Luckily, Nintendo's made it easy to augment the Wii U's onboard storage with USB hard-disc drives (HDD), and we're here to walk you through the process and help you get the most out of your new Wii U.

I'm not surprised that you can't shift a game onto a USB stick and run from another Wii U, while Wii U eShop games maybe aren't suitable for SD cards (and that's confirmed by many, many sources). 0 39 ...

Take your USB storage device and link it to any of the 2 usb ports in the front or back of your Wii U console. When plugged in a message should pop-up that prompts you to format the Hard Drive.

Wii U to use external hard ... Wii U external storage, ... Users will be able to connect an external hard drive with up to 2 terabytes of space to the Wii U through one of the system's USB ...

Nintendo Details Wii U USB Storage Specifics, Backwards Compatibility, and More. November 14, 2012 by Matt Hawkins. Granted, it’s all in Japanese, but we have the translated info for you.

Drives that require more than USB 2.0 connections might not work properly with Wii U. Drives that have two USB connectors will work, however. SD Cards Wii U will accept SD cards, but their use is ...

In fact, you can plug in any USB flash drive or hard drive that you may have lying around and use it for storage for your Wii U. If you don’t like that option, you can also use SD/SDHC cards up ...

Notably, the list points out that the USB storage will allow for external HDDs. And while the disc slot gives us the impression that Wii U games will be disc-based, Nintendo has yet to reveal its ...

Wii U data can only exist in one place, so you either have it on the Wii U’s internal flash or an external USB storage device, but never in both places at once.

The Wii U disc capacity is up to 25 GB, which means that if a game takes full advantage of the disc storage, buying it digitally would use up all the space on your Deluxe. The good news is you can ...

Nintendo of Japan has released a few more technical details on the Wii U, including HDMI output for 1080p resolution, internal flash storage, and the USB external HDD support.