Nintendo Killed The Wii U Today... Let's Hack It! 

Wild how a hacked Wii U can play Gamecube games natively, without emulation, and yet Nintendo never added that feature even though the hardware could do it.

If Nintendo ain't preserving games, we'll do it for them.

We are all sick of Nintendo's shit at this point.

I recently hacked my Wii U, and it was one of the best decisions I've ever made. It's literally three consoles in one, Gamecube Wii and Wii U

Remember, Muta saying "I don't support piracy" is code for "I'm saying this so RU-vid won't kill me."

Old school physical media just gets more and more valuable

Bro didn't even wait a second BASED ASF 🗣️

What's sad is that the moment Nintendo announces a new Mario/Zelda game,All is forgiven and people will act like none of this ever happened and go back praising them again.

I am consistantly amazed with all of the dedicated nerds who love an abandoned game or service so much they're willing to reverse-engineer the online components of it and present it for free or for donations. I salute you all.

Solar eclipse - OMG wow! Discontinuation - omg… wow…

You know its a good video when Muta is happy in the thumbnail. Bring me joy to see a video from him especially when it’s hacking something.

Goodbye 3DS, you're the best handheld console ever 😢

You turned a sad day for Wii U owners into a good one.

Wii U guide maintainer here, I have 2 corrections I would like to note down: 1. You don't need to hack the Wii U just to get access to the vWii. It is built-in to every Wii U system and can be accessed from the Wii U Menu. 2. Gamecube games are not emulated. Parts of the GC are (ie controllers/memory cart), but the game in itself is not Also nice job blurring out UFDiine and , but not blurring the rest :P

Note, the GameCube emulation is not emulation, it’s basically bare metal The Wii U is a modified wii which is a slightly modified GameCube, wii mode is just it turning off the additional Wii U components of the motherboard. Wii meanwhile could natively run GameCube, as seen in the og Wii having GameCube ports and being able to natively run GameCube discs, so wii mode can go natively run GameCube games if you can force the console into GameCube mode such as with nintendont

Thanks for putting the effort into this and breaking down each step so clearly. You've really unlocked a ton of potential in the Wii U and helped keep these legacy systems alive.

real ogs remember the youtube tutorials with the DNS server change for "free games"

For people that doesn't care so much: The Wii U and DS are getting really cheap now on the second market. I live in Japan, the Wii U is the cheapest machine right now (GameCube and others are double the price). And thanks to this news (the shutdown), second hand markets will have more machines and cheaper. Once a machine is jailbreak is amazing the amount of things you can do. I just got a Wii U as a present for a kid. I'm talking less than $100.- and you can have the whole Wii U, Wii, GameCube collection with accessories (guns, tennis rackets, car wheels). Right now this is a great opportunity!

They really killed it whenever you couldn’t buy anything from the eshop and I’m honestly kinda surprised the 3ds servers had lasted for so long

I forgot Nintendo was gonna end the Wii U today lol. I just hacked a week ago because I got bored and remembered I had a one. 💀

Heard 3DS and remembered I have mine in my suitcase on vacation with me,best timing ever

Wii U and the 3DS did not die. They were MURDERED!

you are the #1 youtuber who care about games preservation. thank you so much...i will support you with all my power 🙏

waiting for the surprise "fuck modders" update like they did with 3ds

The bright sun shining on the shelf made me think he was burning it

Nintendo's lawyers are cracking their knuckles as we speak. gl muta ! thx for the reminder to backup all my 3ds garbo

Mario is BANGING on your door with A battle axe

so the world was ending today

Hearing Muta call the Wii U good makes me so happy. Everybody shit on the poor console, despite it having so much personality and having a great line up of exclusive and even non exclusive games.

SomeOrdinaryGamers, This is great! I liked it and subscribed!

Bought a wii u 32 gig for 40 dollars shipped back in 2021 and have not regretted this decision to this day. The thing is one of the best emulation systems ever despite it's low specs.

Muta truly looks blessed in that thumbnail

Modders will always do what Nintenwon’t

I just came from Ryu's live stream. I'm 100% on board with this 💯

The cable monster in the background is growing...

I love that my Wii U randomly decided to die a few weeks ago.

The Eclipse was just Nintendo Bribing Aliens so that we would be too distracted preserving Nintendo Games

Absolutely killed it with the thumbnail tbh. It's a work of art.

These are the videos I love from Muta. Always willing to click into these. I already know how to do everything in the video but hearing someone else passionate about this stuff is just plain fun and relaxing.

PS3 and 360 outlived Wii, dsi, 3DS, and WiiU shops. Wild how Nintendo fans don’t demand better when it comes to their online experience

Rip to one of my favorite gaming consoles

Honestly got me wanting to go back and watch the sick smash reveals smash 4 had

Holy shit Muta I literally just finished Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition, started Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and felt like I had missed something. Then I remembered there was another game in between and was going to hook up my Wii U to play Xenoblade Chronicles X and got sad realizing it's probably going to have lost content because the servers are gone, and then I see this exact video and what's the first game you hold up? Now I have to unpause and watch the rest of the video, even knowing you're most likely about to have to crush my soul with reality.

I think the most impressive thing about this video is that it's actually still up on RU-vid and hasn't been taken down. Damn, the power of Muta lol. Otherwise great tutorial man! Absolutely brought new life to my WiiU for me. Thanks!

Mutahar DOES what NintenDON'T

Mutahar you are a brave fellow for making this. In before Nintendo's lawyers arrive...

I love Muta’s enthusiasm when talking about hacking and emulators 😭🤣

I have a wii u in my drawer. I might use this video. Thanks muta

Ahhh shiii my friend is trying to get his old 3ds I’m wanting to put homebrew onto it thank you for this guide

The 3DS is my favorite Nintendo device to this day. No other gaming device quite encouraged interacting with other players like it, and it had so many banger games and apps. I honestly view the Switch as a step back as it doesn't have half the customization features or the street pass stuff

Mutahar out here looking MAJESTIC in the thumbnail.

Thumbnail Muta is looking good!

Same day as the eclipse, coincidence? I think not🗣🔥🔥

*hears hard knock on door, "Nintendo of America here" mudahar: shits himself

Now that I have you making a video I’m missing my Wii U

Mutahar comin' out here with that borderline biblical looking thumbnail

Bless you for spreading the good word of jailbreaking Muta

it's Amazing how much it can do. Also I've been playing ds games by injecting on the virtual console and it's very satisfying, I'm having a lot of fun replaying Phoenix Wright on my tv while being able to choose my evidence on the bottom screen, Also the mic works with it, pretty cool I would say.

Perfect timing! Still need that video about Apple allowing emulators on the App Store tho

Muta talking about how great a hacked Wii U moment

Aint gonna lie, I have a soft spot for the WiiU. It wasnt as magical as the og WII sure, but the secondary screen was charming as fuck. I especially liked the second screens use for Tokyo Mirage Session,where it was mainly stats and touch controls and stuff. It just looked neat to have all the info right there in front of you at once while playing the game. Not the best game ever tho ngl lmao, the censorship was hella weird and not needed at all

So Nintendo caused the eclipse today…

oh wow I can't believe I missed this vid. I've been preaching about hacking ur wii u for a while mang, but it hasn't had much traction. I hacked mine a while back and could only get it soft-modded back then since I lacked a DS game from the eshop.

Even though the cutoff was in the afternoon/evening, it made my eyes well up to see people change their usernames to "don't close 3DS", and "leave it on+plugged" so we could stay up all night and continue WonderTrading / GTS. I had work at 4:30 this morning, and stayed up til like 2:30 filling in a few more 'Dex spaces while I could...much love to everyone around the globe who showed up and shared their prized friends...people were just tossing LV 100s, shinies, and version exclusives with such generosity that I could hardly stand it. I hope to see some of you, either on Pretendo or Showdown. I was just hatching eggs and loading those newborns with TM moves all night, sending out starters, gen-1s, Machokes, Kadabras, Gravelers, and Haunters by the dozen...what began as a race against the clock became what felt like becoming an empty-nester, dressing up all my kids in their best movements, putting either a Soda Pop, Moomoo Milk, or a Revive in their inventory, and watching them join new families.... Just checking out basic player profiles, you can see how many people came out of retirements / long breaks to show up for the occasion...I hope, full-heartedly, to hold the feelings and memories from last night for the rest of my days.

me when i learn that all my "SD cards" are actually just micro SD adapters

This really sucks, Kid Icarus Uprising had amazing multiplayer. It was like 3D Super Smash Bros with guns.

I remember getting my first Wii for Christmas back in the day and I still think it is one of the best consoles along with the nostalgic GameCube and N64.

Smiling Muta cheers me up

I will never feel bad for pirating a Nintendo game. I came to that decision last year and I've had much better experiences because of it.

Honestly, Nobody Hates Nintendo Fans More Than Nintendo.

Muta's on his Joker arc

Never seen muta so happy before

The Wii u is arguably the best console to ever exist, it's homebrew, emulation and touchscreen capabilities allow you to run almost any game from any console released upto it's launch, I personally use mine to play mario and Luigi partners in time from the comfort of my couch with the functionality of both a ds and the larger screens provided from both the tv and the console

I love Nintendo, but they’ve been making really shitty decisions lately.

I bricked all my wii u's. Thanks or replying and tweeting back to me Muta! Love ur channel and will continue to support you :D

Never thought i'd see muta getting into homebrew

RiiConnect and what's coming for Wii U & 3DS will be there for us hopefuly...

Welp. I guess it's time to enroll my Wii U on Pretendo.

If you’re viewing this and you have a Wii U, you are genuinely in danger if you don’t hack it. If that thing bricks you’ll want to have a way to restore the NAND.

1:44 that Dynasty Warriors Zelda game was pretty sick

Streetpass -> other 3DSes Spotpass -> online data from nintendo sometimes when sleeping.

The last firmware update that nintendo released on the Wii U actually broke my Wii U, even though I never modded or hacked it. Now neither the disc or digital titles load. :/ Gives an error code that I was not able to find info about (160-0103) . If anyone recognises the situation, let me know. :/

The Wii U gamepad was ahead of its time. Being able to still play the Wii U while someone was watching tv was so nice. Scribblenauts Unlimited, Little Inferno, Smash 4 & Mario Maker were my favorites from that era.

man I played so much 3ds mario kart 7 online back in the day one of my all time favorite games

I'm guessing their terms of service no longer apply now that they are no longer offering a service.

Nintendo just terminated the online service for a generation of console, so naturally the workers in charge of maintaining it were promptly reassigned to solely taking down all and any fanmade online services. Especially, those made purely out of love for Nintendo's IPs. How dare those fans do Nintendo's jobs for them!

I’ve been waiting for you to do this for Ages

that thumbnail made me GYATT

Muta is GLOWING in that thumbnial

I don’t play games anymore but this channel is still interesting af.

😭 rip best console. I had my Nintendo DSi and 3DS XL haven't played it really in a long time tho but... I love them 😞 Best memories with them, memories I will never ever have ever again. I bet many people feel like this.

The existence of the virtual Gamecube within the virtual Wii within the Wii U is hilarious because the Wii did have Gamecube virtual console support but that was not included in the Wii U.

What absolute Goblins. Nintendo removing online play on the 3DS is a tragedy. I swear if anyone defends Nintendo’s actions for this deserves to be called a clown.

the fact it can run nintendo switch titles better than the switch is a crazy missed opportunity

Did that hack a while back to check manufacturer of NAND flash my Wii U had (there's a manufacturer's that will degrade overtime and then BRICK your console). Installed Aroma first then went and install that other one that has some kind of App store. I was able to dump all my games - including all those on discs as well as on memory. Now, they're all on my PC and I could run them in an emulator with my save files and all that. :)

I dont even have a Wii U but I like watching this tutorial video for fun!

Pokemon Bank Services still up? or are those servers separate from the main nintendo servers?

Nintendo Network is dead. Long live Pretendo Network!

XENOBLADE X WAS MY CHILDHOOD. Thank you so much for showing the game lol. I instantly recognized it as soon as it got into frame. :p

This makes me so happy. So many people talk trash about this legendary legacy console