Getting Wii U Back Online - No Hacks Required 

Considering Pretendo waited until now to give away this trick _and_ make their service free really shows they were really being careful because of Nintendo.

If I had a dollar for every time GVG talked about Pretendo I could buy a sandwich. And man do I love sandwiches

It works. I’m back online on the Wii U. Nice that there’s a hackless option to get Pretendo working.

Nintendo: **shuts down online services** Everyone: "Oh no! Anyway..."

Maybe now I can finally enjoy a match of Splatoon on Wii U. Last few days before the shut down, every match closed because someone left or the servers were unstable.

This tutorial was great but i hate my parents

First they addressed the annoying super chats, now they’re listening to the complaints that only Jon makes these types of videos. I love how well GVG handles criticism.

4:54 is a reference to a meme from the original miiverse of a post on super Mario 3d world saying the exact same thing

6:50 …Hey, that’s my level!

Pretendo: *In their best Starscream voice* "Wiiu Online has fallen! Decepticons, Follow me!!!

So glad to see that the guys at Pretendo are going great work to get us Wii U people back online. I'm really looking forward to when they can eventually get Xenoblade Chronicles X going. I finally started playing it a few months ago and am now missing the online side with the server shutdown. They did say in a tweet some time ago that they do want to get XCX into the service. So until then I'll glady bide my time and wait. And will probably try out the hackless DNS method and see how it works with some Mario Maker courses.

Oh Jon grew a beard

I tested it. Splatoon worked without issues on my unhacked Wii U. The game server was sufficiently populated, so the wait time for matching wasn't more than a few seconds.

JOHN! JOHN! I DONT WISH TO ALARM YOU, BUT YOUR VOICE IS NOW MUCH HIGHER PITCHED! PLEASE SEE A DOCTOR!

NGL, when I clicked this video, I fully expected to see Jon. Well played, Brandon!

I’m genuinely surprised this isn’t a Jon video

The fact that Pretendo actually managed to find a way to do this without hacking your consoles is absolutely satisfying, Sure! A bunch of smart people can hack their consoles easily, but not everyone can do it leaving some casuals scared that they might accidentally destroy their consoles, However, with pretendo doing this, it's a whole lot easier for a bunch of people!

I’m just here to say I got so excited when the bunny made an appearance in the end ❤️🐰

nice to see another way to get Pretendo's network on your Wii U (and hopefully on a 3DS family of systems soon too) for people who's not comfortable hacking their Wii U ...like myself guess I gotta give it a try sometime hopefully this way can give us the features you get from hacking too

OMG this is Awesome Splatoon with Pretendo

I loved the wiiu so much, Im happy to see people still care about it as much as I still do

Thanks for the video! I really don't like to hack my systems, as I try to let them as vanilla as possible, and this method is a blessing. Definitly gonna set up my WiiU tonight. I can only hope for 3DS now, even if it costs a small fee per month/year.

I am on Pretendo ever since Nintendo had their downtime for Splatoon and Mario Kart 8 because of that one bug back then. Came back now tho and I love that matchmaking in Splatoon now works. Also tested Mario Kart 7 and 8 which is fun! Just as if nothing ever happened. Also I can play on Cemu, which is nice.

I sold my copy of Splatoon a few months ago in preparation for never playing it again after the servers shut down. However, with Pretendo, I'm thinking of buying a used copy online just to try this out for myself.

Haha the beginning

I use pretendo for my 2ds xl and it works great! Cant wait till I can put screenshots on miiverse

i hope eventually the wii u has a big resurgence within the community. this is cool as fuck and i have absolutely no idea how they do it

Pretendo is awesome and its team are wonderful

Thank you sir :salute:

This is great stuff. So, the limitations you speak of at the top of the video, are these temporary or are they simply the nature of going this alternate DNS route? If it's the latter I'd rather hack to be able to access miiverse and the other missing features you mention.

does this work for every game that has online modes? or only a few select games?

I will try this! I love Black Ops II on WiiU

Whenever I try to start a software with nintendo network services, It says to enter my Nintendo Network ID password. Then when I put in mine, it says it was incorrect. Then I tried my Pretendo account password but it still says the password is incorrect. WHAT DO I SIGN IN WITH?!

Aight bet, it's so fun making memes in miiverse and seeing them show up in games!

Let's hope something like this could happen with the 3DS. I saw a playthrough of Black 2 White 2 a while back that showcased getting event Pokemon at random with specific DNS settings or whatever it's called, so I'm hoping that can happen with the Gen 6 & 7 Pokemon games, too.

Hey when is 3ds getting back online without hacks

Wow I'm early! Love to see more about homebrew, always good to see it being talked about.

I've got some questions. One, is it okay if I sign up for Pretendo with the same email as my NNID? Or do I need a brand new email? Two, can I use a hackless Wii U with Pretendo and my original NNID? I'd love to play Splatoon but not reset my data

loading up super mario maker since I had to make a new account gets stuck at the end of the tutorial and won't advance to the main menu

I heard about SSSL, but I was uncussessful. I did see something on Pretendo’s website that it might be my ISP, but I’ll try it again when I have more than a few minutes. Otherwise I’ll buy a second Wii U and just soft mod it since my wife refuses to mod our current Wii U. Besides I would rather do this mod so that I won’t screw it up if she changes her mind (spoiler: she won’t haha)

question, so if i wanted to make a pretendo account but wanted to use the same exact name of my already existing NNID, i would have to log out of the existing one first before i make the pretendo account, and then make the pretendo account ?

How do you do it with the 3DS? The same way as the Wii U?

It's amazing to know it but I'm going to wait a little for create an account and play again Super Mario Maker. Probably right now those folks should be very busy with the traffic on the servers so I wouldn't want to help to saturate it. 😂 But again nice to see this.

we need more of this rabbit ^_^

During user creation, When It asks for the Nintendo network id, do I input an existing one or a new one? Edit:nevermind I'm blind

Can you find a way to do it on he 3DS? 2:16 I try the same code on the 3DS and it didn't work.

I’m literally gonna do this just so I can listen to the Online Squad Selection music whenever I start up Xenoblade X. Go listen to Melancholia it’s so good.

i was like i want to play RE Reveltatiosn or xenoblade x and non of those are supported by pretendo :(

I will try this

Is there a similar system to this for the regular Wii? I've never tried to get online with mine since the servers went down

Can you still use this with a already hacked wii u, and let's say i play smash 4 would I get banned or?

Hacked and glitched levels are going to be awesome, Nintendo always struck them down.

My friend. I'll be a happy man again when I play online on my 3DS just by changing the DNS. 😊🥺

I tried using Pretendo, but it's not working well for me on the 3DS or Wii U. I tried to create an account directly on the website, but when I tried to use the account on the console it said that it was already linked to another console, so I tried to create an account directly on the Wii U and it worked, but Miiverse keeps loading forever and never loads, Mario Kart 8 keeps giving me a direct error (I only managed to have one match, all the others I had an error or disconnect problems), I then used this account on the 3DS, Miiverse worked even though it was very slow, but I couldn't play any online games at all. I don't know if it's because I'm from Brazil, which is a bit far from the servers, or if the servers are congested due to the end of the Nintendo Network, but I'm really upset about not being able to use it, I was really excited to be able to play again Splatoon.

Is Your Pretendo Id your username and password? I've tried so many times but It won't work please help.

Mario Maker is what i am looking to checking out

now i want to know a video tutorial using the hombrew on wii u

I did everything right but it says my PNID does not exist. I’ve made multiple accounts and tried since last night. What is causing this? The emails verified.

Brilliant

Me: 3DS?! (Reads title) Video: No, the Wii U Me: Do' h

can you do the same to the 3DS without hacks?

Hey looks like they're finally using a new host.

Is it possible to buy virtual console games with this Trick?

My e shop ain’t working is this normal I done everything right? And how do I play Splatoon do. Need the disc?

What happens if you forget your password to your Nintendo Network account?

cool to see jon rejoin nintendo life and then grow a beard and need glasses!

Pretendo… awesome!

4:55 lmao, classic

Is your Mii Name the same as your nickname or NNID?

What the hell I do I put in the code pretendo gave me for the network id or the password 😢

Pretendo is awesome. Keep in mind however, that game support is still in beta, despite how much it has been talked about recently. New users will be disappointed that their favourite games might not be supported yet, but they have to be patient, since the eventual goal is full support for what was previously supported by Nintendo Network. Don't worry fam. Pokemon will be supported. Just give it time.

Cool, now just bring back the Wii U e-shop and all will be right!

It keeps on telling me I entered the ID of another service, help

Can we use miiverse with this method?

LETS GOOOO

Any way to do it on 3ds without hacks? Im eilling to do it, but im a bit lazy so im looking for an alternative

Hi Brandon!! :)

I wonder if the 3DS will get a similar trick.

4:56 I made that post lol😂

Nice

Good bun

Wii U online is dead, long-live Wii U Online!!

Epic

So i can play as a octoling in solatoon 1 without getting banned?

Awwww Hunter is so cute 🥰🥰

Does pretendo work for 3DS work as well

What the hell I keep getting the error code 1022613 someone help me 😢

What is the code I got in my email for

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THANK YOU BRANDON!!!

U didn’t even do the deep voice?

Hey, I love knowing these kind of tricks but do he carful. As widespread publicity of these kinds of thing does have the potential to put pretendo on Nintendo's legal radar.

Can this be done on a firmware console?

I was confused when they announced the SSSL method, I mean like why don't people just install aroma? your just limiting the capabilities of your wii u because without aroma you can't install archived eshop stuff unless you already owned everything you actually wanted to get off of the eshop, and the brick risk is pretty low if you actually follow the guide properly, so unless you literally can't afford an sd card there's no reason to not install aroma, in which case SSSL becomes relevant, heck the SSSL method doesn't work with the full suite of pretendo services

So bad I lost everything I had for wii u In hurricane Aida And Don't have the money Do we bear none of it

Only someone who doesn't smell good would say he does.

Is it risky for you internet connection?

Switch U is how U will switch next. 2025.

captscha daten failed what to do

MARIO SHORT