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Wii U System Update Available Now, Plus Nintendo Gives Next Update’s Release Window

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Nintendo has released another system update for the Wii U console. The update – version 3.1.0 U – is available via wireless Internet connection and brings a couple of improvements, which are listed below. Furthermore, Nintendo has confirmed that “a system update providing further additions to system functionality is planned for release between the end of September and beginning of October.”

Version 3.1.0 U includes the following improvements:

Improvements to Standby Functions:

  • The standby functions will now regularly connect to the Internet when the Wii U is powered down to check for available SpotPass data or software and system updates. Software updates will be installed while the Wii U is powered down, and system updates will be installed the next time the Wii U is powered on. For further detailed information, click here.

Improvements to system stability and usability:

  • Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience.

162 thoughts on “Wii U System Update Available Now, Plus Nintendo Gives Next Update’s Release Window”

  1. I wonder if this fixes the constant freeze I have whenever I load a game. It’s not game ruining, but it’s still a bit annoying to sit and watch my Mii just sit there for a moment while it lags.

        1. This happened to me too, to the point I thought I had a defective WiiU. So I called NIntendo. They had me delete all the software updates for my games: New Mario, Darksiders 2, etc. Reboot. Redownload updates. Haven’t had the problem since.

      1. I’m thinking that it will end up being called the fail update. This update is horse shit, wtf have they been doing this entire time?

        1. Stop complaining, hit the gym and get your ass back onto a Nintendo console Turok, I miss your bad ass dinosaur killing skills in my life.

    1. SherlockWillFightBilbo

      Don’t see why it sucks. It’s not like the current version is bad and/or hampering your game playing. Not like there’s anything to play right now, anyway.

      1. June, July, August is Summer. September, October, November is Fall. December, January, February is Winter. March, April, May is Spring. You always here people say going back to school in the Fall…not Summer.

        1. But technically most of September is still part of summer. My college starts in the Fall because it starts at the very end of September. High school was always very early September for me here. Many other schools start in August as well. This year summer ends on the 21st of September.

        2. Summer officially ends Sept 21 and fall begins Sept 22. Winter begins December 21.

          Don’t be willfully ignorant.

    2. Hello we are getting an update now as we speak. This is the summer update. Then another follows in September :).

      1. There must be a lot in that update, including server-side shit. Maybe that is the reason the update was delayed.

  2. The update I am REALLY anticipating is the one that’ll get Nintendo Network ID’s unified. I’d like to say that as soon as Nintendo gets accounts unified, their online service will be on par or even BETTER than Playstation Network and Xbox Live. Afterall, with Nintendo Network, you have:

    -Free Online
    -Miiverse
    -Club Nintendo which has offers just as good as the ones on Live and PSN
    -The Deluxe Set Digital Promotion
    -A well monitored and decent community (no cussing, effective censorship)

    The only thing Sony and Microsoft have going for is their achievement system which is even in some ways outclassed by Miiverse, and some people don’t even like achievements. Once Nintendo gets NNID’s ironed and finds away for people to share accounts between multiple consoles, I could say that Nintendo’s service would be better.

    1. Couldn’t agree more! Well… PS and XL do have streaming… and are getting a social network similar to miiverse…

      1. Yeah, but again, you have to PAY which really is ridiculous considering how much Nintendo’s bringing in for free.

      1. I know you’re trolling and all, but I’d watch what you say. Don’t want to jinx it, 360 had a lot of problems at launch and there is a chance we may see problems with the ps4.

      2. You smell like a popped, pus-protruding anal wart on the inside of a bleeding asshole that just took a shit while being fucked by a donkey dick. You Lose.
        Nintendo wins

        Derp!

        1. this fucking clown again.
          look at your post, it reads like a retarded 6 year old came up with it.
          lol
          sony wins.

            1. hehe, enjoy your 5 minutes of fame.
              when ps4 arrives you will all be tooting on a different flute.
              lol
              sony wins.

              1. Why can’t we just all accept Nintendo for first party exclusives, Sony for everything else and Microsoft for….yeah :) Why does there have to be a god damn war all the time? each one is different in there own way.

              2. It sounds like the only one tooting on here is you,,, something is wrong with you. Get your head checked! :)

            1. my brain is fully functional, unlike the sheep brains here riunning on instinct.
              gotta eat nintendo, gotta eat nintendo.
              lol
              sony wins.

  3. Please correct me if I’m wrong, but is there going to be a free drawing application before art academy in the summer update?

  4. Glad to see the Wii U equivalent of Wii connect 24. Knowing that updates were being handled during standby was convenient, not to mention the powerful blue glow notification whenever a letter was sent to you.
    This time system updates will be downloaded and ready for install with the use of an orange glow for notifications.

    1. Updating now :D hopefully my Wii U will never freeze on me, its been freezing on me for a month now.

      1. my first one froze with the first update, had to take the ugly peice of shit back to gamestop for a replacement, cause IT FUCKING BRICKED.
        lol, should have just gotten my money back instead, oh well, live and learn.
        lol
        sony wins.

                    1. No I didn’t preorder it. I was waiting for inFamous Second Son to come out then I will decide from there.

              1. Me? nope, I’m still saving some money for my Wii U, and then I will get my PS4, or vice versa depending on the offers. :)

          1. I tried changing my photo but i dont know how, im always on this site with Iphone or the Wii U’s.

  5. Nintendo preparing for the GEM that is Pikmin 3. This update spruces up th WiiU. It is functioning beautifully now :).

  6. yes i am trolling you all.
    but you are ignorant if you say you dont agree with me.
    nintendo is fucking us very hard right now and we all spent a great deal of money on their promise of a next gen console but we only get shovelware after shovelware.
    you all will agree with me in secret but jump on your bandwagon so you can sound like your really not dissapointed in this black fucking dust trap.
    lol
    sony wins.

      1. You’ll get more entertainment with your Wii U if you use it as a swifer sweeper rather than a gaming console. lol just kidding. I couldn’t resist…

          1. I play Blops 2 and MH3U all the time on my dust collector. I focus on fun and am a skillful player. Anyone feel free to add me.

    1. Maybe you could buy Lego City or Monster Hunter and shut up, eh? The later will keep your small brain occupied

    2. You’re a buuthurt fanboy… you say Nintendo is fucking you over yet sony and microsoft does it too, worse actually. My new ps3 model(The crappy cheap slide top version.) is the worse thing i’ve ever bout! I’ve traded in my old ps3 for it, big mistake…. Not to mention how god awful slow and shitty the playstationnetwork store is, or with every psn update constantly logging you off with errors, or making everthing worse, pshome is still in beta,they should just throw that away, there’s too many bugs and glitches. Oh and not to mention how retarded it is to add funds with a credit card, i added $50 from my visa card, they took double and sent me back my money 2 weeks later…

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  8. my kids wont even touch the wiiu.
    they keep going back to the ps3, that fucking cod, arghhh, so sick of that game.
    so to me that is telling me a lot.
    there friends kinda tease them for owning one.
    its been unhooked now for well over a month.
    sorry, ugly, covered in dust waste of money.
    lol
    sony wins.

    1. How old are you? You state you’re a full grown man, yet you troll the internet. You sound pathetic, and soon that “ugly, covered in dust waste of money” will be of some use. Pikmin 3 is looking mighty damn good.

      1. you really are fucking retarded.
        this is it for shitendo.
        the only survivor will be the 3ds, and it will only feed you more, very bad shovelware.
        keep beleiving in your ugly black god.
        haha, stuck in the past, just like nintendo.
        my fucking lord you all truly are pathetic.
        lol
        sony wins.

    2. “my kids wont even touch the WiiU”

      You don’t have kids.
      You are a kid.
      You don’t fool anyone.
      Go away you lame ass bitch.

    3. Your kids play cod? Feel sorry for your kids…they might as well kill their colleagues after their dumbass father doesn’t spend quality time with them

  9. I think this is the promised summer update which adds more speed. I noticed most of the application load into the application immediately and only sit on game screen for only a second or two. Wii TV now loads much quick and was into in within seconds, which took almost 10 seconds before.

    It also seems to fix the frame jumps which look like a loss of connection in Virtual Console games.

    So I wonder what they have planned for fall.

  10. everyone does realize that this is the summer update thats out and that the article is saying the next update after this is coming between sep and oct right? I just installed the update.

    1. This isn’t the Summer Update. The Summer Update comes with a crap ton more stuff like being able to create your own private Miiverse communities.

        1. Agreed. The first 7 comments are completely irrelevant and should be deleted. Why u mad should be banned permanently, he starts almost every article with a lame troll post, inviting even more trolls. Also, Anonymous commenting should be removed and replaced by thier own account registering. (I am aware that I am posting as anonymous now but I would register).

          1. shut up ass-clown.
            he has every right to post his stuff as you do.
            dont like it, fuck off.
            me, im just enjoying a good blunt lol at all these sheep posts.
            lol
            sony wins.

              1. why do you retards always go to the fucking homo shit?
                are you fucking gay, looking for a date?
                fucking lame pussy.
                lol
                fuck im to high to play with you pussies.
                till later.
                and yes, i will return, to piss on your nintendo corn flakes again.
                lol
                sony wins.

                1. why do you retards always go to the fucking homo shit?
                  are you fucking gay, looking for a date?
                  fucking lame pussy.
                  lol
                  fuck im to high to play with you pussies.
                  till later.
                  and yes, i will return, to piss on your nintendo corn flakes again.
                  lol
                  sony fails.

                  1. haha, my number one fan.
                    i fucking love it.
                    FEED, ME, MORE.
                    lol
                    lol
                    lol
                    fucking goof.
                    lol
                    sony wins.
                    fucking retarded little jizz.
                    lol
                    sony wins.

                    1. haha, my number one fan.
                      i fucking love it.
                      FEED, ME, MORE.
                      lol
                      lol
                      lol
                      fucking goof.
                      lol
                      sony fails.
                      fucking retarded little jizz.
                      lol
                      sony fails.

                      LOL I LUV USIN OUTDATED INSULTS AND FEED ME LITTLE JIZZ!! I DARE U!! FEEEEEDDDD ME!!! PATHETIC MENTAL JIZZ FEED ME!!!

            1. shut up ass-clown.
              he has every right to post his stuff as you do.
              dont like it, fuck off.
              me, im just enjoying a good blunt lol at all these sheep posts.
              lol
              sony fails.

              1. little jizz, is that you?
                if you want to be friends, just ask.
                actually, dont.
                your a fucking goof and the goofness will probably rub of onto to me.
                lol
                sony wins.

                1. little jizz, is that you?
                  if you want to be friends, just ask.
                  actually, dont.
                  your a fucking goof and the goofness will probably rub of onto to me.
                  lol
                  sony fails.

                  1. little jizz, is that you?
                    if you want to be friends, just ask.
                    actually, dont.
                    your a fucking goof and the goofness will probably rub of onto to me.
                    lol

                    get it right.
                    lol
                    sony wins.
                    fucking retarded little jizz.
                    lol
                    sony wins.

                    1. ittle jizz, is that you?
                      if you want to be friends, just ask.
                      actually, dont.
                      your a fucking goof and the goofness will probably rub of onto to me.
                      lol

                      get it right.
                      lol
                      sony fails.
                      fucking retarded little jizz.
                      lol
                      sony fails.

            2. Aren’t you a sheep? Guess Sony sent their little bitch to bark at the competition. Lol you’re not scaring anyone little puddle. :P
              I guess sheeps follow the horde, look at this little sheep trying to obey and follow his master sony, suck an obedient dog! :)

          2. +1
            if they only let people with accounts post, it would be easier to enforce rules on this site.Sick of the BS.

            1. Moderation…none…congrats, sickr, u can’t even justify why u didn’t take measures yet. In the end you’ll be alone with the trolls

  11. im a little jizz
    i love sucking penises
    i fail to see how nintendo is awesome
    i can’t accept the truth that sony is shitty
    lol i’m such a fanboy and sheep
    i don’t care about impersonators
    im the real its me
    don’t listen to the impersonators.
    i’m the real deal. hahahahaha
    lol
    sony wins.

    1. go little jizz, tell the world.
      hehaheha. parents left you unattended again i see.
      there is laws against leaving children unattended.
      lol
      sony wins.

      1. go little jizz, tell the world.
        hehaheha. parents left you unattended again i see.
        there is laws against leaving children unattended.
        lol
        sony fails.

        1. go little jizz, tell the world.
          hehaheha. parents left you unattended again i see.
          there is laws against leaving children unattended.
          lol
          sony fails.

          get it right.

          lol
          sony wins.
          fucking retarded little jizz.
          lol
          sony wins.

          1. go little jizz, tell the world.
            hehaheha. parents left you unattended again i see.
            there is laws against leaving children unattended.
            lol
            sony fails.

            get it right.

            lol
            sony fails.
            fucking retarded little jizz.
            lol
            sony fails.

  12. go little jizz, tell the world.
    hehaheha. parents left you unattended again i see.
    there is laws against leaving children unattended.
    lol
    sony fails.

    get it right.

    lol
    sony fails.
    fucking retarded little jizz.
    lol
    sony fails.

  13. dont worry people
    i will stay here with these little sheep and that fucking retarded little jizz all night and every day from nao on.
    i cant believe how retarded i am.
    keep trying little jizz.
    keep feeding me
    lol
    sony wins.

  14. ahaha, you all flatter me.
    thank you.
    fucking retards, dont even know how to battle with a troll.
    i guess thats why you all cheat at video games.
    to dumb to know anything.
    but hey, again, thank you loosers, i truly am flatered.
    lol
    sony wins
    and i will always win becuase you keep responding, fucking goofs.
    lol
    sony wins.

  15. lol, ahhh, it was a good night.
    but really, god loves you all, but i dont.
    fresh blunt going, booze is pouring, friends having fun laughing at your expense, perfect night.
    i will be nice once.
    lol
    3ds is currently winning.

  16. Sickr,Alba,Silver, please do something about these spammers, it’s more annoying than watching Bill Gates steal formulas…

    1. everyone thinks they are clever with their comments but now you all cry for moderation.
      boo-hoo.
      lol
      sony wins.

      1. Chill bro it’s all just video games there Is more to life than Sony Microsoft and Nintendo just enjoy playing the consoles with your children and lighten up and have a moderate conversation that doesn’t involve bagging on a company!

        1. i know there is more to life.
          this is more fun than playing the shitu though.
          and i am chilled, always was, everyone one else liked to start the shit, i just like to finish it.
          lol
          sony wins.

          1. I’m not trying to come off mean here but if you like Sony go to one of their blogs a praise them I’m not saying dont come on here just don’t trash talk the console so much if you do come on here chances are most of us on here are fans and don’t like to see Nintendo in a bad light!

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  18. nintendo your a joke with your “release windows”, empty promises and shitty OS
    go fck yourselves srs.

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