Wii firmware updated News
Wii News by Robert Purchese
Nintendo has rolled out a new firmware update for the Wii, which is available to download and install right now. Just select Wii System Update from the System Settings, like always.
The most noticeable changes have been made to the Wii menu, where a digital clock now displays the current time. And news and weather display icons will now be replaced by the latest headlines and local forecast, respectively.
Nintendo has also been tweaking the Message Board, which will now flash when there is something to read. You'll also be able to rearrange the order of your friends in your address book, receive a sent message history in Today's Accomplishments, have envelopes appear on your calendar on the date you received a message, and be able to scroll through lengthy deliveries by pressing the B button.
Registering to the Wii Friends service can now be done by pressing A on a blank spot in your address book, too.
The Wii Shop has also undergone a refit. A welcome screen will now recommend you four titles on arrival, and you'll be able to see popular choices, games you've downloaded, products by publisher, and new arrivals in a "What's New?" section. Sounds familiar. On top of that, general searching should now find what you're looking for a little more quickly and reliably.
Something about parental controls flashed up after we had installed the update, too, but we can't tell you what it is. Our parents won't let us. It isn't that we looked away at a Slitherlink in the garden or anything.
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Virtual Console have always worked with component video, it's just they run in interlaced 480i/576i rather than progressive scan (480p/576p). I can't see that being any different now as the support has to be built into the games themselves and they're all so old that component video didn't even exist back then! I think the GameCube was the first Nintendo console to support progressive scan but the UK games didn't have the support built into them (unlike most UK Xbox games).
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BadBoyBonner
07/08/07 @ 15:37
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I have the same problem - but it is also dependant on your TV. Mine will not do 576i 50Hz through component (it does 576p no problem). Some do. If you TV does not, any game that is not 480p means you'll have to resort to crapola composite picture - which I can't be arsed doing with lead swapping. Luckily for me - I would have been happy dishing out £200 for a driveless Nintendo Wii Sports only machine with two controllers. It's a real shame about lack of 720p (even the old Xbox could pump that out) and once you get used to HD (I also have the full Sky HD package and 360) it looks bloody awful. I know it was never meant to look fantastic - but as time passes, it is getting worse as I view more and more HD stuff. Best looking game on the big screen through component on Wii is Sonic by a country mile - which uses the cheapo (forgotten the name) anti-aliasing technique, some call it blur filter, other's, call it the actual name which eludes me right now (sounded like an introduction for the Stigg! lol). I read an article (which actually stated how to switch it on) but can not find it, (will link if I do find it). So I hope the update is the ability to turn the filter/antialiasing - on or off independent of the game.
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login_name
07/08/07 @ 16:22
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"Hi-def 720p support and upscaling for older games confirmed for the v4.0 firmware."
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i dont know if it has anything to do with the firmware update but i updated all the available games i have bought that it applied to in the shop channel, and now i can play them over component with my tv now (previously i had to switch cables due to my tv), which is far better. only a few of mine arent working now(unfortunately super mario world is one such example) but at least it should be fixed at some point.
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DaDon123456
07/08/07 @ 19:31
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Can someone tell me if this update 'bricks' a Wii that is chipped?
And before you ask, I only use my chipped wii to play Virtual Console games that I already have on other platforms. |
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daz_john_smith
07/08/07 @ 20:00
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I also want to know when I can start trading in these currently useless Star Points I've collected since owning a GameCube for Virtual Console points
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Lost_in_Darkness
08/08/07 @ 10:18
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There's another feature that this update has added. USB Keyboard support!
It may not work on all USB keyboards, possibly not on very old ones, but it has been noted to work by a lot of people, even with wireless keyboards. As of now it only works in the Wii Message board, however an update is expected to Opera some time in the near future. But this also means that games can use the keyboard if developers so do desire. Oh, forgot to say it also works in the Shop Channel. I tested myself with my own logitech wireless keyboard and can confirm that it does indeed work.
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