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The '''Wii Family Edition''' (model '''RVL-101''') was a 2011 revision of the [[Wii]]. It was designed to sit flat, as opposed to the original Wii and came in an additional color (blue). Homebrew is generally not affected by this model, but there are some key differences compared to the orignal RVL-001 Wii.
+The '''Wii Family Edition''' (model '''RVL-101''') is a 2011 revision of the [[Wii]]. Unlike the original Wii, it is designed to sit flat and comes in an additional color (blue). Homebrew is generally not affected by this model, but there are some key differences compared to the original RVL-001 Wii.
+== Changes from the original model ==
=== Missing GameCube compatibility ===
=== Missing GameCube compatibility ===
* The disc drives used in this model are not able to read GameCube discs at all.
* The disc drives used in this model are not able to read GameCube discs at all.
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=== Different boot2 and IOS versions ===
=== Different boot2 and IOS versions ===
* Newer RVL-101 units appear to have [[boot2v5|version 5]] of boot2 installed, which is not available on NUS and can only be found on certain late Wii models.
* Newer RVL-101 units appear to have [[boot2v5|version 5]] of boot2 installed, which is not available on NUS and can only be found on certain late Wii models.
−* The ones that have boot2v5, also appear to have the same set of [[IOS]] versions as the [[vWii]].
+* The ones that have boot2v5 also appear to have newer [[IOS]]es (while they are the same numbers as the [[vWii]], they are different binaries), with updated main contents
−* [[IOS61]] v5918 is exclusive to these RVL-101 units, as IOS61 is completely missing on the vWii.
+** [[IOS28]] also has a network-related module updated.
+{{Navbox Wii Models}}
[[Category:Wii models]]
[[Category:Wii models]]