No more stalls
No more stalls. Just in time for North America on Monday!
Good news for poker fans today as we have received confirmation that Digital Leisure’s Texas Hold'em Tournament has received a patch which fixes a bug in the game. To download it simply go to the Wii Shop and navigate to the game, you should now see that it is tagged as ‘new version’.
We have been told that the issue sometimes happened when people were connecting to start a new WiFi game. Depending on how the matchmaking servers placed the newly connecting person, sometimes the connection process would stall a game in progress.
This is perfect timing for the North American launch of the game this coming Monday, 1st June. Now gamers from both side of the pond will be able to show off their poker skills without any problems.
1. KnucklesSonic8
29 May 2009, 16:22 BST
Nice! And people say patches aren't possible. Oh please. >_>
2. Popyman
29 May 2009, 16:27 BST
Lost Winds needs a patch, I've seen two game breaking glitches, both super easy to do...
3. Terranigma
29 May 2009, 16:48 BST
Not a big Texas Hold'em Tournament fan, so i haven't bought this yet.
I am signed up to the Telltale Games email updates program, being a member on their website and i was able to get a free gift code for their very first game recently. Telltale Texas Hold'Em, so for now I'm sticking to that.
4. King Elemento
29 May 2009, 16:55 BST
@1. KnucklesSonic8:
No.
People say patches aren't possible for retail games without an updated rerelease, because the Wii can't write data to discs.
5. thewiirocks
29 May 2009, 17:22 BST
What really needs a patch is Bit Trip Beat. Having to repeat levels is a serious PITA.
@King Elemento - There was a whole flap earlier about how Nintendo doesn't make patching possible with WiiWare. It's not a technical problem, it's a business one. Texas Hold'em must have been really glitchy for Nintendo to actually issue a fix.
6. Objection_Blaster
29 May 2009, 17:29 BST
Glad that the patch got through. But it sucks that this is (likely) our only Wiiware for this upcoming Monday. I want S&S! Not this average bleh card game...
7. Stevie
29 May 2009, 18:12 BST
This is what i have been waiting for, i can now play this without getting angry (unless i lose)
8. Starwolf_UK
29 May 2009, 18:19 BST
There is the possibility Nintendo of Euorpe is a bit more lax regarding updates to games. That is the only explaination as to why this glitch gets fixed but so many other buggy bits of WiiWare don't.
9. blockhead
29 May 2009, 18:54 BST
@ 6
isnt Final Fantsy 4 the after years coming June 1st
10. Cheezy
29 May 2009, 20:02 BST
Oh joy...
11. Chatham
29 May 2009, 20:11 BST
Online Texas Hold 'Em? Man, if a game needed WiiSpeak this would be it... wait, it doesn't? and it's buggy? Thanks Nintendo!
12. mrPlow
29 May 2009, 20:15 BST
Hey... nice. They actually really patched (the game sure needed a patch). Time to get my "This is my poker face" shirt on and head towards the tables.
Players from the USA who likes texas hold'em poker, I encourage you to buy this game (we need more players
). It sure looks kinda ugly and could have much better interface etc. but still it's the only poker game available at the moment and it's actually not that bad (also only 500 points). I at least like to play ONLINE poker easily from the sofa.
13. Angelic Lapras King
29 May 2009, 20:29 BST
Going up against a FF game? No chance...
14. KDR_11k
29 May 2009, 20:45 BST
No chance? It went straight to #1 on most European charts.
15. Super Smash Bros. Fan1999
29 May 2009, 22:58 BST
Reply to KDR_11k Post 14#: Uh, I think Angelic Lapras King means the game stands no chance of matching the quality of Final Fanasty IV: The After Year. Nintendo Life better update the Texas Hold'em Tournament review for North America. Call me crazy, but I rather wait for the SNES version to appear on the Virtual Console. Which could happen next week.
16. SKTTR
30 May 2009, 02:02 BST
Finally! Now I'm back into the game! Come on!
Everyone, go download the new version so we can have a great match!
17. BrazCanaMan
30 May 2009, 02:10 BST
for 500 points i'll get this, but i really hope this ain't all we get.
18. That Cool Guy
30 May 2009, 02:41 BST
Can you hook up on this game with freind codes?
19. jhuhn
30 May 2009, 02:46 BST
I'd go for this game since it's got WiFi and I love this kind of poker and I can use my Mii as well.
20. Ouazegaga
30 May 2009, 10:16 BST
At last! No more long waits for matchmaking which results in a game crash. Well, I hope...
21. Ouazegaga
30 May 2009, 12:38 BST
They have also fixed the major glitch of the game (no need to pay the buy-in with the "continue trick"). Now, even if you use this, you pay. Great.
I don't know yet if the "reset/reinitialization trick" has been fixed (it allows you to restart a tournament in your current set. Ex: if you're near to lose in 3rd round of Vegas Championship, just reset or reinitialize game and you can restart at the same point.)
But now, the leaderboards are completely wrong. They should reset it, because the ten first players earn 1 to 2 millions dollars... That's strictely impossible without cheating (using glitches).
22. Vertigo
30 May 2009, 14:36 BST
@thewiirocks: I've been holding off getting BTB for that reason but will probably get it now there is a possibility of patch coming. Not today though, it's FA Cup final day and I'm off to the pub
23. MickEiA
31 May 2009, 02:29 BST
I've played around 10 matches including henderson open round 2 never had any freezes that was before the update
24. Alfred ENG
02 Jun 2009, 09:08 BST
Good news, I think i may buy this now
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