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coolguy on 20 November 2012

 i though i read somewhere that you can install  wii u games to the usb hard drive is this true or not??



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wfz on 20 November 2012
Yes, you can install and play games off of an external USB HDD. There appears to be an issue with certain USB 3.0 HDDs, so your best bet is using a USB 2.0 HDD or going off of Nintendo's support site for recommended HDDs (although it is currently pitifully lacking).

http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/wiiu/en_na/external_usb_devices.jsp

the2real4mafol on 20 November 2012
Surely it must be possible, otherwise the hard drive will run out of space very quickly

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coolguy on 20 November 2012
thanks wfz for the link. its good to know that you can do an in stall

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Lusche on 20 November 2012
can you use the install like the xbox so you can install the whole game to the hdd or like the ps3 one where the devs decide if you are allowed to install and what to install (eg not the whole game, but only parts of it)

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wfz on 20 November 2012
Lusche said:
can you use the install like the xbox so you can install the whole game to the hdd or like the ps3 one where the devs decide if you are allowed to install and what to install (eg not the whole game, but only parts of it)


Can't seem to find any information online. I'll confirm this for you once I set up my HDD (if no one else can confirm before then).



superchunk on 20 November 2012
Yes.

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thekitchensink on 20 November 2012
To be clear, these articles are talking about installing downloadable versions of games to the hard drive. You cannot, to my knowledge, install disc-based games like you can on the 360.

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BlkPaladin on 20 November 2012
Though that may be offered as an option down the road (disc-to-hd installs). Yeah one the hard drive is set up the system by default loads and installs all software to the hd.

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