Wii System Update - Wii Gifts and Wii Photo Channel 1.1

Mr E

You can now give the gift of VC games this Christmas, and you can access the updated Photo Channel on PAL Wii Consoles.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=89131

Eurogamer wrote:

Was your Wii aglow with the blue throb of progress this morning? No, I couldn't be bothered to check mine either. Apparently it's the new gift feature Satoru Iwata talked about when he last said there would be no price cut.

Also included, according to eagle-eyed Kotaku, is version 1.1 of the Photo Channel software. This reportedly adds personalised icons and removes MP3 support, but fortunately it's optional for those of you who value one more than the other.

As for the gift feature, it's quite simple - you select a game, hit a Gift button, pick a friend and add a personalised message and/or Mii and then send it. On the other end, they're transported to the Wii Shop to download the freebie.

So, will you use that? And is it actually appropriate to give someone a Virtual Console game for Christmas, or is that a bit rubbish?

Star Lord

It's my birthday on Christmas Day, who wants to buy me some VC games?

evad_lhorg

that ****in light woke me up at about 5 in the mornin. bunch of ****

Mr E

Thats what you get for leaving it on standby .... Its Gods (or Reggie's) way of telling you to save the planet! :D

tman

I haven't bothered using the photo channel yet, and as for buying games for someone else....:p
Quite possibly the most "meh" update they've released since the one that did absolutely nothing obvious....

flogen

Yeah - very 'meh' myself.

I don't mind losing mp3 support on the Photo Channel (and you can downgrade again I think) but what additional services do you get with the new channel that's worth upgrading for?

Mr E

You can pick a favourite photo to display on the wii menu.
Whoop.