Online Shoppers Blog - Become's Pocket Change

I was awaken this morning by a soft blue glow coming from the little white box across my room this morning. As far as wake up calls go, that could be one of the best. That glow means that my friends over at Nintendo have graced us all with a shiny new update for our Wiis.

The update didn't add any new channels as I would have hoped (mii popularity channel anyone?), but it did add some nice bug fixes and features that are worth the update.

The guys over at Wii Fanboy have compiled a nice list of the changes:

Channels:

* Digital Clock added to the Wii Menu right under the channel bar
* Forecast Channel now displays the current condition directly in the Wii Menu in the Forecast Channel box
* News Channel can now show 2 scrolling headlines at a time in the Wii Menu, 3 when you click on the button
* Message Board now has the "Today's Accomplishments" message as a white message which allows it to stand out from other messages
* Address Book entries can now be shifted around using A+B but only to empty spaces.
* Calendar in Message Board no longer shows "Today's Accomplishment"
* Scrolling messages in the Message Board now uses a different sound

Wii Shop Channel

* New Welcome screen detailing 4 Recommended Titles and the points they cost. The title bar can be clicked on to bring up a list of 20 recommended games.
* Titles You've Downloaded was moved to the main shop menu
* New ways to browse
* Popular Titles
* Newest Additions remains the same
* Search for a title which can use partial names
* Search by Category
* Search by Publisher
* Search by Genre
* System shows the different systems and how many titles have been released under each

So... thanks for that big N.

Kris