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Wii Update Now Available

Is your Wii flashing blue again? Wondering what the deal is? Well, a new Wii Menu update is available, bringing the system to v3.2.

What's in this update? Your guess is as good as Loot Ninja's. Requests to Nintendo were not immediately answered at press time.

[UPDATE] Loot Ninja heard from Nintendo. Here's what's you can expect from the update:

"This update does not affect any prominently-used features or menus; however it does provide some behind the scenes updates that will improve system performance."

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JVIDICAN6661d ago

my guess- the wii's hacking future has just been destroyed for the moment

drunkpandas6661d ago

You could be right. Nintendo is hardcore against piracy, and this update may have patched the hole that was exploited to run homebrew

ChickeyCantor6661d ago

just updated....the message says it will add a different update button if you need to update your wii for certain games.

wow146660d ago

They have been running GameCube mod-chips on the Wii since virtually day-one.

The Wii has been bent-over and wont be getting back up. This may be a move against the recent exploits, but there wont be any way to fix the Wii (from what I can tell).

wow146660d ago

Nintendo is not hardcore against piracy, as stated above, the Wii has been violated deeply and completely.

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Covenant6661d ago

Well, that would explain why my Wii lit up on its own at 8:00 tonight.

DonSqueak6660d ago

The disagree-behaviour on this site is just hilarious.

Really, I could not disagree more with your statement, it's CLEARLY wrong, innit…

Absurd, I'll disagree with you as well, for good measure.

jiinn6660d ago

You shouldnt leave your Wii in that constant connected mode.

As a result, the Wii burns more energy than the Xbox 360 or PS3.

It's like a lightbulb burning all the time... its called a "Vampire Load" on your nextwork, it causes pollution, unnecessary load on the infrastructure, and costs you money.

This is a great article on the matter:
http://www.hardcoreware.net...

likeaboss3026661d ago

Great maybe my WiFi will work better since it sucks on the Wii. However, it works just fine on my PS3, PSP, DS, iPhone, laptop, and 360.

aftrdark216660d ago

your wi-fi wireless channel is on either 1 or 11. The Wii doesn't like any other wireless channel.

drunkpandas6660d ago

That's good advice no matter what. Most wireless networks default to channel 6, which is subject to the most interference.

wow146660d ago

No device can prefer one channel over the next, it is a software choice, and doesnt make any difference. Just be certain the rest of your 802.11 gear is configured correctly, and the Wii will be happy on any channel.

Silellak6661d ago

Yay, maybe we'll finally got in-game XMB and custom soundtracks!

Er, wait a sec...

SlyGuy6661d ago

I wish there was a way to leave it on permanently.

Jdash246661d ago

yea that blue light is really cool, but its really bright, one time it came on at like 3 in the morning because of an update and light up my whole room waking me up. its still cool though

DonSqueak6660d ago

Just send yourself an email and never read it. And if you read it, send another one.

ChickeyCantor6660d ago

it creates heat....not sure if you want that.

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Why the Wii is Such a Nostalgic System in 2026

The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.

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ActualWhiteMan30d ago (Edited 30d ago )

Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.

jznrpg29d ago

My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.

Smellsforfree29d ago

Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.

Loktai29d ago

Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.

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Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (1996) Still Feels Like Peak 90s Star Wars

Dash Rendar, Prince Xizor, the Battle of Hoth, and one of the boldest Star Wars multimedia projects ever made. Here’s why Shadows of the Empire still matters.

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MayorPauline60d ago

This game along with Rogue Squadron got me into to Star Wars. The release of special edition VHS Star Wars collection was perfectly times on top of all that. 😆

Redgrave59d ago

Because it is.

Please re-release this.

SimpleSlave59d ago (Edited 59d ago )

But it wasn't. Although I do agree that some of the tie-in media, like the novels and comics, were pretty good.

Still, games like Dark Forces, Jedi Knight, Rogue Squadron, and the space sims were peak 90s Star Wars. Shadows fell flat because of the abysmal controls and unimaginative levels. And if you wanted to really experience the seedy side of the universe, Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2 was peak, and it wasn't even close.

Regardless, and much to my dismay, we got the better version thanks to Ubislop in Outlaws, which is what Shadows should've been, albeit at a smaller scale.

shinXseijuro59d ago

As a kid me and my cousins loved this game . I have great memories with this one and the Star Wars pod racer game .

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How Trackmania inspired the “biggest feature ever created” for The Crew Motorfest

Debuting in Season 9, all players can try a beta of The Crew Motorfest’s new ambitious track creator, TrackForge.