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theRepublic on 04 November 2017

I have run out of space on my Wii U.  I've downloaded a few too many games from the eShop, so I am having to do the delete and re-download shuffle, which sucks.

Does anyone have any recommendations for hard drives to use with the Wii U?  I don't have anything sitting around at home, so I need to buy something new.  Any advice would be great!



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jason1637 on 04 November 2017

Lol Wii U.
I'd suggest using a 32gb flash drive. The https://goo.gl/YzsnLE



Metallox on 04 November 2017

I bought a 2TB Toshiba Canvio for my Wii U. Worked fine during the three years I used it.



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zippy on 04 November 2017

I had a 2TB Seagate external on my Wii U. Wish I could use that on my Switch.



jason1637 on 04 November 2017
Metallox said:
I bought a 2TB Toshiba Canvio for my Wii U. Worked fine during the three years I used it.

 

zippy said:
I had a 2TB Seagate external on my Wii U. Wish I could use that on my Switch.

2TB for Wii U games? Isnt that a bit much since most Wii U gamers were pretty small.



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caffeinade on 04 November 2017
jason1637 said:
Metallox said:
I bought a 2TB Toshiba Canvio for my Wii U. Worked fine during the three years I used it.

 

zippy said:
I had a 2TB Seagate external on my Wii U. Wish I could use that on my Switch.

2TB for Wii U games? Isnt that a bit much since most Wii U gamers were pretty small.

You can reuse it after you are done with your WiiU.



d21lewis on 04 November 2017

You're going to need a Y USB cable otherwise you'll have to get one with an external power source. This is the one I used. It's a must!!

 


OEM UTStarcom USB Y Adapter Cable for HTC HD2 - YC150B https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002W8EDOM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_ddG.zb7HZXEPC



theRepublic on 04 November 2017
jason1637 said:
Metallox said:
I bought a 2TB Toshiba Canvio for my Wii U. Worked fine during the three years I used it.
zippy said:
I had a 2TB Seagate external on my Wii U. Wish I could use that on my Switch.

2TB for Wii U games? Isnt that a bit much since most Wii U gamers were pretty small.

Depends.  There have been some good deals on the eShop lately for a few of what would typically be retail games.  So at the moment I have Mario Kart 8, Darksiders 1 and 2, Rayman Legends, and Smash Bros all as digital versions.  Just those games are around 26-27 GB right there.

And that doesn't include the all the other smaller digital games I have, or save files.  Plus the system files take up a big chunk of the Wii U internal storage.



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theRepublic on 04 November 2017
d21lewis said:

You're going to need a Y USB cable otherwise you'll have to get one with an external power source. This is the one I used. It's a must!!

 


OEM UTStarcom USB Y Adapter Cable for HTC HD2 - YC150B https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002W8EDOM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_ddG.zb7HZXEPC

Any issues with drawing the power supply that way vs one with an external power source?



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Wii U - Darksiders: Warmastered Edition (2010/2017)
Mobile - The Simpson's Tapped Out and Yugioh Duel Links
PC - Deep Rock Galactic (2020)

SegataSanshiro on 04 November 2017
theRepublic said:

I have run out of space on my Wii U.  I've downloaded a few too many games from the eShop, so I am having to do the delete and re-download shuffle, which sucks.

Does anyone have any recommendations for hard drives to use with the Wii U?  I don't have anything sitting around at home, so I need to buy something new.  Any advice would be great!

Any external HDD will do. Seagate and WD are cheap on Amazon. Just make sure it has a Y cable.