The Official Wii U thread V.1.1 - Sun Sets on Wii U, Switch Over In March

General Discussion
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IGN interviewed Ryozo Tsujimoto about Monster Hunter Tri Ultimate

It also sounds like they didn’t dig what they played of The Cave so far. Those camera issues I hope get smoothed out.

Also that thing they’re talking about with the weight puzzle and the barbell sounds bad

Apparently there was an event that featured some of the eshop games in that link

Bit Trip Runner 2 looks great.

Frozenbyte on Early Days of the Wii U eShop

Trine 2 has apparently sold poorly on the other consoles but is actually doing well here. A patch will soon be released that will add in in game voice chat, extra languages, additional controller support and adjustments, and some visual tweaks. They’re also planning to put in some Miiverse integration later. Good thing they don’t have to pay for this eh?

Random thoughts: A couple of small updates they should do to Miiverse would be giving the ability to draw on screenshots. There’s potential to be unlocked in this. I’m also sure that a color update should be in the works since they kind of were showing it in a way early video when someone was drawing link on the gamepad. Miiverse artists make great contributions to this social community so it would be wise on Nintendo’s part to give them more tools to play with.

Monster Hunter is going to be sooooo goood…March is going to be Gears month for me and then I’m going to be following that up by disappearing off the face of the earth entirely when April comes.

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FreddieW and Digital Cooridor shot themselves playing Mario Chase, Animal Crossing Sweet Day and Luigi’s Mansion from NintendoLand. It’s quite entertaining. Mario Chase turned into a money match.

Sweet Day
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Luigi’s Mansion

Mario Chase
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These games are entirely tooo much fun with other people.

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My Wii U has arrived but I’ll probably wait a while before opening it up… First N console since the N 64 which I was severely disappoint.

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NoJ had a Direct mostly concerning Dragon Quest X for those interested.
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/software/s4mj/direct20121219/index.html

they still haven’t announced this for here yet…maybe they’re waiting until after the Monster Hunter crowd gets their systems?

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Today while reading through the Miiverse, I stumbled across this.

Spoiler

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It was only a matter of time before these shenanigans would show up. Nevertheless, did more drawings and got a buncha “Yeahs”. So satisfying.

Spoiler

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/62451_10151385861124750_2091660545_n.jpg

Happy Holidays. :woot:

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oh boy…Miiverse dating! Can’t wait to see how that goes.

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Nintendo TVii launching tomorrow in the US:


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I’m pretty hype for this…and I think it’s mostly because I’m hoping it’s better than Xbox Live’s TV streaming service that they have on the 360. I’ll actually be able to watch Toonami in this room without it skipping, repeating itself, or just plain not working. And best of all? I’m not paying a dime extra for it =D. gives thumbs up Here’s hoping it meets expectations.

Also THQ filed for bankcruptcy in case you guys didn’t know

:(…

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Rayman Legends - Toad Story Gameplay
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Nintendo really needs to update their Wii U kiosks…having just the Rayman legends demo on it was ok for the first month or so but if they need to more trailers and stuff on it. I don’t know who’s idea it is either to just have screenshots for M rated games on the system but that better change in the future.

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also to add onto the TVii update, Reggie is supposed to be doing his own ‘Asks’ video to go along with it

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Well. I got to have a first hand experience of what happens if a Software Update starts and you power down mid download with later unplugging the console. System went laggy. Constantly losing sync with the gamepad, throwing out errors left and right. I struggled with the menus and out of desperation…I wiped the console. Back to Default settings. This saved the day. Granted, we had to Round 2 with the Hour + update. The console is working…but this means ZombiU, Maio U, Sonic, and Mighty Switch Force must all be restarted.

I was easily able to link my Nintendo ID back to the console, find my Mii, and get to my eShop stuff. USB Drive had to be re-formatted though. Lucky, aside from ZombiU(which I have been very very slow with) the damage isn’t too bad to what I thought I was gonna be facing. Whew! Crisis fucking averted.

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That sounds awful, especially since the initial hour update would be prone to random power outages.

Speaking of updates, Wii U update server is going to get hammered this christmas. People gonna be bitching about taking a few hours to update their systems.

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it was very silly, to not include this update out of the box. But alas, they wanted that christmas money.

I’m just thankful retriving my ID(and all shit tied to it) wasn’t a giant hurdle.

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Looks like Trine 2 and a couple of other games are on sale on the eShop. I just got Trine 2 like a week ago too It’s not that big of a price cut though only $15.99. Never noticed that deals section on the eShop until today.

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Oh, Wii TVii is here supposedly so hop on that shit.

Any of you able to synch your controller with the tv AND cable receiver?

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Awwww…I was messing around with the TVii app and it doesn’t have live TV streaming like I thought it would…PROFOUND…SADNESS. I guess if I really wanted to take advantage of this I’d have to move the console into the other room…which I kinda don’t wanna do. Otherwise messing around with it…seems like it’s quite nice from what I can gather. I’d like to hear more from the people who sinked their pad’s to their TV’s and Box though on what they think of the TVii app.

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oh yeah…almost forgot that EarthBound’s creator teased that something was in the works

EB fans shouldn’t get too excited though…remember Mother 3? yeah…keep that plane low.

Reggie Asks: Nintendo TVii
http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wiiu/reggie-asks-nintendo-tvii/0/0

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My thoughts about the Wii TVii is that I have a lot of devices that provide me with the same damn functionality. Do I really need another device to watch netflix through? Do I really need another remote to turn on the TV? So, while the concept is neat, it seriously is NOT earth shattering. If streaming was capable, then yeah it would have been a serious plus. As it is, don’t expect anything incredible from it… yet!

Grade: B-

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This TVii sounds interesting, but I can’t use it on the TV the console is hooked up to. My brother was going to get some kind of box (forgot its name) so we could watch TV without dealing with cable providers.

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eeeeeeeekkkkkkkkk!
i wanna physical copy though!
kinda hoping this wont bring down the price of my snes copy.

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Wii Tvii is neat,but I really don’t get the point when my basic digital cable remote provides the same function while at the same time being much faster. Pretty cool for sports fans though with all the on screen play by play stuff. And I like the favorites tool that tells you when a movie/show is on tv/hulu/etc. Will come in handy in the future for netflix.

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anyone got tekken wii u? add me My-Hero

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just made a club nintendo account and finally put those pin numbers to use and racked up about 1000 coins it felt like christmas going through all my game cases and console boxes