$21 Nintendo Wii U upgrade lets you add TBs of storage to your console with an M.2 or SATA SSD — upgrade makes console slightly faster, but requires Homebrew and custom firmware

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The Peaceful Outcome, a retro gaming solutions provider, has announced an SSD upgrade kit for the Wii U, allowing owners to increase the storage on their console from 8GB or 32GB to 1TB or higher. You get the kit for $21.99 on the TPO shop. It lets you internally attach a SATA or NVMe M.2 drive of various sizes so you can directly load your games on your Wii U without needing an external drive or to swap out DVDs. It also comes with a USB port that lets you transfer files to your SSD without needing to disassemble your console again.

The m.22WiiU now supports NVMe drives as well as SATA.https://t.co/uzJbRLHJSBFor clarity, there is no improvement in speed or any other aspect going from SATA to NVMe on the Wii U. Its just going to be easier to find m.2 NVMe drives in the future, so we wanted to expand the… https://t.co/YA7QpF3KEq pic.twitter.com/Uaj7tej2OuJuly 29, 2026