FULL Guide to Homebrew Your Wii U & vWii in 2024! (+ installing games, Usb loader GX & more!)

[@funkyscott47]

After you like the video, Check out what’s next on your journey! If you don’t have backup up games yet…. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGrLpmmdnLSqZqs Custom Themes: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5iTh32BrMupmq8 TOP 10 Wii U Apps/Plug-ins: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmnOeWeOp5Wla5Ysi=MTXwGR-JwyLc9fOK Setup Pretendo ONLINE Services: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpa6poeBar6sjrM Wii U Game Mods: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3XEZKp5eceLrLM

[@Antony-x64dbg]

YOO HOWDY THERE

[@AndrewBowser-uy9jq]

I'm very new to modding and your channel has been really useful in helping me figure out what to do. Thanks for making up to date videos

[@Zwish343]

Do you need to have a hard drive plugged in during this or could you just use a SD card? I'm just wondering because my hard drive hasn't gotten to me yet.

[@funkyscott47]

@@Zwish343 I set up the hdd before installing the games to it in this guide. You can't install games to an SD

[@Zwish343]

@funkyscott47 ik, but thanks

[@LordD0nut]

I don’t tend to comment on videos often, but I feel like I really need to thank you for making this video so easy to follow. There wasn’t a single time I didn’t know what I was being told to do and my Wii U is now successfully modded.

[@ludibroloplays]

YES! I ordered a Wii U yesterday primarily because I've seen its immense homebrew potential because of your vids. Could not be timed better, literally. Awesome vid as always of course 👌 Edit: My wii u came today. Time to get hacking. 😎 Edit 2: Everything is all modded, I didn't get everything I wanted to done on the vWii yet and I need a bigger micro sd for all of the wii u games I want, but otherwise its awesome 👍

[@funkyscott47]

amazing timing!!

[@kdsavage1991]

how'd it go sir?

[@jono_22]

I ordered one last week it’s arriving tomorrow I can’t wait to start modding Edit: I’ve got it modding is so fun

[@americawalk1154]

Upload your modded wii u video guys. Lets see whats in it😊

[@nugznmugz]

Dude I was literally following your last video to get set up... three days ago... glad you included all the extra info in this one. You're a boss!

[@funkyscott47]

I like to get an "easy guide" out first and then follow up with an in depth guide :)

[@impala67164]

Thank you for this guide, Scott! I managed to mod my wii u and my old wii using your guides, it introduced me in the modding world of nintendo consoles. Good job bringing useful guides that can be trusted and are really easy to follow!

[@not_sparkie]

Nice to see this! When i first modded my WII U there wasn't a up to date video, it took my days to figure out how. Great to see that new people coming to the modding community have this guide!

[@JeremiahDaGamer-so7ii]

I'm Getting a Wii U this christmas, so having a guide like this is really helpful. Thanks lots!!!

[@Equalizer2922]

Perfect timing, had to buy another Wii U since my last one I bought had a Broken SD card slot and broken usb ports

[@MinipremfnReal]

Scott you have helped me so much you helped me mod my Wii U wii and 3ds thanks

[@funkyscott47]

you are very welcome! :D

[@heythatskyle15]

Straight Forward, Easy, Done In Less Than 30 Minutes, You Have Earned A New Subscriber

[@johnhelldiver111]

Just wanted to say thank you for this vid! Literally decided to mod my Wii U 3 days ago and this along with a couple other vids you made were super helpful!

[@WetPretzelz]

The goat is back with another Wii U modding tutorial

[@funkyscott47]

Hehe my best one yet I think!

[@asleeds]

Outstanding tutorial. Couldn’t have been clearer. My WiiU arrived today, already modded thanks to you. Thank you kindly. 🎉

[@Ioannisisme]

Bro your videos and discord helped me through all this a few weeks ago . Your doing God's work !!!!!! Definitely Gave a Second life to my wiiu

[@funkyscott47]

amazing to hear!! Happy Gaming :)

[@Pizza-Nik]

Modded my WiiU exactly last year and now its so much easier👍

[@Ultimatelocke]

For the vWii Mod, you said the games had to be on your SD card but are you able to set it up to be on your USB Harddrive just like we have it setup for the Wii u?

[@gagatai]

30:26 i did everything right but when i reach USB Loader GX, it recognize my SD card, i also followed all the steps, but just now showing a single Wii games that i put into my SD card, i wonder what had happen, any help please?

[@rhett5604]

When I was doing the Wii U part I forgot to take the game out of its folder then I put it into the install folder and it worked. Hopefully that helps

[@JayRockCity]

12:00 There was no mention to insert the SD card after putting in all the files. Was the WiiU suppose to be already on or off?

[@Jaraghan]

phenomenal guide brother. followed this video easily step by step now my wii is good to go.

[@kidsaion1]

Thanks man, just modded my Wii U :D

[@TheRealSuperFan]

You should make an updated video on how to install custom themes on the vWii

[@BlueYoshi555]

Thanks man you always help with modding my consoles :)

[@TheAverage3DSUser]

I did not know there were custom themes for the Wii U. Even though I modded my Wii U last month, the vWii section was very helpful. Thanks!

[@tecno_gameslucho7816]

Muchachos, le metí los cios equivocados y ahora no me carga el homebrw chanel de la Wii virtual, osea, si me carga y todo la Wii virtual, me mete hasta al canal de mii, pero tarda en cargar, pero con el homebrew crashea. En fin, llendo al grano, si formateo la nand de la wii virtual con lo de reset mi vwii, los Cios se borrarán y podré arreglar la Wii virtual para poder cargar homebrew chanel?? Espero su ayuda muchachos, gracias ❤

[@tonnycarbonny]

Awesome guides man, I've modded my entire extended families Wii's and now Wii u's cuz of your guides!

[@reiidz]

i need to mod my wii u so bad, so glad u made an updated guide!

[@PropellerMarioBrothers2012]

My old Wii U I had for years is already modded, but I just want to watch this video!

[@greengreenanimations]

7:49 day 2 🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

[@shadicplayz]

I've had your last video opened in a tab for two weeks waiting to get everything to do this. Finally ready to sit down & mod this morning, just to see that this has been uploaded :) Will reply again & lyk if all goes well!

[@shadicplayz]

Couple days later & my Wii U not only has homebrew, it has a new theme, font, & life to it :) Literally followed like 4 of your vids step by step (they were great)! Thanks a ton

[@tsuyuasui7297]

​@@shadicplayz could u help me with the pressing LEFT on the D pad while holding select

[@Black_Gru]

13:09 Please dude. I pressed Yes on MLC but it did NOT work. The files did not copy to my SD card😢 It just restarted, took about 10 seconds. Do you know what I might have done wrong? (I do have a 32GB SD card, and every other stepped worked perfectly. Should I just risk bricking my Wii U?)

[@muygalan]

I have Aroma installed on my hacked Wii U, but when I tried installing Homebrew Launcher from the Homebrew app store, the app doesn't appear in my system menu. Any thoughts on how to get this properly installed? Thanks!

[@johny1220]

Dude thank you so much haha, first you helped me mod my Nintendo 3DS, and now my Wii U! Hopefully the Nintendo Switch soon? 👀

[@AwsamNick]

Guys, Should I do this to my family's old Wii U? I'm sure since it doesn't delete everything off it will be fine right? 💀 I have already modded my 3DS, which was honestly really fun, and these tutorials always make it easy,

[@GexTrilogyWhen]

You could. I modded mine from back when I was like 6 or smthn. All my data is still on it from back then.

[@funkyscott47]

Id say it's 100% worth it :)

[@jensproctor5718]

ur my goat bro ive modded my 3ds and now my wii u cuz of u bro keep it up

[@justkorra-987]

I’m getting my Wii u today I’m so excited to mod it

[@Trxe.bxggyz]

i love my wii u so much(it’s genuinely greatest nintendo console OAT IN MY OPINION) and i would love to attempt homebrewing it but not only is my game pad dead(probably gonna get a new one soon) but i don’t even have an actual pc😞

[@milkapeismilky5464]

19:40 to acess plugins menu from gamepad press Left bumper, - minus and d-pad down simutaneously 1 Took me a couple trys.... cuz I'm a slow kid

[@princesspeachyyy]

how ? I am not able

[@Unlimted_X]

27:19 Is it supposed to freeze??

[@RyanMartin-o7c]

28:20 Its not letting me select v11-beta1, ive only got v4,5 and 6

[@rickjameslines22]

Super awesome video!!! I do have a couple of questions? Is there a way to store the Wii games and GameCube games on the hard drive and not the SD card? I assume you have a video showing how to setup nintendont? I am trying to make an ultimate game station for my boys. Can I setup Wiiflow in the vWii? I really liked how simple that was for my kids to find the games.

[@gregjarvis1232]

I'm not modding my Wiiu until I get a spare laptop just for console's I had to fix my laptop 3 times because of my mistakes watch watch and watch until it sinks in before you attempt this I learn't the hard way

[@BukWez]

You gotta be pretty retarded to mess this up

[@nikeeair3619]

What happened to your laptop?

[@gregjarvis1232]

@nikeeair3619 I think when I was downloading and opening some of the files they went into the operating system of the computer somehow had 2 get Windows installed once the bloke I took it to didn't fix it correctly so ended up having to call geeks2u out to fix it and lost everything on my laptop

[@صهيبسالم-ي5م]

? I don't know, if your good with following instructions you'll be fine I modded my 3ds back when there was like 20 stages,

[@TheWii3xpert]

Good video! I hope you continue with this!

[@mcgogy]

Hey scott! Great to see more wii u videos! I've never been able to get gecko codes to work on my wii or vwii, so i would enjoy a guide for that. Also, I am able to play level and pipe randomizers in NSMBW if you want to showcase how to do that! (im begging for a video cameo, you can do it on your own if you want)

[@funkyscott47]

I've actually never used gecko codes before, so I'd have to research it first! And are you talking about riivolution mods for nsmbw?

[@mcgogy]

@@funkyscott47 i guess im the only one not using gecko codes also, I am talking about riivolution nsmbw mods because i know lots of people wonder how to play it even tho I know how to myself.

[@jeffcarbello9115]

Great tutorial. Your guide mentions installing the Wii games to SD, but noticed you hooked up a USB harddrive. Can a single USB drive be used for both Gamecube, Wii and WiiU games?

[@milkapeismilky5464]

20:19 if prompted to re enter nintendo network id just bypass and choose to start software anyway, it's cuz we're in pretendo.

[@TheModelVault]

I did all of this and all works great! Just one question, instead of installing Wii Games on the SDcard can i also install them on the same USB as the WiiU games?

[@oohoohahah7432]

16:20 hey i was wondering whats going on with my wii u, after clicking on the wii u menu it starts to take me to the menu but is frozen on the wii u menu screen

[@TheNameIsCandice]

So I tried the vwii usb loader but im not seeing my usb loaded games, is it because that my wiiu is japanese that i need to download region specific games or did i do something wrong?

[@bmontano71]

Awesome video! Is there a way to set up Wii flow on the vwii? I wanted to add some retro games to the wii u i thought the wii flow would be great. Do you have a video that helps installing wii flow that would go with this Homebrew guide? Thanks again for all the work you put into your videos. I really appreciate it.

[@Ybdug333]

Will i be able to play newer super mario bros wii on the virtual wii using this method?

[@TheAluna26]

if i try to install mario maker or nsmbu it says verify WUP files are correct & complete. DLC/E-shop require Sig Patch

[@1288enigma]

At exactly this part 15:41 as I'm holding X instead of taking me to environment loader, it just loads up to nand dumper. I'm not exactly sure how to fix this.

[@daneayers7483]

Hello. You show 2 folders to download for the WII U but then when you showing installing stuff to the SD card there is about 5 other zip files that you add to the SD card. Where do they come from?

[@dszymanski91]

Thank you for this guide, I was able to follow it and mod my Wii U easily with no issues! Is there a reason why you did not install priiloader in this video? Is it a necessary app to install on Wii U? From some online searches I have found that some people say it can mess up USB Loader GX so now I am afraid to try and install it.

[@void.3133]

Sir, your guide is THE GOAT. TYVM

[@Nick-fv4lw]

Does anyone know what the problem might be if usb loader gx works but when i try to return to menu i get a black screen. I have the setting return to usb loader enabled.

[@TheFourChanner]

i got the same problem. black screen when i got back to wii menu

[@Nick-fv4lw]

@TheFourChanner let me know if you figure out a solution

[@Oskitzii]

I have a question. Is it possible to use a usb instead of an sd card or is it not possible?

[@Keithulu]

20:02 followed along up to this point, but I cannot get into the HB App Store because it wants my Nintendo Network ID PW. I sent the email to get a temp PW to reset it, but that says it’s incorrect too. Do I need to switch back to the original Firmware to reset this PW, or do I just need to disable the Inkay plugin? Or am I just up a creek?

[@benwilkinson1060]

Did you sort this mate? Having the same thing.

[@Keithulu]

@ had to set up Pretendo, then everything worked fine

[@theantgre]

Great videos man, you helped me alot, this is the best channel for this stuff 😊

[@maxdoesstuff2612]

I’m getting a Wii u for my bday soon and this gonna help

[@remyo6948]

Hey ! Following your tuto but i'm stuck at 12:20. I enter the adress but instead of opening black menu, it goes to a white screen with the wii u logo on right corner. I tried several time but always the same issue. Same, i skipped the backup and tried to boot with X button but it didnt boot to the aroma screen. Any advice ?

[@The_Survivorr]

From experience resetting all the browser cache fixed this

[@صهيبسالم-ي5م]

Hey Scotti can you help so I installed homebrew with Aroma latest guide in the video on how to install I also homebrewed my vWii... There was no guides on how to install ctgp-r so I went on the ctgp-r website and followed instructions but I noticed in the ctgp file in the root of my SD there was a weird file I couldn't delete anyway I noticed the SD card acted weird anyways I put it in the Wii u and a message came up and it said you don't have any SD card inserted or something with a black screen then it booted to the menu but this time it asked for a password and i entered the right one but it says no. I restarted the Wii and unplugged and replied the SD which seems to be intermittent and it booted to the Wiiu menu fine, I didn't like what was going on so I went back to the computer and plugged it in but then all of a sudden the usb was corrupted, I didn't have enough time to make a backup because this was in the Span of a couple hours and I was not done seeing everything I wanted I left the Wiiu on incase I can't boot without the hacks on my SD card, how do I go about this?

[@branklin544]

Me and my buddy modded my Wii U probably about five or six months ago. I’m not sure if we installed tiramisu or aroma. Either way I’m sure it doesn’t really matter right now. I’m gonna figure out when I get home from work. I have the homebrew channel installed and I have a Wii flow. We play games on it on the occasion but it’s just set up so shitty and I like the way this is set up .I’m just wondering if I’m able to still download all of this or do I have to delete everything?

[@jimmrobb]

Great tutorial! I modded my Wii 10years ago. Have all my games on usb HDD. What is best way to transfer Wii games from HDD to new HDD used for WiiU and vWii?

[@Amaek]

Done Everything... Thank you very much. Question: For the Vwii do I need Priiloader or its ok with all you showed here?

[@ThatWeirdCellist]

I'm having trouble installing apps off of the Homebrew store. I can select the app, but when I press A to download, it just goes back to the store browser without installing

[@SanosukeSagara18]

Thanks for the video!

[@randywarlock]

I can never get usb loader to even read any storage devices. Always says there 0gb and lists random files

[@dimepia123]

if you're using a HDD you need a y cable for sufficient power delivery

[@randywarlock]

​@dimepia123 yes it cannot read from the sdcard and also I use an ssd so y splitter is not needed. I have my wii u games on there working fine its only usbloader gx on vwii with the problems

[@funkyscott47]

if it can't read your SD card, then you might have an older version of ulgx. try updating it

[@Xanderoos]

Awesome video! Thank you!

[@motorbicikliman]

Guys i have a question i dident touch my wii u in a long time i wana play again but all my homebrew apps are gone i remember if i go on mii maker it will launch homebrew but that dident happen what to do?

[@funkyscott47]

the sd card coulda have went bad, or you might not have set up autoboot. So try running the health and safety app to see if it loads into cfw

[@rawhan2]

Great video, however, when opening up Homebrew App Store, or any apps, i`m prompted to enter my nintendo network id password, but it says it`s incorrect. I go out, and it says "certain functions can not be used as online services are unavailable. Would you still like to start the software?" Is this something i can turn off. It`s so annoying... Thx

[@OrthoDebo]

I found a Wii U for sale in Japan for a really good deal, would the setup work exactly the same?

[@Blank-cv3od]

How much storage should the SD card have? I had heard that you can only have 300 titles on the system anyway (unless there is a workaround?), should you avoid getting a card with too much? What would be best, 128?

[@anthonyante4790]

I keep getting stuck on the white wiiu screen and no setting pops up after holding b but then I shut off and turn the wii u on and a boot selector pops up for wiiu menu or vwii system menu

[@randomidel]

hey scott, i am having a problem with the aroma menu, it says at the top right of the screen "failed to write to the sd card. Please restart the console and make sure the sd card is not write locked". the thing is, its not write locked and i've been working at it all day and no luck. so if you can help please let me know

[@jonathannichols4770]

I love your videos!!! I'm still running tiramisu. Can I follow this guide to update to aroma or do I need to do something else since I'm already modded? I don't want to brick my wii-u lol

[@funkyscott47]

all you have to do is donwload the aroma files :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYCZi5WgaJuXY6ssi=hBQWqGyo4xY9XUJD

[@jonathannichols4770]

@@funkyscott47 Thank you thank you!! This rocks!

[@givo8637]

Can you play gamecube games with this? And what controller can you use to play it?

[@guitarballup1]

What is the largest HDD you can use, and can you have multiple HDDs one for WIIU games and one for vwii games?

[@BroshiDoezGaming]

I have a already formatted USB drive that has al my games on it, am I able to use that if I want to download my homebrewed games? Or will I lose everything? It is a SEAGATE with 1 TB of storage.

[@treyvondavis354]

Really good vid Scott… can u do an updated video on regular Wii for Wii menu themes? And hope u decide to do Mac one day.

[@TheModelVault]

Great video! Gonna grab a Wii U after work...

[@funkyscott47]

def worth it!

[@JLary71377]

20:22 I go to the homebrew app store and it asks for my password after using the updater and installing the extra things. When I enter the app store or any other app, it says password is incorrect 😥

[@GabrielPegasus]

Same here. I tried to reset it, but it didn't change the outcome.

[@JLary71377]

​@@GabrielPegasusI am doing just fine without the plug-ins. Also found an awesome way to connect a HDD or SSD to the Wii U without the Y cable. I am using a UGREEN external enclosure. Just don't use a drive larger than a 2.5". The enclosure uses its own power supply.

[@GabrielPegasus]

​@@JLary71377 I created an account for Pretendo Network and got a confirmation email. Now, I am logged in.

[@fiish1]

When I'm done installing the game to my external dive, can I delete the game file from the SD card? Or does doing that break the game/Wii U

[@fedizko3556]

Hello, very nice channel and tutorial, i have a question, can i allocate wii u games and virtual wii games in the same external hd directory?

[@waldor90]

Would you recommend a HDD AND a SD Card or do you think a big enough SD Card is fine?

[@VorNehmBar]

When launching the homebrew browser app (20:00), it's asking me to enter my Nintendo Network ID. Is it safe to do so or am I risking an online ban?

[@arturomail]

I'm having a slight problem. I started the process and it went well. As I was starting to install games to my USB HDD, my memory card became corrupt. The wii u is not bricked as of now. I reconstructed the memory card, and when powering on, the environment loader shows up with the option to boot into Aroma. So far so good. But Health & Safety does not open up to what you show here. It opens up to the original Health & Safety. Should I restore the Wii U back to factory settings and start over? How can I remove the mod to start again from scratch?

[@funkyscott47]

just make aroma default again by pressing Y (highlighting it in yellow) and you're good to go. It sounds like you have autoboot already setup so you don't need to go into health and safety

[@arturomail]

@@funkyscott47 Thank you. I managed to get it back on track. Boot up options are all squared again. Question about vWii and USB Loader GX: do all my Wii games have to go in the wbfs folder on the SD card? Is there a way to move them to my USB HDD? I have a lot more room for wii games there than I do on the SD Card...

[@angel-ohs]

USB loader GX for vWii isn't recognizing my games even though I have the right files and correct folder names. Is it just because I'm trying to download too many at once?

[@buedelu]

Is there a way to disable the gamepad in usb loader gx? If i don't want it on I have to open my vwii menu, then open the loader, but can i disable it from the loader on the wii u menu?

[@BNDRX-channel]

Is there a way to put the vWii backups on a Hard drive? My SD is not that big and I want to save space on it as much as I can...

[@brianyounes9719]

@funkyscott47 this is swesome thank you! how do I upgrade to aroma? i currently have tiramisu installed on my wii u, is there a tutorial?

[@asleeds]

I have a quick question. Is it possible to run backup games outside Pretendo? If I try to run them without the SD in (my games are on a USB hard drive) I get an error.

[@vRelssCRM]

Can you do a updated one without a SD card?

[@funkyscott47]

It's not possible

[@ivervorum]

Holding left on the d-pad and pressing "select" aint showing the plugin system menu to me. Everything have been smooth sailing till this point. Any tips? 19:44 in the vid

[@apachul_]

Same

[@tsuyuasui7297]

Same, have you guys found a solution for this?

[@ivervorum]

​@@tsuyuasui7297 Nope ://

[@tsuyuasui7297]

​@@ivervorumugh this is the annoying part about these homebrew vidéos, there's always one thing that doesn’t work

[@OwenKim-p7d]

I found the soljtion

[@jamesjerk5538]

Hey, do you have any tutorials on what to do IF your Wii U gets bricked and you have a back up downloaded? Mine hasn’t yet thankfully but just wanting a tutorial incase it ever happens in the future

[@teubamaf]

Hi there, just bought a japanese wii u for 25 bucks and wanted to mod it ! I've seen one tutorial on how to change region for the wii u :) It woulds be nice to have a video tutorial ! Thx for this one

[@elliepittman1637]

when i hold b, instead of the nanddumper loading, it skips to the exploit? additionally…. after it skipped the nanddumper entirely, i tried to run it again, but then the system seemed to crash and remain on the loading screen for the homepage… i then powered it, slightly scared to go back to it 💔

[@funkyscott47]

I'd suggest redownloading the files and setting up your sd again. Nothing should be broken from the crash

[@evun-_-1]

if there i have no game backups is there a wii virtual shop i can get the games from through the console?

[@Pack-nf9mx]

when i downloaded my 4th backup game on the sd card it says ''error_create_rid''. And when i go to my pc it shows random folders from the games that i tried to backup with random files in it. i cant even delete it from the sd card.

[@BroshiDoezGaming]

So I have an SD card with 256 gigabytes on it... And when I try and download my disc games to my homebrewed vWii, it says "Install failed. No USB detected." Is there a way around this? Do I even need to do this? I mainly homebrewed my Wii to get some games and get CTGP.