Wii U has long gone to retire, however Nintendo continues to periodically update the firmware of its old console. Switch predecessor received a fresh update today 5.5.5…
Like all updates from the previous four years, the new feature has almost no effect on Wii U functionality. According to a note from the official website, Firmware 5.5.5 includes “additional overall system stability improvements and other minor usability fixes.”
Famous dataminer OatmealDome rummaged in the files of the new update and found that it changes part of the SSL protocol code that allows the device to make secure and verified connections to remote servers…
[Wii U]
Firmware 5.5.5 doesn’t fix anything related to homebrew. However, it does appear that some of N’s SSL verification code was changed.
(SSL allows a device to makes secure + verified connections to remote servers. It’s what powers the “padlock” icon in your browser.) Https://t.co/chQTRdlP08 pic.twitter.com/RkrflSt7aj
– OatmealDome (@OatmealDome) March 2, 2023
Nintendo Wii U was launched in November 2012, but after 4.5 years it was discontinued, having sold over the entire life cycle in quantities 13.56 million devices… The latest big game from Nintendo is The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Released on Wii U in March 2017.
Read also: Terminator: Resistance Enhanced Edition for PS5 will be released on disc – there will be two boxed editions…
Add to our Telegram channel using this link or search for it manually in the search by name gmradost… There we publish what is not included in the news feed. Also subscribe to us in Yandex Zen. And do not forget that now on our site you can hide news by category, switch between different types of emotions, use a dark theme and display publications with a feed instead of tiles.
