Wii firmware update today
Nintendo have let loose a new firmware update for Wii. It focuses on improvements to the menu interface and shopping channel.
Wii menu
- Digital clock now on the Wii menu.
- The Forecast channel now shows the current weather in the Wii menu.
- The news channel scrolls two headlines in the Wii menu.
- Today's Accomplishments message is now white, making it stand out on the message board.
- Entries in the Address Book can now be moved using A+B on the Wiimote.
Shopping channel
- Four recommended titles shown on the welcome screen.
- Twenty recommended games shown if you click the Welcome title bar.
- "Titles you've downloaded" now on the main shop menu.
- You can now browse for games by popularity, newest additions, category, console, publisher and genre.
- Ability to search using partial names.
The general feeling is that the menu is running faster too, so thumbs up!
Posts
Name123
Good to hear.
JRAPOCALYPSE
Awesome, it needed some work. I thought it was ok out of the box but needed a new touch.
jskrdude
Sweet. I was a little annoyed when the shop channel was down yesterday evening (I wanted to download Mario Kart because we're selling our N64), but this makes me happy.
LOZfan
I just updated my Wii and I thouht the update was great.
Quartz
Ahh, that's good to know.
eric ♥ wii
Cool. I'm going to update it today. With the next update they should let you customize the Wii menu color interface. That would be cool. Or maybe include Wii menu themes with games like metroid 3: corruption.
ssbbssbbssbb
Yay! I love the clock.
lman07
That's sweet.
DEL
Sweet. I just went into the shopping channel to look about and it said I have a update for a few of MY OWN VC games. All we need now is the photo channel to display some of our pics.
John
Also, when you insert or eject a disc, the Wii slot glows blue for a bit. The pattern as to which the disc slot glows when you get a message or data has changed and finally the Wii message board goes blue when you get a message.
DEL
Plus you didn't mention the best improvement yet. When you put a disc in or eject it the Wii lights up. How cool is that.
Blaze
When is this going to happen?
DragonFoxCoon
For a company that swore off online capabilities a few years back, Nintendo sure has a head for this stuff.
i♥wii
I kind of liked the yellow envelope better.
i♥wii
Just noticed: the sexy blue light that goes on when you get a message blinks different now. It starts at dim to brighter and does like three fast blinks.
Scooby Jew
The own. I really need that adapter for the Wii so it can connect to the internet now. I was going to wait until Brawl, but this is urgent now.
Rob
How do you update the firmware?
Wiipaw
Sigh. Someone answer Rob's question, please. It's too complicated to answer for me. Anyway, it seems that the more updates my Wii gets, the more I love it.
PHiRE
From the main Wii Menu you go to the Options, and choose Wii Settings. It's on screen number 2 or 3, choose Wii Update. That's the way I remember it anyway. It's not too hard to find.
Koen van Beeck
I hate the clock. It's way too big and bulky. I hope they fix that at some point.
Zelda-dude
Nothing much, but it's a nice feature. Another thing is that when you start a channel, the blue light flashes.
The Yoshi Guy
You get this update automatically with Super Mario Galaxy so Mailtoad can send you mail on your Wii.
PetWii
How to display my current Wii firmware version?