Check this in System Settings, found on the Wii U Menu (not Quick Start). To install the Homebrew Channel on your Wii U, ensure your system is on version 5.5.2, 5.5.3, and 5.5.4.
Other hacks need quite a bit of time, but this can be completed in around 30 minutes max. Only proceed if you are aware of the risks.Īlso note that this is a comparatively simple hack. NOTE: Hacking your Wii U to install homebrew software is potentially dangerous to your system, and could lead to data loss, or even bricking. As such, we’re going to install the browser exploit in favour of the longer, permanent hack. While there are two ways to hack a Wii U, the easiest, temporary method is also the most unreliable. The Wii U’s predecessor, the Nintendo Wii, could be hacked in a similar way. If you want to keep your Wii U useful, you need to hack it with homebrew.
As the Wii U is no longer Nintendo’s key games console, less and less software is set to be released for it. It’s basically software that is designed to make a proprietary hardware platform-such as the Wii U-programmable by users. If you want to hack a games console, and install software that isn’t supposed to be run on it (such as a new operating system), you need homebrew.
Want to get more out of your Nintendo Wii U? Here’s how to set it up with homebrew software. Like its predecessor, the Wii, the Wii U has been hacked, enabling the installation of homebrew software and more. It’s been superseded by the Nintendo Switch, but that doesn’t mean you have to get rid of your Nintendo Wii U.