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Thanks NintenDaan1 for the awesome video featuring the update.

Yesterday, the MiiVerse received an update which will help with faster loading. The update also makes reading posts more convenient. What is this godly update? Well, it’s actually really simple: posts which have over 100 comments will only load 100 comments at a time. Some communities are now organized into new categories which can be found by using search on MiVerse. It’s not the most glorious of updates, but it’s something.

What would you like to see in the next MiiVerse update?

Nintendo head-honcho (President and CEO), Satoru Iwata, recently reminded us of the upcoming April update for the Wii U which will shorten loading times on the system. He wrote the following on MiiVerse, just as a reconfirmation:

Hello, this is Satoru Iwata of Nintendo.

As we announced in the January Nintendo Direct, we plan to release two Wii U system updates. One in spring, and one in the summer.

Today, I would like to let you know the status of these two updates.

We are planning to release the spring system update in April, which will improve the time it takes to launch software, and the time it takes to return to the Wii U Menu.

We still have tests remaining, and it will take a little more time until we can release the update. But today, we have prepared a video so you can see how the loading time will change when returning to the Wii U Menu with the system update, so please take a look if you are interested.

In the future, we would like to share announcements about Nintendo Direct events here, so we appreciate your continued attention.

And lastly, like in other Announcement Communities, please understand that while we read every comment, we are not able to reply. Thank you.

What does seeing Iwata reconfirm the update mean to you?

Miiverse staff member, Marty, gave us a Miiverse update today, giving a bit more organization and better management to everybody’s favourite Wii U social app.

First off, you can now unfollow people much easier, with an added button on the list of people you follow. This makes it much easier than going into an individual profile and unfollowing one-by-one. Also, if you block somebody now, all of their community posts will disappear for you, which was not the case in previous updates.

Secondly, you can select an option to only view “Player Posts” in various communities, which removes all posts that are not based on a game relevant to the community.

Finally, your spoiler posts now contain a special mark above the message wherever you post it.

What do you guys think of this update? What do you want to see in the future of Miiverse updates?

After the last Nintendo Direct in which the WindWaker HD remake was announced for the Wii U, many fans were dissatisfied for the lack of a Zelda community on Miiverse. However, the wait is now over as the official The Legend of Zelda Open Community is now open for business on Miiverse. Be sure to check it out if you love Zelda.

Miiverse has acted like a social network for the Wii U since it was implemented: anybody could add each other and the method of adding was relatively simple. Now Nintendo has created a barrier to protect younger gamers, specifically those who are under 12 years old. Those under this age limit are barred from adding other users on Miiverse, unless they enter each other’s Nintendo Network IDs in the friend list.

Nintendo has also added other changes including a five-minute posting limit on Miiverse communities, although you will still have the ability to comment on all existing posts. Finally, instead of sending notifications every time somebody comments on a post you have commented on, you’ll only be notified if the original poster comments.

So, do you guys think these changes will help protect the younger community? What would you like to see implemented with Miiverse?

Satoru Iwata has confirmed that Miiverse will be available via smartphones this Spring. This feature itself was announced a long while back, and the initial version will only be able as a web application at first, but Nintendo are working on a dedicated application to be released at a later date. Either way, if you’re keen to keep up with whatever your gaming buddies are doing on their Wii U, then look forward to this.

The launch of the Wii U must be placing a significant amount of strain on Miiverse, since some users are saying that they’re unable to connect to the service. They receive the error code “121500″ when they make the attempt. If you’re experiencing this, I can’t imagine it’s anything serious. Just hang tight and hope that Nintendo gets it under control.

If you’re having more general connection issues — meaning, you can’t connect via Wi-Fi at all — then read this guide.