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title: "Wii U Hacks Guide" #
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overlay_color: "#5e616c" #
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overlay_image: images/home-page-feature.jpg
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overlay_filter: 0.5
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excerpt: "A complete guide to Wii U custom firmware, <br /> from stock to Coldboot Haxchi.<br />"
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---
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For complete guides to homebrew and custom firmware for other devices, check out [Hacks.Guide](https://hacks.guide).
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Thoroughly read all of the introductory pages (including this one!) before proceeding.
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This guide is for retail (consumer purchased; not from the Nintendo Developer Program) consoles _only_!
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{% capture notice-1 %}
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This guide is available in other languages!
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Click the <i class="fa fa-language" aria-hidden="true"></i> icon at the top right of the page to change the language.
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Alternatively, click [here](https://crowdin.com/project/wii-u-guide) to help to keep these translations up to date.
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{% endcapture %}
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<div class="notice--success">{{ notice-1 | markdownify }}</div>
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## What is Homebrew?
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[**Homebrew**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_homebrew_video_games) usually refers to software that is not authorized by Nintendo. This includes homebrew tools, applications, games, and emulators.
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Running homebrew on your console is 100% free using nothing but the system's browser.
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## What is Custom Firmware?
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**Custom Firmware** ("CFW") enables you to use more advanced hacks that userland homebrew can't easily do, in addition to anything homebrew can do.
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CFW can be easily set up on any console in any region on the latest version.
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## What does this guide install?
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This guide has the end goal of taking a completely unmodified Wii U from stock firmware to Coldboot Haxchi powered Custom Firmware. It utilizes homebrew as a stepping off point, but Custom Firmware is still the goal.
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## What can I do with Custom Firmware?
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+ Play all game discs and eShop games, regardless of region
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+ Backup, edit, and restore saves for many games
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+ Play games for older systems with various emulators, using RetroArch or other standalone emulators.
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+ Install homebrew titles to your system, and have them appear on your system menu
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+ Dump your discs to a format you can install, and play them without needing the disc
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## What do I need to know before starting?
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+ **Before beginning the guide, you must know the risks of Wii U hacking: EVERY time you modify your system, there is always the potential for an UNRECOVERABLE brick. They're rare, but still a possibility so make sure you follow ALL directions EXACTLY.**
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+ This guide will work on all Wii U devices in all regions on the version 5.5.0 to 5.5.4. (Currently the 5.5.4 update is for European consoles only.)
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+ If everything goes according to plan, you will lose no data and end up with everything that you started with (games, NNID, saves, etc will be preserved).
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+ Your SD card is recommended to be at least 16GB or 32GB to have enough space for dumping and installing games.
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+ Your SD card should be [MBR, not GPT](http://www.howtogeek.com/245610/).
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+ If you need to format a brand new SD card, you can use [guiformat](http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm) and set to an Allocation Unit Size of 32K (32768).
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___
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### Continue to [Get Started](get-started)
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