The Wii U

[munchiaz]

I've got the deluxe set preordered, along with New Super Mario Bros. U and ZombiU. I'm hoping to read reviews before I pick up ZombiU, as I'm sorta on the fence about that one. I remember picking up Red Steel at the Wii's launch and returning it a few days later. Don't wanna make that same mistake.

yeah i feel the same way about zombii U. i read the gamespot review. But it was a really poor review so im not taking that opinion into consideration

[TheClash603]

Anyone's Gamestop having a midnight opening?  Mine isn't, pretty fucking weak if you ask me.

I'll get to join in on the fun at 11AM tomorrow.

[munchiaz]

Anyone's Gamestop having a midnight opening?  Mine isn't, pretty fucking weak if you ask me.

I'll get to join in on the fun at 11AM tomorrow.

From what i have heard, most stores including best buy and gamestop are choosing not to have a midnight release of the Wii U. Not sure why. Maybe it has to do with the amount of theft that happens at these midnight releases.

[Joe Redifer]

Anyone's Gamestop having a midnight opening?  Mine isn't, pretty fucking weak if you ask me.

It's the Wii U. You can wait a few hours. It'll have a lifetime of collecting dust after that, so no rush.

No stores are opening at midnight for the same reason Nintendo releases their stuff on Sundays: Nintendo is a goody two-shoes company targeted at children. Good boys and girls do not stay up past 8:30pm on Saturday nights because it's wrong and evil. So go to church in the morning and pick it up after. I mean you DO go to church....

[Arkhan Asylum]

Im glad there aint a midnight launch

I don't want this shit interrupting my fucking D&D at the BigBoy breakfast buffet in a few hours

[munchiaz]

Anyone's Gamestop having a midnight opening?  Mine isn't, pretty fucking weak if you ask me.

It's the Wii U. You can wait a few hours. It'll have a lifetime of collecting dust after that, so no rush.

No stores are opening at midnight for the same reason Nintendo releases their stuff on Sundays: Nintendo is a goody two-shoes company targeted at children. Good boys and girls do not stay up past 8:30pm on Saturday nights because it's wrong and evil. So go to church in the morning and pick it up after. I mean you DO go to church....

Can you tuck me in tonight ?

[Joe Redifer]

Did you do what daddy told you to do?

[munchiaz]

Did you do what daddy told you to do?

yup yup. lol

Anyway, i really hope Nintendo has some patches to change some of this shit

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/17/key-details-on-wii-u-storage-solutions

[TheClash603]

Drove by a Best Buy and there was a line of 40 people outside waiting at 8:00.  Ended up in Walmart at 10:30 to get some Christmas lights and I asked in the electronics department what they were doing with the Wii U and they said "we did all preorders except 8 systems.  Currently there are 6 people waiting, so get in line.". Made me laugh because it is less than 40 degrees outside and hours earlier there was a giant line at Best Buy, when I could've just gotten in line at 10:30 and waited cozily inside for one.  Had one preordered so it is moot, but I was in a story telling mood.  One thing for sure, the thing will be in short supply.

[Joe Redifer]

That Wii U hard drive format will be cracked pretty quickly, allowing you to mount the drives on a PC and muck with the data. I wonder why any game system needs a multi-gigbyte OS. Just a few hundred megs would be more than enough, I would think.

[munchiaz]

Went to Toys R Us today to take advantage of the buy one get one 40% deal on Wii u games ( i dont even have mine yet, gotta wait for GS to open) They had one extra basic model. I decided to pick it up and try an make some extra cash on it to pay for the games i got and a possible pro controller.

[Arkhan Asylum]

I got my Wii U

Gamestop pulled a Watermelon Factory:

Bunch of instock signs all over the place for Wii U.

I said COOL GIMME A SECOND ONE

"oh, its only in stock if you preordered".


*facepalm*


I am now enjoying my white, basic one with no gay overpriced accessories I don't need.


...yet

[TheClash603]

Toys R Us deal was awesome today.  Luckily got there just in time to snag the last 2 Marios (one for me and one for my niece and nephew xmas present).  I was surprised to see they had one white basic model left more than 2 hours after opening.  It seems the deluxe went super quick and the basic sales lagged.  This makes sense, because the basic system deal is a rip off.

Now the bad news, servers must be on overload because the mandatory system update is taking an hour to download, which is ridiculous.

[Arkhan Asylum]

The white one isn't a ripoff.

You get a white console.  That's immediately better than the stupid black one.


Nintendo consoles look retarded in black.

Sure you don't get a gay Nintendo Land game, or the DLC discount thing, or the dumb accessories you don't need, but hey you saved 50$ and get a white console.

Win in my book.


Also, yeah fuck that update. 


I am impressed with the thing overall.

[BlueBMW]

Sounds kind of like the 20gb PS3 Launch model... if you were already spending $500, what's another $100 to upgrade to the 60gb.  Maybe the basic model will be ZOMG UBER R@RE L@@K someday...

[Arkhan Asylum]

The basic one simply looks nicer to me.  Nintendo is super white power.

lol.

I've been playing Mario.  It's extremely nice. 

[futureman2000]

Yeah, got a black one w/ Mario- found it @ Target. I really like the controller- you can play Mario and watch the Lions lose at the same time. And it's extremely responsive- better than the image on my tv.

[munchiaz]

still doing updates. havent played nintendoland yet. If anyone wants to add my here is my Wii u ID: Munchi

[Arkhan Asylum]

I didn't even make any Nintendo ID shit.  Fuck the internet! PLAYIN ME SOME MARIOS

[psychobear]

Picked mine up... Well my sons... But hey I paid for it.. But not bad I like the whole pad idea... The Walmart where I pre ordered it still had 15 available for those who didn't pre order...

[Arkhan Asylum]

The thing is really fun.  I'm still playing mario with my womanoid.  I had to go buy a wiimote though, lol.

My spare Wii Mote sat for so long the batteries blew up.

WHOOPS.

[TheClash603]

Played Scribblenauts for two hours while my gf was sleeping, because I thought she might want to play Mario with me.  Scribblenauts had me cracking up a few times.  I never played any of the other versions and the game deserves the accolades it has gotten.

My gf woke up and was being a sour puss, so I played Mario myself.  Only played the first world, but enjoyed it quite a bit.  I am not a huge fan of the character design of those squirrels though and the baby/fat yoshi oddly looks to be on drugs?

Haven't gotten around to Nintendo Land, NBA 2k13, Sonic Racing, or Zombi U yet, but I have 2/12 weeks off so I assume I can beat them all then.  Thinking about returning Zombi U due to the bad reviews, but I don't know what game I would get instead?

The Toys R Us sale is absurdly awesome though, so I got more than I originally planned to.

[Arkhan Asylum]

My final verdict is: The Wii U is worth it.

Me and my womanoid blew through most of new mario, then we flipped to Return to Dreamland for Wii.

The Wii compatibility is awesome, and I can't wait to go put Contra Rebirth on this motherbitch and shoot some alieum.

You can see the difference between the Wii and the Wii U resolutions immediately.  Even though New SMB looks all cartoontarded, it still looks extremely crisp.



And, I have to say it, this big fucking TV Dinner Tray controller is actually really comfortable.  It weighs about as much as a candybar and the way they have the thing curved is comfortable.

[jlued686]

I'm picking up my preordered WiiU tomorrow (didn't get home in time today), and I've got a question about the Wii data transfer:

I've got nearly all my Virtual Console and WiiWare games saved to an SD card. 1) Can I use this SD card to do the transfer? 2) Will the games on the SD card transfer over?

Thanks!

[Arkhan Asylum]

I think they will.  I didnt bother since I didnt buy any shit on VC.

[TR0N]

I'm picking up my preordered WiiU tomorrow (didn't get home in time today), and I've got a question about the Wii data transfer:

I've got nearly all my Virtual Console and WiiWare games saved to an SD card. 1) Can I use this SD card to do the transfer? 2) Will the games on the SD card transfer over?

Thanks!

Nintendo is suppose to offer a program that will let you do it.The last wii firmware update set's you up for that.

[TheClash603]

I didn't do it yet, but I read the section of the manual.  Yes, you can transfer everything over.  BUT, how it works is you need to download the Transfer Tool on each system.  You can then transfer the rights of the games from your Wii to your Wii U.  Once the transfer is made, the VC stuff will no longer be on your Wii and you cannot transfer back.  That is why I didn't do it yet, that is a big commitment.

[TR0N]

I didn't do it yet, but I read the section of the manual.  Yes, you can transfer everything over.  BUT, how it works is you need to download the Transfer Tool on each system.  You can then transfer the rights of the games from your Wii to your Wii U.  Once the transfer is made, the VC stuff will no longer be on your Wii and you cannot transfer back.  That is why I didn't do it yet, that is a big commitment.

Well damn,if that's that's case then still i won't be getting a (wii u) until next year at the latest.

[jlued686]

I didn't do it yet, but I read the section of the manual.  Yes, you can transfer everything over.  BUT, how it works is you need to download the Transfer Tool on each system.  You can then transfer the rights of the games from your Wii to your Wii U.  Once the transfer is made, the VC stuff will no longer be on your Wii and you cannot transfer back.  That is why I didn't do it yet, that is a big commitment.

Yeah, I know that part of it. I just wasn't sure if I could use the same SD card that already has all my games on it or not. Guess I'll find out in a few hours!

[Nando]

I'll wait for the Mario bundle, and to have the money after the holidays, these things ain't going away. LOL

Happy to read good things so far. COME ON HD MARIO!

[Mathius]

 Wii U First Impressions! Hardware, Gamepad, Operating System and more!

Adam Sessler and co. give their first thoughts on the Wii U.

[Arkhan Asylum]

I'll wait for the Mario bundle, and to have the money after the holidays, these things ain't going away. LOL

Happy to read good things so far. COME ON HD MARIO!

The HD mario experience is pretty great so far.   Even though it's cartoony and stupid looking on purpose, it looks great.

[SuperDeadite]

So been watching a few videos and apparently, the WiiU has it's power brick, the controller has it's own AC Adapter, and you are pretty much required to use a self-powered external HDD sooner or later as well.  So 3 plugs to run one system, just like the Genny/SCD/32X combo!   At least Sega's addons came later though and were optional really.  Here we need 3 straight out of the box?  LOL

[Arkhan Asylum]

So been watching a few videos and apparently, the WiiU has it's power brick, the controller has it's own AC Adapter, and you are pretty much required to use a self-powered external HDD sooner or later as well.  So 3 plugs to run one system, just like the Genny/SCD/32X combo!   At least Sega's addons came later though and were optional really.  Here we need 3 straight out of the box?  LOL

Well, how else do you intend to charge the controller?  I guess you could fanagle a USB charger to jam into the system.

but really, the two bricks combined is still less space than a 360 brick, AND they have the little plugs, so its not like you waste 90 jacks for 3 plugs.

You don't need 3 straight out of the box.   You need 2. 

 Boo fuckin' hoo.

[futureman2000]

I was kind of surprised when I found the two power plugs, but it's way better this. You can put the controller charger/cradle/plug anywhere. We have ours on set up on the table next to the couch. I much prefer this over having the thing tethered to the console for charging. Thing is pretty cool...

[Arkhan Asylum]

Yeah.  You can set the Wii U up to control your TV as well, and so you can use it as a TV remote basically.

Pretty cool, IMO.

[jlued686]

I love how easy it was to set up the controller to work with my cable box and TV. One button: BOOM! Done.

Still waiting for the system update, though...

[Arkhan Asylum]

My system update took under an hour.   I guess everyone was watching the football shit instead

[BigusSchmuck]

My system update took under an hour.   I guess everyone was watching the football shit instead

I plan to get it when I get my bonus next year in April. Hopefully by then Dragon Quest X will be out for it here.

[Nando]

Time to start looking at Wii titles I want to try out

Yay for Mario at least being fun, had no doubt it would be though.


I want to see a Mario Kart game on the system like NOW!

[Nando]

8 out of 10
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nintendo+Wii+U+Teardown/11796

[ParanoiaDragon]

I'm wondering how Transformers Prime for Wii U is.  I haven't bothered to look at any reviews for the other versions of it.

[TheClash603]

I was at Toys R Us again today and I picked up two copies of Fling Smash for the Wii.  $25 price with the buy one get one 40% off ended up with a total cost of $40.  The reason this was a great deal is the game comes packaged with a Wii Remote Plus.  Since the price was so good, I decided to upgrade my original Wii controllers, since motion plus will presumably be required this generation.

I believe the Wii Remote Plus as a standalone product is $40, so you can't beat this price.

[jlued686]

Playing Mario Chase in Nintendoland with my son has already made the WiiU worth the price.

[8bitForLife]

well my nnid is 8bitForLife if anyone wants to game together add me through miiverse so i see the invite.

[td741]

Finally had a chance to set things up last night.  Did all of the updates. Only played about 20 minutes of Nintendo land.  Hopefully my wife and I will have a chance to play a bit later.

Started the Wii to WiiU transfer this morning and planning on using my Wii as my Component GameCube...  A bit miffed that Lost Winds isn't transfering. (Frontier are saying Nintendo are currently testing a patch.)

[Nando]

Playing Mario Chase in Nintendoland with my son has already made the WiiU worth the price.

How old is he?

[Arkhan Asylum]

Mario?

He's like 50.

[Nando]

Mario?

He's like 50.

so whatchoo say arkface, Wii U or 3DS XL?

[Arkhan Asylum]

get a Wii U and a 3DS

duhrrrrrr