- WII U THE HOMEBREW LAUNCHER INSTALL
- WII U THE HOMEBREW LAUNCHER UPDATE
- WII U THE HOMEBREW LAUNCHER SOFTWARE
From here you can browse the Not Downloaded games, click 'Get it' add it to the download queue.For copyright reasons we won't post that link here, but you may be able to find the URL by clicking here: Google. At the very bottom you need to enter a web address to an online title key database for the helper to use. You'll be asked enter some ticket/title key information.
Run the application and set the region as well as the folder where you want all the games to be downloaded to.
WII U THE HOMEBREW LAUNCHER INSTALL
Download and install the WiiU USB Helper to your PC. Choose Don't Auto-obtain and set your DNS as: 35.164.240.189 and 168.235.92.108 and click confirm and click save. Go to Connect to the Internet->Connections and select your WiFi connection, then click Change Settings. WII U THE HOMEBREW LAUNCHER SOFTWARE
To prevent accidentally updating your Wii U firmware, go to System Settings->Internet->Automatic Software Downloads and set to No. At this point the Brain Age game should be overwritten with the Haxchi exploit and your console is ready to install games. When its done you'll be at the home screen, restart the console. It will display a message, press A again. You'll see a DOS like black screen and it should display the Brain Age game you installed in step 1.
You should now see the Homebrew Launcher menu after waiting for a moment. There is a chance you'll get stuck at a white screen, in this case hard reset the Wii U and try again. Open the web browser on the Wii U and visit: and make sure the detected firmware says 5.5.0 or 5.5.1 and select the Homebrew Launcher 1.4, or whatever version you downloaded in Part 1: Step 5. You'll need to buy and install Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! from the Nintendo eShop($7) or have a compatible game. Download the Homebrew Launcher: Github and copy the wiiu folder into the root of your SD card and finally put the SD card into your Wii U. Download the WiiU USB Helper Transfer Tool: Github and copy the res and wiiu folders into the root of your SD card. Open the haxchi folder on your SD card and overwrite everything inside the config.txt with:Ī=wiiu/apps/homebrew_launcher/homebrew_launcher.elfī=wiiu/apps/USB_TRANSFER/usb_helper_transfer_tool.elf. Download the latest version of Haxchi(Not CBHC): Github and copy the haxchi and wiiu folders into the root of your SD card. If you don't have the option to format to FAT32 on your PC, use this: fat32format Format SD card to FAT32 and do not give the SD card a name. WII U THE HOMEBREW LAUNCHER UPDATE
So on to the instructions, I'm not responsible for anything bad that happens, and never update your console past version 5.5.1 or you'll lose the ability to do this: I got a WD Elements 2TB and because the Wii U doesn't provide enough power from a single USB port, you'll need a Y cable. (Recommended)External USB Drive, up to 2TB.Computer with SD card slot and SD card(or microSD converter).Wii U with system firmware 5.5.1 or 5.5.0.
Lastly, you install the games from the SD card to either the Wii U internal memory or an external USB hard drive. From there, you transfer them to an SD card which you put into your Wii U. Once the system is hacked, you can use a software called WiiU USB Helper to download eShop titles directly to your computer. As of right now, the current Wii U firmware version is 5.5.1 which is hackable.