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> you can download all available games for free directly from Nintendo

Eh? Like Wii Shop games which are WiiU only are all free?

If that's the case, I might dig mine out of the closet.

No you can’t. This comment is wrong. The Wii U is actually closing its shop and you can’t add funds to an account anymore.

https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/...

The parent comment isn't wrong, but it's referring to piracy. The Wii U has been blown wide open such that tools exist that allow you to pirate games by downloading them directly from Nintendo's servers, essentially giving you free eShop downloads. Every game that's available for the Wii U digitally, is available for a pirated download. Straight from Nintendo.

>Every game that's available for the Wii U digitally, is available for a pirated download. Straight from Nintendo.

Oh wow, how did Nintendo manage to be this stupid?

To be fair this has happened to other consoles like the ps vita. It’s possible to download the games from the online stores. The games can’t run because they’re signed, so it’s a simple http request to start the download.

Except the cryptography and security has been bypassed. So the consoles have a homebrew app that lets you download and install to console and pirate the game. All done on the console.

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