How To Get Additional Storage On Your Wii U

The Wii U doesn’t have a lot of storage. So if you’re running out of space for games and want to get more storage on Wii U! Here are your options for adding external storage.

If you still have a Wii U, sooner or later you’re going to run out of room. The Basic unit only includes 8GB of space, while the Deluxe ups it to a still-lacking 32GB of space.

Although the Wii U does not have an expansive library of games, any time you need space for a new one, you definitely do not want to have to delete a game.

So in this article, if you are running low on space, we will explain how to add more storage to your Wii U.

How To Get Additional Storage On Wii U

Method 1: USB Flash Drive

The second method is another simple one. In this method, you will need a USB flash drive. You can get them for a very low price nowadays. You might know USB flash drives as pen drives as well.

So, if you are looking to increase the storage space on your Wii U for a cheaper price, you can follow this route.

Then again, like the previous method, there is also one drawback here.

You should have already known that the USB flash storage devices come with a limited number of rewrites. That means, if you install/uninstall a game for a certain amount of time, the flash storage device will be obsolete.

As a result, we don’t recommend this method if you are constantly installing and uninstalling games on your Wii U. So, what do you do now to get more storage on Wii U?

Fear not, we have another method for you.

Method 2: Use an SD Card

The number one method of expanding the storage space on your Wii U would be to use an external SD card.

As we have mentioned earlier, the Wii U supports SD or SDHC cards up to 32 GB. So, you can buy one of those SD cards and you insert that in the memory card reader slot in the Wii U.

That’s it! It will be detected by the Wii U automatically. However, there’s a catch with this method. For the record, the external SD card slot is available for only the ‘Wii Mode’.

So, it is not that helpful, if you are looking for expanding the storage space. But don’t lose your hope yet. We have a couple of more methods for you to try.

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Method 3: External Hard drive

Here we are, at the last method of expanding storage space on your Wii U. At first, let’s talk about the drawback of this method.

And that is that you will need to spend a bit more on this method compared to the previous ones we have mentioned already.

However, even if you have to spend much in this way, you will be able to expand the storage space of your Wii U for sure without any issues by following this method. That means this is the best process to get more storage space on Wii U.

For this method, you will need an external HDD or Hard Drive Disk. For the record, the Nintendo Wii U supports up to 2 Terabytes or TB of external storage.

But many users have claimed that they could use up to 4 TB of HDD with the Wii U.

However, Nintendo officially says that the console will recognize the hard disk drives that have more than 2 TB of capacity. But the extra storage space will not be available for use in reality.

So, in our opinion, 2 TB of HDD would be more than enough. And, in choosing the storage capacity, you have your own preference.

Format, Configure or Remove Storage Device

These are a few tips to remember that might come in handy in the future. Before you can use any external storage device on your Nintendo Wii U, you will need to format and configure it from the Wii U device itself.

So, if you already have any data on the external storage device, you should back those up before connecting the storage device to the Wii U.

fter you have connected the storage device to the Wii U for the first time, it will show you all the instructions to format and configure the storage solution on the screen. So, you can follow that to format the storage device.

Next, you should never connect any external storage devices to the Wii U while it is turned on.

Similarly, it is also prohibited to disconnect or remove any external storage devices while the Wii is powered on. This might damage both your external HDD or the Wii U.

Connect 2 External USB Storage Devices to the Wii U

Did you know that you can add up to 2 USB storage devices to the Nintendo Wii U at once? Yes, you can do that. And, the Wii U will detect both of those devices as well. However, there’s a caveat here.

You can connect up to 2 storage devices to the Wii U only to copy or move files between those storage devices and the internal storage space. You cannot use those 2 storage devices at once for any other cases.

For instance, you cannot actually install games to both of those connected USB storage devices. Rather, if you want to back up files from one USB storage device to another, you can use this method effectively.

Bottom Line

Here, we have shared 3 methods on how to get more storage on Wii U. We hope that this post will assist you in expanding the storage space on your Nintendo Wii U.

We have tried to outline all these methods in a beginner-friendly way. So, if you have read the post carefully, you will already be able to increase the storage capacity on the Wii U with ease.

Do you think that the Nintendo Wii U was a good console? Or its successor, the Nintendo Switch is the best one of them all? Don’t hesitate to share your thoughts on this in the comment section. We would like to hear your input!