The latest firmware update for Wii U has already arrived in North America, and the biggest addition is that gamers can now enjoy Wii games on the Wii U gamepad. The update also allows for USB keyboard support, and updates to the Wii U internet browser, including the ability to read .pdf files on it. New additions to Nintendo Network and the sound capabilities of Wii software round out the reported updates thus far. The system update, which was rumored early on Monday, arrived even earlier than expected. Stay tuned for more details.
Thanks for austin for sending this in:)
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guys heres the full patch notes, thought i would help out, its awesome, i love that i can now choose to out put sound through a hdmi and also a composite cable, like on ps3, that is awesome, and the off tc wii games, nintendo SMASHED IT WITH THIS UPDATE!
Nintendo has shared the full patch notes of
additions/improvements made with the Wii U’s latest update, version 4.0.0. The big highlights are being able to display Wii content on the GamePad, addition of the Friend List icon to the Wii U Menu, updates to Wii U Chat and the Internet browser, and more.
Here’s the full rundown:
Version 4.0.0 U, available via an Internet connection, includes the following improvements:
New Features:
A feature to output video and sound to the Wii U GamePad when using Wii Mode
Users can choose to output to the TV and GamePad, or just the TV
A feature to automatically receive recommended software and demo titles from Nintendo using SpotPass
Support for USB keyboards
An option to disable use of a Nintendo Network ID on non-Nintendo hardware, such as PCs and smartphones
Support for Dolby® Pro Logic® II Surround Sound when playing Wii software
Changes to Wii U Menu:
Added a friend list icon to the Wii U Menu for easier access to the Friend List
Changes to System Settings:
An option to automatically receive recommended software is now available under “Internet”
A setting to select which cable outputs sound is available through “TV”
Users can choose to output sound through an HDMI cable, non-HDMI cable, or both cables at the same time. Click here for instructions
A setting to adjust the hourly interval in which standby functions are performed is available under “Power Settings” when Standby Functions are enabled
Changes to Wii U Chat:
Added the option to view a friend’s profile on Miiverse when sending or receiving a chat request
Users can now chat using a headset connected to the Wii U GamePad
Changes to Internet Browser:
Pressing the R or L Buttons on the Wii U GamePad will skip video playback forward/back a small amount of time
Holding the R Button will speed up video playback
Ability to save username and passwords for websites that require login
Ability to launch the Internet Browser during gameplay and upload screenshots
Added support for viewing PDF files
Added features intended for website developers that allow the user to enable developer tools and set user agent
Improvements to system stability and usability:
Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience
When you say play wii games on wii u game pad, how does that work, so can I use game pad controls for metroid prime? Or skyward sword?
No, you still need to use the Wiimote to play those game, you just going to be using the sensor bar that is built in in the gamepad for that.
Gamepad becomes the tv. game controls are normal. and to add what londone247 commented, Miiverse and eshop has two new loading screens. Miiverse has a world clock with miis and times of certain cities surrounding a world with your time and eshop has a slot machine game. purpose unknown.
They need to make it so you can use the av cables and the hdmi at the same time.I’m not buying a new audio receiver just because the wii u does not have an optical output like every other system. Even the Xboxone and ps4 are going to have it.But this would be a simple solution that wouldn’t be perfect but would work well enough.Anybody else having this issue?Maybe I will try calling nintendo but I’m sure after almost a year on the market I can’t be alone here they have to know this is a problem.
did u even read my comment above? it clearly says that you can now output sound using various options, and basically says that you can either output sound using the hdmi, or you can output sound through your wii composite or component cables, while having the picture/image outputted by your wii u through the hdmi, so for instance, for me i use a gaming monitor sometimes, and so for me, i have my 2nd PS3 console set up on said monitor, so i have the image going through the hdmi, while i tell the audio to go through the composite to my hifi/sound system/amplifier.
This is now what i do with the wiiu, and just like ps3 you can now choose to output sound through the hdmi to your monitor or tv, and also output sound at the same time through the composite/component cables so you can use a amplifier or hifi aux in, this is a great feature, and one i have wanted since launch of the wiiu, its great they have done this, along with adding the dolby codec for wii games!
Is this DL part 1/2?
I HAVE BEEN HOPING FOR AN AUDIO UPDATE!THANK’S NINTENDO U ROCK!
i bought the wii u so my daughter could plug it in and play games. we have internet but it does not reach the back rooms… i just want her to plug and play not get online not have to be online etc i dont want to connect it to the internet blah blah so since it wont do anything unless it updates to the internet why cant my daughter put a game in like super mario bros that i paid $64 for and play it without connecting and updating to the internet…
Time to see how this works.
I can’t wait to try this out with Xenoblade or The Last Story!
Probably the feature I was most excited about out of the known ones.
They really caught me by surprise with that, but I love it!
You can’t play with the GamePad only use it as a little TV.
I know that, doesn’t make it any less awesome to me, though. :)
Wow…that’s kind of disappointing. I was hoping you could because both of my wii remotes stopped working a few weeks ago.
Both wii motes broke.You sure the batteries didn’t just die.Or you don’t have them sinked up.If that’s not it maybe you should stop bathing with them.They don’t like water.lol
yeah just tried it. i find it really retarded to have to use the wii remote/nunchuck to play on the game pad. But it might be useful for someone whose TV broke and the only way to play Wii games would be through the game pad.
i was quite disgusted when I found out about this. Gosh…
No button mapping? In what age do we live???
:O brawl on gamepad? Omg im spazzing out
holy fuck! did not see this coming. brawl on the gamepad motherfuckers.
Oh. My. Gosh. Wii games. No TV. *throw tv out*
Uhhh… you might want to go get that tv back, seeing as how you can’t play off tv wii games without the U being plugged in.
Nice.. But how will that work with the wii motes+ nunchuck?
Gamepad has a built in sensor bar 0:
I thought the same thing. they must have mapped the buttons on the game pad, right?
no, but hopefully a later update will make the GamePad function as a Classic Controller for games that support it.
This ^
Did you know that the GamePad’s black bar above its screen is actually the GamePad’s very own Sensor Bar?
First…. to comment on the update, best one yet!!!
19 minutes left on the update for me at the moment. Downloading really quick for 701 MB. Cannot wait to check out the new Wii mode! :D
no cross-game chat :( i feel dissapointed but hey, the update its good. but im still dissapointed.
Ik i really wanted that too
Of course, available once it hits October 1st where you live. Less than 2 hours.
10:00 pm on the 30th and my update is almost done…
This is a great update and impressive update I have to say, let’s see what else they will show tomorrow.
I agree. Looking forward to the Nintendo Direct later on. I’m sure there will be more surprises coming our way! :D
dont…..update…..th…e…wi..i……u. *cough*
Can’t wait to check out what Red Steel and Super Mario Galaxy look like on this. I wonder if Nintendo will release an update that when later on when we can use more than one GamePad, we can use the two screens for multiplayer, our own screen like. Would be pretty cool!
YouThe GamePad doesn’t have the best visuals because it’s so tiny. It doesn’t look the same as an HD TV.
Naturally, it wouldn’t but at least the option is there for users now :)
I wanna try this out. I really need to get my better router hooked up though, 46 mins…. Ah well, Wii U was never very quick at downloading stuff.
That;s not your wifi’s fault, that’s just the nintendo’s servers. 3 of my friends and I were downloading it at the same time and it was taken for ages for all of us. It would just be because there’s alot of people downloading it.
ahhh gosh!!!! *beep beep beep beep * cough hack uhh* THIS UPDATE CAUGHT MY WII U ON FIRE!!!!!
NOOO MY HOUSE!!!!!!
http://youtu.be/j8KnJJbdr2U?t=15s
MY NEIGHBORS ARE GOING TO BE PISSED!!!! FUCK YOU NINTENDO AND YOUR SHITTY UPDATE!!!!!
Ha ha.
THIS IS THE SECOND FUCKING HOUSE UUUUHHHHHHHH!!!!!! shitty wii u burnt my 1st house down thus summer because the SHITTY dust caught fire but LLOOOOOK it happenns AGAIN from a freaking UPDATE!!!!! this time my neighbors houses caught on fire tooo!! UUUHHHHHHHRRRRR!!!!! IM SCREWED!!!!!
Why would you update your wiiu if it just a dust collector without games? Their must be a reason you turned on?
Hahaha don’t be such a pig and dust your appliances every now and then.
So. Your house caught on fire and you had time to video and post to a blog?
wow the wii u is sure very durable.your house burnt twice but not your wii u. you love it show much that you have to turn it on to update it.
You’re still on this site? Holy shit, lol. Guess you’ll never have a life, sorry.
now im homeless……. im suing nintendo!!
yeah right homie u kno u like it
sounds to be a good update. I really hope they implement a unified account system, that is so needed. And then see the digital downloads increase exponentially. Nintendo, mark my words.
Gamepad works as a monitor only must use wiimotes and or appropriate controllers.
Nintendo Commander, Nintendo domination has officially reached Shigeru season.
Indeed…
Soon our forces will swarm all over the place!
Quick question, if I’m playing a game that uses a traditional game pad (cc or gc) like brawl do I need that attachment or can I just use the game pad’s buttons?
The attachment for now.
Holy shit! No Way!
WOW what a great update, its live now in uk too, just go to system settings and search for update, and it will find it and start, this is a great feature, now i want on screen notifications, and the ability to send messages and read messages from the friends list while in game, i don’t like having to launch miiverse for this, granted the ps3 didn’t allow it at launch either they had to patch that feature in, so i know nintendo will eventually get around to it, then all we will need is better system stability, so it dont freeze if laying online as much, and digital purchases being tied to my account not my system and the ability to download said purchased on at least 2 consoles like on psn, and unified accounts for nintendo platforms!
I hate having to buy digital stuff twice for my wiiu, and the one i have for the kids, its frustrating, and i would so appreciate if it were like psn!
You can forget about multiconsole purchases right now lol also if the unified account becames a reality it will be just to share your cards credit.
I just noticed, on Wii mode when you play a virtual console game it no longer stretches all games to 16:9 like the wii did, it properly adds the pillar boxes. So no longer do you have to adjust your TV settings so your old virtual consoles games don’t stretch.
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My fucking god. I’m speechless. Playing Beatles Rock Band on my Gamepad as we fucking speak.
Your fucking move, Microsoft.
you must be a octopus to type and play at the same time XD.
It’s true. I also have a beautiful undersea garden.
The only fish I Ever got is always fry with onions mmmmm.
Holy shit, this is NEATO!!! XD
What is exaclty “Dolby Pro Logic II”?
Thats the sound codec used on gameacube why you ask?… for the love of good!
God!*
Does That means Nintendo is preparing the ground to put the Game Cube games on the Virtual Console?
Probably cuz it wasn’t needed to run wii games.
what does the Wii U Chat via headset connected to the Game Pad mean exactly? can we talk to friends via chat while playing any game or just on the desktop? like xbox party??
It means some games need to have a headset connected to the pad for games that support the feature.
HAHAHAHAH!!!!! i just got banned from miiverse!!!!!
Why stop there? MNN, you know what to do. Make this all the more sweeter.
YES BAN MEEEEE!! ive been waiting for that.
u should have seen that coming lol
seriously haha they permanently banned wit in 1 minute wtf hhaha. all i said was that the wii u system update burned my house down DONT DO IT. wtf nintendo. miiverse is lame.
your actually the last comment i posted too, you said “ice did you update” and i said “im homeless now….” hahahaha
yes it is i jamesmac the black guy lol yes i just updated
Im on a 2 week ban currently. My like….6th one? My 1st account got a perma ban. But whatever Admins are noobs.
you get banned for dumb shit too!! that just proofs my theory further how nintendo employees are required to where diapers to get employed.
Metroid Prime on this is…interesting to say the least
Holy shit, this is what I wanted in the first place xenoblade on my gamepad. I haven’t had the time to play it because I get hom late so I usually only play my 3ds with headphones while everyone sleeps, but now I can play xenoblade on it!
Yes! This is an awesome update!
Should I do the wii system transfer? I feel like if I transfer the data from my wii, there will be no use for it anymore. Also I have a lot of content on my wii. Won’t that take up most of the data on my wii u?
I’m pretty sure I heard the Wii U has a built-in storage partition that equals the maximum storage limit for the Wii, which eludes me at present.
Then again, being an octopus and thus devoid of a brainstem, I could be wrong.
My wii will be useless though.
i gave mi wii to my parents so they can use netflix and they love it!
You need your Wii to play gamecube discs, so not worthless!
Still have my gc and I prefer playing them on that. I’ll just make a copy of the wii data on a sd card.
Metroid Prime Trilogy on my gamepad……….. CAN’T WAIT TO TRY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D Also Mario Galaxy 1 + 2 ;)
Can you lend me metroid prime trilogy?
Don’t mean to be rude, but HELL NO!!!!!!!!! It’s my most prized gaming possession and I plan on keeping it for as long as I live.
But I need cash :(.
Also, loads of other kick ass Wii games!!!!
YEEEEEESSS!!!!! YEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSS!!!!!!!
this is fake bullshit!
No señor! Du bist an guano de bullo
Portuguese, Brazilian?
oder Deutscher. Oder hast Du nur gegoogelt?
Not to be a negative Nelly, but why exactly are people so excited about playing Wii games on the Gamepad? Sure, its cool to have that ability, but what’s so exciting about it? Playing games on a tv is MUCH better than looking at a tiny screen. At least, for me it is. It’s not like playing on the Gamepad will change the experience or anything.
It is cool when you want to do undercover gaming or wanted to play a wii game and someone wanted to use the Tv ( a feature just avalible to wiiu games)
Well, I guess I myself never have that problem. Since I only play games in my bedroom, and nobody else touches my tv.
I was reading that some people have started to take their Wii U’s with them on long trips, like in airports, to plug them in without a TV present, and just play games right there in the airport on the gamepad. It seems this would now allow Wii games to become that portable as well.
I do that. And can run my WiiU for about 3-4 hours on my battery box.
1st
With all of the updates that the Wii U has received since launch, by the time I finally buy one, I’ll never know what the Wii U was like originally. And I’ll take all of the updates for granted and just presume things was always the way it is. Maybe that’s for the best.
Now, if only Nintendo would release updates for the Mii mode (for 3DS and Wii U) and give more options for creating Mii’s. Such as multiple hats to put on them, and being able to change the skin to freaky colors like yellow and green etc. I want to create Simpsons characters. Also, allow more vibrant, dramatic hair colors. Like orange (instead of the red color that doesn’t quite look ginger), and white. I can’t tell you how many Mii’s doesn’t look right due to these major limitations of the Mii creator mode.
This is good news for me, because I may be another room and not be able to use my TV and I can play the games with the gamepad. I like the Wii U concept.
Nintendo rocks! I like how they are improving the Wii U functionality, I love the idea of online multiplayer support and Wii Motion plus enhancements for Wii Sports Club HD, I can’t wait to play tennis and bowling and boxing and baseball with motion plus controls in HD against online competition.
Cool Smash Bros. Brawl Metroid Twilight Princes on my GamePad!
Resident Evil 4, Monkey Ball, Skyard Sword, Kirby’s epic yarn.
worst. update. ever.
Yeah but if Sony announced Vita can handle all PS3 games not needing the TV your ass would be happy.
That is awesome news! I still have some Wii games that I’d love to play on the game pad!
DOWNLOADING THE UPDATE NOW! Can’t wait! The whole off screen for Wii games was such a HUGE surprise. I never thought Nintendo would think of that.
i think nobody thought of it until hours ago.
It’s a wasted effort, I mean who the hell is even going to do that, nobody fucking asked for this. Where is xgame chat, achievements? Nintendo you fucking suck lol
Who the fuck needs cross game chat seriously!??? Wtf have you ever heard or a fucking cell phone??
No. I have never “heard” of a cellphone. What is it?
Hey, the Wii off tv play feature on my basic bundle wii u doesn’t work! what should I do?
cry?
well to be honest it sucks anyways as you have to use the remote/nunchuck to play on it. it makes the screen even tinier as you have to keep it away a bit to use your controllers. It sucks IMO.
All the babies so excited for this dumb update. You still have to use the Wii mote to play your stupid old baby Wii games. So what you going to do, put the Gamepad on the floor and waggle your wii motes while looking at the low resolution little outdated Gamepad screen? That sounds like lots of fun!
Oh I forgot the awesome Gamepad has a stand so you can put it there while you play your old Wii games using your Wii motes. Sounds like tons of fun fun fun!
oh i didnt think of that, gonna try! thanks dude.
Was that supposed to mak anyone feel bad?
Why are you still here?
That was an amusing attempt at english.
haha cracked me up. I share your sentiment on this one.
ooo copy and paste buttons on the broswer keyboard….abd thanks for reminding me that i have a gamepad stand.
holy shitballs that sounds great
Phirst
Now I got to buy a keyboard and try that. I also want to try out those Wii games and the HDMI functions.
You can watch twitch now as well :-)
“Users can now chat using a headset connected to the Wii U GamePad.” Might just be me, but I think that’s the 1st step towards party chat being added.
That’s not new that’s what I’ve done since launch day. I don’t know why they announced it as new unless just letting people know that didn’t already.
Lol u found this out on the first day while playing black ops 2.
No on wiiu chat so I didn’t wake people up in my house
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I quit playing my Wii games because they look terrible on my HD TV… The edges of the characters are shit.
If this update lets me use my gamepad as a smaller screen, and my Wii games look good again, I’m finishing Xenoblade, SS Hero mode, MM and Twilight!! My game library just doubled! ;D
If Nintendo allows button mapping so I can play most Wii games with the gamepad only someday, I’ll be estatic, but I’m happy with this step forward.
Are you a paid employee of Nintendo?
Um, what?
I hope they do a later update that allow u to play wii games using the gamepad instead of using the that silly ass nunchuck shit
You have to use a wiimote how the fuck would you point at shit without it?
have you ever used the classic controller instead of the wiimote/nunchuk on games that had the option for it?
Probably not or you would have known how that works. No need to point.
*This
FERST
Last
Brawl, Metroid Prime Trilogy, Mario Kart Wii, Rayman Origins, HERE I COME!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS7Tb9iGxus
This is legit! Y’all need this system update now!
Me and my friends go to anime and comic convention road trips a lot in my suv, this is perfect for thoes long road trips
how can you switch from 4:3 to 16:9 when playing wii games on the gamepad mine now has the black bars on the sides