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The Wii has finally got another Firmware update. This time we are up to firmware 3.0u. The biggest and most noticeable difference is that a clock has been added to the main menu. There are a lot of other little revisions, read on to see what they are…

Main Menu Revisions

- Clock Display
- The Disc turns 180-degrees on the Disc Channel icon
- News Channel icon displays headlines
- Forecast Channel icon now displays the weather without entering the channel
- Faster loading times when changing channels/leaving channels
- Move contacts on Address Book
- Calendar no longer displays envelopes for the amount of time you played, only messages
- Light bar goes on when disk is inserted or removed
- Able to navigate Wii Settings with + and –
- Scrolling through messages has a new sound, and scrolling with B now displays an arrow similar to the Internet Channel

Wii Shop Channel Revisions

- New Welcome screen detailing 4 Recommended Titles and the points they cost
- Titles You’ve Downloaded was moved to the main shop menu
- New ways to browse
- Popular Titles (not only based on recent info)
- Newest Additions remains the same
- Search for a title which can use partial names
- Search by Category
- System shows the different systems and how many titles have been released under each
- Publisher showing different publishers and amount of titles released
- Genres listed

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