Wii U Pre-Launch Discussion

sniper_samurai

Harvey Norman have their prices for the Wii U up now on their website.

They are selling the three packs for €325, €375 and €430 respectively.

nitromaster

Gamestop want 60 euro for Mario...if there's nowhere near me selling it cheaper on the day, guess i'll go for the eShop copy tbh!
10% back, plus having the game always on my console (no swapping discs, can just leave Nintendoland in then) actually seems kinda tempting! :P

No prices for Xtravision/Argos/Tesco yet

DARK-KNIGHT

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Anyone know if third party wiimotes will work on the WiiU?

nitromaster wrote: »

Gamestop want 60 euro for Mario...if there's nowhere near me selling it cheaper on the day, guess i'll go for the eShop copy tbh!
10% back, plus having the game always on my console (no swapping discs, can just leave Nintendoland in then) actually seems kinda tempting! :P

No prices for Xtravision/Argos/Tesco yet

to be honest IMO 10% off isn't enough for downloaded game should be at least 25% back as eliminates trade ins etc that cost developers so much

FutureGuy

EnterNow wrote: »

Play used to be very good, but it was years ago. They're located on the island of Jersey or something & as such, had little or no sales tax and that used to make them really affordable. Today though its just mainstream street prices on a webpage, havn't bought off them in literally years

Their currecy conversion is absolute disgrace. £1 is about 1.50 euro to them!

Deano7788

Just an update on the HMV situation. I went in today again and spoke to a manager in the Cruises Street Limerick Store to try and clarify the situation. She insisted they're honouring the original price for those preorders and I now have it in writing that I am guaranteed the ZombiU bundle at €380 .

Also, they'll have some consoles on Friday but they can't guarantee they'll be able to fulfill all preorders. However, they will all be fulfilled by the 15th.

magnumbud

Deano7788 wrote: »

Just an update on the HMV situation. I went in today again and spoke to a manager in the Cruises Street Limerick Store to try and clarify the situation. She insisted they're honouring the original price for those preorders and I now have it in writing that I am guaranteed the ZombiU bundle at €380 .

Also, they'll have some consoles on Friday but they can't guarantee they'll be able to fulfill all preorders. However, they will all be fulfilled by the 15th.

other stores shorely should follow suit in this

Deano7788

magnumbud wrote: »

other stores shorely should follow suit in this

Hopefully. It must be a decision from head office surely. I'd be amazed if individual shops were able to do this of their own volition.

magnumbud

Deano7788 wrote: »

Hopefully. It must be a decision from head office surely. I'd be amazed if individual shops were able to do this of their own volition.

ya if the cork branch don't do it i'm gonna cancel my pre order even if i can get a wii u for another couple of weeks

Lord Spence

magnumbud wrote: »

other stores shorely should follow suit in this

Pre ordered in limerick hmv crescent shopping centre, if cruises street are honouring it then the crescent better

wampyrus77

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Anyone know if third party wiimotes will work on the WiiU?

yes all Wii accessories and wii games will work on the Wii u, but not gamecube ones

wampyrus77

ive purchase Nintendo selects super paper mario from amazon uk and its in German

never buy a other videogame from amazon uk so what mite be its cheaper, i rather pay the extra to get it in English

Star Lord

Was this from Amazon themselves or a private seller on Amazon?

wampyrus77

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

Was this from Amazon themselves or a private seller on Amazon?

Amazon themselves

Captain Chaos

wampyrus77 wrote: »

ive purchase Nintendo selects super paper mario from amazon uk and its in German

never buy a other videogame from amazon uk so what mite be its cheaper, i rather pay the extra to get it in English

Should check the small print on Amazon always. If it has GmBH anywhere its coming from Germany.

Corholio

Might have a bit of good news for anyone who pre ordered the WiiU in Cork. Just got off the phone with them and a girl told me that they were told this morning that they will honour the original price for those who pre ordered it. She said she was extremely relieved as she couldnt imagine having to tell lots of people about the price raise. Hopefully this remains true on launch day.

Deano7788

Corholio wrote: »

Might have a bit of good news for anyone who pre ordered the WiiU in Cork. Just got off the phone with them and a girl told me that they were told this morning that they will honour the original price for those who pre ordered it. She said she was extremely relieved as she couldnt imagine having to tell lots of people about the price raise. Hopefully this remains true on launch day.

That's great news. Hopefully they'll honour it.

DARK-KNIGHT

Just rang gamestop head office and was told they have received full orders for all wii u so all pre orders for GameStop here are guaranteed

YESSSSS

Friday can't come quick enough

DARK-KNIGHT

On another point Smyths only got an allocation of 80 zombi u consoles for the entire country

I reckon a lot of people will be very disappointed hearing that news

Deano7788

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

On another point Smyths only got an allocation of 80 zombi u consoles for the entire country

I reckon a lot of people will be very disappointed hearing that news

Apparently there's expected to be less than 30,000 consoles at launch throughout the entire UK, which is crazy. I wonder how many will be available in Ireland?

DARK-KNIGHT

Deano7788 wrote: »

Apparently there's expected to be less than 30,000 consoles at launch throughout the entire UK, which is crazy. I wonder how many will be available in Ireland?

Really limited compared to uk I imagine!! But I am guaranteed mine that's what's important if anyone recently preordered don't worry you can come round to mine with case of Heineken and a Chinese Friday night for a session!!!

Ol' Donie

Deano7788 wrote: »

Apparently there's expected to be less than 30,000 consoles at launch throughout the entire UK, which is crazy. I wonder how many will be available in Ireland?

Fella in hmv grafton st told me they were getting 15 zombieu packs in for launch day. Seemed like a tiny number to me. I think he said 12 of them had been preordered. Told me i was guaranteed to get one and that they didnt think there'd be a midnight launch (which is a pain, the only reason i booked in that branch was that i though if anywhere would have a midnight launch, that store would).

DARK-KNIGHT

Has anyone seen anything solid re a decent wii u headset with Dolby 5.1??

magnumbud

Corholio wrote: »

Might have a bit of good news for anyone who pre ordered the WiiU in Cork. Just got off the phone with them and a girl told me that they were told this morning that they will honour the original price for those who pre ordered it. She said she was extremely relieved as she couldnt imagine having to tell lots of people about the price raise. Hopefully this remains true on launch day.

thank god cause if HMV didnt i was gonna walk away and spite myself if i was not able to get it before christmas as it is my christmas present to myself

thestranger

I just ordered a Wii u premium edition from Harvey Norman in the cyber monday sale for €337.49

Corholio

Apparently the UK's entire allocation of WiiU has been taken by pre orders.

Lord Spence

magnumbud wrote: »

thank god cause if HMV didnt i was gonna walk away and spite myself if i was not able to get it before christmas as it is my christmas present to myself

Ok rang hmv in the cresent sc limerick, at first she said it was gonna cost me €415, when I said that the crusies street store where going to honour someone's price of €380 she put me on hold then came back asked for my name and said they would honour my pre order price of €380. Good news !!!

magnumbud

Lord Spence wrote: »

Ok rang hmv in the cresent sc limerick, at first she said it was gonna cost me €415, when I said that the crusies street store where going to honour someone's price of €380 she put me on hold then came back asked for my name and said they would honour my pre order price of €380. Good news !!!

so do you need to ring the store and make sure this happens or is it anyone who preordered when it was prices at 380? tried ringing cork a couple of times today and it just rings out

Lord Spence

magnumbud wrote: »

so do you need to ring the store and make sure this happens or is it anyone who preordered when it was prices at 380? tried ringing cork a couple of times today and it just rings out

I reckon you will get charged €415 unless u mention about having been quoted €380 when pre ordering, she did take my name so think they have a list of people for pre orders so probably have a note beside my name saying I rang and to honour price

wes

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Fella in hmv grafton st told me they were getting 15 zombieu packs in for launch day. Seemed like a tiny number to me. I think he said 12 of them had been preordered.

Pre-ordered there as well. Good news that the pre-orders seem to be covered. Will drop in on my way home to make sure, and ask about the whole pricing issue.

sham69

thats a bit crap.
I was told 350 for the premium (with nintendoland) , now its 375?
I have no proof as the receipt doesnt say.
Hopefully they will honor the pre-orders.