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    Which kind of USB HDD is suitable for use with Wii U?

    Nintendo recommends using self-powered hard disk drives, i.e. devices that use an external power supply instead of drawing power through USB. On the other hand, some bus-powered hard disc drives draw more current than the USB 2.0 specification and might not run stably. So we cannot guarantee that such devices will run properly on the Wii U without the use of a supplemental power cable called a y-cable that draws power from two USB ports. For the best results on memory storage, we recommend using a hard drive with its own power supply that connects to the Wii U via the USB port on the console.