Wii U system update 5.4.0 has just gone live worldwide, and for most of the planet, it's all about that luscious stability - basically, there's very little else to talk about.
However, if you're in Europe then you'll find the update hammers the final nail into the coffin of TVii. The service - which was heavily-promoted at launch and is available in North America - was never activated in Europe.
Its removal isn't a massive shock in that case, but if you were one of the few that was still holding out hope, now's the time to let it go.
If you've downloaded the update, let us know if you spot any other changes.
Thanks to Benson for the tip!
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I'm just glad the buttons gone. Can't stand a useless button.
Not only did Wii U not get quite a few of the features that the other consoles have but it even loses some of its own [basically worthless—in Europe] features now too...
And some people wonder why Wii U isn't as massive a success as they might have hoped.
Let it go~ Let it go~ Can't hold it back anymorrrreeeee~
So like... that TV button on the gamepad. Was that for TVii?
@Moon That button is to control your TV like a universal remote. On/Off, change source, volume up/down... It's quite nifty, actually. Nothing to do with TVii, which is a streaming service.
@Samurai_Goroh Ahh right, thank you. That actually sounds pretty useful, I will have to look into it.
Yesss!! Finally got rid of that useless icon
Well, so much about that... I wonlt miss it.
Well I was expecting this. I'm sure they are aware the life span of WII U won't be much. I'm sure we will get a new console in 2017 somewhere.... Then we might get it on the next console since better hardware and i'm sure they will get more support with stronger machine. can't wait
The search function in the browser has got worse,I don't know why they needed to change that as it worked as it should before.Glad to see the TVii icon gone though,even if it did work I doubt I would ever make use of it.Got my fingers crossed for themes to be added in the next update.
should have replaced it with a live streaming app like Twitch or UStream so we could live stream our Wii U games like we can on PS4 and XB1
@Moon I tend to do a poor job of keeping track of my TV remote so the Gamepad has been my go to remote. It also works with my satellite receiver so I don't have to go searching for that remote either. I'm not that good with remotes. >.>
One of my favorite parts of it is the +/- buttons control the volume when the remote interface is on. If I'm playing a game and need to change the volume quick everything is already right there in my hands.
My Wii U is so stable now, my virtual horse is in paradise!
I doubt anyone will miss the pointless TVii app that did nothing. They should just made the "Nintendo Anime Channel" available on the Wii U.
finally!
Finally! I was waiting for its removal.
@Alucard83
You will most likely be wrong about everything.
Oh my gosh, they actually got rid of the stupid button. About time!
That's nice. Couldn't have added the ability to customise the button bar, could they? It would be handy to have System Settings on there.
@Sean_Aaron Those are the only apps that can run while a game is running, which System Settings can't.
I think they are gearing up for a system OS overhaul in the later part of the year that will makes certain aspects of the OS work better in tandem with the pre-established features such as Friends Lists and Miiverse functionality.
@CreativeWelshman Possibly, it may have something to do with the new network/service DeNA is working on.
@ThePove Have to agree. If it will not get used get rid of it. Shame that it was never used in europe tho.
@Samurai_Goroh
Which could form the part of the 3rd platform that Iwata was talking about when announcing the NX a tad too early, at least that's what I believe anyway.
Thank goodness ,that icon was starting to bug me lol. I started the update before I left for work, seen that there was one on Twitter, but it wasn't finished before I left the house. Also, more of that lovely lovely stability is always welcome...
I am happy that little mocking icon is gone.
good, let's hope we'll never see it again, europe!
Europeans aren't missing out on much seeing as the somewhat slow nature of the app caused me to load it up only a couple times since I got my Wii U. No big loss really.
Let's see now Nintendo's 3rd pillar should be something along the lines of this
Please bear in mind that is this just me speculating about something we don't know about yet. THIS IS NOT FACTUAL INFORMATION, IT'S JUST MY OPINION OK.
Good I found it annoying just wasting space.
@manu0 That's a useful distinction, but only if it's replicated to the Home Menu screen - what if the button bar was just a set of shortcuts for things you use the most and the Home Menu remained as it was?
@Kirk it's not a big success because a feature no one used was removed? Great logic.
@OneBagTravel How could we use a feature that was not available?
Well it's about time
Yes! So glad, that button kind of annoyed me because we've known for while now that it'd be forever useless.
...In Europe anyway.
If you think about it: almost 10 million consoles sold, there must have been someone out there somewhere that bought their Wii U mainly for TVii. Must suck so much for them lol.
Good thing. The primary bar was getting cluttered after Download Management got promoted anyway.
They're welcome to take mine away in North America, too. No need for it.
I forgot TVii was a thing.
@OneBagTravel No, I think you missed my point.
So does this mean Anonymous will be hacking the Splatoon servers now?
@DonSerrot that channels not even in the US, give it to us first.
TVii had potential it never reached. Among the biggest negatives was the remote built into the app was inferior to the quick remote, the scheduling is slow to load on a good day, and app integration never worked properly
Everytime I start up my Roku stick I am left to wonder what could have been with TVii. They seems to have figured out what Nintendo never was able to.
Good riddance. If the yanks are the only ones getting a service, fine. After all, Europe never got Final Fantasy VI, Super Mario RPG or EarthBound outside Virtual Console rereleases, so we're kinda used to another region getting cuddled and all, but the TVii button was just rubbing it on our faces. At least the mockery is gone now.
(Yeah, I'm grumpy.)
Pitty! I was hoping that with the recent addition of BBC iPlayer, that they link TVii to it.
Maybe they should add an update to iPlayer that allows you to draw over TV programs with the game pad (ie: Match of the day analysis style)
Now my hopes for dvr features or the very least a pause and play touch key is looking less likely in the States.
My Wii U is wobbly as hell, so much for these stability updates!
@DonSerrot The 'TV' button is useful. . .as long as you don't have a surround sound system. I'm still holding out hope Nintendo will get their poop together and add support for AV receivers.
Good. Now get rid of it in North America.
Sorry, it was a nice idea on paper, but in practice it turned out to be half-baked and pretty useless. Save those system resources for something else!
@Kirk I know what kind of device i was buying so not having featrues of others conosoles dont matter to me at all. Tvii in Europe never came live becouse of too many problems related with tv licenses etc. in european countries. To bad i wanted to use it. Not missing it at all.
@Kirk
Well that, plus because it's too expensive considering what it lacks compared to the competition. Especially now that the XBone can be had for $350 WITH bundled games.
Update just before E3 huh? Adding a new feature or new VC games like Gamecube games maybe Nintendo? ;P
@AVahne Oh there's what I said, the thing you said, and a whole lot more. There's multiple reasons (or issues) the Wii U is kinda flopping when it comes to sales and the likes of third party support and that's exactly the problem—there being so many different issues. It's all these issues together, many things, that have basically doomed the Wii U, because it probably could have fully succeeded with just one or two little blips, no problem.
Yay that TVii is gone; however, the Wii menu better not be. With system like this Nintendo can give and take away. I just hope taking stuff away isn't part of the Wii U's future.
Nintendo giveth and Nintendo taketh away.
Pretty shocking that it took them nearly 3 years to remove an icon...
@Worthy This service is UK only. It does not include the rest of Europe
Ya know... I was one of the few people I guess that loved the app. I LOVED playing along with the Trivia game during sporting events. My only gripe is that I would comment on something crazy that would happen with something stupid like, "Damn!!!!" and they would IMMEDIATELY delete it. The last time I went to use it, it was a bit behind so that I couldn't even answer the Trivia questions because, by the time I saw the question, it was already too late to answer it. Oh well...
@AVahne I would not be surprised to find that the price of the Wii U drops $50-100 soon in response to the Xbox One drop. I would also expect the PS4 to drop before the end of the year possibly too.
Ugh...TVii has been broken since the system update yesterday here in NA.
That's okay, TVii is really bad anyways.
I was so excited to be able to browse between Amazon, Netflix, and Hulu all on one device, within one app.
However, what it really does is display listings of each (and an Amazon, there is no distinction between whether it is a movie/tv show you can buy, vs one that comes with Prime), then if you choose a selection, it launches the appropriate app (which used to take around 2 minutes, I haven't used it recently but it's probably better) and does a search.
Often times, the search result doesn't even come up with any results, or it's something completely unrelated that maybe contained the search term within the description. Frequently it lists things that are only available in other regions.
I gave up on TVii a long time ago. You aren't missing anything, Europe.
Not really. It wasn't a priority to do so.
Hopefully Nintendo will add an icon to take me straight to my Wii VC games stored on my SD card. I flipping hate having to start Wii mode
I don't use the feature much but I did actually post a comment there during Game 1 of the NBA Finals last week. It's neat that it can be configured to automatically post your comment to twitter with hashtag 'NintendoTVii'.
Note that the TV button on the gamepad accesses the remote control. Honestly one of the best features of the WiiU which I use all the time.
I still hope that we will get an All4 app and ITVplayer. I know I have them on all types of devices already but I like using the wiiu TV apps on the pad. I already use netflix, Amazon and BBC iplayer... Oh and YouTube, which let's you watch movies and TV bought on your Google play account. So I really want those other TV player apps to let me do it all on my pad.
I'm from Canada and honestly, I wish they rid of it here too cause it has basically no point lol I tried to get it to work once but it was so stupid to figure out that i gave up on it
I use it in Las Vegas it works great. I use the Wii-U gamepad for everything on my TV. Hope they don't get rid of it here.
That app has only gotten slower with every update. Sad rly. My phone can do 10x what nintendo tvii can do. Sad because I was really excited about it at first.
@Moon As obviously stated by the instruction manual which you shald have read through before powering on the console, it's for a TV Remote (non learning).
Finally! No need for the tvii icon if the service isn't available. This can go straight in the big FAILURE bin behind Nintendo's home-office (not hating on Nintendo, but everyone knows they made quite some weird/stupid decisions, including this one)!
@Angelic_Lapras_King WIth NGC adapter support kthnxbai
@Kawaiipikachu You're right, maybe I shald have read the instruction manual. Though, to be honest, I haven't got the time or patience to thoroughly read through instructions. I just plug in and play - perhaps a result of my 90s upbringing. Good for you though.
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