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Nintendo recommends opening Wii U and perform system update before gifting to others
- Thread starter Wario64
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Took four hours for me on 30MB connection, you're lucky.
metalslimer
Member
Did someone from Nintendo ever say this?
Demoncarnotaur
Member
I guess this is sort of like building a bike before giving it as a gift.. or something.
Still, if the system came with the appropriate update or if the updates didn't take absurdly long times this really wouldn't be an issue. I see this backfiring if somehow the kid doesn't want it, or if the parents accidentally bought the white instead of black, etc.
Still, if the system came with the appropriate update or if the updates didn't take absurdly long times this really wouldn't be an issue. I see this backfiring if somehow the kid doesn't want it, or if the parents accidentally bought the white instead of black, etc.
DeviousAngel
Member
I'm an anomaly! YAY!
Graphics Horse
Member
Incoming 'I bought a Wii U below price from Ebay and the seller didn't even update it' thread.
This. It never goes back in the way it was factory packaged.
evilromero
Member
Wow. This is stupid. How about having the update installed before it ships out.
Arkam
Member
I agree and the improvement from the Wii to WiiU is pretty decent.
If one is worried about the packaging then just make sure to download the update in the background. That way the kids (or whoever you are gifting it to) can play some game while it does its thing. Nintendo Land would be best.
I'd still advise people to perform the first setup before gifting, could always run into some other kind of issue (console having a hard time to connect to the internet, system/gamepad not working etc.) but at the end you have the choice.
I saw a premium at Walmart today with a dented corner on the box. I laughed to myself and wondered who I could complain to so I could get a discount. Because GAF says the box is important.
SolarPowered
Member
Wow... this is amazing. They are certainly right, I guess.
Nope it's a good tip. Console ready to play >unopened box, especially for one that is still plagued with slowish download speeds.
If people value the "brand new" box opening a lot then they probably won't follow the tip.
RedAssedApe
Banned
I guess this makes sense if you were buying it for casual gamers or kids but if I got something that was clearly opened I'd probably be like...uh is this used and think about the warranty on it and call the person who gifted it to me a cheapskate lol (jokingly of course)
Blood Diamonds
Banned
What updates on the Xbox 360 take more than 30 minutes to download (or heck, even 15 minutes on a fast connection)?
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
Gamers: Nintendo is a god damned toy company.
This is the first time they've ever sold a game console that is even capable of receiving firmware patches of any significant size, so large that they can't be stored on every game disc as a backup plan. (Which is what they did on Wii.)
Nintendo tries to make the setup and use of their products as parent and kid friendly as possible, being that they're a god damned toy company. Therefore I find this simple tweet pretty unsurprising and inoffensive.
It just fits into the LOLTENDO narrative about the apparently legendary day 1 patch, by gamers who suddenly forgot using Playstation 3s for the last seven years.
This is the first time they've ever sold a game console that is even capable of receiving firmware patches of any significant size, so large that they can't be stored on every game disc as a backup plan. (Which is what they did on Wii.)
Nintendo tries to make the setup and use of their products as parent and kid friendly as possible, being that they're a god damned toy company. Therefore I find this simple tweet pretty unsurprising and inoffensive.
It just fits into the LOLTENDO narrative about the apparently legendary day 1 patch, by gamers who suddenly forgot using Playstation 3s for the last seven years.
JennyTablina
Member
Nintendo could also suggest that users say "no" to that first update so they can play Nintendoland and other titles asap, and update AFTER Christmas day when the update server won't be hammered half as hard.
At least they've suggested it (in a vague manner...), rather than not say a thing and let joe bloggs find out their Wii U needs a surprise big update (I am a little surprised Nintendo didn't put a slip in the first batch of Wii U's warning of the update)
At least they've suggested it (in a vague manner...), rather than not say a thing and let joe bloggs find out their Wii U needs a surprise big update (I am a little surprised Nintendo didn't put a slip in the first batch of Wii U's warning of the update)
Not bad advice for most electronics, really. When I got my mom an iPod, I opened it and pre-installed it with dozens of her favorite songs, so she could start listening to it right away.
Funnily enough, with the Wii U, which was a gift to me from my brother, the same thing was done -- "Let's open it in advance just to do the system update!" -- and then when we were done with the system update, we were like: "......Let's play Nintendo Land!"
Funnily enough, with the Wii U, which was a gift to me from my brother, the same thing was done -- "Let's open it in advance just to do the system update!" -- and then when we were done with the system update, we were like: "......Let's play Nintendo Land!"
Graphics Horse
Member
Wii discs weren't 25GB, I'm sure most Wii U game discs will fit a patch on fine.
Graphics Horse
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Arkam
Member
This thread makes me thing many Gafers are the fools who go to buy a new car and expect it to have Zero miles on it.
You guys would have an issue if someone opened your console box? Hell I wish someone did this for me... setting it up and putting in my stereo cabinet would be even better. I don't even need to see the box.
You guys would have an issue if someone opened your console box? Hell I wish someone did this for me... setting it up and putting in my stereo cabinet would be even better. I don't even need to see the box.
Huevos de Oro
Member
Give it to me!Looks like I'm taking back that car I bought for you
Advice is sound. Regardless of what Nintendo would/could have done with the Wii U, it is what it is now, and a bit of advice for non-tech savvy people planning to gift one is always welcome.
"Merry Christmas, son! We got you a bike."
"But it's in pieces..."
"Well, good news! We also got you a wrench!"
Before I was born, one christmas my parents got my brother a new bike, but at first they gave him a piece of shit bike they got from a junk yard and made him think that was his gift. My dad went on about how fun it would be to make a project of fixing it up as my brother pretended to be happy.
Newton Crosby
Banned
It's not embarrassing.
But please, continue with the hyperbole.
So basically, it's not a big deal at all for most people.
Nothing says holiday cheer like hard locks and day one updates.
Didn't someone from Nintendo make a snide remark about day one updates and patches during an E3 conference?
Didn't someone from Nintendo make a snide remark about day one updates and patches during an E3 conference?
Agent X
Member
You're right in that many other video game consoles and other Internet-enabled electronic devices may require a firmware update. However, the issue at hand here isn't merely that the system needs a firmware update. It's the fact that the Wii U requires such a large and time-consuming firmware update.
If the Wii U could be easily updated in 15 minutes or less (like other systems), then this wouldn't be a problem for most people.
Some people mentioned that the Wii U units that are out in the wild now were manufactured several months ago, long before the current firmware was available.
What Nintendo should have done over the last few weeks (after the magnitude of this problem was realized) was create discs with the firmware update on them (and possibly some game demos, too), and distribute them to retailers who are selling the systems. The retailers could then give out a disc with every Wii U system that was sold. By doing this, new Wii U owners could quickly and easily update their system's firmware without waiting for a lengthy Internet download process--or even without having to connect to the Internet.
Kelegacy
XBOX - RECORD ME LOVING DOWN MY WOMAN GOOD
Millions of people buy games at Gamestop that are opened but are sold as new.
Hi i'm Caleb
Member
This is great for all the corporate dads and soccer moms that follow Nintendo on Twitter.
and to think someone in marketing thought this was a good idea
so a disc is equal to hardware now? how many PC parts do you buy used?
apparently people (some below this post) are focusing on just it being an update, vs being an update that took over an hour for me. haters vs defense force, always helps.
who am I kidding, entering this topic is asking to be annoyed by someone.
so a disc is equal to hardware now? how many PC parts do you buy used?
apparently people (some below this post) are focusing on just it being an update, vs being an update that took over an hour for me. haters vs defense force, always helps.
who am I kidding, entering this topic is asking to be annoyed by someone.
The neogaf.gif could be used so many...and I mean SO MANY times in this thread.
Wow.
Eh, I update electronics and PCs before I gift them or right after I build them for the person so they can hit the ground running.
If someone cares about the box being slightly opened when it's probably been opened about 3 times before you got it or even played (QA, QC checks, etc) seems to think kids actually care.
edit: console wise I updated a 360 before I gave it to someone that used it offline so they could install their games.
If someone cares about the box being slightly opened when it's probably been opened about 3 times before you got it or even played (QA, QC checks, etc) seems to think kids actually care.
edit: console wise I updated a 360 before I gave it to someone that used it offline so they could install their games.
Twenty7KVN
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I wonder what all the complainers are going to say when ps4/xbox3 have day one system updates.