For those of us sad that the Wii U's online service was terminated at the beginning of April 2024, there is a mod-free way to continue playing many blockbuster Wii U titles. The application is called Pretendo.

The Nintendo eccentric Youtube Channel, GameXplain, has uploaded the experience with the new service:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La1NYVvvnKU

Interested? Get the How-To from the horse's mouth at Pretendo's website: https://pretendo.network/docs/install/wiiu

Let me know if you give it a try, and I will do the same!