ShinyTotodude

Hello! Since the search option didn't get me to a result I'm going to create this topic. Please redirect me if there should be one already. =3

Please write here your experiences of transfering your savefiles, WiiWare and VirtualConsole games with the "Wii U Transfer Tool" from your Wii over to your new Wii U console.

As far as what I just heard on the net it is that you:
1. Need an SD card with at least 512 MB free space.
2. After downloading the Wii U update you can access to the Wii Menu Channel
3. You plug in the SD card and start the SD card menu
4. You get directed to use the "Wii Shop Channel" where you download the "Wii U Transfer Tool"
5. You start the new channel and you will get new data written on it. As far as I heard the actual data on the SD card gets deleted aka the SD card gets formated for that progress.
6. After the extra data is on the SD card you move on to your Wii for downloading the Transfer tool Channel, too.
7. You start the channel and it tells you to plug in the SD card with the Wii U data it received from the other Transfer Tool Channel in step 5.
8. You get the warning that all data of the stuff that was stored on the Wii memory will get deleted after it got transfered on the SD card. Transfer will start the process.
9. After the Pikmin animation for the transfer on the SD card is over you take out the SD card
10. Back on the Wii U you put in the SD card and use the transfer tool so the data gets packed from the SD card out into the Wii U memory.


Okay, since I just vaguely can speak of some videos and blog entries, please correct me if there are some things else then just stated.

I have some problems myself though.

Question #1: What cannot get transfered to the Wii U?
I read that programs like the Wii exclusive channels like the Wii Mii channel, the Weather channel, news channel, Mii Competition Channel, Fortune Channel, etc. can't get transfered. The Miis will get transfered but not features like Mii Parade and other that use Connect24. I wonder if there are specific WiiWare games or VirtualConsole games which are problematic in the process. Did anyone of you face such a problem? I've read in some blogs so far that some people had problems transfering their savefile of Super Smash Bros. Brawl and the WiiWare game "Lost Winds".

As with the transfer I am in the trouble that I own a lot of games but Nintendo hasn't every game in their Wii Shop Channel anymore So a specific question about those:

Question #2: Can you redownload games again that were took out of the "Wii Shop Channel" after you bought them?
Some people might have heard that lately Nintendo plans to take out the Donkey Kong Country games 1,2 and 3. I for myself own the original games of 1 and 2 for SNES and I bought Donkey Kong Country 3 on the "Wii Shop Channel". Well, if I start the transfer tool it deletes the data on the Wii so you can't play any of your downloaded games on the Wii anymore. As far as it seems to me you need to redownload all games from the "Wii Shop Channel" that you can reach in the "Wii Menu" of the Wii U. But since Nintendo doesn't sell a specific WiiWare or VirtualConsole game anymore, am I still able to redownload said game or am I forced to give up on it even though I paid for it?
I'd be happy to hear from you guys if you had to redownload some games after the transfer and if you still have all the games you paid for.

My last question is about the savefiles from all your WiiWare and VirtualConsole games:
Question #3: Does the transfer any game progress(savefiles) in WiiWare or VirtualConsole games?
Well, take the scenario as followed: You played though Super mario RPG till the last few bosses, had a neat highscore in Tetris or how it is in my case: You have "My Pokémon Ranch" with like a thousand Pokémon from your DS versions settled on. It would be quite a shame if the said transfer tool would actually delete all savefiles of your WiiWare and VirtualConsole games and you'd be forced to start all over. So I ask you: Are all your games at the same state as they were on the Wii before? Are your play progresses still available or did you have to start over? Did anyone also transfer that Pokémon game over already so we can be sure that you don't need to use a plan B and you get forced to send all Pokémon back to their DS games?

Well, I am ready so far with my current questions. It would be awesome if the community would share their experiences and questions so this could turn into a better solution for all people who are not sure about how the "Wii U Transfer Tool" might affect their game experience with downloaded games from the "Wii Shopping Channel".

I thank everyone for reading and your assistance in making this better. Maybe the admins could help with the editing even. X3

Hi,
I'm ShinyTotodude and I am from Europe. Since the Wii U hits the market here next week I wanted to ask you guys several things and hope you can help me with those. (-^.=.^-)