Topic: System Update

[Chozo Ghost]

To be fair, the "Homebrew" channel is a pirate tactic.  Now, I'm not saying there isn't legitimate uses for the HBC - but that's like saying guns aren't murder weapons because some people use them legitimately.

Guns are used for self-defense, hunting, target shooting, etc. They can be used for murder, but you know what? a pencil can be used for murder too if you jam it in someone's throat... What determines whether guns are bad or not is how they are used. The same is true with the HBC. I'm sure not everyone uses it for piracy.

[Mop it up]

The Homebrew Channel is like a set of kitchen knives. They are designed for the preparation of food, but there's nothing stopping anyone from stabbing someone with them. Should kitchen knives be pulled from store shelves?

[UncleBob]

I'm not saying you should or shouldn't be allowed to install the HBC.

Merely saying that it *is* a "pirate tactic" (one of many) used on the Wii.

[stevey]

Bump!

There's another new update that does nothing new and is required for the Shop Channel to work. The update now waste more of the internal memory by installing all the Korean IOSs (all 7 of which will never ever be touch by anything/anyone ever) and the Shop Channel now wants the latest IOS 56 instead of IOS 61. Good news is that it does not attempt to delete the latest Homebrew Channel or bootmii.

http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/wii/en_na/systemMenuFeatures.jsp

[BlackNMild2k1]

why would I need Korean IOS's?

someone please explain this to me.

[MegaByte]

Hackers were exploiting them to install homebrew.

[NWR_insanolord]

As someone who never installed the previous update and used a workaround to get the Shop working again, what should I do?

[MegaByte]

Same thing.  However, this update was also on the Metroid disc.  It's an old exploit though, independent of newer homebrew.

[Mop it up]

Same thing.  However, this update was also on the Metroid disc.

If that's true then this is strange. That update took no more than a minute to install. When I went to download the update from the notice that was sent to Wii systems, it took over ten minutes. Also, in the past, it would just tell me I already had the latest update instead of installing it again.

[MegaByte]

They also updated the Shop Channel.

[Kytim89]

They also updated the Shop Channel.

In what ways? Is it easier to manage and faster to down load games?

[MegaByte]

Hahaha yeah right.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv0Og3xM4vM

[Chozo Ghost]

So this is yet another in a long string of Wii system updates which do absolutely nothing except fight piracy? Come on Nintendo! It would be nice to see some new features for a change.

[Morari]

Nintendo would rather not waste time and money creating new features to benefit their customers. Maybe fighting some endless, losing battle against piracy pleases the share holders?