The Home Menu (stylized as HOME Menu) can be accessed during any game or application through the user pressing the Home Button on the Wii U GamePad, Wii U Pro Controller or Wii Remote.

Since Miiverse is discontinued, the WaraWara Plaza now only shows the built-in tips from Nintendo. Users could save any Mii on the WaraWara Plaza to their personal library, like their posts (with a 'Yeah!'), write a comment, and send a friend request.

Each user is represented by their respective Mii and was associated with a Miiverse community. When the Wii U powers on, the television screen shows the WaraWara Plaza in which user status and comments on Miiverse are shown. The Wii U Menu is directly integrated with Miiverse and the Nintendo Network. System settings, parental controls and the activity log can also be launched through the menu. The Wii U Menu may also be used to launch applications entirely beyond just gaming: the Miiverse social network which is integrated with all games and applications the Internet Browser for the World Wide Web play media through Netflix, Amazon Video, Hulu, YouTube, and more download Wii U software and content through the Nintendo eShop and receive official notifications from Nintendo. Like the original Wii, discs can also be hot-swapped while in the menu. The WaraWara Plaza is displayed on the TV screen, while the Wii U GamePad screen displays the application icons available for launch the two screens' display roles can be swapped with the press of a button. It allows launching software stored on Wii U optical discs, applications installed in the internal memory or an external storage device, or Wii titles through the system's 'Wii Mode'. It is a graphical shell similar to the Wii's ' Wii Menu' and Nintendo 3DS HOME Menu. The Wii U Menu is the main dashboard of the system, acting as an application organizer and launcher. Details of the operating system's internal architecture have not been officially publicized. The system's official integrated development environment, named MULTI and published by embedded software engineering vendor Green Hills Software, is intended for use by Nintendo and its licensed developers in programming the Wii U. Each update is cumulative, including all changes from previous updates. Updates are optional to each console owner, but may be required in order to retain interoperability with Nintendo's online services. Nintendo maintains the Wii U's systemwide features and applications by offering system software updates via the Internet. The Wii U system software is the official firmware version and operating system for Nintendo's Wii U home video game console. com /app /answers /detail /a _id /1436 /~ /system-menu-update-history

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