Wii system software

The Wii system software is a set of updatable firmware versions and a software frontend on the <a href="/facts/Wii/BxUgl2da">Wii</a>, a <a href="/facts/Home_video_game_console/zP1RTC84">home video game console</a>. Updates, which could be downloaded over the Internet or read from a <a href="/facts/Nintendo_optical_discs/Kh5UeX5j">game disc</a>, allowed <a href="/facts/Nintendo/dMrLpaHu">Nintendo</a> to add additional features and software, as well as to patch <a href="/facts/Vulnerability_(computing)/jg0Gr71M">security vulnerabilities</a> used by users to load <a href="/facts/Homebrew_(video_games)/jtWcUfBo">homebrew software</a>. When a new update became available, Nintendo sent a message to the <a href="/facts/Wii_Menu/vLufxDYw">Wii Message Board</a> of Internet-connected systems notifying them of the available update.
Most game discs, including <a href="/facts/Video_game_developer/6gbHyvDu">first-party</a> and <a href="/facts/Video_game_developer/6gbHyvDu">third-party</a> games, include system software updates 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. Some games, such as online games like <a href="/facts/Super_Smash_Bros._Brawl/W6ArhU6U">Super Smash Bros. Brawl</a> and <a href="/facts/Mario_Kart_Wii/Me2nlxgo">Mario Kart Wii</a>, 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.

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Wii system software