Mysterious Wii System Update

by Jason Wishnov { Nov 30th 2006 at 4:15PM }

Late last night, shrieks of glee were coming from my living room. "Look!" cried ~~Navi~~ one of my roommates, urging me to the living room. "It's a system update!" Wonderful possibilities began running through our heads. Could it be an early activation of the news and/or forecast channels? Maybe they were adding new Mii features, or a proper .mp3 playing channel! Alas, such was not the case.

In fact, the update seemed to do very little, with only the cryptic message "Parental Controls updated" left as a clue. Since we (and most readers of this site, most likely) don't bother with parental controls, does any loving parent out there know what was changed?

Rumors also abound of the update fixing this little problem. HaX0rs?!

[Thanks to Brent, Sean, and all the other readers that sent this in!]

Tags: Bug, Control, Controls, HaX0rs, Parental, System, Update

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

GMan @ Nov 30th 2006 5:13PM

I know of one thing that was changed, besides parental controls. I found this update because I tried to enter the Wii Shop Channel, and it said "There is an update for the Wii Shop Channel. Go get it and come back!" Well, that wasn't the precise language, but you get the idea.

So I do all that, go back to the shop, and the bouncing pointer issue has been fixed. That's all that appears different, though. For those of you not experiencing this issue, here's the basic description:

All buttons in the Wii Shop channel cause the pointer to bounce down and then back up when you press them. I do not experience this in any channel, the main interface, or in any game. Only in the Wii Shop Channel. It bounces down about half its height, pauses for a fraction of a second (let's say about half or three quarters of a second), and then rises up again to where you had been pointing it.

Elyscape @ Nov 30th 2006 4:36PM

You guys forgot the most important part of the update. They added a new option to the parental controls: "Restrict access to the internet channel?"
I don't know about you, but I think this means we'll be getting Opera any day now.

joane @ Nov 30th 2006 5:07PM

Cool, I’ll try downloading it tonight if I can. Although I doubt it will be much use if it just deals with parental controls…

Ryan @ Nov 30th 2006 11:27PM

Elyscape , you just gave me a nerd chubby!

ok sorry creepiness aside I really hope they release the web browser soon. Not that I need it since my Wii is hooked up to the same display as my PC,and i would like to see the weather and news channels more. It would really just be nice to see how smooth the browsing is wit hthe Wii.and maybe check out those self proclaimed "Wii friendly site" smooth out.

Ryan @ Nov 30th 2006 5:09PM

Manywaters @ Nov 30th 2006 8:58PM

It updates Parental controls adding individual protection options for: WiiConnect24, Internet Channel, News Channel, and Shop Channel.

miakeru @ Dec 1st 2006 8:12AM

So why wasn't this delivered through WiiConnect24? I have that enabled and my system in stand-by and there's no blue glow indicating that an update has been received.

... isn't that what WiiConnect24 is supposed to do? Automatically download updates and let you know one is waiting?

cakestick @ Dec 1st 2006 9:06AM

Step 1: Go to google.com
Step 2: Type in topic of blog post
Step 3: Jack artwork with reckless disregard..? :-P

neoimmortal @ Dec 1st 2006 12:06PM

I believe that you will have to purchase the internet channel since it is given as an example under the shop channel's Wii Ware. Why would it be part of wii ware if you didnt have to purchase it?

amethystperspective @ Dec 2nd 2006 12:23PM

"8. Step 1: Go to google.com
Step 2: Type in topic of blog post
Step 3: Jack artwork with reckless disregard..?"

I dislike using this abbreviation but your post is, oh, so true:

*ahem*

LOL.

melcrose @ Dec 2nd 2006 2:39AM

After the update my "screen saver" isn't working. Haven't check if it got turned off or if it just stopped working.

BTW: Excite truck + recumbant stationary bicycle = massive weight loss.

Wernstar @ Dec 3rd 2006 1:57AM

""Look!" cried Navi one of my roommates" lmfao, that was priceless.

BlastMonkey @ Dec 3rd 2006 3:12PM

Haha! Yeah, I think that must be what they do. I recall the Zelda story that contained a female Link cosplayer. Like two days after the article was posted, the woman in the picture appeared in the comments, "Wow, what's my photo doing here? You didn't even use the good one!" Too funny.