This is an infinity times better than watching windows 8 update

Only Nintendo could make something as dull and routine as a system data transfer into a cute, unique and (dare I say it) emotional experience.

If there's any Nintendo character I trusted to move my data, it's definitely the Pikmin. This animation made the wait worth it when I transferred my data!

did anyone else have a mini heart attack when that purple pikmin almost missed the flight

I like how when they "land" in the Wii U, the area is so much more spacious and speckled with details than the old Wii, where it had narrow halls and simple looking backgrounds. It's like when you go from a small international airport (for example, LaGuardia in NY), to a giant one (like the Incheon airport in Korea).

I love how the Wii looks like a present day city, but the Wii U is all futuristic

I love how it is the pikmin that transfer your data. As if they had been there all along, working inside your console, making it run.

i love how Wii Sports was the final transfer to the Wii U, seeing as how for almost everyone, it was the first game they ever played on their Wii

Am i the only one to think this animation would make for an epic Mario Kart track?

Somehow, this process makes me feel extremely satisfied. Nintendo did a perfect job of making even the simplest of tasks, such as taking data from the wii and putting it into an SD Card, and make it extremely Sweet, perhaps even beautiful, but that is stretching it. I think it's the music that adds most of it's charm.

I couldn't help but feel a bit sad when I transferred my data over. I'm almost 16 so I kinda grew up with the Wii. I had a ton of memories with my cousins on it. Whether it be Mario Kart Wii, Smash Bros. Brawl, Mario Galaxy, Lego Rockbandor any other game even on the DS Lite such as Pokemon Pearl/Diamond, Mario Kart DS, and so many others...I had the time of my life playing, unlocking stuff, completing stuff, competing and having a great time. Watching those games be transferred with this music almost made me regret transferring even though there was no reason to. I truly think those years have been the best in my life. I thank the Wii, DS, Nintendo, and my cousins for that. This animation helped me relive all of those memories...

i was blown away when i did this as a kid. I thought i was just going to see a boring loading screen but this was actually fun to watch.

Wii: Finally! You haven’t booted me up in ages! Even if it’s on a Wii U, we can still have fun! What do you want to play? **Opens Wii to Wii U Transfer Tool** Wii: Oh... that...

Nintendo made this as stress free as possible

When the Pikmen cheered and that jingle was heard at 24:25, I clapped myself out of satisfaction because I was happy that all my data has been successfully transferred.

Every Nintendo console comes installed with Pikmin now. I guess this is how our consoles work, lol

12:17 Ahh, The Legend of Zelda: Save Data. My favorite zelda game.

I remember when I first got my Wii, on my 8th birthday - my father told me a few days ago that he waited for 2 hours outside of our local Toys R' Us to ensure that he would get one. He and my mother hid it under my blankets (likely by my request, I sort of forgot). It's been a thrill playing on my Wii. Playing Brawl, Mario Kart Wii, NSMB Wii, Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2...as well as probably tons more. But now, my Wii's passed its prime. The black soft thing around the disk tray fell off a few years ago, so now the disk tray is filthy. I mainly used it for Amazon and Netflix at that point, and now my mother had packed it and its accessories away in a box, safe and sealed. I plan on doing this transfer tomorrow. The data needs a better place to be. And when all is said and done I'll be putting the Wii stuff back in the box - and putting it back in my blankets for the night. Just how it was when I first got it. Whether it's emptied or not, I still plan on doing one thing even if it doesn't even function anymore. I will keep it forever. ~~i took this a bit too seriously~~

As a software engineer, I can say, that this is how data transfer works behind the scenes. The only difference is that Nintendo exposed it how it works. I can ashure you they put 3000 pickmin on an sd card.

Poor Wii, left behind...

13:10 No matter how many times I watch this part, I always get tears from how cute it is!!!

I knew it was worth it to keep that old wii of mine, now I can have all those precious memories to keep. Also me being a big pikmin fan this was fun to see.

thank GOD they didn't leave that purple pikmin behind. would've ruined my day

Sounds like the Pikmin are saying "thank you"

Nintendo: Isn't our save transfer just the cutest thing? Me: You have one for the Switch right? Nintendo: Me: You have one for the Switch right?

Nintendo: "Progress bar? Where we're going, we don't need progress bars..."

Kinda surprised the pikmin didn't go trough a checkpoint, had everything scanned, and then went on their merry way. (representing checksum verification, account verification and so on.)

The transfer animation was beautiful. I'm guessing the rocketship is supposed to represent the SD Card?

Only Nintendo would put so much effort into a Transfer tool that most people will only see once and forget about it. Thanks for archiving it, great job :D

Its the little things that Nintendo puts in to make even the slightest thing such as a Transfer seem like a fun process I kinda wish they put up like a whole simulation of the whole process even if there's stuff that we haven't seen maybe more footage i wish they did more stuff like this its kinda cool like in Nintendo's little world

I still love watching this. They put this much effort with all the environment models and also put in the pikmin, it's so good. They did not have to do this for a system transfer scene.

I remember this being so exciting yet so sad but now it is just bittersweet since the wii u is dead

Only Nintendo could make a very detailed animation for such a simple process.

For Those Who Said That The Wii Planet Is The Only "Goldilocks" Planet And The Wii U Planet Is An Sun, You Are Wrong. Both The Wii Planet And The Wii U Planet Are "Goldilocks" Planets. The Gravity On Both Planets Is Normal, The Pikmins Can Breathe In Both Planets, Both Planets Have The Same Size, The Temperature On Both Planets Are Normal, Both Planets Have Magnetic Fields, And Both Planets Have An Regular Surface.

The transfer somehow managed to sit on 90% for 2 whole minutes...

The Pikmin at the end of the animation almost got left behind and it hit me with the feels

I think that Nintendo put a lot of effort in the transfer animations. if anyone agrees with me reply

Why do I have such a strange obsession with these?

A progress bar would not have been half as satisfying. In a way, this was a send off to my wii. Because I knew, once this animation ran, it would never be powered on again. And of course, I would trust no one more than the pikmin with my data.

Moving Michael Jackson save data from SD card... LOL

Sadly my childhood Wii was lost to unfortunate circumstances. But I have a Wii today, sitting out in the den. I don’t use it often anymore - I have a Switch, laptop, etc - but it’s still precious to me. We got it not too long before moving into our new house. I still have the box I used to move it - a random USPS box, sharpied with “Wii Stuff”. Cherish the little things in life

Imagine the Wii U data city but even more futuristic and switch colored... that would be awesome

if windows 10 update has this, i will be ok with him updating in the middle of my work

I remember doing this right when I got my Wii U. The visuals and the music track during the process are just gorgeous. The Wii side of the process was the most saddest part.

The crazy thing is that they had to compose music for this and animate it just for transferring Wii to wiiu

this makes me wish the next console's backwards compatible

I find it odd how Zelda Skyward Sword's save file name is "Zelda: Skyward Sword" but Twilight Princess' is "The Legend of Zelda:"

Did this today Did NOT know this was a thing (the animation) and i sat through it all watching some pikmin run around

The ultimate goodbye. It was fun while it lasted. It may even be fun after, if we want it to be. But for now...farewell, Wii.

I loved how Nintendo added the Pikmin to the Data Transfer thing. They know how to make everything cute

9:06 this is the best transfer sequence ive seen yet

This is literally so nice to watch. I kind of hope the switch has something like this, although I really doubt it will. The games are fun but the switch itself is so bland. No folders, no themes, no extra widgets...

That is such an unreasonable amount of effort to justify waiting around for 15 minutes for the whole thing to complete xD

If I was a Pikmin, I would work for this.

This makes me tear up a little

I love the music for the transfer. Shame you can't find it anywhere.

I'm saying this now: this era was when Nintendo truly peaked. I'm just saddened that these are just days long gone by, and we'll never be able to experience them ever again. What a shame, really.

I love how the Pikmin go on a fantastic journey inside your Wii console while carrying all your Wii save data to the rocket which is your SD card and flew to your Wii U console and travel inside your Wii U console to put all your Wii save files to the Wii U’s memory

They should’ve also included the user’s Mii characters carrying suitcases. 😄

Almost 7 years worth of content, mine is Wii from launch day...it lasted quite awhile.

Why do I like watching things from the Wii? Oh wait, it's my childhood!

God. I love Nintendo now that I hear this for like hours straight...

This song kinda makes me hungry to be honest, imaging myself eating something when hearing this the first time.

See why can't loading/download screens have this much thought and effort put into it? Having Pikmin carry your data is cute and authentic, but all we ever get nowadays is a spinning circle and a percent number that is never accurate.

The Wii End Credits

10 year anniversary for the wii u

The only system transfer that’s not boring

This really is how the data is transferred inside the console, although instead of Pikmin the data is electronic signals travelling through wires to the Wii U’s hard drive/SSD

The Pikmin must be very tired!

This music is so relaxing, i love it. I really wanna find a download of this cus i could _totally_ fall asleep to the music ;w;

Amazing how Nintendo made the transfer process a fun and emotional experience but, why do you have 2 save files for sonic colours?

HOLY CRAP!!! THIS IS SO FOKING FRUTIGR AERO! /!!!!!!

They really wanted to make this feel special :D

Goodbye planet Wii, I guess

I only just realized you had Sonic Colors AND Sonic Colours Save Data. Region hopping eh?

I got my Wii U on 25 Dec 2015 but I didn't transfer and I just started new saves on it. Look what I missed out on.

I literally wish there was a Nintendo switch transfer tool...

Why did I get an emotional feel out of this?? Nintendo you're just amazing 🙌

Your wii is basically just a GameCube after you do this

Why is this so adorable and emotional? I don't even own either of these systems. I love how it's like the Pikmin have been in your Wii the whole time operating it. Also: Pikmin, do not move to Wii U, it will fail. Stay on Wii, or you will be forgotten. *All the Pikmin dramatically turn back in the middle of the hallway on the Wii saying the Wii is this way and Wii U is that way*

better to watch Pikmin move your data rather than seeing a dull screen doing a transfer Nintendo, you make things better and more interesting

Perfect music for waiting to board an airplane

All the characters moving stuff is so cool

Is no one gonna talk about that one purple pikmin?

Olimar: We are now commanding Alpha Squad. Please Stand By! Olimar: All Data is Sent to Cache! Initiating Transfer to Wii U storage. Olimar: Alpha Squad is now at Bay! Initiating Order. Olimar: Mission Complete!

i actively went searching for this, because i wanted to see the pikmin move stuff

If it wasn't for the 480p resolution the wii has a very futuristic looking ui and system as a whole

When I saw this for the first time as a kid, I don’t know why but I cried tears of happiness maybe because of the memories I had on my Wii and how I was starting new memories on my Wii U

Yeah, though I used one of same ones I've always used. I just copied everything out of that sd card to the laptop, formatted it and then had the Wii U do it's thing with the SD card. After I did the whole transfer process, I just copied everything back to my SD card as if I didn't do anything to it.

So Nintendo consoles are secretly being made by pikmin and when you close the console they take a break?

They are the ultimate transfer troopers.

Best loading screen ever

I love how you can see the graphics improve, especially in the shadows.

I love this update animation. Nintendo always makes interesting update screens that are actually fun to watch

This was my favorite part about getting my Wii U back in 2018: transferring my Wii data to my Wii U by using this. Back when the Wii was actually elite, and the Wii U was actually GOOD before the Switch.

Things like this make me wish i were born 10-25 years earlier, just so i could experience the 2000s and 2010s, and be able to appreciate them when i never had a chance to. Godspeed to all the Pikmin powering Wiis and Wii Us out there.

This fucking mesmerized me as a kid.

There is a similar animation on the DSI to 3ds

this video makes me want a nintendo wii u

I always thought the animation that plays when transferring was so cute only Nintendo man