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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.

Total titles sizes: 102482052

SOAP TitleHash: 0B1C2469FA99869CFFD6642AD035D006

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[spotanjo3]

No, I already know that this is dead. They just want to update it one more, lol. Bye bye Wii U. Never had you before and dont need you now because it was ugly. One day I might buy used if it is 30-50 dollars. Good day, Wii U!

 

[Superman321]

Does this get rid of Haxchi?

No. It just updates something on the Main Menu, nothing noticable tho.

 

[huma_dawii]

No update still for the USA console... this is probably just a EUR thing... you know the laws and stuff they have to compliance

 

[azy77]

Guys, I should have clarified I have plain old haxchi not cbhc.

So is the general concensus that there are no homebrew issues if I update?

Thanks

 

[LuNyX]

Can I Update with Coldboot ?

 

[toxic9]

Can I Update with Coldboot ?

You can. You will loose coldboot and then you have to reinstall cbhc again.
or you can just uninstall it first and reinstall it after updating.
Both ways will have the same end.

 

[Bladexdsl]

and the award for the most useless update ever created goes to.....

 

[Sliter]

no "now it's region free" last update? oh well...

 

[toxic9]

they could release an update for playing original GC discs... that would be a great feature.

and they could also include a "like it" button on system menu, so everyone can click it!
after 100.000 likes everyone will get a FREE update.... "5.5.5" with more.... stability!

 

[duwen]

they could release an update for playing original GC discs... that would be a great feature.

Not without replacing the optical drive they couldn't.

 

[toxic9]

Not without replacing the optical drive they couldn't.

Any drive that can read Wii discs can read GC discs. It may only need some FW update for the disc verification scheme before being allowed to boot.

 

[duwen]

Any drive that can read Wii discs can read GC discs. It may only need some FW update for the disc verification scheme before being allowed to boot.

Try putting a GC disk in your WiiU... it's not designed for the 3" disk format - it can't physically "load" the smaller disk.

 

[godreborn]

Any drive that can read Wii discs can read GC discs. It may only need some FW update for the disc verification scheme before being allowed to boot.

uh, wii mini? https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Wii/Wii-mini/Overview/Wii-mini-726559.html

 

[Godofcheese]

Nintendo: We need to push out some Wii U updates
Employees: But sir, The console is dead and already stable enough!
Nintendo: *Raises right hand*, did I fucking stutter? MAKE IT MORE STABLE

 

[gamecaptor]

I feel like my Wii U is so stable that it'll probably be untouched by an earthquake at 10 on the Richter Scale.

I live in an area in the world where that could be a thing. If it happens I will let you know the state of my Wii U!

 

[toxic9]

Try putting a GC disk in your WiiU... it's not designed for the 3" disk format - it can't physically "load" the smaller disk.

I forgot about that!

 

[BaamAlex]

I'm still on 5.5.3. Does that mean my wii u isn't stable enough for the future?

 

[toxic9]

Any news on 5.5.4U ?

 

[awesomelink234]

Can anyone on 5.5.4 verify if wiiuexploit.xyz still works?

 

[Nimrod-002]

can Pewdiepie please kill the stability meme?
and can anyone test if the Main Menu update removes the 300 title limit? improbable but possible.