For example, in Animal Crossing: City Folk, a friend could send messages to another player without the recipient being present in the game at the same time as the sender.

In 2015 and 2020, fan-made services, called RiiConnect24 and WiiLink24 respectively, were established as a replacement for WiiConnect24, aiming to bring back WiiConnect24 to those who have a homebrewed Wii console.

The flowing light on the Wii is timed with the bird call of the Japanese bush warbler.

[7] When game messages are received with pictures, the player can view and customise them in the Photo Channel.

This would allow Nintendo to send monthly promotional demos for the DS, during the night, to the Wii consoles in each household.

Users would wake up each morning, find the LED lamp on their Wii flashing, and know that Nintendo has sent them something.

The initial firmware update caused some parts of the console to be inaccessible to a small portion of people who purchased the Wii at launch.

[11] For those users it was necessary to contact Nintendo's customer service to replace or repair the console.

When the disc slot light glows, it can cause the Wii to get hot in standby mode.