Wii system software
Operating system for Nintendo's Wii home video game console / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Wii system software is a discontinued set of updatable firmware versions and a software frontend on the Wii home video game console. Updates, which could be downloaded over the Internet or read from a game disc, allowed Nintendo to add additional features and software, as well as to patch security vulnerabilities used by users to load homebrew software. When a new update became available, Nintendo sent a message to the Wii Message Board of Internet-connected systems notifying them of the available update.
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Developer | Nintendo |
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Written in | C, C++ / PPC |
OS family | Nintendo proprietary |
Working state | Discontinued |
Source model | Closed source |
Initial release | 1.0 / November 19, 2006; 17 years ago (2006-11-19) |
Latest release | 4.3 / September 7, 2010; 13 years ago (2010-09-07)[1] |
Available in |
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Update method | Direct download Game disc |
Platforms | Wii, Wii U |
Succeeded by | Wii U system software |
Official website | www |
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Most game discs, including first-party and third-party games, include system software updates[2][3] so that systems that are not connected to the Internet can still receive updates. The system menu will not start such games if their updates have not been installed, so this has the consequence of forcing users to install updates in order to play these games.[2] Some games, such as online games like Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Mario Kart Wii, contain specific extra updates, such as the ability to receive Wii Message Board posts from game-specific addresses; therefore, these games always require that an update be installed before their first time running on a given console.[citation needed]