Nintendo Wii U Dumping Guide

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Revision as of 13:13, 10 July 2022

This guide is an early work in progress.

Tools

• A Wii U console with a network connection
• A 32GB (or higher) SD Card formatted to FAT32, or an SD card of any size and a 32GB (or higher) USB flash drive formatted to FAT32 or NTFS. Higher sizes are recommended due to every Wii U Dump being 25GB, however Wii U cannot power some external HDDs without a Y-Cable.
• WUDump, to dump the actual game.
• (Optional) WUDCompress to later compress the WUD into a WUX, which is a lot more space saving.

First Time Setup

• Install the homebrew channel by following this guide (or alternatively you can just run it one-off using the browser exploit)
• Download The Homebrew Channel and place the wiiu folder on your SD Root.
• Download WUDump from above, and place it in SD:/wiiu/apps/wudump/ (you will need to make the folder 'wudump')

Dumping

• Run the Homebrew Launcher.
• Once in the Homebrew launcher, select wudump, then hit Load.
• Press the appropiate button for what device you are dumping to (FAT32 USB, NTFS USB, or FAT32 SD)
• Once ready, the program will inform you to insert the disc; if you already have the disc inserted, simply eject and re-insert.

This process takes a long time (1-2 hours!), so go get lunch and wait.

Submitting Info to Redump

Submit your dumps on the "Dumps" forum here. If you have dumper rights you can submit the dumpinfo using the New Disc form.

Please review the important guidelines outlined in this forum thread regarding submission of both new discs and verifications: Redump Submissions

Notes using the New Disc form:

• In the New Disc form, put all ring information in the 'Ring' field like you would using the template below (a moderator will format them properly).
• Language Select and Case Serial information can go into the 'Comments' field.
• Make sure you submit the game.key!

[quote]
Note: paste the contents of the WUDump game.txt here.
[/quote]

[b]Game Information:[/b]

[b]Game Title:[/b]
[b]Region:[/b] Europe / USA / Japan / UK / Scandinavia / Australia
[b]Languages:[/b] English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, etc...
[b]Language Select:[/b] Language select via BIOS system settings / Language select screen at startup
[b]Disc Serial:[/b]
[b]Edition:[/b] Original / Demo / Starter Pack / Nintendo Selects
[b]Case Barcode:[/b] 
[b]Case Serial:[/b]
[b]Size:[/b] 25.025.314.816

[b]Ring Information:[/b]

[b]Mastering Code (back):[/b]
[b]Mastering SID Code (back):[/b] 
[b]Mould SID Code (back):[/b] IFPI XXXX 
[b]Additional Mould Text (back):[/b]
[b]Toolstamp (back):[/b]
[b]Mould SID Code (front):[/b] IFPI XXXX
[b]Additional Mould Text (front):[/b]

[b]Game Key:[/b] Attached

Note: Don't forget to attach the game.key file to the post!

• Ring code info: useful reference image