Official Wii U Thread

[Mzo]

If anything, I'm getting a Wii U for the exclusives. There's no way it's getting acceptable ports of next gen games as soon as that gen starts.

[EvilMog]

Joystiq is reporting Wii U units becoming bricks if you lose power or connection during the massive initial firmware install. Yikes.


We'll get this out of the way first: Do not unplug or turn off any console when it is performing a firmware update.

Unplugging the Wii U during the day-one firmware update might brick the console for good, LA Times film and video game industry journalist Ben Fritz reports on Twitter. Fritz says he unplugged his Wii U 15 minutes into the update, when the progress bar said it would take two hours to finish, and his console is now completely busted. There was no "cancel" option, Fritz says.

A few people on Twitter have chimed in with their own update horror stories, with one saying the connection timed out during the update and another claiming Nintendo support told him to unplug the Wii U for 15 seconds, both scenarios ending with bricks. A 5GB update will take a while to process, of course expanding the chances of something going wrong.

Nintendo of America warns Wii U owners, "please do not power down or unplug your system while downloading updates. Doing so may cause damage to your Wii U."

In the spirit of Fritz's Twitter avatar, remember: If you unplug your Wii U during a firmware update, you're gonna have a bad time.

[Dolemite]

I'm assuming that Nintendo will be forced to replace units for free if this happens to anyone?

[Finch]

I heard no and not to ask them or they'll tell your parents that you did something bad.

[Geo]

The WaraWara Plaza game icons have arrived!

[James]

Mii suck. I wish Nintendo had gone with something less annoying.

James

[Diff-chan]

Why the hell would anyone unplug their system during a system update? That's like, the first thing not to do.

[Geo]

Why the hell would anyone unplug their system during a system update? That's like, the first thing not to do.

I too found that perplexing.

[Mzo]

Why the hell would anyone unplug their system during a system update? That's like, the first thing not to do.

Maybe they're dumb kids and the update was taking too long and they wanted to reset the system so they could play something now and update later.

[Joust Williams]

I am bored of this already. Mario is by the numbers and there isn't anything else. When the 360 came out, there was awesome. Am I just getting older? I don't think so.

I want to play PC