The Wii U is fresh out of the oven, so fresh then you will need download a massive update (estimated around 5 GB) to get most of its features running. Now these sort of things are always expected. How many times have we bought a game that had a day 1 patch? But this is just crazy, yo. Now I’m mostly relating this problem to Arab countries because let’s face it, our internet connection isn’t the best thing in the world.
The Wii U firmware update is apparently about 5 gigs. No wonder it takes about an hour+ to download.
— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) November 18, 2012
Can you imagine how long that’s going to take for us? The scary part out of all this is there is no cancel button and if you even consider switching off the system ,or should the power even go out (good luck, Lebanon), then you have a high chance of bricking it turning you fabulous new Wii U into a giant paper weight.
Warning: don’t unplug your Wii U during the 2 hour plus software update or the console stops working. — Ben Fritz (@benfritz) November 18, 2012
What’s more annoying is how you can’t really tell how long the update will take. No percentage. No time limit. Just a simple blue bar
Pray you have a backup generator
Gamers on NeoGaf have also been experiencing hard locks (freezing issue) with both the system menu and games.
I bought my new Wii U just yesterday, been messing with it today since it’s my day off.
Had 3 — THREE freezes that required me to manually reset the whole console by unplugging it from the wall. First time was trying to access the Settings menu Second was in mid-game and controller froze along with the TV screen Third was when accessing Miiverse.
Some users are getting a “blue blinking light of death” on their Wii U’s which are speculated to be defected units.
It looks like A LOT of people are having this issue, and mentions of a blue flashing power-light are making Nintendo send out repair labels
— Bob Chipman (@the_moviebob) November 19, 2012
As mentioned before, the Wii U is still fresh so these sort of problems are expected, especially with new tech. It still hasn’t arrived yet in the Arab region but here’s hoping that when it does Nintendo will have these problems patched.
Source Gamingvogue NeoGaf Image Source Zelda Informer Facebook
So does that mean the update takes from the systems memory? So if I bought the basic 8 GB system it will only leave me 3 GB of free space? if so that sucks :S
I come bearing bad news:
“Not only are some users being left with broken consoles, but the large update is also filling the limited storage found on the 8GB models, making it impossible to install Nintendo Land.”
http://www.videogamer.com/news/wii_u_day_one_firmware_is_bricking_consoles.html
Just purchased the larger Wii U ….nightmare. Did the 5gb update and the unit is in permanent hard freeze….This is a nightmare