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Nintendo updates Wii ... with stuff you probably don't care about. photo

Wii users, expect an update next time you connect your console to that crazy little thing called the "internet."

No, this is not the Opera Browser update; checking news and weather is still out of the question. This update is all about the parental controls, baby. While they were included out of the box, the update tweaks and refines them so that you can further hold down the man.

And by the man I mean everyone but you, of course. Because in my house, no one uses my Wii. I beat up a grandma so I could play Zelda. I'm very protective of my Wii.








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bleep's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/30/2006 00:01
bleep
WHO NEEDS PARENTAL CONTROLS ANYWAY:??????
Darren Nakamura's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/30/2006 00:04
Darren Nakamura
Damn, I read the title and got all excited and was about to turn on my Wii, but then read the rest and decided it wasn't worth it.
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/30/2006 01:25
Aaron Mxy Yost
Lol, I would have been able to bypass that Play Limit box by the time I was five. :)
blu3steel's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/30/2006 01:54
blu3steel
Parents just don't understand
Ishaan's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/30/2006 01:54
Ishaan
Ewwwwww parental control!!!
World Famous's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/30/2006 01:56
World Famous
Um, I'm having some issues after the update, like it took a while to play a VC game and then now Red Steel isn't loading. BRB, gonna try other games.
tehuberone's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/30/2006 02:10
tehuberone
o crap. anyone figure out how to make custom channels yet? I can't wait for the opera news and weather one. I really want a music channel.
Niero's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/30/2006 02:46
Niero
They should patch Friend Codes, and what I mean by that is ripping it out completely and starting over (sigh)
Cyprus's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/30/2006 08:25
Cyprus
Err, this update removed the browser exploit that was previously available.
DeusPayne's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/30/2006 08:41
DeusPayne
Browser exploit? The DNS redirecting of the store channel?
renge37's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/30/2006 09:35
renge37
mmmm. parental control. tasty.

as for the play limit box... got any with component cables? =D
lace wigs's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/09/2011 02:32
lace wigs
Good game, nice play.
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