Ey, for fixing semi-bricks you can go in Maintenance mode. Just power on your wii and at the initial health warning message hold down both the + and - buttons, then press A. You should see a message saying "Youa re in maintenance mode". Now you can go to options a format your wii.
I haven´t...
Yeah, wait sux. But playing a game in a non-native language sucks too.
Imagine what Nintendo thinks: If people prefer the game sooner than translated, let's release it all over the world in Japanese!. With no waits, of course.
Right..