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Wii U: new firmware update released (5.2.0) - Folders!
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JennyTablina
Member
Downloaded update, my Wii U had 4 pages worth of items that's now thankfully condensed back to one thanks to happy folder times
Only shame is this doesn't organise a darn thing for any sub accounts. My dad's NNID account (used for wii fit only) still has all the apps sprawled out.
Only shame is this doesn't organise a darn thing for any sub accounts. My dad's NNID account (used for wii fit only) still has all the apps sprawled out.
The Main Event
Member
Read the thread about the update. Turned my Wii U on, downloaded and installed the update. Managed my homescreen and finally could put everything in folders.
I was like:
Same here, already installed when I turned on my Wii U past midnight. Auto-update feature is godsend.
Starwolf_UK
Member
Menu layout has always been personal to each user so they only way that would work would be if it changed that.
Hawaii Jeff
Member
"Omg Becky look at her folders! They're just so.... Big!"
Folders, then Bayonetta2..... It's almost too much, Nintendo.
Folders, then Bayonetta2..... It's almost too much, Nintendo.
For future reference
Wii U update history
http://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1436/p/431
3DS update history
http://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/231/p/430
Were those pages up before today's update? Or are they a completely new discovery? I believe they're not new, to be honest.
Wii U update history
http://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1436/p/431
3DS update history
http://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/231/p/430
Were those pages up before today's update? Or are they a completely new discovery? I believe they're not new, to be honest.
JinjoUnchained
Member
Anyone else pick thematic colors for their folders? My NES folder is red for obvious reasons. I initially went with purple for SNES folder, but that color seemed more appropriate for GBA. So GBA is purple and SNES is green (favorite color for favorite system). Wii U folder is blue, and Indie folder is pink (b/c indie games are different, loose association, I know).
Anyone else have specific reasons for how they color code their folders?
I set up an empty gray folder for N64, grrr.
Anyone else have specific reasons for how they color code their folders?
Or Nintendo reads their Club Nintendo surveys. I and many others have been mentioning folders in the CN surveys for 2 years now.
SPOILERS: They read the CN surveys. Make sure to fill them out with real information.
Let me move Savegames from the HDD to internal space without moving the whole game!
My HDD is about to die and I will lose every savegame of every game except the one that will fit on the internal space
Time to buy a new HDD? Transferring everythiing would be tedious but you could do it.
For digital games (retail can move savegames by themselves), this is sorely needed though, I agree.
Many of these functions should have been there day 1. It baffles me how the console companies, not just Nintendo, release their operating systems in such a raw, barebones state.
But this is good, It would suck if it was an universal thing tbh.
Ye this is not a bad thing.
Yup, it's always been there!
JimboJones
Member
Thank god you can hide those system apps from the quick menu.
TheMagician
Member
Guys....
Guys....
I can't actually work out how to create a folder and I've been trying for 10 minutes. I've tried to drop one icon onto another like on the 3DS but it just swaps the icons around.
Guys....
I can't actually work out how to create a folder and I've been trying for 10 minutes. I've tried to drop one icon onto another like on the 3DS but it just swaps the icons around.
ActStriker
Member
Tap on an empty square.
Click an empty icon.
TheMagician
Member
Wouldn't have tried that. My closest empty square is at the back of the 3rd page.
hahaha, happened the same to me, I was trying for about 5 minutes... I even went to "settings" to see if you needed to activate it somewhere.
LegendofLex
Member
I really wish I could tack the tile icon for one of the games in my folder as the folder "cover" instead of having that hideous folder icon displayed instead.
Used the same system as on the 3DS
- currently playing folder where I put all games I'm still playing
- retail downloads
- downloadable games
- virtual consoles
- apps
And I leave the system apps on the first page for quick access.
But doing all that organising made me realise I really need to remove lots of stuff... including the AC plaza I only downloaded for the CN stars
- currently playing folder where I put all games I'm still playing
- retail downloads
- downloadable games
- virtual consoles
- apps
And I leave the system apps on the first page for quick access.
But doing all that organising made me realise I really need to remove lots of stuff... including the AC plaza I only downloaded for the CN stars
thechristoph
Sir!
I don't understand this. Do you mean in vWii mode?
Spieler Eins
Member
It's all about banning the security info ,,apps'' anyway.
Rizsparky
Member
Yup, can confirm the same issue,
Diddy Kong
Banned
Ha I basically did the same thing. Nes is red, SNES is purple, Apps/info = pink (color I probably won't have another use for) , orange for eShop games, blue for downloaded Wii U titles, and gray will definitely be used for N64.
protomouse
Member
Dem next gen folders... so good.
frankie_baby
Member
Buy some games then
MaverickHunterX
Member
Thank you based Reggie for your bounty!
Pretty much the same here except I went with yellow for SNES because yellowing is what that system does. ;p
Zeyphersan
Banned
kunonabi
Member
Went purple for SNES since that was the color for it here in the states. Went orange for GBA since I loved that color on it despite not owning one. I'm not putting eShop games in a folder so no conflict there. Blue is the Wii U color so my apps go in there.
Zeyphersan
Banned
NES is red, SNES is purple, GBA is blue (since I had a transparent one that always looked blue to me), N64 is grey, eShop is orange, and I don't buy retail games digitally so no need for a folder there
Utilities is pink, since I don't think I'd use pink for anything else. Only thing I need to do is find a color for Nintendo DS whenever that comes out. Green? But that doesn't fit
I need like a silver
edit: Green actually works alright
Inferno313
Banned
Yup! WiiU Retail gets blue, because of the cases. E-Shop downloads get Orange. NES gets Grey. SNES gets Purple. GBA gets Red (Because I had a red GBA SP, I dunno.).
Pancakes R Us
Member
Hah, what a hit. Now with COLOUR.
While I love the organisation that folders bring to my bloated Wii U menu, I can't yet bring myself to hide away the delightful tile icons of my retail and eShop games. The big T for Trine, the cubes and shapes for EDGE and RUSH, the quirky face of Mallo, Scram Kitty and Toki Tori, the Pikmin and Link's boat in Wind Waker...
Eveything else has been packed away. Demos, Virtual Console, Video and Apps. But, for now, my games (non-VC) are wild and free.
Eveything else has been packed away. Demos, Virtual Console, Video and Apps. But, for now, my games (non-VC) are wild and free.
It's horrendous that you still have to point your Wii remote at the TV before you can use the gamepad as a screen, but I don't want to bring the topic down.
Folders!
This is wrong. Just touch the Wii Menu icon on the Gamepad, and then press + on the Wii Remote to display it only on the pad screen.
Secretly the best new feature about this update!
moltonasty
Member
Weird issue for me after the update...when I power on it says something like "quick menu not available yet, turn off system and wait then try again" or something like that. Um..wtf. Anyone else experience this? The initial folder high is still going strong, but it might wear off soon.
AvoidDaNoid
Banned
Hahaha. Did the same. I started with the Dark Grey for NES because it was grey and then realized that would work better for my Wii U since it is black. I then changed it to red because that is another color associated with NES.
I started my SNES one as purple too. What am I going to do when Gamecube games can be downloaded? (even though my Gamecube was black you think of purple when you think of Gamecube? Maybe Orange Spice???
In another update it would be cool if they had themed folders that represent each system along with the generic colors.
AvoidDaNoid
Banned
Don;t feel bad. I had to look up how to move the files (folders and games around)
I keep tapping them then immediately would try to drag. Didn't know you had to let the stylus sit on it for a couple of seconds
AvoidDaNoid
Banned
Hyrule Warriors. Get it. I was not pumped for it and thought it would be mediocre but I can't put it down. It is very fun and you will sink a lot of hours into ot.
AvoidDaNoid
Banned
Don't know why I didn't do blue for Wii U. My system is black so I used grey because that was closest. Blue makes perfect sense. I will have to change that.
That is entirely your fault. There are many games on the eshop.
FreedomFighter
Member
Don't forget guys, the quest for ultimate stability was also included in this update.
Darunia dance in HD!
Read the thread about the update. Turned my Wii U on, downloaded and installed the update. Managed my homescreen and finally could put everything in folders.
I was like:
Darunia dance in HD!