Wii U Pre-Launch Discussion

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.
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