This guide will show you how to region change your Wii U. This process is the most effective way versus other old and tedious methods, but also requires you to read carefully as this can brick your MLC is you are not careful.
Usage
This will change only the region of the console. It does not change the Gamepad's region. However, you are able to use out of region Gamepads thanks to aroma's DRC region free plugin. If you also want to change the vWii region, run decaffeinator on light mode then perform a system update(updates need to be unblocked). |
This guide will require you to wipe the MLC. Backup any important saves you wish to preserve by using either SaveMii or dumpling. You can however region change without wiping it, you would just skip Erase MLC and Delete scfm.img , but keep in mind you'd need to delete old titles via the wupclient(right click > Save Link As). |
Keep a copy of your OTP and Seeprom backups. It is incase something goes wrong, which is unlikely but better to keep regardless.
Do not uninstall ISFShax after erasing the mlc and deleting the scfm until you have successfully rebuilt the mlc and confirmed everything is working.We are not responsible if you fail to follow directions. |
SD Preparations
- You must first have ISFShax installed. This is a requirement to region change and is not optional. de_fuse can also be used, but that is for more advanced users(requires soldering).
- The latest release of MLCRestorerDownloader(With your preferred OS)
- The latest release of the MLC setup plugin
- The latest release of the wafel_payloader Plugin
- The latest Aroma files(If you have aroma already, ignore this.)
- Check the boxes, then hit
Download Base Aroma
andDownload Payloads
.
- Check the boxes, then hit
Downloading the MLC files
- Download and extract the MLCRestorerDownloader.
- Copy your otp.bin nand backup to the directory of the program.
- Start the app in a terminal or command prompt(Type CMD in the file path bar at the top).
- Type either
MLCRestorerDownloader
or./MLCRestorerDownloader.exe
then hit enter. - Type
1
then hit enter. - Type the number for the region you want to be changed.
- The Downloading process will take a minute, from here on you can continue from below.
Setup plugins and MLC files
- Copy the
wafel_payloader.ipx
to yourwiiu/ios_plugins
folder. - Copy the
wafel_setup_mlc.ipx
to yourwii/ios_plugins
folder. - Copy the
wiiu
folders from the aroma download to the root of the SD card. (better to merge both and move just one) - Once the MLC download is done, make a folder titled
wafel_install
on the root of your SD card, and copy the 52 MLC files from the output folder to that folder.
We can now move on to the actual region change.
Region Changing
- Boot up the console.
- If it doesn't put you into the minute menu, make sure ISFSHax is installed.
- Navigate to
Backup and Restore
. - Select
Erase MLC
, then press EJECT to proceed.- If it tells you erasing the MLC isn't allowed, make sure ISFShax is installed.
- Select
Delete scfm.img
then press EJECT to proceed.- If it gives you a warning that it may brick the console, do not continue and install ISFShax. This is a serious issue.
- Go back to the main menu, then select
Patch (sd) and Boot IOS (slc)
. - If the LED is blinking blue, the setup has begun. It will complete when the LED is solid blue again.
- Power off and move your SD card back to your PC.
- Make sure there are no errors in the
wafel_setup_mlc.log
. They should all have 7 0's except for theSetInitialLaunch
, which will be a1
. - If everything is correct, you can delete the
wafel_setup_mlc.ipx
fromwiiu/ios_plugins
. - Reinsert your SD card and boot the console back up. You should then see the Initial Setup screen. Well done, You have region changed your console!
Fixing Sys_prod manually
You only need to do this if MCP_SetSysProdSettings returned error FFFBFFEE , if it returned a 0, then you can skip this. |
- Download the
sys_prod.zip
and extract thesys_prod.xml
from it. - Open the
sys_prod.xml
in a text editor, and change theproduct_area
andgame_region
to the region of choice.- Region values are as follows: JPN - 1. USA - 2. EUR - 4
- Change the
code_id
,serial_id
andmodel_number
values to the ones found on the stickers located on the bottom of the console. - Save the file, then copy it to the root of the SD.
- Download the
wafel_sysprod_copy.ipx
and copy it towiiu/ios_plugins
. - Boot up the console and once you're in minute, select
Patch (sd) and Boot IOS (slc)
. - Leave the console running for about 30 seconds, then power it off.
- Repeat Step 6, but it should boot this time. No need for deleting the plugin, it will self delete after a while.
Finalizing Region Change
You can keep ISFShax installed, or uninstall it. It's recommended to keep it, so you can coldboot Aroma without having the PayloadLoader attached to health and safety. It serves as brick protections of sorts.
If you need to, you can region change the Gamepad with DRXutil, but you have to build the application yourself. There is no definitive guide for its use. Use at your own risk.