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You thought it was dead, but the Nintendo Wii U lives on. Following an update that initially was just for European regions, the update is also supposedly to be made available in North American and Japan, according to patch notes. However, currently, Nintendo of America's site does not note any new firmware revisions, nor do we know if the update will actually come to non-EU systems. At this point, we have no idea what 5.5.4 changes, besides standard stability. The last time we saw an update for the Wii U was all the way back in September 2018, for version 5.5.3 which was yet another stability update. If you still value using your Wii U, you might want to wait on updating, to see what this changes in terms of homebrew.

• Version number: 5.5.4
• Release date: June 24th 2019 (North America) / June 25th 2019 (Europe, Japan)
• Regions: Europe / North America / Japan
• Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience

The following titles were updated: VersionData, and Wii U Menu.

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[banjo2]

Stability.jpg strikes again

 

[the_randomizer]

Lol, I'm surprised Nintendo remembered the Wii U.

 

[Little_Goten]

Does this get rid of Haxchi?

 

[KnightRiderX420]

a while back i got a wii u on ebay at a great price. the condition was also pretty good. in fact I still use the controller stand to hold my switch.... point being, i used haxchi on it withpout issues. to test my hacking abilities. then after getting a switch and doing basically the same. I got rid of it for a great profit cause it was modded.... glad i got out in time if theres no telling if the new update breaks hb and the waiting game begins.... just a rant

 

[Lacius]

Does this get rid of Haxchi?

I doubt it will, but nobody has said one way or the other.

 

[genxor]

I doubt it breaks anything but I'm glad mine is unplugged. Feels like much longer than 2018 since the last update but you never know what's happening behind the scenes

 

[Lacius]

I doubt it breaks anything but I'm glad mine is unplugged. Feels like much longer than 2018 since the last update but you never know what's happening behind the scenes

Deleting the update folder on your sysNAND also prevents updates.

 

[gamecaptor]

they probably just changed some text

Nintendo Executive: “we need to give the Wii U some love”
Nintendo Wii U developer: “I got this”
2018 -> 2019
Done!

 

[Sicklyboy]

I don't even know what to say. I thought this thing was well dead at this point.

 

[WhoIAm]

It seems surprising, but the PS3 has also gotten updates as recently as earlier this year. And those updates actually blocked homebrew.

 

[genxor]

Deleting the update folder on your sysNAND also prevents updates.

Oh yeah, I think I've actually done that lol
Been a while since I touched the homebrew side so I've forgotten all the tricks!

 

[playstays_shun]

That DNS system update blocker setting should do it too right

 

[godreborn]

That DNS system update blocker setting should do it too right

yes, if the dns fails or goes down, you won't even be able to connect to the internet, so you're safe.

 

[darky2003]

Can anyone confirm if the exploits are still working? Having a microsd on the way to hack my wiiu.

 

[piratesephiroth]

Can anyone confirm if the exploits are still working? Having a microsd on the way to hack my wiiu.

Apparently it only updates the system menu. The exploits have nothing to do with the system menu.

 

[trigao]

More stable than my house

 

[NinStar]

More stable than a table

 

[VinsCool]

Wow I didn't expect that. I thought it was dead for good.

 

[linuxares]

I be darn! I wonder what they really updated?

 

[sarkwalvein]

My Wii U looks about to tumble down off the cupboard. I will make sure to update ASAP.