LingoBrew - Brew Your System's Language

A multilingual Wii U homebrew application for switching system language files. Say goodbye to FTP servers!

Based on @YveltalGriffin's haxcopy.

LingoBrew requires the MochaPayload!
Make sure to update to Aroma or Tiramisu before using this application.

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Features

• Full support for 3 languages: 中文 / English / 日本語

• Full Backup: Complete MLC system backup before language switch

• Selective Backup: Only backs up files that will be overwritten by SD card contentg

• Download language files from internet

• Copy language files from SD card (fs:/vol/external01/title) to MLC (mlc:/sys/title)

• Option to copy font files for enhanced character support

• Selective font backup to preserve existing system fonts

• Restore from previous backups

• Support for MLC, SLC, SLCCMPT backups

• Separate management for system, user, and title data

• Safe restore with confirmation prompts

Download

1. Download the latest LingoBrew from Releases
2. Place it in sd:/wiiu/apps/ directory
3. Launch from Wii U Menu via Aroma/Tiramisu (.wuhb can only be launched from Aroma)

Language Files Setup

(Download language files from here )

Your SD card should have this structure:

sd:/vol/external01/title/
├── 00050000/
│   ├── XXXXXXXX/    (Title ID folders)
│   └── ...
├── 00050002/
└── ...

Font Files (Optional)

For enhanced Japanese/Chinese character support:

sd:/wiiu/fonts/
└── CafeStd.ttf (Your font file)

Settings

• Language: Switch between 中文/English/日本語
• Real-time UI updates without restart

DebugScreen

• Press "L" "+" "-" to open debugscreen

Screenshots

Main Menu and Loading creen

Backup Screen and Copyscreen

Settings screen and Debugscreen

Building

For building you need:

• wut
• libmocha
• wiiu-sdl2
• wiiu-sdl2_ttf
• wiiu-curl
• wiiu-mbedtls

You can also build LingoBrew using docker:

# Build docker image (only needed once)
docker build . -t lingobrew_builder

# make 
docker run -it --rm -v ${PWD}:/project lingobrew_builder make

# make clean
docker run -it --rm -v ${PWD}:/project lingobrew_builder make clean

Format the code via docker

docker run --rm -v ${PWD}:/src ghcr.io/wiiu-env/clang-format:13.0.0-2 -r ./source -i

Additional Credits

• Maschell for creating WiiUCrashLogDumper. The app is based on WiiUCrashLogDumper.
• GaryOderNichts for creating WiiUIdent. The GUI is based on WiiUIdent.
• YveltalGriffin for creating haxcopy. The app is also based on haxcopy.
• FontAwesome for the icons.
• Terminus Font for the monospace font.