Wii U System Update 5.1.2 Takes Stability to Another Level

This update made my Wii U so stable my Wii Balance Board now balances itself.

Maybe adding stability for online games? or already preparing the system for Smash Brothers

Lol

I felt that my Wii U was more stable. It's suddenly able to play 4K games at 60 frames per second. Oh my stability!

Forget about the stability already, we have enough. I want to hear more about those minor adjustments.

@Pahvi it does that already doesn't it?

Guys, if we keep making stability jokes they'll tell us for sure that nothing really changed

But it is frustrating as I'd like to know if the hard drive issues 5.0 introduced have been fixed or any useful enhancements (like that time when LAN connections got a speed boost).

@Omarsonic9 lol. great post.

@Pahvi if you're hoping for the buttons to start working in place of a wiimote I suspect you'll be waiting indefinitely. Something like that would mean configuring the pad on a per-game basis and that's not something nintendo would do, I don't think.

All I want is for my console to stop crashing everytime I want to post something on Facebook. It's a bugger if I haven't saved my game prior because I never know when it'll happen.

@NauticalCrimes You know they could map the Gamepad controls to be like the Classic Controller. Then every CC supported game could be playable offscreen.
@Pahvi The IR could be replaced with the touchscreen.

Nintendo can do it, but obviously prefers if you buy the WiiU titles to have this interaction. (VC for example)

Let's see if that one finally fixes Lego Marvel death freezes. Unless this update has just been released to fix Hyrule Warriors freeze ?

@Pahvi @PALgamer OK, I see how they could do it. I still think it's too much work for too few games. Other than MH3 (which we can already play in wiiu) what are the good CC/PRO supported games on wii?

If I could +1 people's comments on this site, I'd visit it more often!

@Omarsonic9 Stability fanboy detected.

I can't handle all of this stability, guys! It's too much! #WiiUStable4ever

I wish they would release an update that lets me actually play Game and Wario. Ever since I got it as my Club Nintendo Reward it says a USB device problem (even though every single other game on my external plays fine) and I can't even uninstall it to try to reinstall. I really feel ripped off.

@Pahvi I only asked because I'm always on the lookout for good wii games I missed.

personally, as an early adopter who experienced the horn of death crash constantly. i welcome added stability.

Soon, our consoles will be so stable we can build a house on them!

@Pahvi — yeah, GamePad support for Wii mode would be absolutely awesome! Doubt it'll ever happen though Folders would be another nice UI update, but still, I love me some stability!

I don't think I can handle this much stability!

No one can handle the stability of Wii U.

2stable4mii

They really need to fully stabilize the market, if anything.

"Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience."

Love off, Nintendo, and actually give us something worthwhile in some of these updates for once...

There's SOOO much you could add and improve to actually make the Wii U a far more compelling and satisfying entertainment console all-round but No; all we get is more and more "stability".

@AlexOlney You must have clicked on the 'stablebility update', doh!

@Prizm
No

I don't want that kind of silly favouritism crap on this site, thank you very much. I get enough of that forced social and behavioural conditioning silly on virtually every other site as it is. No good actually comes of it in the slightest. All it does is make some people feel like second class citizens when their posts get pushed to the bottom as some random, who only says what everyone wants to hear, gets voted to the top.

Let's just leave it the way it is and give everyone an EQUAL chance to have their comments viewed without only the suck-up jerks rising to the top.

@Kirk I'd +1 that

Gotsta love that stability. You know what would make this system infinitely more stable? Folders that we could organize our growing library with.

This stable is becoming a prison at this point.

@Starwolf_UK What did 5.0 do to HDD's ?

man my wii u so stable it makes toast on the side while im browsing miiverse!

but ok getting on to more serious note i agree we could use more updates on other stuff personally i need more updates on miiverse it got slow again mostly on loading stuff... like my activity feed!! -_- since the longest idk why we dont get more updates there....anyway continue on with the jokes!

Nintendo, give us new features with these updates!!! We want folders, better online support and us folk in Europe are STILL waiting for Nintendo TVii!

Please add dolby digital and blue ray support Nintendo!

Dear Nintendo,

We want the STability to create folders.

Sincerely,
babyguess

Are some of you not aware that this isn't the offical Nintendo website to be requesting such things? Lol.

hopefully this will fix the occasional logo screen freeze. Or whatever it was. Ever since the last update, I found my Wii U just get stuck on the Wii U logo screen when I would use the quick start but never when I load right into the main menu. Because of that, I totally stopped using the quick start.

Can we please stop hearing about this? There's plenty of other Nintendo related news i read on other sites that's not here

During WW3 I suggust you hide under your Wii U.......It's that stable!

@NauticalCrimes I am still waiting my gamepad to be able to act as my controller in my VC game

they spend more time with pirates then they do pleasing their customers. will there ever be any new features added with an update?

@Kirk What an overreaction. And it sounds like you're whinging about something that I never suggested. I said nothing about votes causing comments to change position. That's a different feature.

@ThomasBW84 i'm sorry i understand the humor but when i hear a headline for a article about a new update i'll assume it's a patch for new features

Odd. I don't have the automatic updating thing enabled, yet when I tried to update the software, it said I was already up-to-date.

I feel some sarcasm in this post XD

Could this fix the Wii to Wii U corruption error?

the satbility level is OVER 9000!!!

Did you feel that? The entire earth shook but the WiiU stood still.

YESSS! SWEET STABILITY!!

Praise the lord i was about to write nintendo about the lack of stability

I just notice that these updates are not letting me play Batman Arkham City & Scribble Nauts Unlimited on my Wii U. I don't know why but it is not letting me play them since the last update.

@Kirk: So Nintendo should stop releasing small updates that fix bugs and hackers? Is that what you're suggesting?

@unrandomsam Not really sure but some people started having problems they were not having before. I think for some people quick start won't work at all for games (the menu loads fine but loading the game won't work) or weird issues where some games do work but others do not for no reason. Maybe the Game & Wario problem @Chaos_Eevee is having is related.

Another stability joke: I was feeling like fainting with the level of stability reached, but I can't seem to fall over when in the presence of my Wii U.

Homer simpson confirmed for SSB4!

@8BitSamurai LOL

@Mega719 Calm down bro. It sounds like you need some more stability.

This all really amusing to me.

I am glad for the stability update because my Wii U kept falling down after losing it's balance. I was starting to think I was going to have to invest in a walker for it.

This must be the stability update prior to the late announcement of N64 VC update this week

This stability upgrade is much needed, my Wii U was having mood swings

I've figured it out, the new updates are just the new levels for the people playing the meta game of trying to hack the consoles, Nintendo has to think about all there fans after all.

Let us get friend notifications. On the TV screen!

@Prizm

They would most likely do that by default, as that's generally the point in having a "Like" system in these comments sections in the first place?

@WaLzgi

Or maybe lump a few of them together as a well as add in something a bit more meaningful along with the "stability" too.

@AcesHigh73 Yes, gamepad support in wii mode would be great ... it's currently impossible to start a wii game when the Wiimote is inside the Guitar Hero or DJ Hero controller because you have to point at the screen.

@AlexOlney
i can 100% confirm this is what happens.

Yet my Wii U still crashes with a USB HDD error message?! Go figure, Nintendo!

Wait, so it is like an anti-earthquake now?

@Pahvi Add to that The Last Story and 007 which are both top flight games. I would replay xeno tomorrow if I could use offTV to work thru it. I am sure Nintendo could do this if they wanted to.

Hmmmph. This update probably won't fix my "Wii U freezing problem" I keep getting.... -_-

@Starwolf_UK I'm still getting HDD errors with 5.1.2, even though Nintendo did 'hardware repairs' to my Wii U to correct the problem and 5.1.1 was supposed to address the issue with firmware fixes also.

The stability - it burns!

@Big_L91 I was and would too, but I still have those issues when connecting to the internet, and whenever I do try to update the console disconnects...

@Mega719 @The_Ninja I guess you could say Mega719 needs to hold their horses. YEAAAAAAHH

My Wii U freezes half the time. I hope this fixes it

@Nibelilt @The_Ninja jeez i said i was sorry i don't know why my opinion is getting bashed here. This is just an honest opinion i'm not a buzzkill

my wii u was starting to go on some serious mood swings that it needs more stability especially after those wii u doom gloom articles

#stabilityoverload

I need to try out wii sports club golf online again and see if anything has changed.

now i have 2 stable console in my house

yeah to bad it did not fix the gamepad connection

When of when is Nintendo going to introduce folders into a System Update?? My system is getting really cluttered.
Even the 3DS got this (although not being able to properly name them irks)

Since this update my WiiU has been the total opposite of stable
Doesn't load from quick menu, tiles from some digital downloads don't show up and it constantly crashes so have to result in pulling the plug to get it going again

@Gonzo1 I have this problem too that because stand by mode after Update is bug
so Pls Disable it Your WII U will can run normally