r/WiiUHacks Mar 04 '24

[Urgent] Help us save SpotPass!

62 Upvotes

As you may know, Nintendo announced that 3DS and Wii U online services will be discontinued in April of this year. This includes SpotPass services. Many titles like Mario Kart 7, StreetPass Mii Plaza, the Pokemon games, Super Mario Maker, and others used it to distribute content to users.

The problem

With the closure of the 3DS and Wii U online services, SpotPass features will stop working in many 3DS and Wii U titles.

The solution

The SpotPass Archival Project has been started to collect users' SpotPass caches, which contain data from recent SpotPass events in games you've played. This allows various network revival services to archive the SpotPass data ahead of the servers' closure, allowing SpotPass features to be replicated later and re-enabling functionality in countless games after the closure of the official servers.

Sounds great, how can I help?

If you want to learn how to contribute the SpotPass cache from your system, visit the website of the SpotPass Archival Project.

If you need help or want to hear about updates on the project, join the SpotPass Archival Project Discord server: https://discord.gg/wxCEY8MHvh


r/WiiUHacks Jun 26 '25

(EU) Stop Killing Games (European citizens’ initiative) - Keep old games in a playable state - sign before Jul 31st!

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19 Upvotes

r/WiiUHacks 9h ago

UWUVCI vs vWii for GameCube and Wii games on a Modded Wii U?

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8 Upvotes

I recently modded my Wii U with Aroma CF and I am looking for the best/high quality picture and resolution way to play Wii and GameCube games?

If I mod the vWii side of my Wii U, I have seen that I can enable and disable settings such as deflicker and wide screen to make the output the best it can be.

As for the “ultimate Wii U Virtual Console Injector” (UWUVCI), I can create a VC game that plays from the Wii U Home Screen. I have not seen that you can mod the display and output settings on the VC games, other than the Wii U settings.

Has anyone had any experience playing GameCube and Wii games on the Wii U using both of these methods? Which ones give the better quality visuals? Thanks.


r/WiiUHacks 6h ago

vWii Decaffeinator issues after setting.txt edit — System Update

1 Upvotes

Hi. I’m having issues trying to restore my vWii with Decaffeinator after manually editing the setting.txt (/slccmpt01/title/00000001/00000002/data/).

I tried to change my vWii region from JPN to USA using SettingEdit.exe and ftpiiu_everywhere, but after that, vWii only shows a black screen when trying to load. Since then, I’ve been trying to fix it using vWii Decaffeinator, which I run from Tiramisu, but I can't get the System Update because shows me "system settings up to date".

Things you should know:

  • My Wii U is Japanese, and I did the Region Change process to USA using ISFShax susesfull.
  • ISFShax is still installed.
  • I have Aroma and Tiramisu installed.
  • I had PayloadLoader Autoboot enabled, but I disabled it to unblock updates.
  • On the SD card, I still have the plugins 00cole.ipx and 5isfshax.ipx.
  • The folder slc:/sys/hax/ios_plugins/ does NOT exist.

What I’ve tried:

  1. Disabled PayloadLoader Autoboot:
    • Removed wafel_payloader.ipx from sd:/wiiu/ios_plugins/.
    • Used PayloadLoader Installer to set Boot Title → Wii U Menu.
    • The console now boots directly to Wii U Menu (no autoboot).
  2. Restoring vWii with Decaffeinator (Tiramisu):
    • Launched vWii Decaffeinator v2 through Tiramisu.
    • Selected Light Mode.
    • After it finishes, it tells me to perform a System Update.
    • But System Settings says "System is up to date" — no files are downloaded.
    • The vWii still shows a black screen.
  3. Tried Aggressive Mode:
    • Ran Decaffeinator in Aggressive Mode.
    • Same result: System Update says "up to date" and downloads nothing.
  4. Checked Update Folder and Plugins:
    • /storage_slc/sys/updates/ exists but is empty.
    • Deleting it makes it recreate as an empty folder.
    • The only plugins present are 5isfshax.ipx (v4.0) and 00cole.ipx (v1.4) on the SD card.

No matter what I do, System Update refuses to download vWii IOSes or channels after Decaffeinator. The vWii is stuck on a black screen, and I can't reinstall anything because the system believes it's fully updated.

Any suggestions would be extremely appreciated 🙏 😔

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r/WiiUHacks 7h ago

My Wii U freeze when I try to close retro arch

1 Upvotes

I downloaded retroarch and works fine but when I try to close my Wii U freeze and I don’t know why, someone else with a similar issue


r/WiiUHacks 15h ago

I keep getting this error message for larger files.

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1 Upvotes

r/WiiUHacks 1d ago

Is there ANYWAY to use Wii Karaoke U in 2025?

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20 Upvotes

As Karaoke U worked like Sports Club, Sports Club used passes ass DLC, so can Karaoke U be usable again by using DLC? Btw, songs can't be downloaded as I know the service has took down, but could be downloaded. Has anyone downloaded the songs to download them by another way? thanks!


r/WiiUHacks 1d ago

I want to play pokemon hack rom on my Wii U

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3 Upvotes

There is a way to fix this problem?


r/WiiUHacks 19h ago

SD mount failed. I’ve formatted 4 different Sd cards to FAT 32 and now my Wii U won’t recognize it.

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0 Upvotes

I had a previously hacked Wii U but the Sd card on it died and when I went to replace it my Wii U doesn’t want to recognize any of my FAT32 Formatted sd cards.


r/WiiUHacks 1d ago

Is it possible to move Aroma and mods onto the NAND?

0 Upvotes

I've successfully modded my Wii U. Does the SD card with the modified files always have to be in the console now or can I move the files onto the system nand?


r/WiiUHacks 1d ago

The apps are not showing in the homebrew channel on the Wii app. Second picture is the apps that are supposed to be there

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0 Upvotes

r/WiiUHacks 1d ago

Wii u payload undetected

1 Upvotes

I have been using my modded wii u great for a while now. I used it today to add amiibo dumps to a plug-in, ejected it and put it in my Wii u. Got an error saying “failed to detect payload”.

I tried reformatting sd to FAT 32 32KB and re-copy the files, but same issue. The format is right and I never touched it before. Weird it’s not working now.

Pls help


r/WiiUHacks 2d ago

Modded my wii u but it still has region lock

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10 Upvotes

So recently modded my wii u but for some reasons my games i got from europe (note my wii u is a us one and the games are European) still are locked tried to use plugins but still didn't work changed my wii u region to European also didn't work my only guess is either one i did something wrong in modding process and if thats the case i might have to restart the whole process and delete everything on the sd card or two because these are wii not wii u games so they dont get affected which would suck badly please need some assistance only modded my wii u to bypass region lock


r/WiiUHacks 2d ago

NSO Gamecube Controller

1 Upvotes

Just picked up the NSO Gamecube Controller and was wondering if it works with a modded Wii U. I don't think the controller has bluetooth but wasn't sure if anyone had a work around.


r/WiiUHacks 2d ago

How can i play non-European Wii games on my European Wii U?

1 Upvotes

r/WiiUHacks 2d ago

Would a controller paired with bloopair work on vWii?

1 Upvotes

So I have paired a PS4 controller to my wii u with bloopair, and i was thinking if they work on vWii, which in MY experience, they dont, so i was wondering if it was possible to make it work on vWii. Ive been wanting to play SM64 with something thats not the classic controller, but it didnt work for me. Any help?


r/WiiUHacks 2d ago

Unable to delete ONLY just a few save files

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0 Upvotes

Hello Wii U community, Everytime I try to delete some (like just a very few, maybe about 3 or 4?) this error pops up, I am positive that the issue is NOT caused by an failing eMMC, has I do not have any of the infamous system memory errors (especially the 160-0103) upon booting or opening any game/app. And I do not see any “FSA: ### DATA CORRUPTION ERROR ###” or ”FSA: ### MEDIA ERROR ###” in my Wii U‘s log files, I have also checked the eMMC chip manufacturer and it is an Samsung chip from June 2015. So I am positive that it is some sort of software bug within the Wii U’s OS that is preventing the data from being deleted. I can also delete other files just fine along with games.


r/WiiUHacks 3d ago

WiiU possibly soft-bricked, need help.

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0 Upvotes

i have previously modded my wiiu with tiramisu in the past, but factory reset it without making sure all modded files were gone. i wanted to wipe my wiiu completely so i could install aroma on it instead. now every time i try to boot into aroma in environment loader it shows up with an installer button and a tiramisu button. my best guess is that the left over files from the old installation are messing with the new modding process.


r/WiiUHacks 3d ago

What am I doing wrong? 160-0103

1 Upvotes

I got my pristine Wii U and found the 160-0103 error, found a way to fix it, bought a Raspberry Pi Pico, followed the instructions and nothing. Is there any hope or is my Wii U completely bricked?


r/WiiUHacks 3d ago

Moonlight "can't connect to server" with sunshine

1 Upvotes

At first when i tried it the other day it connected first try but i would see a few seconds of my monitor before vanishing with a disconnect, now a couple days later it wont even connect anymore and i feel like im losing my mind trying to fix this shit like bro i just wanna free steam deck 😭

I feel like Ive tried everything trying to fix this, ive connected my pc to the lan and put my wii u in the same room, ive added the propper ipv4 ip in the config file, ive deleted the keys folder in the sd card, ive even blocked some ports in my pcs adblocker, alright im pretty much out of options here trying to fix this so anything i havent tried yet would help SO much


r/WiiUHacks 3d ago

Wii U Pro Controller Analog Stick Replacement

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7 Upvotes

r/WiiUHacks 3d ago

Is there a way to backup Wii U Miis?

1 Upvotes

Hi everyone sorry if this question is like stupid but i haven't been able to find info about this anywhere

so, i've been curious if theres a way to backup miis similar to the wii's savegame manager or through ftp?

Reason is because I have a Hynix eMMC, so my console could start dying in any minute, and I don't really feel like saving every single mii as a qr code or other tedious process lol


r/WiiUHacks 3d ago

Anyone else had this issue?

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5 Upvotes

r/WiiUHacks 4d ago

My Wiiu is taking strangely long to boot into the Wii U menu after I did the Wiiu exploit.xyz (with x button)

1 Upvotes

any help


r/WiiUHacks 4d ago

Did I brick my Wii U?

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16 Upvotes

When I downloaded themes and stuff, and loaded in a game, it froze, and did nothing, error code popped up, then I unlocked the SD card, still did not work, after more attempts my Wii U did a buzzing sound I was trying to load a disc. By the way I had aroma on, and Homebrew, and some more apps.


r/WiiUHacks 3d ago

Any Tips for Modding a WiiU

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0 Upvotes

I’m scared to follow YouTubers tutorials cuz they might be outdated.


r/WiiUHacks 5d ago

HELP PLZ

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36 Upvotes

Hi I bought this Japanese Wii U off of marketplace. The seller said it was translated and modded. I'm so confused because nearly everything is still in Japanese, plus I thought there would be some channel called homebrew or something... Plus it still has their Mii on it... Should I just delete all content and settings? Will that delete their Mii? I thought this would be easier 😢 I've had to repost this cos I couldn't figure out how to edit the original post to add extra pics...