It's that
time again folks -- the moment when you're rushing out of the house, but you make the oh-so-wise decision to head in even later rather than leaving that glowing
Wii unattended. Today, Wii owners in Europe, Japan, and the US can download a shiny new
firmware update, which institutes a new digital clock on the main menu, a few "aesthetic changes to the Wii Shop," an updated Forecast Channel window, a "Today's Accomplishments" note on the message board, and a made over
Wii Shop that "changes the way Virtual Console games are ordered." Also of note, some users are reporting that a message appears before updating that states: "If your Wii console has an unauthorized technical modification, this upgrade could cause interoperability of your console." Of course, this shouldn't come as a surprise considering the Big N's
crackdown on modders, but in our single attempt of updating a Wii
not left on standby, the aforementioned statement did not appear. So go on, head on down and get to updatin' (if you're not chipped, that is), and do let us know how your experience goes.
[Via
The Wolf Web]
UPDATE: We've seen numerous reports of the new firmware
not bricking modded Wii consoles, and that includes machines using Cyclowiz and WiiKey. If you're courageous enough, give it a go yourself and let us know how it turns out in comments.
posted August 7th 2007 10:18AM
The wii now supports usb keyboards when sending friends messages from the message board and browsing the wii shop channel.
I'm very serious.
Does the bricking only happen if u have a modchip? So if i put something like leds ect. in my wii, does it do the same?
I have a Wii NTSC and a cyclowiz ver 1 chip. Did the upgrade, it warned me and told me I could hold the power button down for four seconds if I did not want to upgrade my system. Did the upgrade and all works just fine. Has ANYONE bricked theirs from this update? I seriously doubt it but one never knows until the story is finally told.
I updated mine last night, but it didn't take the first time (lost my connection in the middle). It's a nice upgrade.
When will this update come on a disc? My Wii settings page is broken since I accidentally ran an American update on my Japanese Wii (Big Brain Academy apparently forces updates, despite my Wii being fully updated).
I have to feel for ya man, that's really too bad what happened to you!
Some games automiatically will force updates. The game data can also be updated throught WiiConnect24 sometimes, but that's all I know!
Has anyone else noticed a change in the way the slot illuminates when you get a message? Mine is starting at dim then brightens then it blinks twice and the cycle repeats. I don't quite remember it blinking before I got the update. Maybe my Wii's just whacked up?
Yes, my wii blinks twice and dims too when it has a new message. It never did this before the update, possibly a glitch?