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Menu Files

First, we need to obtain the menu files, there are several ways to do it:

If you have previously modified the Wii U Menu files from your nand, your only option is JNUSTool.

Retrieving Menu Files Through Themiify

What you need

Guide

  1. Open Themiify.
  2. Go to Settings.
  3. Select "Dump Wii U Menu Files"

  4. Confirm.

    • Your Wii U Menu Files have been dumped to SD:/themiify/cache/

  5. Turn off your Wii U and insert your SD Card on your computer.

  6. Go to SD:/themiify/cache/Common/Package/ and copy Men.pack and Men2.pack.
  7. Go to SD:/themiify/cache/Common/Sound/Men/ and copy cafe_barista_men.bfsar.
  8. (Optional) Go to SD:/themiify/cache/[LANGUAGE]/Message/ and copy AllMessage.szs.
    • In [LANGUAGE] use the language you want to dump.
      • For example: UsEnglish.

Retrieving Menu Files Through FTP

What you need

Now depending on your operative system select a FTP client:

  • Windows: WinSCP.
  • MacOS: Cyberduck.
  • Linux: Nautilus or Dolphin, the file explorers for GNOME and KDE respectively .
    • if not usable, use gFTP instead.
  • Android: File Manager.

Guide

  1. Turn on your console without any custom theme. (This will cause issues when getting the files we need.)
  2. Open the WUPS Menu (L + ↓ + SELECT) and search for FTPiiU Plugin.
  3. Press Settings and enable everything.
  4. On your PC open the FTP client.
  5. It will ask for your Console IP and Port Number you can see these details on your console. This is a local IP address, so it doesn't matter.
  6. It will ask for a user and a password, leave it blank, just accept.

  7. Now navigate to the Wii U Menu Folder, depending on the console region:

    • USA: storage_mlc/sys/title/00050010/10040100/content/Common/Package
    • EUR: storage_mlc/sys/title/00050010/10040200/content/Common/Package
    • JPN: storage_mlc/sys/title/00050010/10040000/content/Common/Package

  8. Select Men.pack and Men2.pack, then click Download.

  9. It will ask for a place to download the files, it's recommended to create a specific folder to save the content.
  10. Go back and then navigate to Sound/Men.
  11. Download cafe_barista_men.bfsar.

  12. (Optional) Dump AllMessage.szs

    • Go back and navigate to content/[LANGUAGE]/Message/AllMessage.szs.

      • In [LANGUAGE] use the language you want to dump.
        • For example: UsEnglish.

    • Download AllMessage.szs

Credits to wiki.hacks.guide for the information in this section.

Using JNUSTool to Download Menu Files

This is useful in case you lost your original Wii U menu files.

What you need

  • otp.bin.
    • It's already in your sd card if you're using aroma.
    • SD:\wiiu\backups\SERIAL_NUMBER\otp.bin.
  • JNUSTool.

Getting the Wii U Common Key

Setting up JNUSTool

Open the JNUSTool folder and open the file config, then replace [COMMON KEY] with the Common Key from the previous step.

config
http://ccs.cdn.wup.shop.nintendo.net/ccs/download
[COMMONKEY]
updatetitles.csv
https://tagaya.wup.shop.nintendo.net/tagaya/versionlist/EUR/EU/latest_version
https://tagaya-wup.cdn.nintendo.net/tagaya/versionlist/EUR/EU/list/%d.versionlist

Running command

Make a command.bat file inside the JNUSTool folder and paste this

@echo off
set /p id="Please enter the Region ID: "
java -jar JNUSTool.jar %id% -dl
pause

Run the command and type the region ID.

  • USA: 0005001010040100
  • EUR: 0005001010040200
  • JPN: 0005001010040000

Downloading files

Go to root/content/Common/Package and download Men.pack and Men2.pack.

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Go to root/content/Common/Sound/Men and download cafe_barista_men.bfsar.

(Optional) Dump AllMessage.szs

Go to root/content/[LANGUAGE]/Message/ and download AllMessage.szs.

  • content > [LANGUAGE] > Message > AllMessage.szs.
    • In [LANGUAGE] use the language you want to dump.
      • For example: UsEnglish.

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