Disable wii u updates

What do you need help on? Cancel X. Topic Archived. Sign Up for free or Log In if you already have an account to be able to post messages, change how messages are displayed, and view media in posts. Boards Wii U Impossible to play games without updating? I'm a bit curious about a concept of this system. Is it possible at all to play Wii U games without updating? Like say my internet fails to work for whatever reason, and there's an update for a game not sure how it would know.

Am I just completely unable to play until I reconnect? A few days ago I decided to toss in Zombi U, since I hadn't touched it in months, and found there was an update for the game. At the time, someone in my family had left the router unplugged for a while to reset it, meaning no internet. I couldn't update the game of course, but rather than let me play offline or something I was prompted to check for errors and denied from playing.

Now if something like this ever happens on a or PS3, you can still play until you get back online, at which point the update is required as I'm sure you all know. So whats this crap? Is the Wii U essentially pulling an old Xbox One?

I even tried re-creating it to make sure I wasn't being fooled. Unless game updates are just THAT substantial, because I recall seeing an option to start software anyway when updating things like the Youtube channel, what I'm pulling out from this is that the Wii U is completely inoperable to anyone without internet access.

DH 8 years ago 2. How did you know there was an update if you didn't have internet connection at the time? You can skip installations and even play games while downloading updates. Sonic Racing, New Super Mario Bros U, Nintendo Land all 3 had updates that could be bypassed from the start That said, later games that require updates may have it installed on the disk as was done on the Wii in that case, you'll have to install from the disk.

But, Zombi U might be a special case for whatever reason. I dunno, when I went to play it it just said "Preparing Update". It downloaded the update in the background the last time you played that title.

Then, when you opened that title again, it installed the update before opening it. DH posted Cause mine is totally busted," he tweeted. For now, it doesn't seem like there's a way to reverse the issue. According to Venturebeat , the issue isn't something that Nintendo can resolve remotely. Bricking your console means that you'll be forced to send it into Nintendo for repair.

So if you recently grabbed up the Wii U, but haven't applied the update just yet, be sure to apply the update when you're absolutely certain you won't shut off the console or lose power to the console.

Otherwise, you may just end up with a glorified paperweight. Topics Consoles. See all comments That is huge, twice more than downloading Windows 8 RC. Seems like Nintendo had a bit of an oversight on what happens when you turn off the console during an update.

Hopefully they get together and fix it so you don't brick the thing when you turn off the console during update. Preferably a small quick solo patch before any other update so this happens less. Joined: Nov 11, Messages: 1 Likes Received: 0. The Tubehax DNS server is down unfortunately, which is why it's not currently working. I would strongly suggest blocking updates on your own router if possible, then you are not relying on someone else to do it for you.

InsaneNutter , Nov 11, All previously used DNS servers no longer work, however you can use the following to block updates: InsaneNutter , Jan 26, You must log in or sign up to reply here. Show Ignored Content. Share This Page Tweet. Your name or email address: Do you already have an account?