Wii U Pre-Launch Discussion

wampyrus77

Do you purchase Wii U Street google from the eshop or where

Ol' Donie

wampyrus77 wrote: »

Do you purchase Wii U Street google from the eshop or where

It's available from the eshop. Its pretty cool, I think.

DARK-KNIGHT

wampyrus77 wrote: »

yes Ive tradein Zombiu wiugame into gamestop and its was €30 store credit or €28 cash and I reckon for wiugames that are around €54.99-€59.99

From the launch GameStop have offered 28 trade in or 19.75 cash.. I know cos mate works in GameStop and had the game myself

wampyrus77

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

From the launch GameStop have offered 28 trade in or 19.75 cash.. I know cos mate works in GameStop and had the game myself

how come when i come i got €30 strore credit or €28 cash thats the shopkeeper said to me in gamestop in stevens green shoping when i tradin Zombiu on February 03 2013, i still have its tradin recent for Zombiu.

DARK-KNIGHT

They don't ever offer 2 euro less than store credit cash.. The whole idea with trading games in is they want you to buy something instore to maximise profitability wampy...

Banjo

Correction! They don’t ever offer you 2 euro less than store credit cash. This is the one the Mexicans call El Wampo. In Germany he is Das Wamp. In gamestop he is known only as "yes-sir-thankyou-sir-three-bags-full-sir". If he wants €28 for his game then €28 is what he gets.

The box is downstairs in the hall. Damn you, daughters, sleep!

wampyrus77

the wiiu log me into a my wiiu system update for system updates, i ve receive new system updates for my wiiu, so spring system updates are out from today for you wii u.

Deano7788

wampyrus77 wrote: »

the wiiu log me into a my wiiu system update for system updates, i ve receive new system updates for my wiiu, so spring system updates are out from today for you wii u.

Yeah, it's only a small 30mb one to improve system stability. The big one that will bring the virtual console and improved speed isn't ready till April (it's to be spread over 2 downloads actually).

wampyrus77

wii u street is only available temporary according to info on the nintendo club website from eshop


http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Wii-U-download-software/Wii-Street-U-powered-by-Google-724127.html

Banjo

It's planned to be available till 2016. That's plenty looks like they're doing what they did with the browser on the Wii, it's free for now and will become chargeable later for johnny come latelies

CastorTroy

Just wondering, is there a list available of Hard drives confirmed as working with the Wii U?

Banjo

On my phone so can't lok it up but if you Google it there's an official list and a less official list of user tested options. Note, most officially supported ones have external psus, there seems to be an issue with bus powered drives. A y cable will sort that but obviously uses up a valuable usb port.

Anecdotally it seems any drive with independent power will work and will be formatted to a max of 2tb and any drives people complain about (usually the drive spinning down and causing the WiiU to hang) is bus powered and doesn't have a secondary connection for extra juice

Edit : Back at my desk
Official list
http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/wiiu/en_na/external_usb_devices.jsp

an Unofficial list
http://wiiudaily.com/2012/11/wii-u-external-hard-drives/

And holy crapaloni. While looking this up, there's already a WiiU USB Loader??? Jaysus that was quick. And no, I won't discuss that here - to the Modding forum!

CastorTroy

Can't access from work, but do they state if the drives can be partitioned? Not much sense buying a massive drive just for the Wii U. But I would make use of the extra space if I could partition it

Wolverine359

Banjo wrote: »

It's planned to be available till 2016. That's plenty looks like they're doing what they did with the browser on the Wii, it's free for now and will become chargeable later for johnny come latelies

I thought they did the opposite with the Wii though, i remember paying 500 points for the browser and later on they gave us a choice of a free NES game to make up for it going free. Or maybe my memory is failing me, I got the Wii about a year after it came out, so maybe that was the way for late comers.

Banjo

No, if you use a 4TB drive, it's a 2TB WiiU drive!
From the Nintendo site linked above :
"To optimize performance and ensure a consistent experience, all USB storage devices must be formatted and configured for use with the Wii U console. Once a device has been configured for use with a Wii U console, it cannot be used with another Wii U console, PC, or MAC unless it is reformatted. Please be sure to back up any content before formatting the hard drive for Wii U as this content cannot be recovered."

Since you can't access it, here's the official list
Buffalo

1 TB: HD-LB1.0TU3-US

2 TB: HD-LB2.0TU3-US

http://www.buffalotech.com/products/desktop-hard-drives/drivestation/drivestation-axis-2

Seagate

Backup Plus Desktop Drive

1TB : STCA1000100 (US)

2TB : STCA2000100 (US)

http://www.seagate.com/external-hard-drives/desktop-hard-drives/backup-plus-desk/

Expansion Desktop

1TB : STBV1000100 (US)

2TB : STBV2000100 (US)

http://www.seagate.com/external-hard-drives/desktop-hard-drives/expansion-hard-drive/

Toshiba

1 TB: HDWC110XK3J1

2 TB: HDWC120XK3J1

http://us.toshiba.com/computers/storage/desktop/canvio-desk

Western Digital (WD)

My Book™

1TB : WDBACW0010HBK

2TB : WDBACW0020HBK

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=870

Personally I would avoid Seagates for the forseeable future. But all of them look like big clunky 3.5" beasts that are going to make a lot of noise under your telly.

The unofficial list has others, like a Transcend 2.5" military grade bus-powered drive, as I said they (may) need Y cables. I'm using one of those on my Wii at the moment actually, it only works in one of the USB ports, may be that bus power is stronger in some ports than others. I've seen references to using the top right USB port on the WiiU with hard drives, this might be why?

USB keys work too, but not sure how heavy the write traffic is on the wiiU - mines still in it's box - so it's possible it might eat them pretty quickly. Same would go for an SSD.

Apparently at this point in time there's not a lot you can fill that 2TB with, so you might be better off going with whatever you have round the house for now to see how it all works and what kind of space you might conceivably need then spend you money wisely. Also, with 4TB disks now on the market, the 1s and 2s will start coming down in price over the next few months.

smokingman

Banjo wrote: »

mines still in it's box -

Dare I ask why the bejeepers this is so?
What skulduggery is afoot?!
Get thee thy prize young man!

Banjo

Was tidying ahead of family coming over this morning and the girls have coughs. Luckily there's a terrible Drew Barrymore movie on which secured me some telly time tonight. F'ing update keeps timing out, though thankfully without bricking my new toy. Loving the controller so far. My wife is not a fan but then it did take me 45 minutes to find the volume slider

Half way there...

Edit: ooooh, and updating... 72%... Sooooo close

Edit again: 11 :40 and its all done.
Username : Nunberry
Not sure how one adds folk but if you know, feel free to add me

Star Lord

Banjo wrote: »

Username : Nunberry
Not sure how one adds folk but if you know, feel free to add me

I'll add you this evening! Best way is don't add people using the friend list. Go to Miiverse, search the name, add as friend.

COYVB

900 sales in February in a country of just under 40 million people for the Wii U. That's a touch worrying for Nintendo

DARK-KNIGHT

COYVB wrote: »

900 sales in February in a country of just under 40 million people for the Wii U. That's a touch worrying for Nintendo

What country? Link?? WTF?? Lol

In other news there are not enough people playing blops 2 surely that means the wii u is doomed???

COYVB

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

What country? Link?? WTF?? Lol

In other news there are not enough people playing blops 2 surely that means the wii u is doomed???

Canada

Dozen Wicked Words

COYVB wrote: »

Canada

What would be normal/expected numbers. Is there anything to compare Wii U selling 900 and any other consoles performance. Would make it a more useful number with a comparison to see just how bad or otherwise its doing.

Also a large percentage of the 40 million will be too young or likely too old to buy a console of any description.

richymcdermott

Wii u : 4 million sold
Ps4: 0
Xbox 720: 0

Sony and ms are doomed :pac:

COYVB

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

What would be normal/expected numbers. Is there anything to compare Wii U selling 900 and any other consoles performance. Would make it a more useful number with a comparison to see just how bad or otherwise its doing.

Also a large percentage of the 40 million will be too young or likely too old to buy a console of any description.

Well, by comparison the PS3 and Xbox 360 both exceeded 6,000 in the same month

Dozen Wicked Words

COYVB wrote: »

Well, by comparison the PS3 and Xbox 360 both exceeded 6,000 in the same month

How many did the wii sell? Quite interesting stats, what site are they from?

COYVB

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

How many did the wii sell? Quite interesting stats, what site are they from?

Didn't get them from a site so can't link to them I'm afraid. Work in the industry and was fed the figures earlier this week. Didn't get numbers for the Wii unfortunately. Didn't think to ask to be honest.

I don't think the numbers are unexpected to be honest - anyone who wanted one over the Christmas already has one, and there hasn't been a rush of must-haves hitting shops lately. It'll likely pick up in the next 6 weeks since there are a few tasty games on the way

Myrddin

COYVB wrote: »

I don't think the numbers are unexpected to be honest - anyone who wanted one over the Christmas already has one, and there hasn't been a rush of must-haves hitting shops lately.

That was my first thought too, the Xmas rush is over & there has been no real reason to buy a Wii U since then. A few new games will get it back on its feet again.

Star Lord

Speaking of, the more I see of Lego City Undercover, the more I want it!

Myrddin

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

Speaking of, the more I see of Lego City Undercover, the more I want it!

It looks like a must have for the system, when is it out? Also, where the fugg is Scribblenauts? I know there was a translation delay but jeez like

Star Lord

March 28th for Lego City Undercover, no idea when Scribblenauts is out! Even it's Wikipedia page has no release date listed for Europe!