I have a Wii U - General Discussion.

OwaynOTT · 14-01-2014 01:18PM

Sounds great. Now to decide if I want to play with the Zelda pack or Mario and Luigi pack.

Corholio · 15-01-2014 01:49AM

Nintendo have *gasp* acknowledged TVii in Europe

"We would like to apologise that we were unable to bring the Nintendo TVii service to Europe in 2013 as originally planned.
Please continue to keep an eye out for further announcements regarding this service in the near future"

It's been largely a flop in the US. Will be interesting to see what service, if any, they actually offer in the end.

DARK-KNIGHT · 15-01-2014 02:26AM

OwaynOTT wrote: »

Sounds great. Now to decide if I want to play with the Zelda pack or Mario and Luigi pack.

The zelda one will be very collectable in years to come just remember that... plus its sexy as hell lol

DARK-KNIGHT · 15-01-2014 02:28AM

Bought mario 3d on adverts last thursday for 36.50 including postage no sign of it yet ffs.....

Nollog · 15-01-2014 11:14AM

Corholio wrote: »

Nintendo have *gasp* acknowledged TVii in Europe

"We would like to apologise that we were unable to bring the Nintendo TVii service to Europe in 2013 as originally planned.
Please continue to keep an eye out for further announcements regarding this service in the near future"

It's been largely a flop in the US. Will be interesting to see what service, if any, they actually offer in the end.

They added that to their tvii infosite on the 2nd of january, or 3rd.
Pretty quick response, given on december 31st it read "more info in 2013".

I wouldn't call it a flop, they weren't trying to make it a hulu or netflix, just somewhere to bring hulu and netflix together. Can't succeed too much when they haven't sold spectacularly.

murphyebass · 16-01-2014 02:38PM

I thought I'd give the lego games a break for a while but after watching the trailer below I'm very tempted to pick it up one release day. Looks really good. They got some cast to do voice over.

http://www.ie.wowhd.com/games/lego-movie-the-videogame-nintendo-wii-u/dp/36924815#bc=6e05

€35 on wowhd seems fair.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ_JOBCLF-I

I really enjoyed lego city undercover. Wonder will they allow gamepad play this time though. Was a pain not being able to play undercover on the gamepad.

wandatowell · 17-01-2014 12:54AM

hey folks,

I'm going to be picking up a Wii U in the morning, funds being tight I can only stump up cash for the 8GB version. How much of a balls is having the smaller flash drive?

smokingman · 17-01-2014 01:31AM

wandatowell wrote: »

hey folks,

I'm going to be picking up a Wii U in the morning, funds being tight I can only stump up cash for the 8GB version. How much of a balls is having the smaller flash drive?

Not that much of a balls at all really as long as you have an external usb drive you can stick into it.

Welcome to the crew by the way, let us know what your NNID is when you get it fired up.

DARK-KNIGHT · 17-01-2014 01:34AM

wandatowell wrote: »

hey folks,

I'm going to be picking up a Wii U in the morning, funds being tight I can only stump up cash for the 8GB version. How much of a balls is having the smaller flash drive?

You wont get the charging stand with the 8gb.. not that big a deal but its nice to have. I have a spare one somewhere if i find it ill give it to you as a welcome present

Nollog · 17-01-2014 01:42AM

Yeah, the stands are a much nicer part of the 32GB than the disk space.
If you plan to download anything, get a hard drive, if not you should be fine. (That applies to both)

wandatowell · 17-01-2014 02:18AM

Ah sound lads! Jebus DARKy thanks very much, does this mean that I have to subscribe to the thread and converse with other Wii heads now?

DARK-KNIGHT · 17-01-2014 03:22AM

wandatowell wrote: »

Ah sound lads! Jebus DARKy thanks very much, does this mean that I have to subscribe to the thread and converse with other Wii heads now?

Its wii u ffs lol dont confuse us with the wii peasants...

My advice is get mario 3d and zelda windwaker ****ing class games

DARK-KNIGHT · 17-01-2014 03:23AM

wandatowell wrote: »

Ah sound lads! Jebus DARKy thanks very much, does this mean that I have to subscribe to the thread and converse with other Wii heads now?

Oh harvey norman are 199 with no games for white wii u

Argos are 230 i think for white wii u and 3 chosen games

Banjo · 17-01-2014 11:37AM

The 32GB does not go very far when it comes to download games. Assassin's Creed III alone is 21GB. You're better off to save your money and buy a hard drive.

HOWEVER, what you do miss out on (if you're planning on buying a lot of eShop titles) is the "premium pack" promotion that gives you €5 back for every €50 (not including VAT) you spend on the eShop through WiiU. Is that worth the extra alone? Depends on what you'll spend between now and christmas 2014 when the offer expires. eShop titles are normally ridiculously overpriced, being fixed at RRP for 1st party, and almost never below retail prices even when on sale for the 3rd party titles.

Personally I don't use the stand or charging cradle as I need to lock the gamepad in it's armour when I'm not directly supervising - damned kids! But now that the vWii can be used through the game-pad, you might get some use out of the stand if you're playing Twilight Princess in a corner of the front room by yourself.

cherryghost · 17-01-2014 09:33PM

Just powered on the Wii U, downloading the updates. So many, so slow. I've already played the Wii U beforehand though, so I'm just waiting on my copy of SM3DW to be delivered and I'll start cracking on it!

DARK-KNIGHT · 17-01-2014 10:24PM

cherryghost wrote: »

Just powered on the Wii U, downloading the updates. So many, so slow. I've already played the Wii U beforehand though, so I'm just waiting on my copy of SM3DW to be delivered and I'll start cracking on it!

I bought mario 3d on adverts a week ago and no sign of it.. :mad:

sweetie · 18-01-2014 12:46AM

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

I bought mario 3d on adverts a week ago and no sign of it.. :mad:

Too cheap? Scam?

DARK-KNIGHT · 18-01-2014 01:29AM

sweetie wrote: »

Too cheap? Scam?

Asking was 35 i offered 35 he then wanted payment via paypal as a gift and i said no ill give you 36.50 tgrough normal paypal thank **** for that...

OwaynOTT · 18-01-2014 11:02AM

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

Asking was 35 i offered 35 he then wanted payment via paypal as a gift and i said no ill give you 36.50 tgrough normal paypal thank **** for that...

An Post can be extremely slowat times, so I wouldn't worry yet. I once got a refund from a seller on adverts because of a game not showing up after 3 weeks. 2 weeks after it arrived.

DARK-KNIGHT · 18-01-2014 04:44PM

OwaynOTT wrote: »

An Post can be extremely slowat times, so I wouldn't worry yet. I once got a refund from a seller on adverts because of a game not showing up after 3 weeks. 2 weeks after it arrived.

He sent me a pic of a standard post receipt for 1.50 but that could be anything to anyone or could have genuinely posted it.. he said if its not here by tuesday he will refund so alls not lost imo

jenjenten · 19-01-2014 03:03PM

Corholio wrote: »

Nintendo have *gasp* acknowledged TVii in Europe

"We would like to apologise that we were unable to bring the Nintendo TVii service to Europe in 2013 as originally planned.
Please continue to keep an eye out for further announcements regarding this service in the near future"

It's been largely a flop in the US. Will be interesting to see what service, if any, they actually offer in the end.

UK only i bet....not a hope in hell of it coming to Ireland

Valentine1 · 19-01-2014 07:01PM

Dont know if some of you saw Iawata's comments earlier in the week, Article here via kotaku.

Essentially he says that Nintendo are reevaluating their business strategy, specifically to include "smart" devices its fuelling speculation that Nintendo simply cannot sustain the WiiU's awful sales figures and may have to abandon the platform and possibly hardware entirely.

I myself would hate to see Nintendo stop making handhelds as they have always been the best Mobile gaming experience around but I would love Mario et al on PS4 or XB1. I've been wanting a Wii U for some time, I'm starting to think I'm going to have to get on that bandwagon soon because it might not be available for all that long.

murphyebass · 19-01-2014 07:33PM

Valentine1 wrote: »

Dont know if some of you saw Iawata's comments earlier in the week, Article here via kotaku.

Essentially he says that Nintendo are reevaluating their business strategy, specifically to include "smart" devices its fuelling speculation that Nintendo simply cannot sustain the WiiU's awful sales figures and may have to abandon the platform and possibly hardware entirely.

I myself would hate to see Nintendo stop making handhelds as they have always been the best Mobile gaming experience around but I would love Mario et al on PS4 or XB1. I've been wanting a Wii U for some time, I'm starting to think I'm going to have to get on that bandwagon soon because it might not be available for all that long.

Wii U ain't goin anywhere any time soon. Lots of big titles coming in the coming 12 months that will sell more than enough to keep the console viable imo.

Lets not forget the GameCube was out for about 5 years and it didn't have great sales numbers vs it's competition.

The first year for the wii u was poor software wise but 2014 will be a great year to be a wii u owner.

RobbingBandit · 19-01-2014 08:46PM

Is there any sign of the tablet/GamePad being sold on its own yet and are there any games that need two tablets or that can use two tablets yet?

Nollog · 19-01-2014 09:11PM

Dualpixels are "reporting" a rumour that Nintendo plan to (in Japan at least) lower the prices of their software.

cherryghost · 19-01-2014 09:12PM

/\/ollog wrote: »

Dualpixels are "reporting" a rumour that Nintendo plan to (in Japan at least) lower the prices of their software.

Software!?

Valentine1 · 19-01-2014 10:57PM

murphyebass wrote: »

Wii U ain't goin anywhere any time soon. Lots of big titles coming in the coming 12 months that will sell more than enough to keep the console viable imo.

Lets not forget the GameCube was out for about 5 years and it didn't have great sales numbers vs it's competition.

The first year for the wii u was poor software wise but 2014 will be a great year to be a wii u owner.

Seriously the Wii U's numbers are very poor, nothing like as good as the Game Cube and that nearly did for Nintendo as it was. Mario 3D World didn't make it into the Top 40 Games Chart in the UK over christmas and it is meant to be the Killer App for the System, that is shocking news. I'd be very worried for it's survival into 2015 if Nintendo do not do something drastic and change their approach radically. And who is to say if even that would be enough.

I love Nintendo and be devastated to see them stop producing hardware. on the other hand Zelda and Mario on PS4/XB1, that could be incredible.

AlanS181824 · 19-01-2014 11:00PM

The Wii U is gone from €249.99 to €327.99 in Argos, crazy prices.
I knew I shouldn't have waited so long.

Deano7788 · 19-01-2014 11:01PM

Valentine1 wrote: »

Seriously the Wii U's numbers are very poor, nothing like as good as the Game Cube and that nearly did for Nintendo as it was. Mario 3D World didn't make it into the Top 40 Games Chart in the UK over christmas and it is meant to be the Killer App for the System, that is shocking news. I'd be very worried for it's survival into 2015 if Nintendo do not do something drastic and change their approach radically. And who is to say if even that would be enough.

I love Nintendo and be devastated to see them stop producing hardware. on the other hand Zelda and Mario on PS4/XB1, that could be incredible.

How did the Gamecube nearly do for Nintendo? They made a profit on every unit sold? They had never made a loss until the last 2 years.

Deano7788 · 19-01-2014 11:04PM

AlanS181824 wrote: »

The Wii U is gone from €249.99 to €327.99 in Argos, crazy prices.
I knew I shouldn't have waited so long.

It's still €249.99 in Smyths, or €279.99 for the Wind Waker bundle.

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