The term "1.6.0" began circulating primarily within the Wii U modding and emulation community. Unlike the Switch, which has a locked-down ecosystem, the Wii U’s environment allowed for unsigned code execution. Through homebrew channels (like the "Wii U USB Helper" or specialized mod managers), users began seeing version tags that did not match the official changelogs.

. The final official major update released by Nintendo was for the Nintendo Switch (and 1.5.0 for Wii U) on April 25, 2019 , which primarily introduced Labo VR support.