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Wii U....What are your first impressions?
cuttlefishspike
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I'm trying to decide whether to get one or not. I've bought every Nintendo console since the snes but to be honest I'm struggling to get excited about the Wii U (until a Zelda title comes along of course).
I haven't used my Wii for quite a while now - no particular reason. Just find myself using the PS3 for most of my gaming needs.
So, Wii U owners, what are your first impressions. Good or bad.
I haven't used my Wii for quite a while now - no particular reason. Just find myself using the PS3 for most of my gaming needs.
So, Wii U owners, what are your first impressions. Good or bad.
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Anyone else got a rattle on the gamepad, when its shaken slightly you can hear a rattling.
I love Nintendoland
Can't wait for Pikmin 3!
I enjoy the interfacing between the gamepad and the television. Miiverse is fun.
It's a very "social" console.
Be prepared to be dissapointed as you still won't be able to get 5.1 surround as there's no bitstream, also most TVs don't have 5.1 passthrough so the best you'll likely to get is pro-logic.
do you have to have a new receiver that have the hdmi connections on them for that to work then?
WiiU uses analogue stereo(tv speakers)or LPCM 5.1 via HDMI.
So if you want 5.1 surround you'll need a system that has HDMI (also maybe possible if you pay out for a HDMI to 5.1 analogue converter if your current amp has 5.1 analogue inputs.Though I'm not 100% sure if this method would work or not)
Just tried Nintendoland and enjoyed what I played. Really liked it when other players from the Miiverse appeared...as it really felt like you were wondering around a theme park with loads of living,breathing people (such a shame Nintendo didn't go that extra step and have online play within the "rides" themselves).
I also love the little things like being able to change tv inputs,turn your tv off and control your sky box all with the gamepad(add a record button and it would be perfect. Looking forward to when the full Nintendo tvii service starts ).
Excellent for web browsing as well (although flash would have been nice alongside the html5)..faster than my pc.
I also have to praise the sound/speakers on the gamepad. A really good quality surround effect.
Thinking of buying one, spotted it on Amazon yesterday in stock for £299.99 but today its out of stock for the next 2-4 weeks.
ShopTo only seem to offer it in bundles with extra games and the only one that I would have gone for, Premium+New Super Mario Bros U, was out of stock. Strangely a lot of the other bundles are in stock.
same here!!!!! :-)
I find the Wii Menu a real let down. It only lets you play Wii games. Nothing else. WiiConnect24 has been completley removed, so in effect means you can't play Mario Kart Wii online, so I won't do the Wii transfer. I'm just going to pretend it has no backwards compatibility.
Don't let the style fool you, the single player attractions are challenging as hell - some of the hardest games Nintendo has made in recent years.
Had a quick look in Game near my work today, first time I've been in the shop in a long while, I've bought most of my consoles from the same shop over the years but was amazed at how expensive the things were compared to ShopTo. The Pro Controller that I've paid just under £37 for, was £50! It's sad considering I would prefer to buy my games/consoles from a high street shop but it makes no sense when you can save a small fortune online.
To be fair to game the bundle i got from them was
ZombieU premium edition + NSMB-U for £380 (£5 more than shopto) but they then sold me Epic Mickey 2 for £25 bring the total bundle cost to £405
Shopto on the other hand want £40 for Epic Mickey 2 and they have the ZombieU premium edition + NSMB-U for £375, so overall the shopto bundle would cost £415 (£10 more than game)
Not to mention the cradle, screen protector and stylus that game gave me for free
So in some circumstances game could be more expensive but not all the time
I used the LAN adapter no problems
Found several other people on other forums with the same problem and tried various suggestions such as unplugging the console for 30 minutes and even done a full reset but nothing works.
Going to contact ShopTo and possibly Nintendo to see what I should do to return it and get a replacement.
just check you are not in "wii" mode
sorry, you said you tried wii discs