

The cIOS (custom IOS) is a piece of software that is utilized by certain unauthorized content-related apps. This implies that you can do pretty much anything you do on an original Wii on a Wii U, including hacking and installing homebrew programs.Īside from that, what exactly is a cIOS Wii? What is a vWii, by the way? When you navigate to the Wii Menu, the Wii U enters vWii mode.

The installation takes IOS bases from a sd/usb drive (which you can acquire using NUS Downloader) or straight from the Wii internet connection. It does not need aWAD Manager since it installs the cIOS directly. D2x cIOS may be installed using ModMii or the d2x-cios-installer.
