In case anyone was still wondering, the Wii firmware was updated last night. Most of the changes are pretty small or cosmetic. Here's a rundown of the improvements from Nintendo:
Wii Menu
The weather forecast will now be displayed on the Forecast Channel icon in the Wii Menu.
Headline news will now be displayed on the News Channel icon in the Wii Menu.
The current time will now be displayed in the Wii Menu.
The area around the Wii Message Board button will now flash when a message arrives..
Wii Message Board
You're now able to rearrange the order of your Wii Friends in the address book.
You're now able to go into the Wii Friends registration screen by pressing the A Button on a blank spot in the address book.
Envelope message icons will now appear on the calendar only on the dates when a message is received.
Your message sending history will now be displayed in Today's Accomplishments.
You can now scroll the message text by pressing the B button on the message screen.
Wii Shop Channel
The search function on Virtual Console has been enhanced.
Oddly enough, this isn't everything that's been updated. Thanks to some Neogafers, some more changes were pointed out. It's still nothing big (the blue light turning on when visiting the news channel) but still nice to know. Like the "Ability to quickly scroll the different options pages using the +,- keys". There's also a warning that pops up saying you're will will die if your console is modded.
So what do you think of all the improvements?
[Thanks to lawl for the image of his Wii dashboard and to TheGoldenDonut for the tip!]
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3:57 PM on 08.07.2007 | 
Also, that clock is pretty pimp.
Also, also cocks.
Some will disagree that the wii doesn't offer "next-gen" experiences, but with some updates to the system, and done with a bit more frequency (it's not like I'm doing much with the system right now), on top of decent games, the Wii could turn out to be pretty decent compared to the 360, at least in applications.
Difference is, Wii OS 3.0 is free.
Your Wii shouldn't be overheating from connecting to the internet. Mine is on all the time and it never does. You should have that check out if its still under warranty
Heh, yeah. I haven't bought a VC game since christmas.
So, when again is that amazing, must-own game coming, Nintendo?
December, you say? Oh, okay. Sweet.
I give Clock a 9/10
Oh well. I'ma go make dinner and then play Super Metroid until my eyes fall out.
Anyway, who is Eva Workman?
Also this update sucks. Give me brawl now.
And when will Earthbound hit the virtual console?
also...not much of an update
didn't even stop modchips lol
Repeat after me: This is my Wiimote. There are many like it, but this one is mine . . .
Now I go back to waiting for Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.
That cracks me up.
Games still say on them, for example, "For Sale, Rental, Or Use ONLY in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Latin America."
Yes! Just a few weeks ago I was wishing the Wii menu had a clock cuz I'm too lazy to put one in the living room. I feel the same way. I play more VC games than any other games. Actually, that's all I'll probably ever play with a few exceptions.
Mine updates about every 3 hours now. I think it varies from location to location. Then again, I don't use it to replace looking out the window, I use it to see whats coming tomorrow, or what the high will be today. Thats why they call it a forecast channel and not a "current condition so you don't have to look out a window" channel.