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Hell, let's expand it to cover anything Wii U kiosk related... a one stop shop if you will. Below the table is where you can find additional information, such as what TVs can be used to replace the OEM Lynx monitor, a list of demo discs, etc.. If you have information not listed in here, please let me know so I can incorporate it into this post. 
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The purpose is to collect a list of users that have one of the popular Wii U Demo Kiosk units. 
If you own one and want to be on the list... post your info below...
If you want to receive the "Kiosk" Award, we are going to have to see pics (with your NA name in the pic). 

Legend for the table:

*1Lynx Monitor --       :*(   broken / damaged monitor
*2Back Advertising --  W: White background with grey/blue Wii U logo
                                       B: Mario Maker, Pokken Tournament, Splatoon (Black bar across bottom)
                                       R: Pokken Tournament, Mario Maker, Splatoon (Red Nintendo logo box at top)               
                                       K: Mario Kart 8
                                       MM: Mario Maker 
*3Documentation --    S: Setup/Assembly Documentation
                                      C-I U: Cat-I Update Instructions
                                      R: Removal/Disassembly Documentation
                                      
GSMKI: Gamestop Wii U INTV Graphics WUPM12SP Mario Kart 8 Kit Installation Instructions (Includes Wii U Floor Interactive Graphic Replacement Procedure - PN80010 Rev. A)
                                      MKPB: Mario Kart 8 Test Drive Days Playbook.
                                      N: None


Last Updated: 03/18/21  8:02am (VGS time)

# Name Member Serial # Model # Gamepad  Wii Remotes  Demo Console  Lynx Monitor*1  Monitor Bezel  WiiU LED Sign  Original High Security Key  Subwoofer  Wrench  Back Sign*2  Papers*3  Interactive Demo Discs
1 Kacy Cariaso   #1619                          
2 David Campos   #446                          
3 Bob Wiscott   #719B8                          
4   dewisp02  #1517 WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y :*( Y Y Y Y Y Y R, GSMKI, MKPB Nov 15
5 Paul Solo   #478 or 479                          
6 Stefan Ortego WinnersDontUseDrugs #592B8 NOA-U-GS WUPM128P-WU N N N ? Y Y Y Y ? ? ? ?
7 Katie Faul   #963                          
8 Myles Lee Biedrzycki   #292                          
9 Jason Kelley   #653                          
10 Darrin Peloquin   #407                          
11 Jeremy Van-Scoy   #468                          
12 Haitham Sameer Abdel-Rahman   #1152                          
13 Kingsley Alexander   #881                          
14 Kingsley Alexander   #1006                          
15 Jared Smith Ared37 #4726   N N N N Y Y N Y Y Y N  
16   Anthony  #646 WUPM128P-WU N Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y R R  
17   Nicbball22 - - N N Y - - - - - - - -  
18 Justin Steimer Silverspoon #1336   N N  N  N Y  N  N Y N Y N N
19   necroking #332 WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y Y Y Y Y ? Y
20   ProtonX     Y - - - - Y - - - - - -
21   XYZ                            
22 AD adalton1985  #551 unknown N Y N N Y Y N Y N Y N  
23 SimplyRetroGaming  Live_Fr0m_NY 775B8  WUPM128P-WUP N N N N Y Y N Y Y N N N
24 Keith Kamikawa KAMIKAWA #474B8 NOA-U-GS WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y Y Y N Y N Y N N
25 Rebekah Golden Ghostly #1307 WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N
26   Otraotaku #1491 WUPM128P-WUP N N N N N Y N N N N N N
27 Andrew Lynch megamanfan #1040 WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y Y Y Y Y Y ? C-I U 101446 Dec 14, 0100872 Nov 14
28   shipwrecked missing ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
29   acromite53  #618B8 WUPM128P-WUP N N Y Y Y Y Y Y ? R N N
30 Adam Prentice toltecnightmare #649 WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y Y Y N Y N Y N N
31 Mr E ninjistar #950B8 NOA-U-GS WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N
32 Han han2 #275B8 WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y Y Y N N Y Y N N
33 DeuceGamer DeuceGamer #4183 WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y :*( Y Y N Y N Y N May 15, Aug 15,
Nov 15,
Mar 16
34 GlaciusPrime GlaciusPrime #309 WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N
35 David Qualls DQ187 ? WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y Y Y N Y Y Y N N
36 D Williams Dragonight #1437 WUPM128P-WUP N N N N N N N N N N N N
37   TDIRunner #331B8 WUPM128P-WUP N N N N N Y N Y N N N N
38 Anonymous anonymous #765 WUPM128P-WUP N Y N N Y Y N N Y N N N
39 Clint Gibbs cgfeelit 559B8 WUPM128P-WUP N N N N Y N N N N Y N N
40 ? ? #4032 WUPM128P-WUP N N N N N N N N Y Y N N
41 ? ? #696 WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y :*( Y Y N Y Y Y CI-U May 15,
Oct 15
42 ? ?   WUPM128P-WUP N N N N Y N N Y Y Y N N
43 ? ? #686 WUPM128-WUP N N N Y :*( Y Y Y Y Y Y N N
44 Angelo Person aperson94 #922   N N N Y Y Y N Y Y Y N N
45 Kylie D. Kyliemale #4060 WUPM128P-WUP N N N N Y Y N N Y Y R N
46 Theron Moustakes theronm #1549   N N N Y Y Y Y Y N Y N N
47 Pete Andy_Bogomil #4797   Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y N N
48   Retrosteve #4032   N N N ? Y Y Y Y Y R C-I U May 15
49 William MunsonRoyE #1585  WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N May 14,
Dec 14,
Aug 15
50 Matt Phillips Puppywaffles  #301   N N N N Y Y Y Y N Y N N
51 Nathan Pritchard ToxicNova11 #394b8 wupm128p-wup N N N N Y Y Y Y Y Y ? ?
52   Nostalgia_Collectors #4129 WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y Y Y Y Y Y W, B, R N N
53 Melanie Lei Mel+Link #36 (Mftd Date: 10/08/2012) WUPM128P-WUP N N N N Y Y N Y Y ? R N
54   blue2dead #625B8                          
55 D. Hadfield Hadde #1100  WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y Y Y Y Y N Y N N
56 Tom Vogel iyouwas #146 WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N
57 Ed Mandy Flavor #523 (10/08/2012) WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y Y Y Y Y ? ? ? ?
58    kZaker12 #1431    N N N Y N Y N Y N Y N N
59                                
60                                



TV/Monitors known to be direct drop-in replacements: (Please include Make, Model #, and resolution info).
- VIZIO D32f-E1 1080p 60Hz LED Smart HDTV (out of 5 staWalmart #: 555124166)
Most 32" LCD, LED TVs will work if deshelled. The drop in option(s) above are claimed to fit without deshelling. I personally have deshelled three 32" LCD TVs and 1 LED TV with success and using the cheap mounting brackets available at Walmart. 

Replacement AC Adapter: (barrel size is OD 5.5mm / ID 2.5mmhttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009ZZY28M/ref=oh_aui_deta...

List of Wii U Demo Discs: (If any are missing from the list, please let me know).
-January 13: 79883 (disc) / 79877 (sleeve)
-March 13:
-June 13:
-August 13: 81854 (disc)
-October 13: 82215 (disc) 
-February 14: 
-March 14: 83178 (disc)
-May 14: 83575 (sleeve) / 83402 (disc) 
-August 14: 100148 (disc)
-November 14: 100885 (sleeve) / 100886 (disc) / 100872 (disc)
-December 14: 101446 (disc) / 101440 (sleeve) / 101493 (kit)
-March 15: 
-May 15: 102078 (sleeve) / 102079 (disc) / 102091 (disc #1/2) / 102405 (disc #2/2) / 102409 (kit)
-August 15: 102811 (sleeve) / 102812 (disc) / 102835 (kit) 
-November 15: 103291 (sleeve) / 103292 (disc) / 03294 (kit - KIT, CAT-I UPD NOV'15 WUP-USA-GS-PT)
-March 16: 103770 (sleeve) / 103771 (disc)
-October 16: 104570 (sleeve) / 104571 (disc) 
-Pikmin 3 Event RTL CANUSA: 81641 (disc)
-Pikmin 3 POST RTL: 81642 (disc)
 

List of Back Advertising: (If any are missing from the list, please let me know).

-White background with grey/blue Wii U logo
-Mario Maker, Pokken Tournament, Splatoon (Black bar across the bottom)
-Pokken Tournament, Mario Maker, Splatoon (Red Nintendo logo box at top)
-Mario Kart 8
-Mario Maker
 

List of Paperwork/Documentation: (If any are missing from the list, please let me know).

-Setup/Assembly Documentation
-Cat-I Update Instructions - (PN82952-I)
-Cat-I Partial Content Update Instructions - (PN82952-G_Instruct_Install_Cat-I_Partial_RTL)

-Removal/Disassembly Documentation
-Gamestop Wii U INTV Graphics WUPM12SP Mario Kart 8 Kit Installation Instructions (Includes Wii U Floor Interactive Graphic Replacement Procedure - PN80010 Rev. A)
-Mario Kart 8 Test Drive Days Playbook. Consists of the following:
       -Mario Kart 8 Test Drive Days Playbook
       -Nintendo Wii U CAT-I Content Update Instructions - PN79886-D Instruct, Install CAT-I Update RTL)
       -Mario Kart Retail Demo Flow

How to pair a gamepad to demo console: https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-t...

Kiosk Gamepad Disassembly (Youtube: DCModstuff)

DCModstuff, if you are not ok with this being posted here, please let me know. I could not find any contact information on your youtube channel to ask for permission. 

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The Wii U demo console will not play retail games.

There are 2 versions of the demo console. One with a hard disk and no optical drive and one with an optical drive and NAND storage.
The optical drive variant seems to be more common. It has additional hardware in it with different connectors in the back. (Photo below) 

The connector marked S-SW connects to the reset button on the kiosk.

The connector marked DRC DC IN is for a standard Wii U gamepad charging cable that supplies power to the gamepad. DRC DC IN is a power connector. A standard wii u gamepad charging brick connects to it. If a wired gamepad is not used, no need to connect it. It sends power to the demo gamepad over the cable. 

The thick original cable on the kiosk has 2 components. the RF cable and the 6-pin DRC cable. Power will go through the DRC part. The RF portion is for video. Both halfs of the cable need to be plugged into the demo gamepad at all times for it to work. The demo gamepad has no battery.

The cable you linked will not work. It needs to be Male SMA (not RP-SMA) on both ends and dont forget the 6 pin DRC needs to be plugged in as well.

You can sync a retail gamepad and once you do you can choose whatever demos are on the unit. Put a blank SD card in the wii and turn it on.

Without an antenna the gamepad needs to be super close to the wii u , pretty much touching it. Even my antenna isnt that great. as I am using the wrong kind of antenna. I have something better coming in the mail and will report back once it arrives.

The gamepad is hard wired into the console. 

There are two main parts inside the gamepad cable.

  • A coax cable supplies an RF signal for the display using a 7.67mm male SMA connector on both sides.   54AC6F13-EC2E-5F69-BDC287FA94685E32.png
  • A 6 wire DRC cable with a JST connector supplies power to the gamepad.

The physical kiosk contains two gamepad charging adapters. The first connects to the demo console for the gamepad and the second connects to the WIS-07 module. This module is where the wiimote and nunchuck are wired to. The WIS-07 module is connected via a standard USB cable to the Wii U demo console. (See photo below)

Note: The console displays an onscreen message if the USB cable is disconnected from the WIS-007 but the wiimote still works via bluetooth. I am not yet sure what the purpose of the USB cable is.

Turning on the demo console with an SD card boots it in a service menu.

From this menu you can sync a retail gamepad to the demo unit. Since the RF/Wifi signal is routed to the back SMA connector and not to an internal antenna the range is very limited. The gamepad needs to sit right on top of the console.
I attached a wifi antenna with a makeshift male SMA connector and the range increased to several feet. (See photo below.)

The demo gamepad can be connected to the Wii via a male SMA to male SMA cable if the original cable is not available.

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Wii U demo console back panel.

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WIS-007 module

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WIS-007 module opened

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Increased range for a synced retail gamepad! This was just a wifi antenna that I had laying around. I dont believe the Wii is putting out much power to this connector as its expecting to be connected via an RF cable.

 

Well I've got the demo gamepad working on the demo console. I dont have the original cable so I decided to make my own. If one ever gets posted on ebay the seller will probably want some rediculous amount for it.

I picked up a 10 foot male SMA to male SMA cable on ebay. It plugs directly into the gamepad and the back of the Wii.

I used a regular gamepad battery to power it as I haven't worked out the power portion of the cable yet. -- but it works! I need to order some bits and pieces in order to make this a more permanent cable.

There is nothing mystical nor magical about this hardware. It just uses wired-rf instead of wireless-rf like the retail unit does.

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By the way. This also works but the controller must be turned on from the button inside the battery compartment. Pushing that button also turns on the Wii U. I am thinking that little board that the power goes through automatically turns on the controller when power is applied via the stock cable. (The power button on the front of the controller is disabled)

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the controller hub is a usb to i2c. one ic is the brains other is just to expand i2c to other ports. brains is PIC18F14K50. 5 pin header on back next to usb is a icsp. ive not seen if i can dump the chip yet. pc does see this device if pluged in as USB\VID_1398&PID_0004&REV_0000

wii numchucks are i2c (confirmed) and i cant find the post but the i read somewhere the wiiremote was just power and it connected via reg way on these kiosks.
 
 
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I have one of the hard disk demo consoles. I started a breakdown of the files on the hard drive but life happened and ran out of steam. I found the USB key locked inside the kiosk itself, from the files I've sent a few other people more knowledgeable than myself, the hard disk was filled with about 200gb or so of demos and other files.

 

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Demo console has demos already loaded on it. I has a separate contained micro computer attached to it which appears to be the place new demos and files were downloaded to then uploaded by a USB cable to the demo console as it doesn't have a disc drive.

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When the box is plugged into the TV:

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When the usb key is plugged in:

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Some files I could grab off the hard drive

 

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1v1dtzLtgWlrs-aJPrTs9sQ9Zcu9NIsf6 - client updates
https://drive.google.com/open?id=19woHY8AMfLSncppOJ6iAMZZjZp0ZprYr - 10% of the demo files
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1EUGjWE6d7sl6j5rQk27KmKLuI2nBsrLJ - SDK demo file
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pFb8H4b324XTH0sFcOduCZMaLSFfKVRB - firmware update
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1lSNGcpFZk5vGEUryWYotMHW5yDLtG2eO - video

the 4 folders above go in contents of SES

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1nTryG-XrixRt7kewBD-hGrZScTmEIZy5

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On 11/6/2019 at 10:47 AM, koko said:

I have one of the hard disk demo consoles. I started a breakdown of the files on the hard drive but life happened and ran out of steam. I found the USB key locked inside the kiosk itself, from the files I've sent a few other people more knowledgeable than myself, the hard disk was filled with about 200gb or so of demos and other files.

Awesome stuff... I actually have your gbatemp thread open in the next tab to integrate the information into the thread. Super happy you found your way here, man!! 🙂

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Cool, if there’s any other info you are after let me know. I don’t know how “rare” this version is, but I have yet to see one with the micro PC that runs Linux. This kiosk was taken out of a closed down store shortly after the Wii U launch from what I was told. It appears to be the type of unit people were discussing they saw running Linux before the actual consoles made it to the store. Still a lot of mysteries. 

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I learned something about the interaction between the gamepad, the reset button, and the console. So how the reset function works is that when you plug one of the gamepad power cables into the console, it actually powers on the console. By pressing the reset button, you are basically pressing the power button, as it will turn off, wait a couple of seconds, and then turn back on. 

Sometime soon, I am gonna dive into finding out why so many of these kiosks monitors have audio problems. I am gonna attempt to repair it by assembling a cap kit and going from there, I just have no idea when I will have the time to do so.

 

Also, if someone wants to make a cable for their gamepad, I have both sides of it, only problem is that the cable itself is cut. If someone wants it, just shoot me a message and I will send it to ya for cost of shipping.

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On 11/6/2019 at 3:47 PM, koko said:

I have one of the hard disk demo consoles. ...

Could you make an image of the whole drive using dd?

 

On 2/1/2020 at 2:39 AM, AcidJuggalo said:

https://imgur.com/wa50zAT Found these yesterday i took one apart to see if it was the hdd version it wasn't i assume the 034AND is 32gb nand

all 6 have optical drives no idea if that's a good or bad thing

 

https://imgur.com/wa50zAT

https://imgur.com/6atjR16

Do you know what demos are on these? 

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Yea I had tinkered with it last summer but I didn’t really have a spare 200Gb hard drive to copy it into. There’s about 150gb or so of demos, videos and firmware for the demo unit and what looks like an old interface to use the silver box as a stand alone unit by itself. I upped a good chunk of it for people to mess with. At some point down the road when USB sticks are cheap enough I’ll grab one to copy it to unless I come across a spare hard drive somewhere in my house. Other kiosk projects just have me a little tied up at the moment. 😃

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Hey everyone with the monitors I have some good info for ya. From what I understand audio problems are a common problem with the kiosk monitor. This can be resolved by replacing the capacitors inside the TV. I have a nearly complete cap kit that I tried out on my monitor and saw success. I'll post the kit info later today.

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If anyone has a spot that can hold a 42gb zip file, I can upload everything I was able to pull off my hard drive on my demo unit as I recently found the USB drive I had it backed up on. It has a bunch of demos and other stuff that is beyond me but maybe someone can make sense of it and let me know if anything is useful in general or for my demo console.

 

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On 6/22/2020 at 10:27 PM, koko said:

If anyone has a spot that can hold a 42gb zip file, I can upload everything I was able to pull off my hard drive on my demo unit as I recently found the USB drive I had it backed up on. It has a bunch of demos and other stuff that is beyond me but maybe someone can make sense of it and let me know if anything is useful in general or for my demo console.

 

Might be a good idea to just create a mega account and upload it there (you get 50GB free). If you do that, people can easily duplicate it to their own account, and eventually upload it to archive.org (which tends to have a slow upload speed).

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I'm collecting kiosk demos(switch, wii u, only clips too, and 3ds), it would be great if you could upload them,  so that I can add them to my collection.

If you want I can upload that to my GD acc. too!

On 6/22/2020 at 11:27 PM, koko said:

If anyone has a spot that can hold a 42gb zip file, I can upload everything I was able to pull off my hard drive on my demo unit as I recently found the USB drive I had it backed up on. It has a bunch of demos and other stuff that is beyond me but maybe someone can make sense of it and let me know if anything is useful in general or for my demo console.

 

 

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22 minutes ago, koko said:

https://archive.org/details/wii-u-kiosk.-7z

This is all I could get without gaining access to the root folder. The whole hard drive is 250gb, this zip is 42gb. If theres anything in there that is interesting or helpful to my kiosk please let me know.

Thanks for backing this up, great work!

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Has anyone found any other TV’s that are direct drop in replacements? The one listed above in the OP doesn’t seem to be available and not sure if the newer models will work.

Also, does anyone know where I can find replacement connectors to go into the black Lynx box that the LED lights plug into?

Last, has anyone confirmed what games are on any of the Demo Discs? I own 4 of them but not sure how to find out what’s on them outside of owning the actual kiosk console.

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On 8/20/2020 at 3:16 PM, DeuceGamer said:

Has anyone found any other TV’s that are direct drop in replacements? The one listed above in the OP doesn’t seem to be available and not sure if the newer models will work.

Also, does anyone know where I can find replacement connectors to go into the black Lynx box that the LED lights plug into?

Last, has anyone confirmed what games are on any of the Demo Discs? I own 4 of them but not sure how to find out what’s on them outside of owning the actual kiosk console.

As far as I am aware there is no drop in replacement, the one linked wasn't even a perfect drop in as you had to make a mount or buy a wall mount for the kiosk, granted it was probably easier than other tvs, but still required a mod.

In terms of a demo list, I can't help ya there, sorry.

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19 hours ago, SNESNESCUBE64 said:

As far as I am aware there is no drop in replacement, the one linked wasn't even a perfect drop in as you had to make a mount or buy a wall mount for the kiosk, granted it was probably easier than other tvs, but still required a mod.

In terms of a demo list, I can't help ya there, sorry.

Requiring a wall mount is fine. Any others known to work with a wall mount?

For those that had the wires to Gamepad and Wii Motes cut, is there anything other than removing them that people are doing to make it look original?

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8 hours ago, DeuceGamer said:

Requiring a wall mount is fine. Any others known to work with a wall mount?

For those that had the wires to Gamepad and Wii Motes cut, is there anything other than removing them that people are doing to make it look original?

I made 3d printed covers for the slots of ypu removed them. The only other solution is to replace them I guess.

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Hi all, I only joined to give some info on the Wii U kiosk console I have.

It doesnt have any demos on it, someone must have removed the USB drive they were on but it does play, look, act like the retail version and has a standard sized HDD.

It has two pad attachments, I only have one wired pad and of course, won't connect to another gamepad. I've not seen anything like it while trawling around for info about the Wii U Kiosk.

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