So the shoping channel thing is an actual problem? I've never had any trouble with it, but it seems like a lot of people do. Is it just a weirdness with your wifi connections or do you think there some actual problem with the channel? Could it be you just try to get in when the shopping channel is getting pounded, like on Mondays at noon or when stuff is released like now?
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So the shoping channel thing is an actual problem? I've never had any trouble with it, but it seems like a lot of people do. Is it just a weirdness with your wifi connections or do you think there some actual problem with the channel? Could it be you just try to get in when the shopping channel is getting pounded, like on Mondays at noon or when stuff is released like now?
It is a problem with the channel because absolutely everything else wifi on my Wii works flawlessly.
Took about 5 minutes for mine to download. Of course, this was within 20 minutes of the blue glow showing up, so part of that is probably just the fact that I beat the rush...
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Well. After six tries I finally got into the shop channel.
I have gotten an error code part way through the download twice now.
I am hella irritated.
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Woah... I got another error code...
So now that I'm trying the download for the 4th time, instead of Mario running across the screen, I've got Mario and Luigi swimming across. Tapping A seems to make them swim higher, but maybe I'm imagining it. Never seen that before...
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So now that I'm trying the download for the 4th time, instead of Mario running across the screen, I've got Mario and Luigi swimming across. Tapping A seems to make them swim higher, but maybe I'm imagining it. Never seen that before...
I'm impressed! The startup is faster, finally being stretched to the edges of my screen is nice, the bottom bar autohiding was desperately needed, and the "hotkeys" of B+direction to do stuff are sweet.
Now, I am going to say something important. Listen up. ;-)
Take your new Wii browser to a site called Videohybrid. With the auto-hiding bar and the flexible zoom, you can now get their videos (which I have heard may include movies, and TV shows) to basically be fullscreen. All 3,247 of them.
Boredom and productivity may both finally be dead forever.
(Protip: Probably also still works pretty well with Orb for streaming stuff from your own PC. The trial version did, and now it can be fullscreen.)
So the shoping channel thing is an actual problem? I've never had any trouble with it, but it seems like a lot of people do. Is it just a weirdness with your wifi connections or do you think there some actual problem with the channel? Could it be you just try to get in when the shopping channel is getting pounded, like on Mondays at noon or when stuff is released like now?
It is a problem with the channel because absolutely everything else wifi on my Wii works flawlessly.
If it took an hour to download an update that took me less than 2 minutes, then I'd say that your WiFi is far from working flawlessly.
Make sure you're on either channel 1 or 11 and that your Wii isn't placed somewhere where there's high EM interference. If that doesn't help, consider either getting a router with a good compatibility rating or the wired attachment for the Wii.
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So the shoping channel thing is an actual problem? I've never had any trouble with it, but it seems like a lot of people do. Is it just a weirdness with your wifi connections or do you think there some actual problem with the channel? Could it be you just try to get in when the shopping channel is getting pounded, like on Mondays at noon or when stuff is released like now?
It is a problem with the channel because absolutely everything else wifi on my Wii works flawlessly.
If it took an hour to download an update that took me less than 2 minutes, then I'd say that your WiFi is far from working flawlessly.
Make sure you're on either channel 1 or 11 and that your Wii isn't placed somewhere where there's high EM interference. If that doesn't help, consider either getting a router with a good compatibility rating or the wired attachment for the Wii.
I'm not some "noob" here. My wireless works flawlessly. The internet channel zips about at an unharnessed pace, that alone is proof enough that my wireless is working A-OK. My router is on Channel 11, and it is not 3 feet away from my Wii. Everything is configured properly. There are no other wireless devices operating within 3 channels of Channel 11 in the vicinity.
There is nothing magical about the Shop Channel that would make it operate any differently with my wireless connection that would somehow make the wireless connection at fault. It is bliss, it is perfection. The Shop Channel is broken, and shitty. Nintendo seriously needs to fix it.
So now that I'm trying the download for the 4th time, instead of Mario running across the screen, I've got Mario and Luigi swimming across. Tapping A seems to make them swim higher, but maybe I'm imagining it. Never seen that before...
Apparently that is extremely rare to see. Congrats.
So now that I'm trying the download for the 4th time, instead of Mario running across the screen, I've got Mario and Luigi swimming across. Tapping A seems to make them swim higher, but maybe I'm imagining it. Never seen that before...
Apparently that is extremely rare to see. Congrats.
I got Fire Mario after that... pew pew pew!
Now I've just got regular ol non-super Mario. This download has cleared the first brick, a new record for this evening!
Woah... I got another error code...
So now that I'm trying the download for the 4th time, instead of Mario running across the screen, I've got Mario and Luigi swimming across. Tapping A seems to make them swim higher, but maybe I'm imagining it. Never seen that before...
Apparently that is extremely rare to see. Congrats.
I got Fire Mario after that... pew pew pew!
Now I've just got regular ol non-super Mario. This download has cleared the first brick, a new record for this evening!
I seriously recommend a static ip for your Wii if you don't have one set up already. An ip conflict seems like a plausible explanation for your slow download.
(I know it's been like five minutes since I suggested, but I'm heading to bed and wanted to push the idea).
Did anyone else know that B+minus made you go back a page? Just found that out myself. Go Wii poast!
Yes. I read the operation manual!
Pfffffft, manuals are for chumps!
I can't imagine how an attitude like this would last back in the days of the NES and SNES when manuals were mandatory.
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Man, for those of you who haven't tried out the automatic zoom mode, do it. It's awesome.
It's essentially like the trial version's crappy zoom mode, only not crappy, and you can still manual zoom by holding the button instead of pressing it. However, when you do this, it zooms in and out in smaller steps than manual, so it's easier to get stuff to fill the screen just right.
I really wish this thing could play other video formats. About half of my internet leisure time is spent watching Quicktime or Windows media. Heh.
That would be licensing Hell.
The zoom is improved, but it's still not ideal. I really wish the text would reformat like in the news channel, though that is likely impossible.
Try pressing 2 if you're reading lots of text. The news channel can better layout text because it doesn't have to worry about other content in the page.
I do miss the B button scoll.
It's not gone
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So the shoping channel thing is an actual problem? I've never had any trouble with it, but it seems like a lot of people do. Is it just a weirdness with your wifi connections or do you think there some actual problem with the channel? Could it be you just try to get in when the shopping channel is getting pounded, like on Mondays at noon or when stuff is released like now?
It is a problem with the channel because absolutely everything else wifi on my Wii works flawlessly.
If it took an hour to download an update that took me less than 2 minutes, then I'd say that your WiFi is far from working flawlessly.
Make sure you're on either channel 1 or 11 and that your Wii isn't placed somewhere where there's high EM interference. If that doesn't help, consider either getting a router with a good compatibility rating or the wired attachment for the Wii.
I'm not some "noob" here. My wireless works flawlessly. The internet channel zips about at an unharnessed pace, that alone is proof enough that my wireless is working A-OK. My router is on Channel 11, and it is not 3 feet away from my Wii. Everything is configured properly. There are no other wireless devices operating within 3 channels of Channel 11 in the vicinity.
There is nothing magical about the Shop Channel that would make it operate any differently with my wireless connection that would somehow make the wireless connection at fault. It is bliss, it is perfection. The Shop Channel is broken, and shitty. Nintendo seriously needs to fix it.
I have never had a problem with the wii shopping channel at all. I think there are other factors at play here.
Also, excuse my ignorance here, but does this mean that my wii is vulnerable to some douchebag writing virus' for the wii? Will I be casually surfing the net and suddenly random shit starts happening? Like will my plaza suddenly be overpopulated by black suited miis wearing sunglasses called Agent Smith? I hope not....
Meh, last.fm player no longer works, because the browser runs out of memory. Same thing happens when I try pandora, although that never worked in the beta anyway.
So the shoping channel thing is an actual problem? I've never had any trouble with it, but it seems like a lot of people do. Is it just a weirdness with your wifi connections or do you think there some actual problem with the channel? Could it be you just try to get in when the shopping channel is getting pounded, like on Mondays at noon or when stuff is released like now?
It is a problem with the channel because absolutely everything else wifi on my Wii works flawlessly.
If it took an hour to download an update that took me less than 2 minutes, then I'd say that your WiFi is far from working flawlessly.
Make sure you're on either channel 1 or 11 and that your Wii isn't placed somewhere where there's high EM interference. If that doesn't help, consider either getting a router with a good compatibility rating or the wired attachment for the Wii.
I'm not some "noob" here. My wireless works flawlessly. The internet channel zips about at an unharnessed pace, that alone is proof enough that my wireless is working A-OK. My router is on Channel 11, and it is not 3 feet away from my Wii. Everything is configured properly. There are no other wireless devices operating within 3 channels of Channel 11 in the vicinity.
There is nothing magical about the Shop Channel that would make it operate any differently with my wireless connection that would somehow make the wireless connection at fault. It is bliss, it is perfection. The Shop Channel is broken, and shitty. Nintendo seriously needs to fix it.
It could perhaps be that, with the release of the brower and System Update, Nintendo's servers are getting wanged.
I really wish this thing could play other video formats. About half of my internet leisure time is spent watching Quicktime or Windows media. Heh.
That would be licensing Hell.
The zoom is improved, but it's still not ideal. I really wish the text would reformat like in the news channel, though that is likely impossible.
Try pressing 2 if you're reading lots of text. The news channel can better layout text because it doesn't have to worry about other content in the page.
I do miss the B button scoll.
It's not gone
Well shit. Aren't you just a problem solver. Thanks!
I wanna download this so bad but I can't...:( Still in college and they don't let us have wireless routers in our dorms...SOOO no internet on the Wii for me until summer hits... :x
I wanna download this so bad but I can't...:( Still in college and they don't let us have wireless routers in our dorms...SOOO no internet on the Wii for me until summer hits... :x
You could always just get the USB adapter, I'm in a dorm and that's what I did.
I wanna download this so bad but I can't...:( Still in college and they don't let us have wireless routers in our dorms...SOOO no internet on the Wii for me until summer hits... :x
You could always just get the USB adapter, I'm in a dorm and that's what I did.
what is this.....USB adapter you speak of.....I've....never heard of it....
link plz?
Edit: Hmm....looked it up on amazon. It's a bit pricy ($30) and I only have 3.5 more weeks of school until I'm out. I think I'll just wait until I get home for the summer. Plus next year I'm going to be in an apartment so I won't have to worry about this. thanks for the tip though.
It's this thingy. You can probably find it for cheaper, but it works fairly well and doesn't break any of those nasty dorm rules that everyone in college tries so hard to uphold.
I wanna download this so bad but I can't...:( Still in college and they don't let us have wireless routers in our dorms...SOOO no internet on the Wii for me until summer hits... :x
You could always just get the USB adapter, I'm in a dorm and that's what I did.
what is this.....USB adapter you speak of.....I've....never heard of it....
The first one connects to your computer (Windows-only for some stupid reason) and lets you use a DS or Wii wirelessly, piggybacking on the host computer's Internet connection. The second connects to the back of your Wii, letting you use a regular wired router instead of wireless. Pick whichever is better for you, I guess. The first one lets you use a DS, too; the second one doesn't require your computer stay on at all times.
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It is a problem with the channel because absolutely everything else wifi on my Wii works flawlessly.
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I have gotten an error code part way through the download twice now.
I am hella irritated.
So now that I'm trying the download for the 4th time, instead of Mario running across the screen, I've got Mario and Luigi swimming across. Tapping A seems to make them swim higher, but maybe I'm imagining it. Never seen that before...
My only complaint is that I can't just point at the bottom of the screen and press B to scroll down anymore
Aside from that, it is aces
Also I've never had a problem connecting to Wii Shop ever! Maybe I'm just lucky
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Now, I am going to say something important. Listen up. ;-)
Take your new Wii browser to a site called Videohybrid. With the auto-hiding bar and the flexible zoom, you can now get their videos (which I have heard may include movies, and TV shows) to basically be fullscreen. All 3,247 of them.
Boredom and productivity may both finally be dead forever.
(Protip: Probably also still works pretty well with Orb for streaming stuff from your own PC. The trial version did, and now it can be fullscreen.)
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If it took an hour to download an update that took me less than 2 minutes, then I'd say that your WiFi is far from working flawlessly.
Make sure you're on either channel 1 or 11 and that your Wii isn't placed somewhere where there's high EM interference. If that doesn't help, consider either getting a router with a good compatibility rating or the wired attachment for the Wii.
I'm not some "noob" here. My wireless works flawlessly. The internet channel zips about at an unharnessed pace, that alone is proof enough that my wireless is working A-OK. My router is on Channel 11, and it is not 3 feet away from my Wii. Everything is configured properly. There are no other wireless devices operating within 3 channels of Channel 11 in the vicinity.
There is nothing magical about the Shop Channel that would make it operate any differently with my wireless connection that would somehow make the wireless connection at fault. It is bliss, it is perfection. The Shop Channel is broken, and shitty. Nintendo seriously needs to fix it.
Apparently that is extremely rare to see. Congrats.
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I got Fire Mario after that... pew pew pew!
Now I've just got regular ol non-super Mario. This download has cleared the first brick, a new record for this evening!
(I know it's been like five minutes since I suggested, but I'm heading to bed and wanted to push the idea).
*makes mental note*
Pfffffft, manuals are for chumps!
I can't imagine how an attitude like this would last back in the days of the NES and SNES when manuals were mandatory.
It's essentially like the trial version's crappy zoom mode, only not crappy, and you can still manual zoom by holding the button instead of pressing it. However, when you do this, it zooms in and out in smaller steps than manual, so it's easier to get stuff to fill the screen just right.
love the d-pad scrolling, and the manual zooming.
seems faster in general also.
still need to try youtube though.
wii post ftw!
The zoom is improved, but it's still not ideal. I really wish the text would reformat like in the news channel, though that is likely impossible.
I do miss the B button scoll.
Also, I nor any of my 5 Wii owning friends have ever had a shop channel problem. Maybe Canadian wifi has less traffic or something.
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That would be licensing Hell.
Try pressing 2 if you're reading lots of text. The news channel can better layout text because it doesn't have to worry about other content in the page.
It's not gone
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I have never had a problem with the wii shopping channel at all. I think there are other factors at play here.
As for Shop channel: I've never had problems with it except for being slow.
It could perhaps be that, with the release of the brower and System Update, Nintendo's servers are getting wanged.
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Well shit. Aren't you just a problem solver. Thanks!
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You could always just get the USB adapter, I'm in a dorm and that's what I did.
what is this.....USB adapter you speak of.....I've....never heard of it....
link plz?
Edit: Hmm....looked it up on amazon. It's a bit pricy ($30) and I only have 3.5 more weeks of school until I'm out. I think I'll just wait until I get home for the summer. Plus next year I'm going to be in an apartment so I won't have to worry about this. thanks for the tip though.
He's either talking about this or this.
The first one connects to your computer (Windows-only for some stupid reason) and lets you use a DS or Wii wirelessly, piggybacking on the host computer's Internet connection. The second connects to the back of your Wii, letting you use a regular wired router instead of wireless. Pick whichever is better for you, I guess. The first one lets you use a DS, too; the second one doesn't require your computer stay on at all times.