo also had a lot of goodwill towards its fan base during those difficult years, "The Ambassador program" for 3DS, "Nintendo Selects", good sales etc... Something that was lost after Iwata's passing and the release of the Switch. It honestly feels like the Switch became an outsourced hardware/software project that just happened to play Nintendo games. And the only thing Nintendo has truly innovated on during the Switch generation has been how to extract the most money out of consumers. (with paid online subscription services, increased prices, deprecating games early etc). Yeah, I'm more of a WiiU fan than a Switch fan these days... The Switch had potential, But Nintendo never really tapped into that potential with OS updates that fixed things like. making "friends" meaningful (like adding messaging, chat, picture chats), having colorful themes, sounds and music... Anything to make the device feel more interesting to pick up.

[@SharpEdgeSoda]

...Even in the glamour shots the WiiU Pad is dirty. I don't blame you, but why is the WiiU gamepad so impossible to clean!?!

[@CathrineMacNiel]

Its the Piano lacquer. It may look classy at first but its like you said impossible to clean. The white gamepad probably fares a bit better.

[@nsgames24]

Just like the console itself. I don't get why Nintendo thought that making the Wii U a fingerprint magnet was a good idea. The controller is even worse with it since it has a touchscreen.

[@AnthonyZ.]

I didn’t have that problem since my Wii U is the basic white set.

[@nsgames24]

@@AnthonyZ. Yeah, I think that's the problem. I don't think the basic set is as common as the deluxe set where everything shows.

[@bobcobb99]

@@CathrineMacNiel The whites ones have the problem that the white rubber has a dirty brown look. I prefer the black but neither is ideal

[@MouseCIick]

I honestly have more fun modding console than actually playing it. It’s pretty cool we can unlock features in these tech to bring it back to life and more. And it’s super satisfying when you follow a well edited video instructions and it actually works.

[@bobcobb99]

Haha me too!

[@AgentXero2]

Yeah same!

[@NottJoeyOfficial]

You'll be happy to hear that Pretendo already announced plans for an archival version of Mario Maker servers! They scraped all levels uploaded before the servers went down, and plan to set up a second server that is just an archive of every level uploaded to MM1 from 2015 to 2021!

[@dgan2304]

I hope they share all the levels with the wider world so Pretendo going down doesn't mean the levels are lost.

[@NottJoeyOfficial]

@@dgan2304 the first thing they're doing before they ever revive the services are uploading all the data they scraped from multiple games to the Internet Archive!

[@dgan2304]

@@NottJoeyOfficial Awesome, that's incredible news!

[@dgan2304]

@@NottJoeyOfficial It's been 5 days and I haven't heard anything else about this, are they still planning on uploading them to the Internet Archive?

[@NottJoeyOfficial]

@@dgan2304 it won't be right away I'm sure, they do have a road map the devs are following though. They're working on sorting through all the data they collected before doing anything with it. They will make sure it's all good first, and then in the future upload it. I'm sure there will be an announcement when they both open the archive server and upload the data. They were in an all hands on deck situation due to the closure and there's still some chaos from that, but they do still plan on uploading the data.

[@Punisher6791]

Bob Wulff: the John Wick of Gaming.

[@ConnorJones-op6cx]

The Wii U having HDMI is what urged me to make the switch from my modded Wii

[@Nightcaat]

Unfortunately you trade the convenience of having a built-in HDMI output for arguably worse image quality, longer startup times and only partial RiiConnect24 support. But for most people it’s probably good enough

[@olevet75]

Yes, that's big one +plus having 1 more console generation added

[@DARS_04]

its not full range HD, but it still looks nice.

[@ATompkins1991]

what do you mean break out “again”? doesn’t everybody still have theirs plugged in and ready to go? guys??

[@thrillhouse198x]

You really nailed how smudgy the wiiU gets. 10/10

[@RGSPro]

I honestly don't think it could be that expensive for Nintendo to keep the servers online for the Wii u so it's really a shame that they don't just leave them up.

[@dannyboots]

Everyone seems to be talking about the Wii U again 🥹

[@CathrineMacNiel]

isn't that great :)

[@john-sp8jk]

👍🎮🕹️🎮👍

[@liltwistedgamer]

Had my Wii U since 2013, my mom got it because my original Wii stopped working. If that didn’t happen, I probably would’ve never knew what the Wii u was until later.I still play it to this day.

[@racingaerials4493]

Still play my modded Wii from time to time. It's amazing how much it increases the life of these old consoles

[@landengoodner9841]

For me, I have so many memories with the Wii U. And now that it no longer has online capabilities, it can now be considered dead. However for me, it will always be alive in my heart. It has so many great games and hopefully it will never be forgotten.

[@Andrew12105]

Same. I honestly am thinking about buying a wii u just to revisit nintendo land and yoshi's wolly world

[@landengoodner9841]

@@Andrew12105 yessir. Yoshi's Wooly world is one of my favorite nintendo games. I have so many childhood memories with that game. I wish it would have been ported to the switch.

[@VeeTHis]

It still has online capabilities if you install Pretendo. The Wii U is not "dead".

[@landengoodner9841]

@@VeeTHis Thank goodness. I love this console.

[@cashnelson2306]

it’s also a fucking computer and will always be alive if you plug it in lmao

[@robertmajor3475]

I loved the sturdiness of the Wiii U! The full size jockstick, the easy grabable shape, not too heavy, comfortable! I guess I'll give it a go!

[@AlexandruKK92]

9:09 Plugins Keyboard shortcut L - Dipad Down - Select

[@nezuminora9528]

Bob out here talking about Fight Club again. Love your work

[@gsestream]

interestingly only posthumously there is interest.

[@nobyra]

I bet there was always at least SOME interest. But yknow... You always want what you can't get.

[@gsestream]

you always get what you believe in.@@nobyra

[@LP_86239]

always had interest in the wii U, but as a teenager at the time and a fully functional wii I just didn’t get one

[@yeepsleep]

Among the broader gaming community, sure. On the other hand, enthusiasts have known how great the Wii U is for homebrew for a while now. Also, I will die on the hill that Mario Maker 1 is a better game than Mario Maker 2 as much as I wish that wasn’t the case

[@gsestream]

its called riding the wave. of publicity wave.@@yeepsleep

[@matthewlong1978]

Picked one up in January and installed Aroma, with the games, Pretendo and the fact I can pair my Switch Pro Controller I've been having a blast, it's been the perfect companion to my Switch OLED

[@NormansWorldMovies]

Dude hasn't played on his Wii U for 5 years

[@adamleblanc6263]

Would love if years down the line Analogue made a console that reads 3DS/DS games and allows Wii U Pad and others to connect. 3DS/DS on TVs needs to happen more.

[@GrabEmByTheJoystick]

And it’ll cost $800

[@Nightcaat]

Probably won’t happen for another 10 years, if at all. I don’t think the market exists

[@Cyko..]

You know what's missing when you emulate 3DS games? The 3D effect. It makes games so much more immersive and cooler to me.

[@olevet75]

​@@Cyko..yeah till this day can't believe how good oot looks in 3d

[@Sadtiric]

I did mine a while ago and added more functionality recently. I love how weird and wacky the Wii U is.

[@estguy24]

Literally just pulled out my wii u two days ago, the timing on your video is impeccable 👌🏻

[@calebfox1584]

Super glad to see you modding Wii U, however, I definitely think it's worth going back sometime to mod the vWii and emulate GameCube games.

[@Jokerwolf666]

Just remember to look at it this way if you're hesitant, if a console manufacturer literally abandons a platform anything on that platform including a software is fair game. You can't steal from a platform that has been abandoned by the company who created it.

[@UltravioletNomad]

As an avid Splatoon fan, no, the WiiU was a dope concept that Nintendo fumbled, and Ive always been a fan. Splatoon has improved in so many ways but they cant give me back that bottom screen functionality.

[@denisruskin348]

I game daily since thed Game Cube and even then, I thought this was a Wii add-on for many years. Marketing courses need to teach about this fiasco Nintendo pulled back in 2012.

[@ICharlyl]

Im re-hacking my wiiu this weekend, ive been savoring this moment for a while. It had a previous sonewhat clunky hack from early years but im looking forward to updating

[@LoveatFirstHike]

Dude Pretendo has been GREAT. I love booting up my Wii U and seeing people’s drawings and comments again in warawara plaza.

[@VirTaro]

Our old king! You try to get rid of him, but the king is everywhere! You can't get rid of him! EVERRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!

[@dirtmnn]

I did the Pretendo stuff on my 3DS the day after the Nintendo network was shut down. And I told all my friends who own Wii U’s that they should hack theirs as well

[@yeembus]

The Wii U was a really fun console. I still use my PS4 a bunch too but my favorite 8th gen games were mostly on Wii U. It’ll be seen as a wonderful collector’s item in 20 years, I think, like the Sega Saturn and Dreamcast.

[@spursdynasty7378]

Get your games now for cheap 😂 It’s easily the least sold Nintendo console.

[@SSJPENGUIN]

The five player games have made this console the Ultimate console whenever friends are over Also having two separate screens for first person shooters & 3D fighters is awesome Amazing concept/console Just very poorly executed in terms of marketing etc

[@hablasetacobell]

For clarification, does this allow for ripping your physical copies of all your physical games you can run on a Wii U, or just Wii U games?

[@krisrk1]

I missed word “out” at first. I read the title as “A reason to break your Wii U again.”

[@nihilriv3r]

I really only want like 3 things from the new Nintendo console; Streetpass, for the love of everything in existence, bring back streetpass. 1080p 60fps as the minimum standard across the board for first party games, 4K 60fps or 1080p 120fps would be great but its Nintendo so I'm only expecting so much. Better hardware in the dock. This one is a stretch, but I want the new console to be a reverse Wii U where you can stream the "top/main" screen from the tablet to the dock and play WiiU and DS/3DS games. It could of course also use the dock for upscaling to 4K or something along those lines.

[@MarkingBuilds]

Honestly, this video doesn't really do a modded Wii U justice. Obviously, you have easy access to native Wii and GameCube games and they can even be put on the homescreen for nice organization. Then because of Nintendo's built-in virtual console emulators, you can inject games from any Nintendo console before the Wii U because it supported all of them. Then, as is mentioned, any controller imaginable can be used and works with any game. On top of all of this, 3DS games can be streamed to it with full gamepad support, creating pretty much the best way to play many 3DS games. Oh and also mods. The Wii U is the ultimate Nintendo machine!

[@danimedina4969]

Oh? How do you do that last one? I don't have a new 3DS, but my partner does and I was considering getting it working.. didn't know you could stream to the WiiU instead of the PC though

[@MarkingBuilds]

@@danimedina4969 There's a port of the NTRview program for Wii U. I don't remember exactly how it's set up but try googling it.

[@johnnorthtribe]

I had my WiiU since launch and still use it regularly. Hands down the best home console in my opinion. Can play every Nintendo game on it pre switch. All other 8-bit and 16-bit games and so on. Its a gaming beast really.

[@PieSniper]

100 Mario Challenge was the only reason to play Mario Maker! Hopefully it starts working on Pretendo soon!

[@austingreen258]

Sonic mania on Wii U is on par with official releases in many ways, GTA 3 and VC are so good on Wii U, and there are a number of obscure ports like Bendy and the ink machine, baldis basics, and the Sonic 1, 2, and CD decomps (designed for tiramisu) that are also here. The ability to play certain Wii games on the Wii U gamepad is also notable. Love playing Sonic colors while having the gamepad emulate a Wii classic controller (Teconmoons Wii vc injector is your best friend). GameCube too, even if everyone’s mileage may vary. Flawless compatibility. Even Triforce games are playable on Wii U (Mario kart arcade gp 1 and 2) via Nintendont. Like the ps vita is for vita, psp, and ps1 games, the Wii U is perfect for Wii U, Wii, and GameCube. Oh and ds virtual console is so awesome!

[@budgetcoinhunter]

Yeah. The only thing the Wii U port of Mania doesn't have now is the screen filters and achievements. Well, that and native controller images for the platform in the options menu.

[@wulffdendad8957]

All I can say is Pee U to Wii U for shutting down ! #wulffdendad

[@blorfenburger]

This is why I didn't get rid of my wiiu. Fuckers are gonna sell them at stupid prices soon

[@CodeHollowCloud]

I also backed the Ayaneo Flip DS! I don't have mine yet, but I'm super excited for it!

[@N0VAST4R4]

It's crap. Barely 2 hour battery life.

[@DkongTuber]

This generation was the best with backwards compatibility. The Wii U was literally an upgraded wii, which was an upgraded GameCube. So you have 3 generations on that alone. The 3ds is the best portable ever, with backwards compatibility with literally all the portables before it nativley. Not all games, but GB and GBC games had virtual console, with NES, SNES, and the 3ds supports native GBA and DS. (You can literally get all the pokemon games to run natively)

[@earthboundman5]

Watching this video on my TV while playing Yoshi's Woolly World on my GamePad

[@akira_ariga]

NOT THE KAWAII 😂😂😂 I love it hahahahhaa

[@pjgamer5804]

what makes this console one of the best consoles ever made is, when u mod it, it can run Wii Wii U Gamecube Games Natively (and u can also play Gamecube games on the Gamepad without needing a tv)

[@jat9926]

Can’t wait for the Ayaneo flip DS video that thing looks awesome

[@mattiscool11118]

5:06 the wiiu's code name was café

[@paulhudalla9527]

Fun fact: The CFW is called Tiramisu and Aroma because the Wii U's code name is cafe. Why? IDK, Nintendo's codenames are always weird.

[@john-sp8jk]

It's a secret government thing!🤫🤐

[@Hako_exe]

Hey bob when you make videos a suggestion would be to add the commands or series of button presses you use to make X happen. A great example is when you needed to bring up the homebrew plugins. seeing the commands you used just as an asset would be super useful! Otherwise W video

[@Lugiaskr]

not really the point of the video but i wanted to just comment on the shade thrown towards beloved wiiu!! i know this is quite niche, but i loved the gamepad dearly. as someone visually disabled, it was really exciting to be able to play games with friends and actually have a screen right in front of me instead of having to sit in front of everyone and still struggle. And even in solo play, the gamepad just performed Fantastically. It never had from my memory any of the performwnce issues an undocked switch often runs onto, and im sorry, but i just hate the joycons compared to the feel and responsiveness of the gamepad ! i think everyone is too mean to the base console, and as a modded machine, shes even better 💖

[@archlinuxsys]

luckily we have a community that's willing to step up

[@lande.r1]

I bought one used a couple of months ago and it has been a blast. I’ll mod the battery on the gamepad to get a little more runtime

[@nsgames24]

2:55 😂 First off, what did that keyboard do to you?! Secondly, I'm happy that folks online care more about game preservation than game companies do.

[@DecimatedRanger]

theres a good number of Smash Bros mods that i remember being the defining reason why i hacked my wii u. the Chaos mod is absolute gold.

[@McBedtime]

thanks for pointing out that you need to link your pretendo account to your wii u BEFORE dumping the online files to use with cemu. i had made that mistake and wouldve kept wondering what the problem was for a very long time if you hadn't mentioned it in this video

[@Peehoot]

Haircut looking fresh my dude

[@jamiecal11]

Can you do this without a SD card? Tried a few tears back and couldn't do it, think my SD card slot is broken.

[@Nightcaat]

I’m unfortunately in the same situation as you. There is no way to softmod the Wii U without an SD card, probably because they assumed everyone can use one

[@jamiecal11]

@@Nightcaat Annoying. Our best bet is prob to get a 2nd Wii U console (I messed up recently, had the chance to get one with a broken disk drive for dirt cheap recently - seems ideal for modding. Was too slow to get it). Keep an eye out for that man.

[@dn83]

picked up a "broken" wii u for £20, wii motes and pro controller etc included. after poking fun at the wii u for ever, im actually really taken back my it, its great other than slow menus etc. if it could play 3ds games too it would be amazing, big screen gaming with 2 screens. beautiful

[@KnifeGuy_]

Dear Nintendo, we don't care about going forward, until you restore the past.

[@ToyKeeper]

Video title before clicking: "They tried to shut it down, but the Wii U is alive again." Video title after clicking: "A reason to break out your Wii U again" Not a big deal, but it bothers me a bit when a title changes after publishing.

[@AboodXD]

Big KZbin channels do this to experiment with which title gets more clicks.

[@leo-ub6nb]

@@AboodXDI don’t think that’s the reason. They change it within a few minutes. So how can they compare “yeah I got 50 views in the first 5 minutes. Now lemme change it and _compare_ how many views I get with a new title and thumbnail for the rest of history that it’s up”. It’s to feed the YT Algo… possibly some other thing(s) as well to get more views. It’s definitely not to “compare which gets more views”. If that were the case, why don’t they ever switch it back to the original title and thumbnail? And don’t tell me it’s because the 2nd title and thumbnails _oBvIoUsLy_ got more clicks, because that would mean the original title and thumbnail has a win percentage of zero…

[@Mondall-UA]

11:00 There`s two methods. First like you described(harder), second is JUST CREATE PNID LIKE NNID WITH INKAY ENABLED ON WII U. I used second and it's really easy

[@aldelot]

I watched this video on my Wii U. I'm so happy I modded it!

[@lauratiso]

I liked the content and you saved me from installing Aroma, it would render my Retroarch seles (I have 70gb of ROMs in it and it was a pain to configure). But please, use a compressor plug-in in your voice track, the parts you speak with low volume / projection is hard to listen on a TV or computer.

[@thomasg7040]

bro when the ad started I literally thought "whats with that shitty keyboard? I know Bob has better than that" and then you started beating it up and I about died laughing lmao 10/10 ad spot again man

[@yayco123]

I was wondering, is there any way to replace the pad's joysticks for hall-effect ones?

[@youraveragedillon5958]

I'm convinced you have bottles of dust ready for videos. My Wii u is always plugged in. It is the best emulation console and the best way to play GameCube and DS games

[@whisperingwooper1763]

The regular wii is also a great console for modding! You can do the same things such as dumping save files, downloading emulators etc.

[@miguelferrazcosta]

I'm now glued to Mario Maker 1 with Pretendo on Cemu on my Steam Deck.

[@decegrease]

"Break out your Wii U again" implies a bad purchasing decision on my part and i resent that greatly

[@quarteratom]

SMM1 is much better than SMM2. The boo button is a disadvantage.

[@SuperJxl]

you can make a pretendo account on your wii u itself and its a lot easier

[@MrMegaManFan]

My dream - somebody makes a USB reader you can plug into a modded Wii U to read and dump GB/GBC/GBA games and make instantly playable channels.

[@dchopsin]

Cinema intro, build up music, talk talk talk, what we all want is just the Wulffden logo

[@sharptoothtrex4486]

Even if you find more of those in various thrift stores, you might mod them good enough even if you try upgrading to a 512GB to 1TB SD card.

[@CrumpetsandStuff]

7:42 should u being using a VPN while downloading stuff off of it?

[@TechHouseVids]

Finally the video i was waiting for, bob messing around with a wii u

[@3up3rn0va]

I love the effort you put into your videos! Keep up the great work. Hacking a Wii U sounds cool. I never had one. I think the Wii U was the only console that I never got from Nintendo. I don’t think I missed much tbh.

[@TheMarslMcFly]

I never even had a Wii U to begin with (I can't tell you how insanely happy I was when LEGO City Undercover finally got ported to PS/XBox/PC as well), so I guess fuck me lol

[@Jekkin]

Honestly, the best reason to break out the Wii U is if you want to play Wii games on an HDMI TV. Using adapters from composite on the Wii is not ideal, especially for modern TVs.

[@Nightcaat]

It’s possible to get better image quality out of an original Wii than a Wii U even without tinkering with the hardware, but I don’t think most people care. GVG has a good video on it

[@Jekkin]

@@Nightcaat sure, if you buy an expensive hdmi convertor. the best ones are pricier than a used wii u.

[@wilddog73]

I would honestly buy the Wii U if the online store was back. I had no idea about the DS ports when it was out.

[@toromei]

I just wanted to say that your videos are always full of great commentary (and attitude and character!) as well as being beautifully produced - along with being fun and informative. Thanks for all you do! 🩵

[@Cyko..]

Even if people don't want to jailbreak their Wii U they can simply change some DNS settings to get onto Pretendo's servers. And if you don't want to play online, you should at least boot up your Wii U every now and then to prevent some internals from failing.

[@HexZero]

I did not get the Wii U back in the day for monetary issues and honestly i did not care that much about consoles by the time I was able to afford it, although I did grab a Switch around 2017. But nowadays since its dirt cheap and EOL I am very interested in grabbing it, especially since I can connect it to my component having CRT TV without buying expensive adapters and I can use Moonlight on it to stream stuff on it, it seems

[@damianmorgan7439]

My wii u is hacked. it is totally worth it brother.

[@jimmerseiber]

Thank you for showing me pretendo! I had no idea it exosted for 3ds! I just modded one recently.

[@FriedBiscuits]

If only Mario maker 2 transferred everything over from the first one 😢

[@NOWTabletoping]

When he says that the app acts as if you own all the eShop games. Does that include the 1st party titles that existed to download in the eShop also?

[@budgetcoinhunter]

Yes.

[@trevlsteinberg5994]

I hear Bob is still smashing that keyboard today

[@Pandakids09]

Doesn’t seem like a lot of work, glad I have two Wii U’s

[@ShadowTheHedgehog003]

Its taken me 5 hours. Still not able to play games yet, the community will not tell you how to do this because of the Nintendo ninjas, dont bother.

[@tyresr]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@ShadowTheHedgehog003It’s easy as hell dude, you’re just not looking hard enough if you think it’s hard

[@j10_909]

Dude the tv controls is the best part

[@Crawmeraxew]

the virtual wii and virtual gamecube process is very quick tbh

[@Ghoste717]

i actually did buy a Wii U about 24hrs before this video came up (and after watching MVG) I feel better about my choice after watching this. Just waiting for a power supply to come in before I run the hack.