I own a wii u and i was bored to add a power and more behind the TV. Nintendo strongly advise hard drives with external power supply but the one with its USB cord Y allows one side to feed and another to transmit the given. As proof the wii u turns on and off the hard disk when it is in standby to automatically update. I already nintendo land and cerebral workout kawashima doctor and I have zero problems noted since my purchase it two months. Cordon good size allowing easy installation. Hard drive lying on the wii u remains discreet. If you have a wii u buy this hard drive that works well but the most important thing or the USB cable supplied with Y.