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Dreamwriter
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Which is why the white system is superior, and I am buying it. Though I'd much rather have a colorful one (royal purple!)
The Mana Legend
Banned
I'm not watching it, but I wouldn't imagine it having as much as the 3DS for obvious reasons.
As long as it keeps track of my game times, I am happy.
ioriyagami
Member
Heh, that would be awesome, but I don't see any Nintendo UI offering that kind of technical options. We can try some partition magic after the Wii U formats your hard drive to resize the WiiU partition and create a secondary partition with a different filesystem, but even that I don't think is going to work.
hopefully not one of those knock offs/3rd party, they are all over ebay. They look pretty ugly, maybe they are good though?
GiantEnemyGoomba
Member
As long as it does what the Nintendo Channel log does, it'll be fine.
Ashler
Member
I was thinking the other way around. Creating two partitions in windows, connecting to the Wii U and selecting only one for the Wii U to use as Data storage.
It showed amount of total time played and amount of times you started up the game.
Didnt the Nintendo Direct say partitions will not work?
Saw something interesting in GameStop today. Some games were priced at $50 instead of $60. Batman was one of them. As was Tekken. Not sure if it was just this GameStop or all of them though. Which is good if that's the case.
Mine also is opening at it's normal time on Sunday. Which I'm fine with. Double checked as well that I'll be getting my system. As long as I had a preorder I was fine. Will still get there early though as I'm doing nothing that morning.
Mine also is opening at it's normal time on Sunday. Which I'm fine with. Double checked as well that I'll be getting my system. As long as I had a preorder I was fine. Will still get there early though as I'm doing nothing that morning.
Reluctant-Hero
Member
Good lord, Nintendo better not drop the ball with this system update patch on Sunday.
Lé Blade Runner
Member
Well, you CAN have a lot more fun with the cheaper, lower end, even notably flawed game than the one that's a critical darling.
Community Forum
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I love how they're getting around the 30 second rule. I'm sure this is not what Nintendo had in mind.
Dead Prince
Banned
even though bestbuy.com says my location doesn't have a midnight release. i called and they said yes. so yeah call them.
Please guys if you have Twitter please make sure to send a tweet to @Gamestop to voice your displeasure. A lot of companies hate seeing negative tweets hopefully Gamestop is one of those companies. Sending a negative tweet even gets Comcast off their butts most of the time. It certainly can't hurt.
ioriyagami
Member
Oh, for sure the WiiU is going to wipe the drive's partition table when formatting it on its filesystem, but I was hoping the partition table is standard so I can use Partition Magic afterwards and resize the WiiU partition to make room for a NTFS/FAT32 secondary partition. But I have the feeling that either the partition table is not going to be standard or the WiiU is going to make sure there are no other partitions in the table every time it mounts the drive.
I got a voicemail from GameStop today and the guy said they have my pre-order in and I can pick it up tomorrow (Saturday) at 11am. I tried to call back because I assume he just misspoke but it was busy. Has anyone else heard anything like this? I'd love to get it a day early but it seems unlikely.
The controller will need to be charged so it's really no big deal to me. You're waiting regardless if you care at all about the controller's battery life.
Yeah, that was neat. I like that they weren't totally scared to show more than 30 seconds.
Dreamwriter
Member
I checked out the GameTrailers stream, and they just answered a question completely wrong - asked about the game disc capacity, he said it was just a dual-layer DVD, he specifically said it was NOT a 24GB Blu-Ray or anything like that.
Reluctant-Hero
Member
So.... it is a 24gb Blu-Ray? I'm confused.
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
At least initially its basically a Nintendo Branded blu ray that's not blu ray. So its a single layer 25GB Disc. Odds are a dual layer will exist if needed
Dreamwriter
Member
Well, it's 24GB, though they didn't license the name or anything so they just call it a proprietary 24GB disc.
GANGSTERKILLER
Member
Shane is wrong. Wii U discs have a capacity of 25 GB. Confirmed months ago by Nintendo.
Community Forum
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So "if" someone gets homebrew working, would it be possible to have a "dolphin" type emulator to run Wii games in HD?
CrAzYLeGzLU
Member
Went in to make sure they had my system set aside at my Walmart (they do), but the lady really seemed on top of things she told me they were only able to take 4 preorders before it stopped them.
What surprised me was they are actually getting 24 extra units (didn't specify which) since this Walmart is in a tiny town in Southeast Texas.
What surprised me was they are actually getting 24 extra units (didn't specify which) since this Walmart is in a tiny town in Southeast Texas.
Fox Mulder
Member
was there any reason why the wiiu can't play wii games in HD like an emulator that has been out for years can?
I skipped the wii, and would like to get Galaxy 1 and 2, but I want it in HD. I have a feeling Nintendo will sell HD versions compatible with the wiiu controller. They did put out a few "New Play Control" gamecube games for the Wii.
normalmode
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My Wii U gamepad licking cat from Kotaku made his personal power rankings.
https://twitter.com/NormalMode/status/269601303422959616
https://twitter.com/NormalMode/status/269601303422959616
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
Nintendo didn't bother to implement up-scaling I guess?
RumblingRosco
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WiiU Deluxe Set deal: Just a heads-up for Release-Day hopefuls; Newegg has the Deluxe set + NSMBWiiU + ZombiU + COD BLOPs II for $529 + $13.51 shipping; here is the link. GOGOGO!
UltimateIke
Member
My GameStop Deluxe Set preorder has shipped! It says it will be delivered Monday!
Yay!
Yay!
Vinsanity.
Member
That's exactly what they'll do...they won't allow Wii games to be in HD, but they will release them all in sets or compilations or one at a time as "Mario Galaxy HD Collection", etc..
MidnightScott
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Having not preordered at Walmart would I be able to go in at midnight and pick one up?
Chie Satonaka
Member
Possibly. They have additional units that they're selling that are NOT preorders.
Its hard to say. Even though many Walmarts are getting excess they may decide to hold onto it for Black Friday. Console launches this time of the year the stores love because they can hold hostage inventory until then and have a big door buster
I'd give it a shot. Either that or hit a Best Buy or Frys as soon as they open.
EDIT: Will we have a NN tag spreadsheet?
I'd be fine with that. The Sony HD collections have been totally worth it in my opinion. If they add in GamePad support, all the better.
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