What will we do on Jan 1 2036?

Greninji88 · Mar 7, 2026

So the Wii only counts to December 31 2035, and after that the calendar would stop working properly. Is a fix possible? A soft mod perhaps?

Latiodile · Mar 8, 2026

that's in 10 years still, most likely outcome is people will just fake the date and use an older date, or a homebrew will fix it to support p to 2099 like the gamecube, idk, we have 10 years before it's an issue

Greninji88 · Mar 8, 2026

Latiodile said:
that's in 10 years still, most likely outcome is people will just fake the date and use an older date, or a homebrew will fix it to support p to 2099 like the gamecube, idk, we have 10 years before it's an issue

I know its 10 years away, but just wondering. Clock based games like animal crossing and Wii Fit will have a bit of problems if your using a different date

Veho · Mar 8, 2026

There will probably be a firmware update (official or homebrew) to fix that. Without it, games will simply think you left them for 50 years.

Disorarara · Mar 8, 2026

Definitely a homebrew fix, I think almost all software post-Y2K have failsafes to fall back to in the event that the clock rolls over, you're just not gonna have accurate dates anymore.

lightwo · Mar 8, 2026

Game like it's 2006! Or really any year before 2036.

Any multiplayer games that rely on the clock will probably have unofficial patches in place, either usable in emulator or even on native hardware. Any other games should do just fine if you have time set to something in the past.

WiiWare_lover · Mar 8, 2026

Veho said:
There will probably be a firmware update (official or homebrew) to fix that. Without it, games will simply think you left them for 50 years.

that won't work because the server certificate will expire already in 2035 (forget exact month and day)
This means online updates and wii shop channel are official "shut down" altough nintendo could remove the check for certificate serverside.

Flame · Mar 8, 2026

Good thing the Wii got no games.

Or homebrew.

JORGETECH · Mar 8, 2026

Will this be after or before the replicants take over?

epix74 · Mar 8, 2026

well you could set the year to 2008 and all the days should line up exactly

Greninji88 · Mar 9, 2026

epix74 said:
well you could set the year to 2008 and all the days should line up exactly

Oh that's smart! But I play WiiFit, so will my data get overridden when I reach the same date again?

The Real Jdbye · Mar 9, 2026

WiiWare_lover said:
that won't work because the server certificate will expire already in 2035 (forget exact month and day)
This means online updates and wii shop channel are official "shut down" altough nintendo could remove the check for certificate serverside.

They would just have to release the update before then.

WiiWare_lover · Mar 9, 2026

The Real Jdbye said:
They would just have to release the update before then.

Update IOS80, IOS55 and IOS62

What will we do on Jan 1 2036?

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