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4 Years After Production Stopped, Wii U Gets System Update

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GAMEFINITY.ID, Jakarta – Nintendo officially ceased production of the Wii U on January 31, 2021, about four years after the console’s launch. This discontinuation follows the launch of its successor, the Nintendo Switch. However, that doesn’t mean Nintendo has forgotten the eighth generation console.

Nintendo surprised players who are still “at home” playing Wii U by releasing a new system update. This update brings the console’s firmware to version 5.5.5, which reportedly brings “improvements to system stability and usability”.

The gamer community speculates the update is Nintendo’s latest attempt to prevent its hardware from being hacked and modified. However, dataminer OatmealDome has analyzed the update and believes that the only change made is Nintendo’s SSL verification code (which allows its web browser to connect to secure websites).

This system update is the first since update 5.5.4, which was launched on June 24, 2021, more than 20 months ago. The update is also only claimed to offer better system stability.

The last major Wii U system update was version 5.3.0 on November 10, 2021, which added an amiibo settings menu to allow players to register, delete, or reset amiibo data. While the previous update, firmware 5.2.0 in September 2021 allowed players to create folders on the Wii U menu screen for the first time.

With only 13.56 million units sold worldwide, the Wii U became Nintendo’s worst-selling console. Nintendo then replaced the Wii U with the Switch, which as of 2021 had sold 80 million units, surpassing the 3DS record.

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