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Wii U Satisfaction Thread
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I agree, the charging cradle with the Deluxe is great. Keeps my Gamepad always-ready plus the pad just looks all kinds of hot sitting up like that.
Also, I recently more than doubled my storage with a 32gb PNY USB stick from Wal-Mart. It's tiny and metal and cost under $20. Working just fine.
Also, I recently more than doubled my storage with a 32gb PNY USB stick from Wal-Mart. It's tiny and metal and cost under $20. Working just fine.
Bjoern the Smexy
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Me too.
ElectricKaibutsu
Member
Just to warn you, Nintendo recommended to not use a usb stick. They said they aren't made to be constantly read from and written to and could end up failing early. Just to let you know!
The one and only reason they don't want you to use USB sticks is the fact that most cheap pen drives tend to be pretty slow - which could negatively impact the game experience. Durability won't pose a realistic problem.
Jaded Alyx
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Yes, just like the 3DS.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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So when are we supposed to get the real VC? April? If so shouldnt we be expecting a new Wii U centric Nintendo Direct soon?
My 2 year old loves it anyway
Start 'em early, that's what I say.
Also, DAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Currently, I'm a little bit unsatisfied.
Tried to download the DQX beta test, got the error code and quit out of it.
That was last night, returned back to the eShop today to redownload and now I'm told the download code has already been used. Of course, I know that it has but I wasn't able to finish my download therefore....what do I do now? :/
I'm guessing I have to contact Nintendo's Japanese customer service??
Tried to download the DQX beta test, got the error code and quit out of it.
That was last night, returned back to the eShop today to redownload and now I'm told the download code has already been used. Of course, I know that it has but I wasn't able to finish my download therefore....what do I do now? :/
I'm guessing I have to contact Nintendo's Japanese customer service??
Spieler Eins
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Usually you can redownload anything, I got the same message when the shop crashed for me eventually but I could just continue to start again. Is the DQX download a special case or something? Check your download history maybe.
A-ha! Never accessed that part of the eShop before on my Wii U but I'm now downloading it again! Thank you for the reminder!
Well that was interesting. Just got off the phone with customer service regarding an email I sent them. Seemed to go well. Was short and more or less was them just wanting to follow up on what I said and that they hear my frustration, etc.
The other day I sent a email to Nintendo regarding my frustration about the lack of truly new games (not ports and listed my frustration with those) for the system and really just disappointment with how Nintendo has handled the game situation overall. Knowing the system was planned and something like Tomb Raider and others weren't releasing on the system. It was a day where I was just frustrated overall and when I came home and wanted to fire up a game to relax looking at the Wii U just added to that. So instead of blowing up I just figured I'd sent a comment. It then spawned into this mini-essay. Was calm during it, explained I was a long time fan since the NES era but it was more or less me just getting things off my chest. Explaining how at times I wish I hadn't bought the system so early. That the system was sold to me on the promise of certain games that still don't have release dates. Etc. That I might end up using my limited gaming budget to buy games on other systems and how that won't leave money or time for Nintendo's products if they do come. I wonder if that last one and possibly the length was what prompted them to respond and to give me an actual tracking number to use when I called up.
Granted what I got was likely the verbal version of a form letter from the woman I spoke with this morning, who was indeed nice about the whole thing. I do feel somewhat better and that likely was the goal for wanting me to call.
After I sent that email off though, after some socializing I just spent the rest of the evening playing Harvest Moon on the 3DS and watching past episode of Nintendo Show 3D. If didn't enjoy the 3DS so much I imagine my mood would be a lot more negative overall because I can at least focus my gaming time there.
I've even taken to looking more into Pikmin as a whole. I want to play 3 but I've never played the series before. Perhaps that's a bad idea because I want the game more now.
The other day I sent a email to Nintendo regarding my frustration about the lack of truly new games (not ports and listed my frustration with those) for the system and really just disappointment with how Nintendo has handled the game situation overall. Knowing the system was planned and something like Tomb Raider and others weren't releasing on the system. It was a day where I was just frustrated overall and when I came home and wanted to fire up a game to relax looking at the Wii U just added to that. So instead of blowing up I just figured I'd sent a comment. It then spawned into this mini-essay. Was calm during it, explained I was a long time fan since the NES era but it was more or less me just getting things off my chest. Explaining how at times I wish I hadn't bought the system so early. That the system was sold to me on the promise of certain games that still don't have release dates. Etc. That I might end up using my limited gaming budget to buy games on other systems and how that won't leave money or time for Nintendo's products if they do come. I wonder if that last one and possibly the length was what prompted them to respond and to give me an actual tracking number to use when I called up.
Granted what I got was likely the verbal version of a form letter from the woman I spoke with this morning, who was indeed nice about the whole thing. I do feel somewhat better and that likely was the goal for wanting me to call.
After I sent that email off though, after some socializing I just spent the rest of the evening playing Harvest Moon on the 3DS and watching past episode of Nintendo Show 3D. If didn't enjoy the 3DS so much I imagine my mood would be a lot more negative overall because I can at least focus my gaming time there.
I've even taken to looking more into Pikmin as a whole. I want to play 3 but I've never played the series before. Perhaps that's a bad idea because I want the game more now.
JaseMath
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Yep. The charging cradle isn't really ever pointed out when mentioning the Deluxe set, but it was a nice bullet point for me.
I sent the same kind of letter to NoA in January, not with regards to games, but about dropping the ball with certain features. I never called the CS rep when they replied with their number.
I almost wasn't going to. I slept on it and decided to this morning. I figured the worse that would happen would I get told they understand my frustration and ask that I be patient. I got a bit more then that. Better to at least put a voice behind the frustration I think in the end. Might make them understand it's real and not just words.
dark_prinny
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Hey guys is me or the UI is slightly faster after the update?
BolognaSoup
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It is. I recorded a video of me going to Settings before updating and then another after the update and it's definitely faster. I haven't counted how many seconds faster yet though but from memory I would say it was probably 7-10 seconds faster to get to Settings.
dark_prinny
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Smiles and Cries
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chasing aurora has a significant update out for what it's worth
totally disappointed by that game's single player but if you don't play alone like me they added a lot for you multi folks
totally disappointed by that game's single player but if you don't play alone like me they added a lot for you multi folks
MikeHaggar
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don't you guys worry about ruining the battery by always having it in the charging cradle? i thought that you're not supposed to do that with rechargeable batteries... i thought you should always drain them fully then charge them fully...?
iamaustrian
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nah
it works similar to a electric toothbrush battery(have you ever seen someone taking the toothbrush out of it's cradle when it's fully loaded?). when the gamepad is fully loaded power is cut off or something like that. or that's at least what they told me
Thinking of buying a WiiU soon , I just had a question and I thought I'd ask the 'Happy WiiU' people 
I'm not sure I exactly understood the whole Virtual console thing they explained in one of the last ND.
As I see it you can already transfer you Wii VC games to your WiiU and play them in Wii mode, but you can't play them on the controller's screen.
To be able to do that you need to wait for the spring update, and for the same game to be available on the WiiU eShop, and buy it again (at a reduced price).
Is that right ?
I'm not sure I exactly understood the whole Virtual console thing they explained in one of the last ND.
As I see it you can already transfer you Wii VC games to your WiiU and play them in Wii mode, but you can't play them on the controller's screen.
To be able to do that you need to wait for the spring update, and for the same game to be available on the WiiU eShop, and buy it again (at a reduced price).
Is that right ?
Thinking of buying a WiiU soon , I just had a question and I thought I'd ask the 'Happy WiiU' people
I'm not sure I exactly understood the whole Virtual console thing they explained in one of the last ND.
As I see it you can already transfer you Wii VC games to your WiiU and play them in Wii mode, but you can't play them on the controller's screen.
To be able to do that you need to wait for the spring update, and for the same game to be available on the WiiU eShop, and buy it again (at a reduced price).
Is that right ?
Essentially, yes.
Thinking of buying a WiiU soon , I just had a question and I thought I'd ask the 'Happy WiiU' people
I'm not sure I exactly understood the whole Virtual console thing they explained in one of the last ND.
As I see it you can already transfer you Wii VC games to your WiiU and play them in Wii mode, but you can't play them on the controller's screen.
To be able to do that you need to wait for the spring update, and for the same game to be available on the WiiU eShop, and buy it again (at a reduced price).
Is that right ?
Yeah, you got it. We just don't know how comprehensive the library will be until it launches, so you may not have eshop equivalents for all your Wii VC games at the start.
Smiles and Cries
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I was thinking it is faster but I think it is really my mind playing tricks on me so I would like someone to prove that it is faster until then I'll call it a placebo effect
soxinthebox
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7-10 seconds? How slow does that leave it afterwords?
BolognaSoup
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Ok I'll try to post the video tonight. I have a video of me going to the settings before the update and I compared it to going to settings after the update. I'm 100% positive it is faster now and not placebo. I then tried to go back to the home screen but then the system froze and when I forced a restart (had to unplug the console) it then prompted me for the update so I couldn't grab a video of me going to anything else before the update.
To be specific, $1.00 for NES games, $1.50 for SNES games.Thinking of buying a WiiU soon , I just had a question and I thought I'd ask the 'Happy WiiU' people
I'm not sure I exactly understood the whole Virtual console thing they explained in one of the last ND.
As I see it you can already transfer you Wii VC games to your WiiU and play them in Wii mode, but you can't play them on the controller's screen.
To be able to do that you need to wait for the spring update, and for the same game to be available on the WiiU eShop, and buy it again (at a reduced price).
Is that right ?
brandonh83
Banned
I'm getting a new system after Nintendo's E3 conference to see if they're going to announce any new versions maybe with more memory or just... whatever, who knows. I'm wondering if I would be able to call them and get them to register my virtual console games onto the new system after hearing some of the success stories about Nintendo crediting accounts to get those games back.
Not that I'm incredibly optimistic, but they should be able to look at my Club Nintendo account to see everything I've bought and registered, hell, I can see everything I've bought and registered.
Not that I'm incredibly optimistic, but they should be able to look at my Club Nintendo account to see everything I've bought and registered, hell, I can see everything I've bought and registered.
timcsavage
Member
it used to take ages to close love film on my wuu (as in literally 5 minutes) but now it's much better. I think there may be a small improvement but just the extra stability is nice
megabytecr
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Don´t know if it is old news, but I played a bit of ZombiU yesterday and saw a message that the team behind it is working on a patch. So heads up Wii U, ZombiU, and on the fence for ZombiU duders.
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Deleted member 126221
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It's been there for almost a month, if I remember correctly. At first, I wanted to wait for the patch to finish the game, but seeing that it's still not there, I'm glad I carried on (even if I encountered quite a few weird bugs).
With the arrival of Darksiders II, I now have six Wii U games, which judging by sales figures is the single largest collection in Europe, possibly known to man. On a less sarcastic note, Sonic Racing is really good, it's pretty tough on the highest difficulty, there's a terrific sense of speed and the dynamic tracks really show up how stagnant Mario Kart has been for a while. Hopefully Nintendo will pick up the gauntlet, otherwise I might just stick with this for a while.
Shotgun Kiss
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I just bought a Wii U Premium Zombi U bundle for £239.99 brand new on eBay. I still don't think the Wii U has anywhere near enough worthwhile games at this point, but between Wind Waker, and 3D Mario, Mario Kart, and Smash Bros. at E3, this is a future investment at a great price.
I have a couple of questions while waiting for it to arrive though.
1) I have a Wii with a ton of Virtual Console games, but I won't have acces to it again for a few weeks. If I start playing stuff on my Wii U before then, and later do a system transfer, will I lose anything I saved on my Wii U?
2) I assume save data for Wii games can be copied over to Wii U via an SD card? What about Smash Bros. Brawl, which doesn't allow save data to be copied/moved?
3) Is there any reason to keep my Wii after getting a Wii U? Playing Gamecube games is the only thing I can think of, but I still have my actual Gamecube for that, which has the added advantage of the broadband adaptor for Mario Kart: Double Dash LAN sessions, and a Game Boy Player.
Thanks guys!
I have a couple of questions while waiting for it to arrive though.
1) I have a Wii with a ton of Virtual Console games, but I won't have acces to it again for a few weeks. If I start playing stuff on my Wii U before then, and later do a system transfer, will I lose anything I saved on my Wii U?
2) I assume save data for Wii games can be copied over to Wii U via an SD card? What about Smash Bros. Brawl, which doesn't allow save data to be copied/moved?
3) Is there any reason to keep my Wii after getting a Wii U? Playing Gamecube games is the only thing I can think of, but I still have my actual Gamecube for that, which has the added advantage of the broadband adaptor for Mario Kart: Double Dash LAN sessions, and a Game Boy Player.
Thanks guys!
No.
The transfer copies everything, including "locked" save files.
I know some people don't like how the Wii U displays Wii content (overscan, black borders, slightly fuzzy are some of the complaints) but on a purely functional level, you don't need to keep your Wii.
Jaded Alyx
Member
DDP and the charging cradle make the Premium superior imo.
Jaded Alyx
Member
I'm not playing it anymore until it's fixed.
What's wrong with Runner 2? I was just about to pick it up. Is it just the normal hard lock issues or is it something else?
Speaking of which, are they ever going to fix the hard lock issues? It's pathetic that it's still a problem 5 months after launch.
Jaded Alyx
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The charging cradle that comes with the Premium. You're supposed to leave the Gamepad on it when not in use. My Gamepad is fully charged and ready to go every time I turn on my Wii U.
Runner 2 causes the Wii U to perpetually load the Wii U Menu when you try to exit it, or causes the system to freeze if you try to shut down the system while in the game. It doesn't happen to everyone or all the time.
There was a system patch that fixed it a few days ago. Or at least I think it did.
Jaded Alyx
Member
It still happens. The patch Gaijin submitted to Nintendo hasn't been released yet.
Shotgun Kiss
Member
I thought the Wii U upscaled Wii games, making them look better?
I've been having the same problem, but as of this mourning when I played, and just now it exited fairly quickly.
Jaded Alyx
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I still have it.
The first couple of times I turned off my system from the game it was fine, but the last 20 or so times I've tried turning off the Wii U or leaving the game it freezes.
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