But in fact it applied the exploit that allow the execution of homebrew. By default, when you Execute Haxchi its seems like it just re-loads the system menu. Haxchi is an exploit that allows users to launch homebrew directly from the Wii U system menu by clicking on an icon. While there are many exploits available for the Wii U, they often involve taking a series of steps such as opening an URL via the web browser. An exploit will allow for such code to be executed. This is expected because of Wii U’s protection that disallows unauthorised software.

If you install a homebrew software on your Wii U and you try to load it directly, the system will return an error (normally a 199-9999 error) and will halt and will only recover with a cold reboot (turn off then back on). This is often done by exploiting bugs in software, such as specific copies of games and flaws in the Wii U system software. In order to execute homebrew software in the Wii U, one must bypass the Wii U protections built by Nintendo. But for the sake of completeness, I’ll give a very short overview. I take that readers of this post have some degree of awareness about Haxchi. I will not dwell too much on the mistakes I made, except when relevant to the ultimate purpose of this post, which is to detail what I think is the best way of launching and configuring Haxchi on the console. So this post is my way of share what I have learned. Well I made a few boo-boos in the process, and I learned a lot about Haxchi from it. I replaced it with a card from a more serious brand, and I took the opportunity to update some of the homebrew apps. It became permanently read-only in less than an year. So I was using a cheap SD card with my Wii U to keep all of my homebrew apps for both the Wii U and the virtual Wii (vWii), and the card didn’t last long. Why? Because it can play all Wii U and Wii games, and once hacked it gives one the access to Homebrew and emulations spanning every generation that came before it! Preamble Yes, I still have a Nintendo Wii U and I think it is one of the best consoles ever.

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