I watched, mouth half-open, as my terminal printed a full fairy tale about a knight named Sir Rotates-A-Lot who defeated the Dragon of Infinite Append. Each line compressed a chunk of the log. Each paragraph freed another megabyte.
Enter . This command-line tool, developed by the Wii U homebrew community, is the industry standard for compressing raw Wii U disc images into WUX or WUD compressed formats. These compressed files can reduce the original 25 GB dump down to 2-6 GB without losing any game data—a compression ratio of over 80%. wudcompress install
For Linux users, a package is available through the Arch User Repository (AUR) . How to Use WudCompress I watched, mouth half-open, as my terminal printed
WudCompress is a lightweight utility primarily used to compress Wii U game disk images (WUD files) into a more space-efficient format known as WUX. Created by the lead developer of the Cemu emulator, it allows users to reduce large 23.3 GB game backups down to significantly smaller sizes—sometimes as low as 2.61 GB—without losing game data. For Linux users, a package is available through
Before starting the installation, ensure your system meets these requirements: Windows (7 or newer).
To compress an entire folder of .wud files, use a simple loop: