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We’re 5 years old!

That’s right! We’re officially 5 years old, which means we can finally legally drink apple juice. Ever since December 5th, 2020, we’ve been delivering classic Japan-exclusive Wii channels to the general public. And since our merger in December 2023, we’ve expanded to cover worldwide channels as well. We can’t thank you enough for supporting us throughout the years. But how will we celebrate it?

Wii Room Unshackled

For 5 years you’ve been able to watch videos on your Wii through Wii Room. But what about portably through the DS? Watch videos wherever you are, without Internet? …that’s right. Wii Room Anywhere is now available to download. This project has been in the works for several years, and we’re excited to show you this new translated version. Thank you to our translation team for their efforts! The app is available through the patcher, so try it out! We also have a trailer here and here.

A limited time offer

We’ve got a brand spanking new logo for this occasion! We really like how it looks, and as always is designed by Alex. Say thanks to him right now.

Familiar faces?

We’re holding special Mii Contests throughout the month for our 5th anniversary. These contests are based on people from our dev team, inside jokes or other things. One should already be running, so check it out now!

Making bonds every week

We’ve recorded various Forming Links recently, and we’ll be sharing them with you week by week. We’re starting this week with an interview with Austin, host of Nintendo Daily Life. Check in the Forming Links page weekly until the end of the month to find new interviews! You can also check here but like, it’ll be way cooler if you checked the other page. Just sayin’.

Issue 4: Nintendo Daily Life

Issue 5: Coming December 12th!

Issue 6: Coming December 19th!

Issue 7: Coming December 26th!

Ask us Anything

On December 20th, 2025 9:00 AM JST, we’ll be conducting an AMA on Bluesky, Reddit and the WiiLink Forums. Have any questions for us? Interested in how certain features were developed? Ask us there! Dying to know what Kolton thinks about Sonic Rumble? …I don’t see how that’s related but, like, I guess you can ask that.

WiiLink Nights

At the same time as our AMA, we’ll be streaming WiiLink After Dark on YouTube. After Dark is our off-the-cuff live streaming series, first starting with our test stream in September. Check in with us there!

That’s all for our anniversary celebrations. But there’s still stuff that happened in November…

No more life

The season finale of Nintendo Daily Life premiered on November 30th! The conclusion of the previous 4 episodes is available to watch now on Wii Room.

Not convinced? We’ve got you covered. An episode of the show is now up on YouTube to watch freely! Give the series a spin here.

Mii Contest Festival

Last month, we started a special set of Mii Contests entitled Battle of the Racers. This event lined up 3 of the year’s biggest racers and gave them a character each to make. Look forward to more events like this in the future! More timely announcements of the events will be made through Discord and Bluesky.

A big(sleeter) drop

We haven't dropped much YouTube shows on Wii Room recently have we? Well, we dropped more bigsleeter videos onto Wii Room on December 4! Check them out for more YouTube content.

Cheers to 5 years of WiiLink! Like I wrote earlier, none of this could’ve been possible without people who use the service, so thank you to everyone who is reading this! While it sounds cliché, we genuinely appreciate every single one of you. …even the guy who’s currently sitting on the toilet reading this. We still appreciate you, against all odds.