--- description: There's a system update in the offing that'll add a quick boot menu and faster application load times. title: Nintendo's Wii U Will Boot Even Faster This Summer image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Nintendo's Wii U Will Boot Even Faster This Summer by [Matt Peckham](/author/matt-peckham/) ## Matt Peckham Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 8, 2014 3:52 PM CUT by [Matt Peckham](/author/matt-peckham/) ## Matt Peckham Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 8, 2014 3:52 PM CUT It’s not clear when exactly Nintendo plans to unleash this little speed-related Wii U boon — [Joystiq says](http://www.joystiq.com/2014/05/08/watch-the-wii-us-quick-boot-in-action-due-in-summer-update/ "undefined") it’s heard this summer — but the video above indicates the benefits could be considerable: a system update that delivers a quick start menu that appears the moment you tap the Wii U GamePad’s power button. Better still, the applications you can launch now load notably faster. Joystiq notes the original simulated demonstration showed New Super Mario Bros. U loading in about 19 seconds, whereas in the the demo above, it takes just 14 seconds. \[[Joystiq](http://www.joystiq.com/2014/05/08/watch-the-wii-us-quick-boot-in-action-due-in-summer-update/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/92421/nintendos-wii-u-will-boot-even-faster-this-summer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/92421/nintendos-wii-u-will-boot-even-faster-this-summer/"},"headline":"Nintendo's Wii U Will Boot Even Faster This Summer","datePublished":"2014-05-08T15:52:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:02:11.234Z","description":"There's a system update in the offing that'll add a quick boot menu and faster application load times.","url":"https://time.com/92421/nintendos-wii-u-will-boot-even-faster-this-summer/","keywords":["Tech","Video Games","Game consoles","Nintendo","Updates","Wii U"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Matt Peckham","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/matt-peckham/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/92421/nintendos-wii-u-will-boot-even-faster-this-summer/","name":"Nintendo's Wii U Will Boot Even Faster This Summer"}}]}] ```