How much memory would you recommend for an external hard drive for the Wii U?

Im using a spare 500Gb that I have, with only 1 digital download game W101...the rest being just saves :p

I tried using an external HDD for my Wii U with a Y cable, but it didn't work. Maybe you will have better luck, but that's my experience. Unless you're planning on downloading a fairly large number of games, 500GB isn't necessary for Wii U. If you don't have anything better to use the drive in, you might as well have it hooked to your system.

I'm using a 64GB Sandisk Cruzer Fit on the back of my Wii U. Between that and the system memory, I haven't run out of space yet.

32 gb.

What happened with the hdd? I thought the y cable thing worked flawlessly.

Also I tried 2 different kind of stealth drives (including sandisk) and had loading stutter..

Ninty really messed up on storage with Wii U. Feels like i'm beating a dead horse but they really did :/

It formatted fine, but wouldn't respond when trying to write or read anything from it. When I bought Injustice on the eShop, my Wii U got stuck on the "Please wait" screen for a few minutes before telling me that it couldn't write to my storage device. The drive itself works fine. I use it for backing up my Steam games now. No idea why it wouldn't work for the Wii U.

Yeah, Nintendo messed up with storage. I wish the system had a 2.5in drive bay. It would have made everything so much easier.

I'd definitely get a larger size, but also never skimp on quality.

This thread reminded me to check Amazon for such. Good solid state drive, I'd say.

I think you should use 300.

You might as well get the largest external HDD the Wii U allows the 2TB is the way to go. If possible find one that works with 2.0 USB. since Nintendo used 2.0 USB for the Wii U. Even though most things use 3.0 USB. You will save a USB port by using an old 2.0 enabled 2TB HDD. A modern 3.0 USB 2TB drive will work but it will be hobbled since the 2.0 USB port on the Wii U will hinder download and upload speeds.

So if you really want to save a extra USB port get a Y splitter that powers the external 2TB HDD from the Wii U console. Otherwise the HDD will require it's own wall adapter.

only a problem if you don't mind the mess of Wiring behind you entertainment unit. Since if the Wii U is your primary console you will have a Blu Ray player, A cable/satellite box, and the Television itself. Most others will have another console and maybe a sound bar. cables and wires do add up. But it is only a minor problem if you don't like the visual mess.

A 250 GB HDD is plenty unless you intend on going all Digital. If you are then a 2 TB HDD will probably keep you covered for the rest of the generation.

if you want to go all digital then maybe get a 500 or 1tb

if you just want to buy certain stuff digital and others physical.....then 250 is great.

i have a 500GB and ive had my wiiU for 2 years....i bought about 10 retail games digital and a bunch of eshop games..... i have only used like 80GB.

I have a 2TB external HDD on my Wii U. I haven't checked how much I've filled it up so far, but I've got about 10 full Wii U games on it and about 20 VC/Indie games on it. I understand most people don't do this, but even then I wouldn't go below 250GB if you want to future-proof yourself.

I wouldn't. People are experiencing so many problems with harddrives for the U. My recommendation is to get physical copies of all games. If you want lots of downloadable only-games, consider getting a HDD then. Just be sure to check which one Nintendo recommends.