Wii U Virtual Console Extraction Guide

Welcome! In this guide, you will learn how to extract ROMs from Wii U VC titles.

Warning

Before beginning, make sure that File Name Extensions is enabled in File Explorer like in the image below (if you're using Windows):

File Explorer

Also make sure that your SD card or USB storage device is formatted as FAT32. If it is not, use one of these tools to do so:

Windows - GUIFormat

Linux - GParted

MacOS - Disk Utility

MacOS Users: Always select "MS-DOS (FAT)", even if the card is larger than 32GB.

Info

If you have issues with anything in the guide or need assistance, you can ask for help in the #wiiu-assistance channel of the Nintendo Homebrew Discord server

NES/SNES/GBA/FDS/PCE/TurboGrafx-16 (wiiu-vc-extractor)

Requirements

  • A Windows, Mac OS X or Linux computer with an SD card reader
  • An SD card or USB storage device with at least 300MB of free storage

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Nintendo 64 & DS

Requirements

  • A computer with an SD card reader or USB port (an Android phone with an SD card slot also works great!)
  • An SD card or USB storage device with at least 300MB of free storage

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Nintendo Wii

Requirements

  • A otp.bin and seeprom.bin dump from your Wii U. If you don't have these files, follow this guide: NAND Dump
  • A Wii U formatted USB Drive with at least 4GB of free space (Copy the game(s) you want to extract to this before following the guide)
  • A Windows or Ubuntu computer
  • If you are using Windows, .NET Framework version 4.5.2 or newer (included with Windows 10 since the May 2019 update)
  • If you are using Ubuntu, Wine. Wine Mono may be required; a guide for installation can be found here.

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