I have a Wii U - General Discussion.

lee_baby_simms

MK8 is like crack. Great fun.

Edit - I'm not condoning drug use btw. Just say no kids.

readyletsgo

abbir and hellboy99 got the PIN's.

Wolverine359

Random question: does anyone know if the Wii remote plus (with the motion plus thingy built-in) fits in the original wii wheel? Not at home to check it, I'm basically wondering if I could use my zelda skyward sword remote with the original Mario Kart Wii wheel for MK8? Thanks in advance!

Wolverine359

Wolverine359 wrote: »

Random question: does anyone know if the Wii remote plus (with the motion plus thingy built-in) fits in the original wii wheel? Not at home to check it, I'm basically wondering if I could use my zelda skyward sword remote with the original Mario Kart Wii wheel for MK8? Thanks in advance!

It should fit.

Star Lord

The remotes with built in motion plus are exactly the same size as the standard Wii remotes, so yeah.

Wolverine359

Cheers guys! Looking forward to steering my new HD kart with it later this evening

:pac: :pac: :pac:

sweetie

So Argos were sold out of Metroid and I asked for Kirby's Epic Yarn (same price) instead but no dice. Have to go back tuesday for Metroid Did get my 5 euro voucher though.

coffee to go

MrVestek wrote: »

Just reserved my copy of Mario Kart there in Argos... only a few left apparently!

Anyway there's a special offer on with Argos at the minute, if you buy Mario Kart 8 you get a free copy of Metroid Other M.

Just picked this up in Argos - Much as my inner nerd wanted the shell, I resisted. Free Metroid (never played it), another free WiiU game (Sonic, Pikmin or Party I guess) and €5 Argos voucher is all in all a pretty great deal.

I also have a spare reservation for Naas if anybody wants it.

MrVestek

When I got there they were out of stock of Metroid Other M but gave me a reservation from another store.

Really looking forward to playing this with a few beers when I get home.

Well I won't be playing MK8 today or anytime soon, turned on my Wii U and the pad kept disconnecting and then both the pad and console decided to turn themselves off and now nothing will power on :eek: :mad:

MrVestek

hellboy99 wrote: »

Well I won't be playing MK8 today or anytime soon, turned on my Wii U and the pad kept disconnecting and then both the pad and console decided to turn themselves off and now nothing will power on :eek: :mad:

Uh ohh... Try plugging the Wii U into a dedicated wall socket and not something on a power strip.

WeleaseWoderick

MrVestek wrote: »

When I got there they were out of stock of Metroid Other M but gave me a reservation from another store.

Really looking forward to playing this with a few beers when I get home.

Same here. They said it would be back in stock tomorrow so will drop in for it then. Looking forward to playing later now too!

MrVestek

MrVestek wrote: »

Uh ohh... Try plugging the Wii U into a dedicated wall socket and not something on a power strip.

Tried that and still nothing wtf

MrVestek

hellboy99 wrote: »

Tried that and still nothing wtf

Is the light on the front red, amber or green?

coffee to go

hellboy99 wrote: »

Tried that and still nothing wtf

I've read a couple of posts on the interweb suggesting that leaving it unplugged from the wall socket from a few hours resurrected the U. Worth a try? Deepest sympathies in the interim

MrVestek

MrVestek wrote: »

Is the light on the front red, amber or green?

It went to amber and now nothing, will leave it unplugged for a bit and try it again later. I've hardly use the Wii U.

readyletsgo

hellboy99 wrote: »

Well I won't be playing MK8 today or anytime soon, turned on my Wii U and the pad kept disconnecting and then both the pad and console decided to turn themselves off and now nothing will power on :eek: :mad:

Eep, something like this happened to my wiiu last night too, I urned it on and said can not connect to Wii U system on the gamepad even though they are beside eachother, tried it again and worked. God I hope mine is not on the way out!

readyletsgo

readyletsgo wrote: »

Eep, something like this happened to my wiiu last night too, I urned it on and said can not connect to Wii U system on the gamepad even though they are beside eachother, tried it again and worked. God I hope mine is not on the way out!

Now that is strange, has there been an update recently that may of messed the console up?

readyletsgo

Yeah maybe thats it, just a littel hipcup or something. Jaysus, if my Wii U broke tomorrow.... I dont know what I'd do.... Prob buy another one lol

Wii U back up and running, had a quick go of MK8, brilliant game

Tipsy McSwagger

Desperate for the MK bundle with free Wind Waker download

Hi lads. I got a wii u today but I keep getting disconected from the internet (I'm on UPC).

Works fine on xbox, ps3, apple tv etc but after a minute or two of being in the nintendo store or searching for a race on mk8 I get an error that I've been disconnected.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

sligeach

Deleted User wrote: »

Hi lads. I got a wii u today but I keep getting disconected from the internet (I'm on UPC).

Works fine on xbox, ps3, apple tv etc but after a minute or two of being in the nintendo store or searching for a race on mk8 I get an error that I've been disconnected.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

Yes I do, unfortunately the wifi on Wii U is utterly $h1t€. It really is that bad, I had no trouble with the Wii. So how is it possible for newer technology to be worse? Bizarre!


What you have to do is move the Wii U closer to the router. Or you'll have to connect using the Wii LAN adapter. Failing that, I've been looking into "powerline adapters", if it's too far to run a cable. It transfers the signal through your electric sockets. Google it, it sounds pretty cool. There is however another problem going the LAN route. You'll be limited I think to roughly 25MB's, doesn't matter how fast your connection is, mine's 120MB's. It's because of the USB 2.0 connection. It hits a bottleneck. Nintendo really did screw up when designing this console.

Nollog

sligeach wrote: »

Yes I do, unfortunately the wifi on Wii U is utterly $h1t€. It really is that bad, I had no trouble with the Wii. So how is it possible for newer technology to be worse? Bizarre!


What you have to do is move the Wii U closer to the router. Or you'll have to connect using the Wii LAN adapter. Failing that, I've been looking into "powerline adapters", if it's too far to run a cable. It transfers the signal through your electric sockets. Google it, it sounds pretty cool. There is however another problem going the LAN route. You'll be limited I think to roughly 25MB's, doesn't matter how fast your connection is, mine's 120MB's. It's because of the USB 2.0 connection. It hits a bottleneck. Nintendo really did screw up when designing this console.

I assume it's on account of the gamepad, and all the wireless interference that'd have, but I dunno.
Personally I haven't had much of a problem, but my modem is right on top of the console, it's slow to download considering I've got 200mbit upc, but I put that down to wireless and the fact nintendo don't charge for online.

Captain Chaos

sligeach wrote: »

. There is however another problem going the LAN route. You'll be limited I think to roughly 25MB's, doesn't matter how fast your connection is, mine's 120MB's. It's because of the USB 2.0 connection. It hits a bottleneck. Nintendo really did screw up when designing this console.

All wifi 802 is limited to around 30Mb/s, it's got nothing to do with USB 2.0 or Nintendo dropping the ball. A PS4 or XOne on wifi will still be capped at 30Mb on wifi, it's a technology bottleneck.

lee_baby_simms

I'm getting the Error 101-0502 message whenever i try to go online in MK8.

I use unblock us dns on my router - is there an issue with that?

iamtony

My modem is upstairs and wii u downstairs and no problems to report. I just downloaded wind waker in about 10 minutes as well. And I was thinking god that's way quicker at downloading than my ps3/4/vita which all all used in the same spot as the wii u.

Never a problem playing online either.

smokingman

Ow my head....
Played through 50 cc last night and couldn't get my jaw off the floor the entire time. Also haven't seen that much activity on my friends list in a long time!

Good times ahead and might try the online tonight.

Thanks for the replies guys. I have the wii u right beside the routher. Can't get any closer