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| == What is Homebrew?==
| | To get your Wii U able to run homebrew you should follow the guide on [https://wiiu.guide wiiu.guide]. This guide is well maintained and easy to follow. |
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| Homebrew usually refers to software that is not authorized by Nintendo. It allows you to run homebrew games, tools like save editing and backup, and emulators for various older systems.
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| Running homebrew on your console is 100% free using nothing but the system’s browser.
| | Avoid following video guides from sites such as YouTube. They are harder to update and thus often out of date. |
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| === What is Custom Firmware?===
| | Once you're done you can check out the [[List of all Wii U homebrew]] page to find homebrew to run! |
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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 Mocha 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 5.5.2.
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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 [http://www.howtogeek.com/245610/ MBR, not GPT].
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| * If you need to format a brand new SD card, you can use [http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm '''guiformat'''] and set to an Allocation Unit Size of 64K.
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| ==Get Started==
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| These steps will prepare your SD card for installing Coldboot Haxchi custom firmware.
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| Before beginning, you should make sure your Wii U is currently on firmware 5.5.0, 5.5.1 or 5.5.2. Older versions aren’t currently supported.
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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. If you want to make a backup of your Wii U’s system in case it needs to be restored in the future, you will need an SD card at least twice the size of your Wii U’s system memory (16GB SD card for an 8GB white console; 64GB SD card for a 32GB black console).
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| Your SD card must be formatted as FAT32 (64KB clusters if possible). Most SD cards will be formatted this way by default.
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| If you need to format an SD card on Windows, do not use the built in formatter or it may cause issues. Use [http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm guiformat] instead and set to an Allocation Unit Size of 64KB.
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| Your SD card cannot be named <span class="label [radius round] kbd">wiiu</span>, or it will cause problems.
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| <span class="label [radius round]" style="font-size:16px; background-color:#87625a; padding:20px; border-radius: 4px; box-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(208,135,112,0.25);">Before starting, you may want to check your SD card for errors using [[H2testw (Windows)]], [[F3 (Linux)]], or [[F3X (Mac)]]!</span>
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| ===What you need===
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