Wii U mandatory firmware update will brick your unit if it’s turned off during mid-update. While the Wii U isn't out yet, we do know the console will require a day-one update once people get it. If ...

You’ve probably been hearing about bricked Wii U owners, people who either lost Internet connection, power or some other unfortunate incident that caused them to lose connectivity while their Wii U ...

It sounds like the internet connection thing is made up (unsurprisingly), but it would seem that Nintendo is saying that it is a bad idea to power down your console during the download. That being ...

Nintendo’s Wii U console went on sale last night, and as soon as you get the console out of the box, you have to perform a software update before you can start using your Wii U, as we mentioned ...

The release of Super Smash Bros for Wii U has led to a number of owners claiming that a system error has caused some people to accidentally brick their consoles. A ...

Dominik Bošnjak is a freelance writer from Croatia. He has been writing about games for as long as he can remember and began doing so professionally in 2010 because an opportunity presented itself ...

When we told you about the day one update for the Wii U we suspected that based on our experience, seeing the console update and the slow pace and lack of feedback during the process, we would start ...

A launch-day update for Nintendo's Wii U console seems to be causing problems for some people, and resulting in consoles being bricked. The problem doesn't seem to be related to the update itself but ...

There have been reports about an error causing some major issues for people playing on their Wii U... specifically, playing the latest Super Smash Bros. on the Wii U ...