Wii U Gets a Surprise System Update, Modders Are Worried

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Surprise! The Wii U isn't dead yet. By all commercial accounts the Wii U was a failure, and Nintendo has long ceased production or its ill-fated console, Wii U owners were surprised to wake up to a brand new system update this morning. It's been over a year and a half since the Wii U saw its last update, but today it's raised to new life in system version 5.5.2.

"Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience." Well that was sweet of them. If you're still using your Wii U, then you can look forward to a "more stable" experience next time you boot up.

This update is probably hiding more than the patch notes indicate, though. For some of you, playing on the Wii U is about to be a less-pleasant experience. Typically updates like this are less about improving stability, and more about sewing up some holes that users were exploiting in order to run homebrew and illegally downloaded games on their consoles. Modding the Wii U isn't always all about piracy, by the way, some people genuinely enjoy side-lading interesting software onto the console and modding their games. It's not condoned by Nintendo, of course, but it's certainly not illegal.

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SilkyPosted:

Didn't even realise people mod the Wii U lmao.

SupervisorPosted:

Lol people actually mod Wii U?

XboxPosted:

I didn't think people still cared about this shit.

TOXICPosted:

Didn't even know modding was a big thing on the Wii U.

EchoPosted:

I think me and a lot of other's never realised the Wii U was modded, I'm sure it only effected a handful of modder's though

ReevyPosted:

People actually mod on Wii? jeez

VanDykeBrownPosted:

Not a problem, any smart Wii U modder would have turned off auto-download and installed Haxchi

FibrilPosted:

That sucks, now they have to wait for someone to mod this new update xD probably take a while.

SakonPosted:

I had no idea this console was even modded lol

CrossfitPosted:

Potion If you have Haxchi installed there is nothing to be worried about. If you haven't installed Haxchi or CBHC then it really is your own fault.


Lol I'm waiting to see the uproar this causes.