# Wii users, just curious, did you get a blue light last night?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-users-just-curious-did-you-get-a-blue-light-last-night/606750>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [December 19, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-users-just-curious-did-you-get-a-blue-light-last-night/606750 "2011-12-19T16:35:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-users-just-curious-did-you-get-a-blue-light-last-night/606750/1 "2011-12-19T16:35:27Z")

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We know of two Wii users who got that blue light last night in the slot where the disk goes, We were just curious if the two were coincidence or if the appearance of the blue light was widespread?

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**Author:** ![doverpro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@doverpro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doverpro)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-users-just-curious-did-you-get-a-blue-light-last-night/606750/2 "2011-12-19T17:29:52Z")

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It usually means that there is a software update to download. Mine had the blue light this morning.

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**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-users-just-curious-did-you-get-a-blue-light-last-night/606750/3 "2011-12-19T17:41:47Z")

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Likewise. Blue light.

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**Author:** ![aktep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-users-just-curious-did-you-get-a-blue-light-last-night/606750/4 "2011-12-19T18:38:27Z")

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Me too, but I haven’t checked the message.

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-users-just-curious-did-you-get-a-blue-light-last-night/606750/5 "2011-12-19T18:46:11Z")

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I had one this morning. I noticed the Netflix had an update, though I didn’t update it yet.

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**Author:** ![aktep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2011, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wii-users-just-curious-did-you-get-a-blue-light-last-night/606750/6 "2011-12-20T00:27:19Z")

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FWIW, it appears to have been a notice that by joining club nintendo, you can be entitled to free downloads (from the virtual console?) to your wii.