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==Definition== | |||
The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii_U Nintendo Wii U] is Nintendo's third and last optical based console released in 2012. The Wii U uses [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_optical_discs#Wii_U_Optical_Disc single-layer encrypted Blu-ray discs]. Development and Kiosk discs were distributed on burnt BD-Rs called CAT-R discs which can be read by any PC Blu-ray drive. As of this time, there is no dumping solution for retail Wii U discs on PC. | |||
== CAT-R == | == CAT-R == | ||
Latest revision as of 22:39, 2 August 2026
Attribution: Takimata, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Definition
The Nintendo Wii U is Nintendo's third and last optical based console released in 2012. The Wii U uses single-layer encrypted Blu-ray discs. Development and Kiosk discs were distributed on burnt BD-Rs called CAT-R discs which can be read by any PC Blu-ray drive. As of this time, there is no dumping solution for retail Wii U discs on PC.
CAT-R
"Kiosk" CAT-R discs that update a CAT-I Kiosk console by adding/removing Demos/Videos/etc should be Applications category (including firmware updates).
Demos category ([1]) is limited to single-game demos (generally pressed discs).
Ringcode
616C0902<tab>WUP-P-AXFP-0X JPN S0—The bold character indicates Revision number. Add revision to datname and version field (Rev X)
Serials
Example: WUP-P-AALE-USA-0
- WUP: Generic ID for Wii U (Wii U P????)
- P: P for Retail, H for Kiosk(?)
- AALE: 4 character ID for specific game, breakdown below.
- USA: Region identifier, guide below.
- 0: Label variant, does not guarantee data difference. (Unlike past systems, original label starts at 0)
Game ID
XYYZ
If unique, (nearly) guaranteed to be unique dump.
- X
- A: Game
- B: Game
- C: Game
- H: Game(?)
- W: Game(?)
- YY
- Any combination of A-Z and 0-9
- Specific per game
- Z
- D: Germany
- E: USA or NTSC-U
- J: Japan or NTSC-J
- P: Europe or PAL
- R: Russia
- X: Australia or Scandinavia
- Z: Any
Serial Regions
Different region does not mean different disc data.
- AUS: Australia
- EUR: Europe
- EUZ: Europe (Alt)
- GER: Germany
- JPN: Japan
- MDE: Middle East
- RUS: Russia
- SCN: Scandinavia
- USA: United States