Wii U update now live, can take up to an hour to download, full details
Nintendo has just launched the long-awaited Wii U update. It's the first of two big firmware upgrades planned for the system. A second update will be released for the Wii U sometime this summer.
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Took me ten mins , it really does depend on your connection I'm lucky I have fibre optic but know what it's like to have a slow connection that is why I upgraded I hope everyone's update went well for everyone .
"can take up to an hour to download" That depends on your internet connection. Some people could download big firmware updates in minutes, while it could take hours for other people.
You're correct; the article's title is ambiguous to a laughable degree. It could take two days, or a week, or even three months to download, should my internet work slowly enough.
Unfortunately, poorly-written articles are often the result of poorly-educated "writers," and that's something we see a bit too much of around N4G.
Same as when I had my Wii U and there was that supposed first HUGE update. Took my Wii U less than 25mins to download...and this is on a college residence where there's lots of people using the internet!! On top of that I live in Canada where supposedly our internet bandwidth and cell service is always way behind US in terms of speed and new tech
with install time about 30-40 minutes is how long mine took till it was up and running. download alone took around 25 minutes. Said it was gonna take 45 minutes when downloading started, but apparently not.
Definitely much faster everything, still missing dvr in tvii, I was so hoping we'd have that in this update.Downloading in standby is a nice feature. Good to know in the future the update will be ready when I come home from work.
I really hope this time around they find a way to make Lufia and Lufia 2 come out. I could just download the roms... but I want to buy those games to show my support for that kind of software!
They sensationalized the headline, basically leaving out context to imply that having an hour long download was likely. In my case, it actually did take about 50 minutes, but I was on the phone at the time and my Wii U was making the download at a friend's house with a less stellar connection.
Took about 30mins although it doesn't even really matter how long it took because you are able to play games while its doing its thing in the background. So happy the Wii U isn't telling me to please wait anymore that annoyed me a lot.
What a stupid title. There's no way you can know how much the update can take to complete. Internet Connections speeds are greatly varied. If you assume everyone has the same ISP as you, has the same package and lives in the same city, then you are stupid.
I havent turned on my wii u since launch month so im sure there might be a big difference whenever i decide to update it.. Im not going to turn the thing on until i get a game i want to play though so ill get to this later.. Back to Guacamelee
Oh, please. The download time depends on your internet connection's speed.
Mine is a pretty shitty connection less than 1 MB/s, and last night it was pretty unstable (lost connection twice downloading the update), and took me about an hour and a half to download it.
The update's size, BTW, is less than 700 MB. So, for anyone with a decent internet speed, this update should download fairly quickly. The annoying part is the install time, which takes about 7-8 minutes, I think.
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an to update it it took me 25mins to download.. another 3 to install..
it took me around 30min
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That depends on your internet connection.
Some people could download big firmware updates in minutes, while it could take hours for other people.
Unfortunately, poorly-written articles are often the result of poorly-educated "writers," and that's something we see a bit too much of around N4G.
Nintendo should add some more servers. Cause I didn't enjoy this download speed at all.
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Well done
not even close to an hour. any update on any console or pc can vary in times depending on your internet.
I suppose the same can be said about people who feel the need to disagree with everything they find unappealing, regardless of its underlying truth.
Definitely much faster everything, still missing dvr in tvii, I was so hoping we'd have that in this update.Downloading in standby is a nice feature. Good to know in the future the update will be ready when I come home from work.
Mine is a pretty shitty connection less than 1 MB/s, and last night it was pretty unstable (lost connection twice downloading the update), and took me about an hour and a half to download it.
The update's size, BTW, is less than 700 MB. So, for anyone with a decent internet speed, this update should download fairly quickly. The annoying part is the install time, which takes about 7-8 minutes, I think.