How to bring your Wii data to your Wii U

It’s one of the most asked questions about the Wii U: how do I bring my Wii purchases and data to the Wii U?

Well, thanks to the US media getting their Wii U consoles and them reading the manual included, we now know how. It’s pretty simple and only takes a few steps though and if you’ve ever transferred from a 3DS to another 3DS, you’ll know the drill.

Here’s how it goes;

1. Make sure you have a SD card in your Wii U
2. Run the Wii System Transfer Application (on the Wii U)
3. The program will do its magic then ask for you to put the SD card in the Wii
4. The Wii will then need a transfer program downloaded from the Wii Shopping Channel (not available yet)
5. The data on your Wii will be moved to the SD card.
6. Then once your put the SD card back into Wii U, it’ll erase the card after.

You’ll be left with a Wii U full of your WiiWare and Virtual Console purchases, your Wii retail save games, downloaded content (like Guitar Hero songs), Wii Shop Points and your activity log. Your Mii’s will also be transferred.

Your original Wii will be left empty and gutted. Pass it onto your Grandma perhaps?