New reports about the Wii U are warning owners of the Nintendo console that if they don’t use the system it can brick the console entirely, rendering it nothing more than a piece of expensive plastic.

The system update itself does not have a lot of notable content, though. The patch notes only mentioned improvements to the system stability and adjustments to enhance the usability of the console.

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