Yeah, it is what it is. Was hoping for a trick or something. It's an extra 16GB TDK I had, been using it since last year.
Not sure why my last retail purchases Kirby and Splatoon saves got put there when the internal drive had enough space. That's something I don't like of the WiiU, that save files are linked with the game data and digital game. I know why they did it, to protect it from save file hacks the Wii got. Still it is not that easy to backup the save files alone, maybe for the NX system they could offer cloud backups
@Ultra: Yeah, just read that in the FAQ http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/latam/en/systems/wiiu/system_external_storage.jsp?menu=general_info&submenu=wup-external-usb-storage
Can I use a Flash/Thumb drive as an external storage device?
- Because these devices have a limited number of rewrites and are not suited to long-term storage of important game data, we do not recommend the use of Flash/thumb drives as an external storage device solution. For best results, we recommend using a hard drive with its own power supply that connects to the Wii U via the USB port on the console.
- Commercial Flash memory has a limit on the number of times you can write over it and we don't recommend flash memory devices for long-term storage of important save data.
