Wii-U thoughts so far

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Wii-U

I'm in for one
120
43%
Maybe later
96
35%
Not interested
45
16%
Undecided
16
6%
 
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dsheinem wrote:initial wii u impressions: what a pain to setup :(
dsheinem wrote:ok, now that i have it working, the Wii -> Wii U transfer process is goddamn adorable
it seems like this is becoming dsheinem vs Wii U...
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sevin0seven wrote:
dsheinem wrote:initial wii u impressions: what a pain to setup :(
dsheinem wrote:ok, now that i have it working, the Wii -> Wii U transfer process is goddamn adorable
it seems like this is becoming dsheinem vs Wii U...
Don't you know anything about dave? :lol:
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ZeroAX wrote:Don't you know anything about dave? :lol:
his a professor who was trying to figure out how to hook up a Wii U? :P
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sevin0seven wrote:
ZeroAX wrote:Don't you know anything about dave? :lol:
his a professor who was trying to figure out how to hook up a Wii U? :P
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ZeroAX wrote:πφ, θσελεσσ πηδσ
Pasensya na, hinde ko alam mag greek eh.
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ZeroAX wrote:
sevin0seven wrote:
ZeroAX wrote:Don't you know anything about dave? :lol:
his a professor who was trying to figure out how to hook up a Wii U? :P
πφ, θσελεσσ πηδσ
Now now, he's a liberal arts professor. Don't be bringing in all those mathematical symbols.
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more warm up thoughts:

-NSMBWU/LU is not a good set of pack in games. Feeling pretty bleh about the game so far after a half dozen levels or so. I'm debating selling the physical dual pack and just using my free download code to grab it with MK8 instead. Anyone interested?

-Also, I can't use my Wii Classic Controller Pro in NSMBWU as far as I can tell (and I have tried). I don't like playing with the giant gamepad, especially since it just reproduces what is on the screen (needlessly at that). I don't like playing with the Wiimote since I need to use more than 2 buttons and a D-pad. Guess I need the Wii U Pro controller. :(

-The Wii U screen battery started blinking after just a short while while playing games because for some reason it had to be on to do all the Wii transfer stuff, even though I didn't need to look at it. The battery life on this is bad, but it seems their decisions about when it is displaying content make it infinitely worse.

-At least in my house, remote play with Vita works better (and further) than remote play with Wii U, whose range is very limited. The PS4 and Wii U are next to one another and on the same network, but the Vita trumps easily.

-While cute, the Wii -> Wii U transfer process is awkward as hell. Also, why should it remove that stuff from my Wii instead of just copy it? WTF good is my Wii now other than as a cheap component GCN box (and homebrew/netflix/etc.)?

-WTF two power cords?! Why no USB charge?

-MK8 and Super Mario 3D better be fucking awesome, or I am gonna have buyer's remorse really, really quick :x
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Honestly saw that coming a mile off.

You'll probably hate the other 2 games.
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ZeroAX wrote:
πφ, θσελεσσ πηδσ
fuck my keyboard's alt+shift buttons.
That's "pf, useless phds" for you Latin reading folk :P
sevin0seven wrote: Pasensya na, hinde ko alam mag greek eh.
That would have been funnier if you actually quoted some Greek like the phrases they use in Age of Mythology :lol:
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ZeroAX wrote:
πφ, θσελεσσ πηδσ
Now now, he's a liberal arts professor. Don't be bringing in all those mathematical symbols.

the funny thing was that all but 2 of those letters are actually used in math :lol: (is δ used too by any chance? I don't remember)
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dsheinem wrote:more warm up thoughts:

-NSMBWU/LU is not a good set of pack in games. Feeling pretty bleh about the game so far after a half dozen levels or so. I'm debating selling the physical dual pack and just using my free download code to grab it with MK8 instead. Anyone interested?

-Also, I can't use my Wii Classic Controller Pro in NSMBWU as far as I can tell (and I have tried). I don't like playing with the giant gamepad, especially since it just reproduces what is on the screen (needlessly at that). I don't like playing with the Wiimote since I need to use more than 2 buttons and a D-pad. Guess I need the Wii U Pro controller. :(

-The Wii U screen battery started blinking after just a short while while playing games because for some reason it had to be on to do all the Wii transfer stuff, even though I didn't need to look at it. The battery life on this is bad, but it seems their decisions about when it is displaying content make it infinitely worse.

-At least in my house, remote play with Vita works better (and further) than remote play with Wii U, whose range is very limited. The PS4 and Wii U are next to one another and on the same network, but the Vita trumps easily.

-While cute, the Wii -> Wii U transfer process is awkward as hell. Also, why should it remove that stuff from my Wii instead of just copy it? WTF good is my Wii now other than as a cheap component GCN box (and homebrew/netflix/etc.)?

-WTF two power cords?! Why no USB charge?

-MK8 and Super Mario 3D better be fucking awesome, or I am gonna have buyer's remorse really, really quick :x
Omg geez, you did all the research about it failing. Did you not research the actual console before buying. :lol: By the way push the home button and you can turn off the screen from the controller menu.
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