I got a friend request from somebody and i would like to send a message to them, but apparently they don't have a miiverse. i played with them online and they asked me if i'd like to play again sometime but i can't figure out how to send a message to them as they aren't on miiverse

how can this happen nintendo?

I looked at the Nintendo web site and it didn't name a specific brand exept that it can't be larger than 32gb so.......any? I have a Sony 4gb memory stick PRO duo that I used with my PSP so............ why is Nintendo SO VAGUE???

Can wii u be hooked up to a non HD TV?

Soooo I bought Splatoon to join my friends for Splatfest and I keep getting disconnected; and I followed all the "connection issues" advice from Support. I got to play 2 matches and then when I went to play a 3rd I got an error 118-0551 in the lobby; and just keep getting "communication errors" and whatnot. Upon doing research for the error code of 118-0551 and there is nothing listed anywhere online about this error code besides one post on the Japanese site (which I only got by googling this code a few times) that states it's a connection error. There are literally no other posts anywhere online that states what this error is (and before anyone says "you mean 0515" which is apparently another code that has shown up on here before...

No, I mean 0551. Heeeere's a picture.

At first I thought maybe I wrote it down wrong because I've seen multiple complaints about 0515 but I can't find one post ANYWHERE online about this error.

And it's weird because my internet is totally fine with every other aspect of my Wii U. I can stream twitch on it, I can play Smash Bros and Mario Kart no problem; I did the DMZ stuff, I reset my router like 20 times with different settings (and reset my Wii U everytime I reset my router to make sure they were starting off with a fresh connection each time)

Even if I figure this out through a phonecall or something, I wanted to make a post on here so if anyone else has this same issue and can't find anything either, maybe if I find a solution through here or through just experimenting with my connection; it'll eventually help someone else.

Soooo any ideas? (I should also note I get a lot of just "communication error has occured" with no error whatsoever but here and there I get this error.)

I just bought a copy of Splatoon and was just getting ready to play it but my Wii U is acting up. I get no signal to my TV and even the gamepad says it can't connect to the system. This is really depressing since the last time I used my Wii U was months ago and  its really got low mileage compared to other systems I own. I've tried resetting and disconnecting all wires, leaving it unplugged for the 15 seconds. I might add that this all worked since I originally got the system at launch.

So do you think this is truly dead? Should I go through the repair options with Nintendo? I'd hate to lose the DLC and digital purchases since they are tied to the system and not my account like any other console. Not sure if purchasing a refurb somewhere and seeing if the digital is transferrable by working with support is an option at all. I basically have most of the DLC out there (MK8, HW, Smash, etc. to name a few).

I know that user accounts on a Wii U can be password-locked, preventing anyone from accessing them at all without the password. However, I'm fine with people playing my games, I just would really rather not have anyone who uses my Wii U able to access my Miiverse. I've resorted to disbling Miiverse in the parental controls and enabling it whenever I want to use it, but as one would assume, this is very inconvenient. On the 3DS, it's possible to password-lock Miiverse and the eShop, without locking the rest of the system. Is this possible on Wii U? It seems like something that should be.

I have no idea why but whenever I try to play splatoon, after about 15-30 seconds, the game messes up and I no longer am able to ink the ground anymore. It just doesn't do anything. Then shortly after the game pops up a message saying there was a communication error and I'm out of the match. I've looked up this problem and I've tried enabling DMZ and post forwarding and nothing is working. Is there anything else I can try to have my wifi work online with this game?

I purchased a WiiU yesterday and have it all hooked up and I thought everything was working. But today we tried to play a game and we get the screen that says: "TV ONLY" or "TV AND GAMEPAD". When we point the remote to the tv it does not work. I have deleted the pairings and re-paired all remotes but still does not work

About six months ago my brother got a Wii U as an early Christmas present. He got it ordered from Amazon. When he was hooking it up and putting his information in it, he noticed that Miiverse wasn't working. It's frustrating because I'm the one who usually plays with the Wii U and I've got more friends than him I want to talk to.

The Wii U was already banned when he got it from Amazon, but is there a way to unban it?

So everytime i try to do PvP in splatoon or smash the Error Code 115-0516 and 115-0502

Note* sometime even beafore i *repaired it* it worked from time to time just took me like 12 or more tries to connect to a lobby

i did the things to repair it and now i have seen around 4 more problemss

115 0504

115 0517

115 0518

115 0502

to name most of them and it takes more time to connect i need to know either i way to repair all  that

even if i have to restart the wii u memory or something idc

Attention Splatooners!

So you purchased Splatoon, but, to save money, your Internet Service Provider (ISP) may be slower or less complex than you originally thought you needed.  Possibly, as a result you purchase a router to provide the convenience of WiFi in your home... but then comes the lag *woman screams*; then you find your ink is not spraying *man screams*; FINALLY--the horror!! The Connection is Unstable *baby whines and cries*. Let me tell you a little about how I fixed this using my D-Link Router settings and my helpful Tech Support Agent.

I, too, was plagued by the agnonizing frustration--a Virtual Insanity, if you will--of being dropped by my Splats.  I searched for days with a mouth-drooling determination to find what technical technicality I was dealing with.  If you've done any research, you may have been inundated with acronymns of DMZs (demilitarized zones), NATs (Network Address Translations) or IGDs (Internet Gateway Devices).  First, I needed to get inside my router to see what was going on: Browser; I type 192.168.0.1 into my address bar to contact my router--not unlike a knock at the door.  I am an Admin(istrator) and I enter my password do enter.  Some routers may ask you for an alpha-numeric code to enter to ensure you're not some program trying to hack in.  I had been in and out of those settings so many times, I seriously considered changing my brilliantly complex password to something simpler. 

Long story short (as I'm sure you've scanned all through the hyphens and breaking punctuation to get to the point), my tech support agent walked me through the process of creating a Static IP Address for my Wii U.  Now, if you love technology as I do, you have several things connected to this router.  Each gets setup, by default, on what's called a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) list.  The key word here is 'Dynamic'.  When your devices connect through a router, they bounce from IP Address to IP Address back and forth.  I'm foggy on the details and I don't know the facts.  I think, with games like Splatoon, matchmaking is hard with a lot of people out there playing.  Again, I don't really know.  The point is, you need to create a VIP list of sorts for your Wii U to connect through exclusively.  Go with the night club analogy with me.  So, at this point your Wii U has been sitting in the Lobby/Home Screen dingling away with your usual internet connection.  Meanwhile, on the router setting screen (which might timeout on you, requiring you to sign back in), which is my D-Link screen and may not specifically be like yours but may help steer you in the right direction.

There are columns of options at the top: SETUP, ADVANCED, TOOLS, STATUS, etc... I choose SETUP.  Then, along the left side of the screen it says: Network Settings. I click it. When I scross down, I find a list of devices connected to my network, such as my Xbox One, laptop, Nintendo Wii U, etc.  Each item has two things somewhere aligned with them: a MAC or Hardware Address and and IP Address.  Look for the Wii U and copy them down. Above this DHCP List is a field to make a DHCP Reservation List.  Here's what I did:  If you look throught the Network Settings, you should find an IP Address Range of some kind that goes from 192.168.0.100 to 192.168.0.199, or in my case even higher.  So take the first three sets (192.168.0) and make up the last three between 100-200.  For example, use 134... but, really, don't.  Go to that field for the Reservation List and click a check mark on Enable.  Next, it wants to name it. See if there's a drop-down box that may list those other devices you have on, what we'll call, the Dynamic List. I chose 'Nintendo Wii U' and all the sub-fields below just auto-populated.  This is where we have that three-digit number we made up (not 134) and we fill in our exclusive IP Address.  If the Subnet Mask does not auto-populate, you can find that info where we found the IP Address Range and Default Gateway, and a slew of other numbers that may mean very little to us.  Once I saved all of that, I saw my Wii U on  it's own private Reservation List. 

To complete this process, I switched off the router, waited about 15 seconds and switched'er back on.  I refresh my browser and log back into my router to ensure my Wii U is still on the list, then close it and try my best.

I immediately saw a difference in the crisp and clear connection I was getting.  Upon entering the Lobby, I didn't even get that short message advising me that it was "Connecting to the Internet".  We were in and moving right away!  Since then, I have had several seemless sessions on Splatoon and I can now enjoy the online intensity I've been waiting for. 

As a side note, I'd like to give a shout out to NOA_VICTOR and ONE-OF-THREE.  I posted some things in the midst of gamer rage and technological impatience that were not cool.  I shamed the good nature of this and similar forums of open and respectful discussion, and for this I sincerely apologize.

As redemption, I hope many frustrated gamers having issues with Splatoon can find a simple solution through my little article.  If you get connected, I'll be behind you... splatting your face in Ranked Battles!

Happy Gaming!

Hi! Thanks for taking the time to read and hopefully answer my question.

I just got my refurbished Wii U today and I'd like to play Hyrule Warriors, but it needs to update first. After waiting a long two hours, the download finishes, I go to launch the game, but then I am greeted with a message saying, " The USB Storage device could not be read." Or something along those lines. I had to delete the data and wait another 2 hours, with the same results.

Solutions? Thanks in advance.

I have the Wii U Deluxe edition. I have an old external hard drive (not on the compatibility list) and formatted it on the Wii U for storage use. Today I wanted to make a backup copy of the data to move to another storage space. Being a total fool my first idea was to use my computer to transfer the data over like I would with any hard drive. I plugged the external HDD (Seagate Freeagent Desktop) into my computer and it showed up in my taskbar as being a USB device plugged in, but there was no autoplay prompt. The drive wasn't showing in My Computer (Windows 7) so I checked disk management. There it was showing a bunch of unallocated space, but no drive letter. I decided no to mess with it further.

When I went and plugged back into the Wii U and turned it on I was prompted with the, "You need to format this drive!" message. I haven't been able to get it to read properly since.

I've tried all the different USB ports on the Wii U. I really don't know what else I can try to recover my data. My girlfriend and I have been playing Splatoon non-stop since release and we lost all of our save data and I feel really awful about it.

Is there any way our data can be salvagable?

The Seagate HDD is powered from the wall outlet and has a single USB to the Wii U.

When I plugged the HDD into my computer it popped up in the taskbar saying, "Installing drivers..." and "Drivers up to date".

Please help!

Nintendo Brought Super Mario Galaxy 2 to the Wii U figuring not enough people played it on wii. I would really like Xenoblade to come out for Wii U Virtual console so I can play it before its sequel Xenoblade chronicles X

People charge way too much money for the game on Amazon or Ebay. Nintendo should Help us out.

While I was playing the battery of the Gamepad died, which I thought I could easily get back to playing the game if I just plugged the controller back in, but the "Unable to communicate with the Wii U GamePad.  Please check the Wii U Gamepad screen. If the Wii U Gamepad battery has run low, please recharge it" error screen would NOT go away. I could press the home button and it would bring that screen up, but upon trying to resume Hyrule Warrors the error screen just would not go away.  I pressed every button I could think of, and tried uplugging it, letting it charge for a few minutes, but nothing worked.  The screen on the Gamepad lit up so i KNOW it was back on, but I ended up having to hold down the power button to shut the game off and I lost gameplay that I couldn't save.

Anyone else have this issue or know how to resolve it?

I think this is completely stupid and the game should figure out that if the controller has power again that the error message should go away.

I don't want to have to lose game progress every time the controller accidentally dies.

Sigh.

So we all know about the Wii U, its massive library of games, and the options we have for storage. I'm going to buy myself a 1TB hard drive to store all my Wii U data as I plan on building a huuuuuuge library of Wii U downloaded games, VC downloads, and even (gasp) GameCube-era games. Some of the GameCube games allow linking to a related GBA game. Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life is one of them. The companion game, Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town, is available on the Wii U Virtual Console, and I bought it. If someday I were to have actual hard copies of both A Wonderful Life and Friends of Mineral Town, and I was storing my games on that terabyte drive, could I hook up the terabyte drive to my laptop, locate the Friends of Mineral Town save, extract it and copy it to the actual FoMT GBA cartridge to allow connectivity between FoMT and AWL?

Long story short: I got a wii u and a LAN Adapter, i connected too miiverse and the internet browser which worked fine but when i tried to play Super Smash Bros Wii U online i got the 118-0516 error. I looked it up and it wants me to open some ports 1- 65535 to be exact. " 4. Enter the starting port and the ending port required for the console being used. For titles published by Nintendo, you will need to forward UDP ports 1 through 65535. 5. Set the protocol to "UDP." "

I tried to portforward these ports but i cant for some reason, it says "cant apply services to *WiiU-LAN-Adapter*" (*Gave my device that name) ((Rough translation from swedish)). So searched the internet for some answers and saw people saying that their routers cant open all those ports at the same time and got the ports 80, 443, 6667, 12400, 28910, 29900, 29901, 29920 from a guy on one of the forums stating "thats the ports nintendo seems to be using", So this time i tried to only open these ports and it would actually let me open the ports but when i tried to connect online i got the same error message. I disabled the firewall in an desperate final attempt but to no use...

Basicly it seems impossible from my viewpoint but thats why i post this on the forums right?

It's so upsetting that nintendo has limited the compatiblity of the gamecube controller. Overall, this has devalued the console tremendously (to me) without the use of these nostalgic controllers. The main reason why I got the wii u was for the new super smash bros (controllers are not compatible with brawl WTH), but for the virtual console, as well. A lot of great memories were made with these controllers and brawl and I definitely prefer it to any controller that nintendo has released. I've supported nintendo all these years since the console is able to reach out to all ages, but c'mon nintendo, you're taking away a great experience without the use of these controllers.

I suppose I'm just ranting, but does anyone have a clue if nintendo will make the controller compatible with different games/virtual consoles in the future? I'm on the brink of downgrading to the original wii or by not investing in anything "nintendo" related. Trying to stick it to the "man" here.

So I decided to give my Wii U Mii a makeover to look more like me. But then I wanted to transfer it to my 3DS to make it my personal mii on 3DS. Is there any way I can make my Wii U user mii my personal Mii on the 3DS? It's really hard to get my personal mii on 3DS to look exactly like the mii on my Wii U? Help?