

- LAUNCH THE HOMEBREW LAUNCHER FROM THE HOME MENU INSTALL
- LAUNCH THE HOMEBREW LAUNCHER FROM THE HOME MENU UPDATE
- LAUNCH THE HOMEBREW LAUNCHER FROM THE HOME MENU FULL
- LAUNCH THE HOMEBREW LAUNCHER FROM THE HOME MENU PC
LAUNCH THE HOMEBREW LAUNCHER FROM THE HOME MENU UPDATE
If you are on a lower firmware, update to 5.5.3 (5.5.3 is the latest) officially from the update option in your WiiU settings. The only differences are the requirements, how you use them and how different your console behave. There is no better solution than other, all three methods give you access to the same features. This guide will cover all three possibilities, you are free to follow them in order and stop at the one you want.
LAUNCH THE HOMEBREW LAUNCHER FROM THE HOME MENU INSTALL
either you install CBHC which will patch the firmware automatically at console's boot. either you install Haxchi, and manually launch it every time you want to patch the firmware to CFW directly without going into homebrew launcher. either you run the homebrew launcher first (user level hacking), and from here you launch a firmware patcher only when you need it. In order to unlock the kernel level (CFW), you'll have to choose between three methods: With the kernel level (or CFW), you can install games on your WiiU menu, located on internal memory or a WiiU HDD. With the first user level, you can launch games with the loadiine homebrew, loading games from SD card. That's probably what you are looking for: Custom Firmware to install and launch games?
LAUNCH THE HOMEBREW LAUNCHER FROM THE HOME MENU FULL
With the user level you can launch homebrew from the homebrew launcher, while with the kernel level you unlock the full potential of the console up to installing and launching new unsigned channels. There are two levels of hacking on WiiU : user level and kernel level (custom firmware).
LAUNCH THE HOMEBREW LAUNCHER FROM THE HOME MENU PC
Blank SD formatted to FAT32 (IF you have one that you are using for vWii just copy all your data to your PC first and reformat it to FAT32.Read up on everything so you can make an informed decision on what will work best for you. Unlike other guides I will not simply give you a set of instructions and tell you to follow it blindly. This guide will give you all the current hacking options and give you a choice on what works best for your situations.

This version was the best for a long time because it had a more stable web exploit, but now a new stable version is available for 5.5.3 ! There's no reason to stay on 5.5.1 anymore. I think it's better to go to 5.5.3 right away and forget about the problems you'll have if you stay on 5.5.1 (game update not working, game launching giving an error, no eshop access, CBHC removed after updating to 5.5.3). Even if it's entirely possible to stay on 5.5.1 version and fully hack the console, it had some disadvantages: It required more steps and tools to hack it, and at the end you'd had more issues staying on a lower firmware. This guide used to cover multiple firmware version (5.5.1, 5.5.2 and 5.5.3), but I decided to drop support for hacking the Wii U on lower firmware.

Last updated (added new stable web exploit for 5.5.2-5.5.3)
