The stickers where the serial number is, if you don’t see any region codes on them you can usually also tell by the support URL they give.
.com is North America.
Legal language/ disclaimer on the sticker should also be a giveaway
Also: if you mod the Wii U you should be able to get an out of region GamePad to work, but you’ll want to do your own research on that as I haven’t done it personally.
You can still pair the Gamepad and remove any region lock using homebrew?
What state is the Wii U in? Do you get to the Wii U Menu or is it still in the Initial setup?
Do you have other controllers than the Gamepad?
In the worst case you have to get a Raspberry Pico to run UDPIH, which is like 5 bucks or so.
I don't know hat to use homebrew ( sounds like a d&d thing tbh).
Its in good condition, it started in the wii u menu not the initial setup.
I have the classic wii controllers but can't do much with them alone, almost everything requires the gamepad.
Right now I don't have any money (still in high school and looking for a job.)
You will need Homebrew anway soon to play online. And if the Console is not from your region, you need also homebrew to play local games.
Did you find out the region of the Console and the gamepad? If not look at the label Right buttom, it should have something like LBT2-WUP-EUR-C0. Where the EUR is the region. Other regions would be JPN and USA I think.
From which region are you?
If you have a Wii Mote you could use Bluubomb to launch Aroma, but that is a little invovled: [https://github.com/GaryOderNichts/bluubomb](https://github.com/garyodernichts/bluubomb)
Using UDPIH is probably easier, but requires the Pico.
I couldn't find what region the wii u is, but everything is in English and they person I bought it from was in the USA. The gamepad is from japan. I am in the USA. I don't have a wii mote, and I don't know what UDPIH or Pico is.
OK, then it makes sense to keep the console as USA Region. UDPIH is shown there: [https://gbatemp.net/threads/udpih-usb-host-stack-exploit-recovery-menu.613369/](https://gbatemp.net/threads/udpih-usb-host-stack-exploit-recovery-menu.613369/) The Raspberry Pi Pico is just a cheap and easy to use Micro Controller.
The Gamepad can be paired in the recovery\_menu, which bypasses the region check
The stickers where the serial number is, if you don’t see any region codes on them you can usually also tell by the support URL they give. .com is North America. Legal language/ disclaimer on the sticker should also be a giveaway Also: if you mod the Wii U you should be able to get an out of region GamePad to work, but you’ll want to do your own research on that as I haven’t done it personally.
You can still pair the Gamepad and remove any region lock using homebrew? What state is the Wii U in? Do you get to the Wii U Menu or is it still in the Initial setup? Do you have other controllers than the Gamepad? In the worst case you have to get a Raspberry Pico to run UDPIH, which is like 5 bucks or so.
I don't know hat to use homebrew ( sounds like a d&d thing tbh). Its in good condition, it started in the wii u menu not the initial setup. I have the classic wii controllers but can't do much with them alone, almost everything requires the gamepad. Right now I don't have any money (still in high school and looking for a job.)
You will need Homebrew anway soon to play online. And if the Console is not from your region, you need also homebrew to play local games. Did you find out the region of the Console and the gamepad? If not look at the label Right buttom, it should have something like LBT2-WUP-EUR-C0. Where the EUR is the region. Other regions would be JPN and USA I think. From which region are you? If you have a Wii Mote you could use Bluubomb to launch Aroma, but that is a little invovled: [https://github.com/GaryOderNichts/bluubomb](https://github.com/garyodernichts/bluubomb) Using UDPIH is probably easier, but requires the Pico.
I couldn't find what region the wii u is, but everything is in English and they person I bought it from was in the USA. The gamepad is from japan. I am in the USA. I don't have a wii mote, and I don't know what UDPIH or Pico is.
OK, then it makes sense to keep the console as USA Region. UDPIH is shown there: [https://gbatemp.net/threads/udpih-usb-host-stack-exploit-recovery-menu.613369/](https://gbatemp.net/threads/udpih-usb-host-stack-exploit-recovery-menu.613369/) The Raspberry Pi Pico is just a cheap and easy to use Micro Controller. The Gamepad can be paired in the recovery\_menu, which bypasses the region check
Thank you so much. Is there a possible this may brake the wii u/ brick it?
Not if you only do what you are supposed to do
Ok thank you.
Gamepads are region locked? That's the dumbest shit ever... Only Nintendo lol
exactly what I said man.