Wii U
 

Anybody on here excited about the Wii U? I sure am! I really want one!

not so much... its just a tablet in my opinion... and if i was it would only be if they make legend of zelda majoras mask on it

I still don't really like the regular Wii. I like normal buttons and controllers that I don't have to flail to use >.>

I'm not sure i will be getting a wiiu, i've heard mixed reports on the system and that extra controller makes things seem a bit wonky but we shall see.

I don't know, I haven't heard or seen anything about it that make me excited about it, and I'm really, really not hard to please. It just looks kind of ''m'eh'' to me for now. I'll have to check on that later, but my friend will probably get one anyway, so if I really wanted to play/try it I'll just ask him xD

I like the idea of getting some of the Nintendo classics with more up to date visuals, and the fact that the console is gong to be getting more of the big titles like darksiders, assassins creed, mass effect, black ops etc.
better visuals, wider game library, pro controller. all these things suggest it's catering towards the more hardcore gaming scene, which is a big plus for me. it's certainly looking more interesting than the Wii.

Not to keen on the new touch controller, but i figure you can use the Pro controller for most games.

I'm just fine playing Nintendo classics with their old graphics, personally ^_^*

As am i, but it's nice to see what an updated version would be like as well. I love ocarina of time, but Twilight princess was a nice visual change.
what i was saying is more that i can have all the up to date modern games, as well as my Nintendo classics on the one system. rather than having a wii, then a ps3/xbox for non-Nintendo games.

like Black ops on the Wii was awful.. >_>

Here have a pun : Wii U let me play it?

In other news... I'm with Lestrade on that one. But then again, I'm more of a retro gamer. (SNES ftw! and stuff) I never really cared much for graphics, and in fact I love indi games for they're retro graphics, like Cthulhu saves the world or Breath of Death 7.

As for the controllers... M'eh. Not impressed as of yet, again. I guess the Wii one was kind of neat, although sometime it was pretty wonky and not wroking all that well. Guess we'll have to wait to see that one.

its 350 here, 430 for the special edition black one :o

it's £250, and £300 here.. which i think works out at being more expensive than it is for you :c

no thats the same as here roughly, all our consoles are the european version

I'm more likely going to wait a while before getting it
was a year after the wii came out when I got that along with the 3DS
though may still not get it... still hasn't got a ps3... but it's been a while since I could play the stationary game systems
hmm

I find that the older I get the less I want new systems ^_^* I dunno, there are just SO MANY older games to play that I never got around to that I can get used for really cheap. The only new games I play nowadays I get for the PC.

I already preordered the Wii U, and I can't wait to try it out and play the new games on it. (Think this will be the first time I actually be getting a game console at launch date ^^)

And speaking of retro games, I like playing the older games as much as the new ones. I'm happy that I can buy the older games as downloads on my Wii and PS3.

I'm actually a lot more interested in the WiiU for its media implications than for the games. i.TV, or TVii, has a lot of potential with the touch screen tablet remote. Many people already use tablets or smartphones while watching TV, and with TVii, the remote could connect viewers to social media or advertisement landing pages while watching shows. It's a whole new television model, and I hope it does something extraordinary to the way TV and advertisements are presented and consumed.

I also think that the dual-screens have huge potential in games. It's something unique to Nintendo. Similar to the DS's dual screen, many interesting things can be done with it. Some games really stepped forward and used the dual screen features on the DS to their full potential, and others seemed really lame as though they didn't know what to do with the extra screen. I hope that there are a lot more games that maximize the creativity of the tablet controller for the WiiU.

It looks like there are going to be some great games for it.

I can't wait for a TWEWY game for the Wii U, duel screen controllers? Maybe some Phoenix Wright 5 graphic styles..? A rich soundtrack 8D

not really, don't get me wrong updating the graphics was a good direction, but going to tablet was probably the worst thing to do. In my opinion despite the fact the ability to play on it while another person is watching tv is cool and all.

it has the pro controller, regular wii controllers and the tablet, so i don't that will be to big of an issue.

But what's the point of buying the new gimmick when you don't even want the new gimmick?

I had the same feelings about the 3DS... I hate 3D, I don't want to buy it even though I know I can turn the 3D off...

I love Nintendo products, and I'm actually really excited for this. It's nothing really NEW, but I am going to purchase it. ^^

don't buy it for the gimmick, buy it for the other improvements it has over the Wii?

http://www.computerandvideogames.com...st-gamble-yet/

I think it sounds nice, with some sweet launch titles. And if they end up with a Steam-like download store, I'll be quite happy. Steam is the best.

I'm waiting for Super Smash bros before I even think about purchasing one. But it's coming out for the 3DS as well... So I'm waiting for either a Zelda, or a new game that makes me want to jump out of my socks for.

Sooo.. anyone bought one of these yet? >_> They're not released here for another 10 days, and I'm hoping to get some feedback before i consider buying one..

I was one of the first people in my area to get one. :D

I was playing games I developed myself on it launch day. ;)

involved in the development of proper release titles, or can anyone develop games/app type things for it? o-o

Neither. I was using the web browser to play browser games I've written. :P

That said, a couple of Wii homebrew installers do still work, but I don't really care to hack my WiiU if I'm not going to get WiiU functionality out of it -- I kept my Wii around explicitly for doing development on it.

Ah, i understand now xD ooh, wait, does this mean the new souls game will work on the touch screen of the controller?

What are your impressions of the system, and release titles, so far?

Yes, the souls game should work. I haven't tried it but I can't see why it shouldn't.

The system as a whole feels extremely polished; I haven't felt like anything in the interface paradigm is awkward or inappropriate. As for launch titles I've only played Nintendo Land because I couldn't afford anything else (I had preordered Rayman but it got delayed until March) -- but I'm extremely satisfied with it. Lots of fun games in it; they're not really MINI-games, but rather small-scale ACTUAL games.

My only complaint is that Nintendo Land wants Wii Motion Plus controllers, which are of course the standard controllers for the Wii U, but I don't HAVE any, so I'm extremely limited in which games I can play. I'm tempted to see how much trade value I can get; swapping two Wii Remotes for one Wii Remote With Motion Plus would potentially be a good trade for me if I can land it.

worth the upgrade for someone who owns a Wii (possibly going to sell it towards a WiiU) and a ps3?

I'm very weary of buying consoles around launch.

The biggest hitch the WiiU has had so far is that the update servers are overloaded so the initial update takes FOREVER. Secondarily, a few of the media apps aren't up and running yet, but those are quickly coming in -- Hulu came up a few hours ago, for example, although Nintendo TVii won't be until next month. Beyond that, the only real reason to keep a Wii is if you have Gamecube games you want to play.

You're selling it pretty well for me. I haven't got any gamecube games lying around any more, so that reason is gone. We have two Wiis in our flat, and we're considering replacing both with one WiiU

There's only one catch: You can transfer your savegames and WiiWare / Virtual Console games to the WiiU, but you still have to have the Wii to do it.

Unless maybe you can link the Wii to your Nintendo Network account before you trade it in... that's something I haven't checked...

I do have the money to buy one without selling the Wiis, so it should be no issue selling them after.

It's not at all possible to save your data to SD and move it over that way?

Good luck Coda! I'm still enjoying my wii and playing lotsa games on it. No desire to get a wii U yet

You can do that with the save games to SOME titles, but a lot of games don't let you move your save data to SD. You can't do it at all with WiiWare/VC apps, because they're encrypted to your Wii's serial number -- the transfer process basically tells the eShop "this serial number has permission to redownload these apps, and this other serial number no longer has permission to do so".

Argh. One of my cats -- no clue which -- chewed through the charger cord for my Wii U GamePad. To make matters worse, it didn't work even after splicing it back together, so I'm guessing during the chewing process it shorted out and blew out a circuit in the adapter block or something.

To make matters EVEN WORSE, first-party replacement cables aren't yet available for sale. At least Nyko makes one. x.x