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Wii System Update 3.0 Now Available |
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Written by Alexis M. (Rivithed)
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Tuesday, 07 August 2007 |
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Nintendo dropped a surprise system update on us today for the Wii. Just go to "Wii Settings" from the Wii Menu and go to screen three of Wii Settings and select "Wii System Update." The Wii system software gets upgraded to version 3.0. Highlights among the update include changes to the Wii Shop Channel searching and organization, the blue disc light turns on when inserting/removing disc, a digital clock in the Wii Menu, Forecast Channel displays current condition from Wii Menu and more! Read the detailed breakdown below, from forum members at NeoGaf:
Channels:
-Digital Clock added to the Wii Menu right under the channel bar
-Forecast Channel now displays the current condition (cloudy, raining, etc.) directly in the Wii Menu in the Forecast Channel box
-News Channel can now show 2 scrolling headlines at a time in the Wii Menu, 3 when you click on the button (supposedly this requires occasional downloading of the headlines to keep the ticker updated)
-Message Board now has the "Today's Accomplishments" message as a white message which allows it to stand out from other messages
-Address Book entries can now be shifted around using A+B (supposed to be a launch feature) but only to empty spaces. Not too convenient.
-Calendar in Message Board no longer shows "Today's Accomplishment" only days as having messages
-Scrolling messages in the Message Board now uses a different sound
-Today's Accomplishments in Message Boards now includes the names of people to whom messages were sent out
Wii Shop Channel Overhauled (Visual aesthetic is the same, changes made to organization and browsing methods mostly):
-New Welcome screen detailing 4 Recommended Titles and the points they cost (gone is the title screen bar that had linkable games). The title bar can be clicked on to bring up a list of 20 recommended games.
-Titles You've Downloaded was moved to the main shop menu
-New ways to browse
-Popular Titles (2 pages of 10 and includes launch games so not only based on recent info)
-Newest Additions remains the same
-Search for a title which can use partial names
-Search by Category
-System shows the different systems and how many titles have been released under each
-Publisher showing different publishers and amount of titles released (Nice logos!)
-Genre (different genres listed and amount of titles under each)
Accessibility
-Load times in interchannel loading has supposedly decreased (TheGreatDave)
-Password fields filled in using the keyboard (like on the Internet Channel) now display asterisks (VOOK)
Settings
-Warning added pre-system update detailing that technically modified consoles may cease to function upon being updated. Also the only way to not accept an update is to power down the console by holding the button for 4 seconds (the user can't back out of hitting I Accept w/o powering down)
-Ability to quickly scroll the different options pages using the +,- keys (Myke Greywolf)
-Blue disc light lights up when inserting or removing a game (thefro)
-Light also comes on when starting the Forecast or News Channels (CreatureX3)
No official announcement from Nintendo yet, but we'll post an update here if there is more detailed information or something missed!
From EphemeralDream at NeoGaf Forums.
UPDATE: Nintendo's update here, with far less details: "The new update has contains a variety of enhancements to the Wii Menu, Wii Message Board and Wii Shop channel."
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