Running WiiU Software

• Emulation
• Real Hardware

Emulation

You have 2 options

1. Cemu
   • Pros:
     • Currently the best WiiU emulator out there
     • Has the best compatibility
     • Regular updates
   • Cons:
     • Closed source
2. Decaf-Emu
   • Pros
     • Open Source
   • Cons
     • Still a work in progress

Now, if you want to use Cemu (which is recommended so far) you will want the following hardware.

• CPU: 4 physical cores or more at 3.2GHz or better
  • If you don't know follow these steps 
    1. Get CPU-Z from https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
    2. 1 is CPU speed
       2 is Physical Cores
       
• GPU: GTX 760 or better (Or AMD equivalent)
  • OpenGL 4.5 and/or Vulkan 1.1
    • If you don't know follow these steps
      1. Get GPU-Z from https://www.techpowerup.com/download/techpowerup-gpu-z/
      2. OpenGL and Vulkan compatibility is shown at the bottom
         

         

      3. Vulkans Version (If it is compatible) can be found here
         

         

• 16GB of ram (This can be found in task manager or in CPU-Z)

If your PC passes the above checks, then you can get Cemu from https://cemu.info/ and follow the setup instructions at https://cemu.cfw.guide/installing-cemu

Real Hardware

The soft-mod (CFW)

You will need to soft-mod your WiiU with a CFW of your choice. Please follow the guide at https://wiiu.hacks.guide for more information.

Getting the game to your WiiU

Just putting it on your SD card

Your files/WUP will need to be under SD:/install/GameName/*.* so, for example Breath of the Wild will be under something like the following:

SD:/install/Zelda BotW/*.app
                      /*.h3
                      /title.tmd
                      /title.tik
                      /title.cert

SD:/ is the letter assigned to your SD card, so if your SD card is G then it would be G:/

If you need to manually create the install folder, make sure it is all lower case

The game name must contain no unicode/special characters. All ASCII characters and brackets are ok (so like []())

Using USBHelper

USBHelper has a handy "Copy to SD" button built into it, so you don't need to follow the above steps.

*Via FTP

*Via the WiiU Transfer Tool

Installing the game

Just use WUPInstaller GX2 while CFW (Mocha or Haxchi) is active.