It seems as though a small number of users are reporting frustrating problems when trying to download the Wii version of Super Mario Galaxy 2 to their external USB hard drives. The users that have encountered the problems say that the game causes a black screen and crashing. As I mentioned before this is only happening to small number of users, but they’re advising people to download the game to the system memory rather than your external hard drive. Have you encountered this issue with Super Mario Galaxy 2 Wii on the Wii U?
Thanks, AGEdude
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Super glitchy Galaxy 2
And they say Nintendo is perfect, that they have no bugs… Smh
Nintendo IS perfect. Everything about them is perfect.
Lol
Perfect? If Pro controller and Gamepad worked on Wii Mode in the first place then people would not have to buy the game If Wii mode was on Wii U operating system it wwouldnt take 4 mintues to play a Wii game through Wii U. If Nintendo thought about horsepower for 2014 building Wii U in 2008 then PS4 wouldn’t easily outsell Wii U in 3 months. If Nintendo put Gamecube games and N64 games on virtual console then people would be happy. If Pikmin 3 and 3D world were launch tittles, Wii U wouldn’t had struggled in 2013. But Nintendo is “perfect.” Have to erase data on Amiibos when playing on a different game.
No, lol. Wii U is actually more powerful than the PS4, Smash runs at 60 fps 1080p and it has more 60fps games, so it’s more powerful. 3rd party studios are just biased and are scared that their games won’t sell on Nintendo systems because they have Mario, Zelda and other great games that are actually great, not rehashes like CoD. 4 minutes is not very much, lol lazy idiot. Well, quality games like 3D World and Pikmin 3 need more development time. Amiibos are the best thing ever. You can play Smash with them, who cares that you have to erase data. You can just buy more of them.
You’re just an Xbot, go be retarded somewhere else.
Well done good sir
Shhhhhhhh
According Hollow grape J the reason Smash is 1080p 60fps is because the background and stages are simple and isn’t much going on but 1-8 characters. That doesn’t mean Wii U is more powerful. And the power I’m talking about isn’t graphics or resolution its power to handle 4 gamepads, Netflix without erroring out, long downloads, 3 minutes to get to Wii Mode, and Gamepad barley handling 25ft away. That’s the power I’m talking about.
HollowgrapeJ is just a delusional piece of shit. You are just trying to find anything to hate on Nintendo. 8 Players? Which other game has 8 players on one console? Exactly. It could handle 4 gamepads, but who would buy such an expensive controller, there is no reason to make them. I don’t know what you are talking about, you just have slow internet connection, and the fact that you can just take the gamepad 25 ft away is because it has a screen on it and requires a lot of information, you can take the Wii remote 100 ft away and it still works.
Go hate somewhere else. You have been beaten.
NINTENDO4LIFE
So why didn’t you say nothing when Hollow Grape said Wii U only had one side by side 1080p 60fps and no 3D games doing 1080p 60fps? Don’t be foolish. I don’t care about graphical power. Its the power I said Wii U should have had earlier. 1,GB for the OS in 2015?
I didn’t see that comment. 1 GB is enough, because Nintendo knows how to use it. You’re just a graphics whore.
Wii U is too weak to handle four gamepads. Nintendo confirmed it can barely handle 2 back in 2012.
They optimized it by now.
They optimized it? Why they don’t even sell gamepads alone. That was stupid and a waste of time. They should have optimized PEO controller to work Wii mode.
having 8 players on screen playing isnt “revolutionary.’ The PS2, and PS3 had them as well, albiet it was during sports game, but it handled them and ran very smoothly. You cant compare a game like Smash were the stage is confine to a single screen, even if they aren’t static the cpu isnt going to get taxed. You are a real fucking moron and know jack shit if you think that a game is superior just because it runs at 1080p with 60fps. If that is your reasoning then the PS3 must be way stronger than the PS4 because it also had games that ran at 1080p with 60fps on local multiplayer.
See NOA just because Smash is 1080p 60fps doesn’t mean its more powerful than PS4. After all DKTF doesn’t have 1080p. And if it was more powerful than PS4 then the 2008 Wii U could run DKTF 1080p 60fps side by side easily.
Just buy numerous Amiibos? So I buy a $60 game but actually a $72 game plus tax because I need to buy more amiibos. Yup makes perfect sense.
Why are you so cheap, Nintendo is doing everyone a favor by making these figurines. It’s the best thing they ever made. Too bad that they made it this late and not in the 90s
Cheap? According to Nintendo Commander I’m rich. I buy everything before the price cut. Remember what I said last summer. Nintendo fans don’t buy games to make them top 5 sellers. Hell they don’t even support Bayonetta 2.
I don’t remember. I don’t even know who you are. Nintendo Commander is a good guy, he is a true Nintendo fan. Nintendo fans bought Bayonetta 2, it sold well.
You think Amiibos are the best thing for Nintendo? Its just a fancy weak ass flash drive shaped into a figurine.
Yes, they are the best thing. That is why so many people are buying them.
Watch dogs isn’t well known it sold well. Why is that?
When was the last time Bayonetta 2 sold top ten like COD, GTA5, MK8 and AC?
It is not that well known. Stop trolling, faggot.
Funny calling me out of my name. But the funny thing I never disrespected you.
You are talking shit about Nintendo and I’m here to defend them.
Defending Nintendo all the time is why they lack today’s standards in and behind in 2015.
No, Nintendo is doing everything right. If you don’t like them, you’re wrong and you should actually die.
Nintendo doing everything right? Lol. No 3rd party support. Too dumb to make a futuristic console, too dumb to make Metriod, too dumb. Shall I go on?
I already explained to you why they lack 3rd party support. Wii U is more powerful than the PS4. Who cares for Metroid when you have Mario and Zelda.
I love nintendo but the fact is that the Wii U is very underpowered compared to xbone and ps4. But I really don’t care since wii u has better games than the competition, which it’s all about.
I have a physical copy so NO…
Worked fine for me
I downloaded it to my external hard drive and have had no problems whatsoever. Runs beautifully.
“Nintendo never has any bugs or errors”
>Errors appear
“What are you talking about? I didn’t face any bugs, so that must mean every one else in the world clearly don’t too!”
Why the fuck did my name disappear…
If you typed your comment on Wii U, Wii U was probably too weak to keep your real name. Too bad they thought a little more powerful 360/PS3 was a good idea.
another victory for physical copies :P
Yeah… but despite my minor issue, the game cost just ten bucks. The game works perfectly from my system memory. It’s really nothing more than a temporary annoyance if you know how to fix it. I have several full Wii U retail games on my hard drive which have never given me a problem.
I didn’t i have a lot of eshop downloads that don’t crash on me
If you have a problem with the online service of your Wii U I’ve made a simple guide to fix it
http://goo.gl/agwoMF
It’s in Italian, but you can easily translate it via Google
It runs fine for me. However mine is downloaded to internal memory. Deleted Darksiders 2 for the space. I figured 9 gig was not worth wasting on that game anymore.
I downloaded it to my external hard drive and have and had a problem, but copy from hdd to system memory fix it
We at Nintendo are sorry for this misfortune. Please bare with us as we are working hard right now to fix this issue.
Reggie, Wii U came out in 2012 correct? So you had 3 years to test this game, why didn’t you think of the problems on this 8 year old game then? Knowing you had planned to bring Wii games to the Virtual console. That was stupid.
NO ONE can predict every problem ever so quit complaining…
Yeah if you don’t test the game in R&D hundreds of times. Of course. Wii U never bricked unless you unplugged it. That’s because they tested the hardware numerous times. That’s why Kia Motors quailty is above adverage today. They test their shit in R&D……unlike Nintendo why just put wii games on virtual console withut checking to see how the CPU can handle it since Wii and Wii U are different consoles. Should have made the CPU stronger in 2008. That was dumb.
I’m sorry that’s not my problem. Go tell iwata that.
So Reggie, why don’t you go tell Iwata? Why just sit there not doing nothing? That’s stupid. Peter Schyryer came to Kia in 2007 from Audi. Because of him, Kia Motors cars Optima, Sorento and Soul are top 20 best sellers. Sorento has even outsold Ford Edge, Toyota Highlander and Honda Pilot a first. The Optima has outsold the Chevy Mailbu. How.Because Kia focuses on what brings up sales, quailty and customer satisfaction…..unlike Nintendo.
Really well written. Full respect from me
Uhh, Galaxy 2 came out in summer 2010- it hasn’t even been 5 years.
Anoter thing that is stupid reggie. Why can’t you just get Wii mode to operate Wii U controllers? That’s dumb. You made Wii U backwards capable. So when the Gamepad and Procontroller were in R&D why didn’t you make the Wii U controllers work then? That’s stupid? Do you idiots at Nintendo even test future products in R&D or just make something sell it without testing it?
Yes we test all of products. We if you want to Wii u pro controller can just simply buy them directly from the eshop.
So why in 2008, did Nintendo make Wii U backwards capable knowing you were going to put Wii games on eshope? Yet put Wii games on eshop before gamecube games? That was stupid?
Not my problem
Not your problem? So you don’t own a Wii u then. Because you would want the same thing.
hi tbete reggie files-aime what he alwso mentions we wants too buy a wii u game pad for nintdo wii wii u game pad on a wii systen
reggie please patch wii games to work on the wii u gamepad or just Hd upscale & port mario Galaxy 1&2 to the Wii U like u did the gamecube wind waker but combo em dont sell separtly do like ps3 hd collection your alwayz ass backwards nintendo please get it together for your fan or your gonna fail and bring twightlight princesses & skywood sword also together nintedy stop the old school nickling dime b.s.
Works great on my hdd
I have a Basic with an old 160Gb WD HDD connected, it runs fine.
hi there have you tryed a intel 160 gb ssd drive
I have a toshiba 500GB external drive connected via Y-cable and it runs just fine, the black screen is most likely the system booting into Wii mode to run the game, something it does naturally and takes a few seconds to do.. crashing? whoever is playing this either A. has a really old HDD or 2. needs to re-download the game.
hi thete your write crashibg is too hard frived that have very slow read write speeds wii u flash drive has like between 150 mb/s too 300 mb/s read write speeds
Had this happen to a buddy of mine yesterday. I believe he was using a jump drive as his hard drive to download it on. It was telling him the download would take up to 8 hours. Later on he just restarted the download without it and it went down to slightly more than a hour. Glad to see this wasn’t only happening to him, seems like he always has the worst of luck!
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system memory? The wii u has no system memory. Nintendo, you gotta learn a lesson about memory for the Wii U’s successor and the 3ds by extension.
I downloaded the game to my USB drive, no problems at all.
Why are you downloading your game onto a USB drive? Just download it to the Wii U itself or a external harddrive.
Because usb flashdrives/thumbdrives are less bulky and dont use power supplies. It clears the mess, plus you can just keep all your games in them and those drives in a little case or drawer.
Glad to see this is helping a few people who experienced the bug.
Mine runs smoothly as ever, I just wish it was a remake or remastered with nicer graphics but oh well, its the gameplay that counts. Im also on external but im using a 64GB flashdrive. Maybe its the type of HDD or the size of the hard drive.
hi there god your useing a extrenal 64 gb solid flssh drive becuase solid state flash drives have fastest read write speeds becuase god dont have time for a slow had driver
Yes-black screen every time. Tried every suggestion and called tech support. They only could offer refund. No help. Getting a refund now. May try to redownload……not sure though.
I’m more surprised that there was actually people who downloaded SMG2 at all (instead of just playing the real Wii version on the Wii U).
Same here, when downloaded to USB HDD – black screen! Wiped, re-downloaded to System Memory – all OK! Minor bug.
After downloading to my USB it said the file was corrupted. When trying to delete it to redownload, it crashed. When trying to format the USB, it crashed. Only thing I could do was take out the USB and download it to the system, then I had to format my USB to my computer.
But even so, the game is worth the pain.
And for those that wonder why some of us don’t just play the wii version, I think it’s because we didn’t see the reason to buy the game for the wii, probably because we didn’t think it was “attractive” enough back in the day. But now seeing it is on our reach and that our acquaintances told us what a good game it was, we decided to give it a try. Plus it was 10$ :)
Anyways that was it in my case.
I had the same problem on a 1.5TB HDD eith extermal power supply, redownloaded 5 times and it wad 1337MB every time. Moving it to system memory helped with the issue, but since I have the 8GB model, I can’t play Donkey Kong Country Returns that way. Get your sh*t together Nintendo, the HDD works fine with everything else including full Wii U games…
hi there your right you needed redownload becuase a 1.5 terabyte hard drive uses 5.1 watts of energy and has only 51 mb/s read write speeds too slow for wii u 8 gb ssd with about 150 mb/s
oh forgot you needed redownload game 5 times do too lack of read write speeds
thats why i bought the 32 gb wii u delus i wanted fast read write speeds