Wii U and Nintendo 3DS: System updates (latest: 3DS, Ver. 11.17.0-50)

On this page, you will find all there is to know about the latest System updates for the following Nintendo platforms: Wii U, Nintendo 3DS. We will make sure to keep it updated with both official patchnotes and any additional notes, along with other details (such as file size).

Looking for Systems updates for the Nintendo Switch? Check out this page instead!

Latest System update

Nintendo 3DS

• Version number: 11.17.0-50
• Release date: May 22nd (North America) / May 23rd 2022 (Europe, Japan)
• Regions: Europe / North America / Japan
• File size: unknown
• Patchnotes:

• Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience.

• Notes: none

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Wii U

• Version number: 5.5.6
• Release date: August 29th 2022 (North America) / August 30th 2022 (Europe, Japan)
• Regions: Europe / North America / Japan
• File size: unknown
• Patchnotes:

• Improvements to system stability and usability
  • Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience.

• Notes: this update removed the ability to add funds to the Nintendo eShop directly from the Wii U console (more details about the Nintendo eShop closing on this page)

How to download System updates

Wii U

• let the console do its thing if you have automatic downloads activated; you should have the latest System update the next time you turn it on.
• go the System Settings, and launch the update process manually if you don’t have automatic downloads activated (or if the download hasn’t triggered automatically).

Nintendo 3DS

• go to System Settings
• select Other Settings
• go to page 5
• select System update

System updates history

Wii U

• Version number: 5.5.6
• Release date: August 29th 2022 (North America) / August 30th 2022 (Europe, Japan)
• Regions: Europe / North America / Japan
• File size: unknown
• Patchnotes:

• Improvements to system stability and usability
  • Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience.

• Notes: this update removed the ability to add funds to the Nintendo eShop directly from the Wii U console (more details about the Nintendo eShop closing on this page)

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• Version number: 5.5.5
• Release date: March 1st 2021 (North America) / March 2nd 2021 (Europe, Japan)
• Regions: Europe / North America / Japan
• File size: ???MB
• Patchnotes:

• Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience

• Notes: none

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• Version number: 5.5.4
• Release date: June 24th 2019 (North America) / June 25th 2019 (Europe, Japan)
• Regions: Europe / North America / Japan
• File size: unknown
• Patchnotes:

• Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience

• Notes: none.

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• Version number: 5.5.3
• Release date: September 3rd 2018 (North America) / September 4th 2018 (Europe, Japan)
• Regions: Europe / North America / Japan
• File size: unknown
• Patchnotes:

• Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience

• Notes: none.

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• Version number: 5.5.2
• Release date: July 17th 2018 (North America) / July 18th 2018 (Europe, Japan)
• Regions: Europe / North America / Japan
• File size: unknown
• Patchnotes:

• Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience

• Notes: none.

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• Version number: 5.5.1
• Release date: January 12th, 2016
• Regions: Europe / North America / Japan
• File size: 47MB
• Patchnotes:

• Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience

• Notes: none

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Nintendo 3DS

• Version number: 11.17.0-50
• Release date: May 22nd (North America) / May 23rd 2022 (Europe, Japan)
• Regions: Europe / North America / Japan
• File size: unknown
• Patchnotes:

• Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience.

• Notes: none

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• Version number: 11.16.0-49
• Release date: September 12th 2022 (North America) / September 13th 2022 (Europe, Japan)
• Regions: Europe / North America / Japan
• File size: unknown
• Patchnotes:

• Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience.

• Notes: none

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• Version number: 11.16.0-48
• Release date: August 29th 2022 (North America) / August 30th 2022 (Europe, Japan)
• Regions: Europe / North America / Japan
• File size: unknown
• Patchnotes:

• Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience.

• Notes: this update removed the ability to add funds to the Nintendo eShop directly from the Nintendo 3DS console (more details about the Nintendo eShop closing on this page)

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• Version number: 11.15.0-47
• Release date: July 26th 2021 (North America) / July 27th 2021 (Europe, Japan)
• Regions: Europe / North America / Japan
• File size: unknown
• Patchnotes:

• Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience.

• Notes: none.

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• Version number: 11.14.0-46
• Release date: November 16th 2020 (North America) / November 17th 2020 (Europe, Japan)
• Regions: Europe / North America / Japan
• File size: unknown
• Patchnotes:

• Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience.

• Notes: none.

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• Version number: 11.13.0-45
• Release date: December 2nd 2019 (North America) / December 3rd 2019 (Europe, Japan)
• Regions: Europe / North America / Japan
• File size: unknown
• Patchnotes:

• Resolved an issue where StreetPass would not work in some cases.

• Notes: none.

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• Version number: 11.12.0-44
• Release date: November 4th 2019 (North America) /November 5th 2019 (Europe, Japan)
• Regions: Europe / North America / Japan
• File size: unknown
• Patchnotes:

• Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience

• Notes: none.

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• Version number: 11.11.0-43
• Release date: August 26th 2019 (North America) / August 27th 2019 (Europe, Japan)
• Regions: Europe / North America / Japan
• File size: unknown
• Patchnotes:

• Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience

• Notes: none.

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Nintendo 3DS

• Version number: 11.10.0-43
• Release date: May 27th 2019 (North America) / May 28th 2019 (Europe, Japan)
• Regions: Europe / North America / Japan
• File size: unknown
• Patchnotes:

• Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience

• Notes: none.

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• Version number: 11.9.0-42
• Release date: December 3rd 2018 (North America) /December 4th 2018 (Europe, Japan)
• Regions: Europe / North America / Japan
• File size: unknown
• Patchnotes:

• Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience

• Notes: none.

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• Version number: 11.8.0-41
• Release date: July 30th 2018 (North America) / July 31st 2018 (Europe, Japan)
• Regions: Europe / North America / Japan
• File size: unknown
• Patchnotes:

• Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience

• Notes: none.

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• Version number: 11.7.0-40
• Release date: June 18th 2018 (North America) / June 19th 2018 (Europe, Japan)
• Regions: Europe / North America / Japan
• File size: unknown
• Patchnotes:

• Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience

• Notes: none.

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• Version number: 11.6.0-39
• Release date: September 18th 2017 (North America) / September 19th 2017 (Europe, Japan)
• Regions: Europe / North America / Japan
• File size: unknown
• Patchnotes:

• Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience

• Notes: none.

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• Version number: 11.5.0-38
• Release date: July 10th 2017 (North America) / July 11th 2017 (Europe, Japan)
• Regions: Europe / North America / Japan
• File size: unknown
• Patchnotes:

• Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience

• Notes: this update may take a while to download on your device, so please be patient!

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• Version number: 11.4.0-37
• Release date: April 10th 2017 (North America) / April 11th 2017 (Europe, Japan)
• Regions: Europe / North America / Japan
• File size: unknown
• Patchnotes:

• Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience

• Notes: none

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• Version number: 11.3.0-36
• Release date: February 7th 2017 (Europe, Japan) / February 6th 2017 (North America)
• Regions: Europe / North America / Japan
• File size: unknown
• Patchnotes:

• Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience

• Notes: none

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• Version number: 11.2.0-35
• Release date: October 25th, 2016 (Europe, Japan) / October 24th (North America)
• Regions: Europe / North America / Japan
• File size: unknown
• Patchnotes:

• Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience

• Notes: none

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• Version number: 11.13.0-45
• Release date: December 2nd 2019 (North America) / December 3rd 2019 (Europe, Japan)
• Regions: Europe / North America / Japan
• File size: unknown
• Patchnotes:

• Resolved an issue where StreetPass would not work in some cases.

• Notes: none.