Wii U Release Day Thread

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Relax, I'm just egging people on. Small things here and there irritate me but overall I got it for the first party titles.

I know for sure I will mainly be gaming on the PS4/720 when they release, but Nintendo IPs still hold a special place in my heart.

I don't know what to think about you, shinobi. 90% of your posts that I read are the OPs to some bit of news or hearsay that you just KNOW is going to cause trouble. That newman avatar is just so perfect :-P
 
Yeah, but I think it will definitely die down after the first month or as soon as I begin to realize that I won't have any first party games to play for months.

Nintendo has said that they held a few completed Wii U games back so that they could keep releasing first-party games over the next few months, holding off a draught. So there will be new first-party games to buy, though whether you want to buy them all is a different matter entirely.
 
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So guys, I'm curious.

Do all of you have that "new console" feel going right now? That hyped/giddy feeling whenever you buy a brand new console for the first time?
Less than usual; the games I've put most time into (NSMBU and Scribblenauts) feel pretty familiar. However, the few minutes I got to try out some asymmetric multiplayer yesterday felt pretty fresh.
 
I probably would have new console feel, but Crashmo kinda just released yesterday so fuck Wii U.
I played a bunch of NSMBU this afternoon
 
looking back at review will some of these websites feel any shame at all?

Gametrailers:
ZombiU 6.5 vs Epic Mickey 6.7

the site also has NBA2k13 listed for December 18th Release :|
not picking on gametrailers but I felt forced to try the games myself instead of relying on reviews
 
I am loving my Wii u. Jumping from in game to miiverse (funky barn community is amazing) to the web browser and back into the game, all from my bed while the Wii u console is downstairs...I just love it.
 
looking back at review will some of these websites feel any shame at all?

Gametrailers:
ZombiU 6.5 vs Epic Mickey 6.7

the site also has NBA2k13 listed for December 18th Release :|
not picking on gametrailers but I felt forced to try the games myself instead of relying on reviews

gametrailers is pretty hit and miss
 
looking back at review will some of these websites feel any shame at all?

Gametrailers:
ZombiU 6.5 vs Epic Mickey 6.7

the site also has NBA2k13 listed for December 18th Release :|
not picking on gametrailers but I felt forced to try the games myself instead of relying on reviews

Nah.. no shame. They're catering to their audience. No big surprises here.

I tend to look to fellow Nintendo-GAF folks or Let's Play video series on YouTube at this point.
 
Does WiiU use the same account information as Wii? I purchased a few downloadable games for the Wii years ago. (Waiting 4 Christmas to open!)
 
Now I find myself jumping back and forth between Mario, Nintendo Land, BLOPS, the Miiverse, and even the eShop where I constantly find myself wanting to buy more games. I'm actually very impressed with this thing.

Same. I'm jumping between games a lot. Which is something that only happens when I'm happy about new hardware. I normally try to beat one game at a time, but right now I've got a pretty even play time amongst my games. Feels good.
 
I have bought too many games

So I am like rotating between games a lot to make sure I've experienced them all enough so they don't go to waste hah
 
Does WiiU use the same account information as Wii? I purchased a few downloadable games for the Wii years ago. (Waiting 4 Christmas to open!)
Nintendo is kind of lame, so they don't have a purchase account per se.

If you still have that Wii, then you can transfer its games/download rights to the Wii U.. But you need to physically have it and use an SD card for that purpose...
 
ZombiU is not getting from me the love it deserve, but part of that is because it threw me off by NOT telling me there's no autosave before I switched the game.
 
Does WiiU use the same account information as Wii? I purchased a few downloadable games for the Wii years ago. (Waiting 4 Christmas to open!)

Different account system, but you should be able to system transfer your Wii stuff and keep it all just fine. Wasn't a problem for me at all.
 
Nintendo has said that they held a few completed Wii U games back so that they could keep releasing first-party games over the next few months, holding off a draught. So there will be new first-party games to buy, though whether you want to buy them all is a different matter entirely.

Source? I didn't know about this. I don't want to get hyped for nothing.
 
Nintendo has said that they held a few completed Wii U games back so that they could keep releasing first-party games over the next few months, holding off a draught. So there will be new first-party games to buy, though whether you want to buy them all is a different matter entirely.

They did this crap with the 3DS, its a good strategy in theory, but in practise its horrible.
 
Source? I didn't know about this. I don't want to get hyped for nothing.
Yeah i would like a source as well because i can only think of a handful of first party stuff that is coming but till maybe Q2-Q3 2013.

They did this crap with the 3DS, its a good strategy in theory, but in practise its horrible.
Yeah but we kinda already knew about all those games and knew they would be releasing, from this guy it sounds like they have all these secret first party stuff no one knows about which is why i wouldn't mind seeing a source.

Other than the obvious SSB/Zelda, Pikmin and Lego City what else has been announced first party wise? Probably will get a new 3D mario game next game as well.
 
Source? I didn't know about this. I don't want to get hyped for nothing.

Iwata said that the amount of Western 3rd party games made it possible to delay some first party titles from launch to the months after launch. 99.9% sure he was just talking about Pikmin and Wii U Fit.
 
Iwata said that the amount of Western 3rd party games made it possible to delay some first party titles from launch to the months after launch. 99.9% sure he was just talking about Pikmin and Wii U Fit.

Yeah, probably. Here's the quote.

If you look at how pre-orders are doing at the moment, it is not an exaggeration to say that Wii U is sure to sell well in this holiday season, as many of you are probably thinking. But we realize the biggest challenge is to make sure that Wii U sells well even in the next year after the holiday season, and we are working on that too. Nintendo tends to release too many titles at the launch of a hardware system and as a result suffers a drop in new games for quite some time after launch, and for the Wii U launch, we are being very careful not to let it happen. Fortunately, third-party publishers overseas are launching many titles for us this time, and we were able to push back the release of some of the titles that we had originally intended to release as launch titles until next year.

Source
 
I am glad I am not the only foolish one but I think my full list is still ahead in stupidity

retail discs:
Mass Effect 3: Special Edition
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
NintendoLand

digital:
NSMBU
ZombiU
Nano Assault Neo
Trine2
Chasing Aurora
Little Inferno

downloading
AC3
NG3

currently spending the most time playing Zelda Skyward Swords which I am playing for the first time to test Wii Mode since I was so busy playing Xenoblade

I still have The Last Story in this backlog.

freaken addicting eShop and huge 2TB HDD makes me a sad yet busy gaming Panda.

so how's going with skyward sword?
are you liking it?
 
I can't believe the screen tearing and loading times are worse in Darksiders II Wii U. This is going back to Gamestop tomorrow. :/

The only thing going for it is all the DLC included except for The Forge and the better draw distance, which is still pretty embarrassing.
 
Iwata said that the amount of Western 3rd party games made it possible to delay some first party titles from launch to the months after launch. 99.9% sure he was just talking about Pikmin and Wii U Fit.
Also Game & Wario. What ever happend to Panorama View btw?

Another third party question; anybody here played Tekken TT2? It will be a while before I get a Wii U (nooo dem financials) but how dit that one turn out? Only saw two reviews from IGN but I don't trust any of their Wii U reviews and I believe a review which gave it four starts out of five.

And oh, I'm still planning on buying Batman and Darksiders eventually. The latter seems to be competent port and the other one... I just want a boxed release :P

Edit; just saw the BY2K post on Darksiders. Hmmm. Oh well, I'll just wait and see.
 
Just tested out Zombi U and Darksiders 2, and I saw my friend play Ass Creed III earlier.

People are so overreacting to the amount of issues that these third party games have.
 
ZombiU, NintendoLand, Trine 2, Mighty Switch Force HD and Nano Assault Neo have made this an awesome launch for me. I'm loving Miiverse. The social aspect of this console is awesome. Every game I play, I feel really connected to others that are playing it as well. Be it through leader boards, Miiverse comments or online play with some games.

The Netflix community is awesome. So many King of the Hill pictures. Hank Hill's 'my propane is ready,' had me laughing.
 
ZombiU, NintendoLand, Trine 2, Mighty Switch Force HD and Nano Assault Neo have made this an awesome launch for me. I'm loving Miiverse. The social aspect of this console is awesome. Every game I play, I feel really connected to others that are playing it as well. Be it through leader boards, Miiverse comments or online play with some games.

The Netflix community is awesome. So many King of the Hill pictures. Hank Hill's 'my propane is ready,' had me laughing.

Yep. It might not have the best games at launch, but it's the most fun launch I've ever had with a console. Between Miiverse and Nintendo Land, it's by far the happiest I've ever been with a launch console.
 
Iwata said that the amount of Western 3rd party games made it possible to delay some first party titles from launch to the months after launch. 99.9% sure he was just talking about Pikmin and Wii U Fit.

That's what I figured as well. I wish they weren't so secretive about their titles beyond March and just show games that are coming out. I don't see the point in not announcing or showing games coming out within the next year.
 
That's what I figured as well. I wish they weren't so secretive about their titles beyond March and just show games that are coming out. I don't see the point in not announcing or showing games coming out within the next year.
If they would just bring the VC over to the Wii-U and allow the stuff to be played on the gamepad that would keep me busy for at least 6 months.
 
If they would just bring the VC over to the Wii-U and allow the stuff to be played on the gamepad that would keep me busy for at least 6 months.

Kind of a shame actually. Stuff like the VC should have been there day one. Not sure what's slowing Nintendo down.
 
So VC is coming.. And i can play it on the game pad? Do NOT fuck with my emotions right now.

I am in a very emotional state.

From Iwata's mouth:

"We understand that there are people who were looking forward to playing Wii games, Virtual Console games, and so forth on the GamePad, but unfortunately we cannot accommodate those users' expectations. There are plans for a Wii U Virtual console that will be compatible with the Wii U GamePad."
 
Every game you loved playing on Wii Virtual Console will be available for double the price!

(note: if Dreamcast, Saturn, and Gamecube are available and with decent libraries, all will be forgiven)
Would love GC support but i am still bummed out they don't support GC controllers :(

RIP Wavebird.
 
Finally got the deluxe unboxed and updated! Loving the interface with the tablet controller, was hoping I would be able to watch shows like Survivor from CBS.com but no Flash supported in Wii U so no dice :( Still loving it regardless, now I'm just hoping we see a switch to HTML5 for video instead of every mainstream channel being flash. About to start up New Super Mario Bros U in a few minutes.
 
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