[Wii U] Magic Pink delivers the holiday cheer! Thanks for being a great person!

MNC Dover

Join the PA community by having your Nintendo Network ID posted here!

READ THE SPOILER FOR INSTRUCTIONS OR YOU WON'T GET ON THE LIST!

Start by sending a PM containing your forum name/NNID to @ " MNC Dover " (remove the spaces before and after the " " marks or it won't work) to get added to the list. Please send me your info like it's shown below to make my job easier.

Also, make sure to enable your friend's list. Do this by hitting the home button on your gamepad and selecting the "friend list" icon on the far left OR going to the MiiVerse and searching for the NNID manually (recommended).

PA name/NNID
MNC Dover/MNC.Dover
Professor Snugglesworth/Pols.Voice
HallowedFaith/Cloudbomb
AngelHedgie/NoxAeternum
minor incident/minor.incident
UnbreakableVow/UnbreakableVow
Toldo/Weegian
SirUltimos/SirUltimos
urahonky/Samson
MonkeyConQueso/MonkeyConQueso
Xenogears of Bore/KingSheet
Turkey/TurkeyFried
Cloudeagle/revatt
cabbie98/cabbie98
Reynolds/RadSuit
lpburk2/lpburk2
Brainiac 8/Brainiac_8
Dritz/LostCrescendo
InvisibleInk/InvisibleInk
Khildith/Khildith
The Sneak!/TheSneak
Shadowfire/Windrunner
AbsoluteZero/AbsoluteZero
raziel_pm/RazielPrime
UncleSporky/UncleSporky
Mystic Terrapin/Ghostosaurus
MOVE IT WITH BUNMASTER!!!/spinach
Aiserou/Aiserou
Athenor/Athenor
vamen/vamenn
The_Spaniard/Span_Wolf
Warlock82/Warlock
Variable/Variable
ManetherenWolf/Manetherenwolf
Optimusbry/Optimusbry
Dracil/dracilcegon
grim123/grim123
Man of the Waves/BuckarooHoliday
BebopSamurai/BebopSamurai
maximumzero/maximumzero
Xaviar/Xaviar
OneAngryPossum/oneangrypossum
Geod/Quamel
skeldare/skeldare
Kuribo's Shoe/ShoeVonDoom
Mosez/Stormblessed
imperialparadox / imperialparadox
TheUnsane1/TheUnsane1
Sagroth/Sagroth
Agahnim / AgahnimD
Beltaine/Beltaine
LockedOnTarget/TheKruseMissile
corin7/corin7
pirateluigi/PirateLuigi
SwashbucklerXX/SwashbucklerXX
Karrmer / Karrmer
Draysoth/Draysoth1
Magic Pink/MagicPink
Mblackwell/Mblackwell
azith28/Shodan
mantis23/mantis23
RidleySaria/RidleySaria
Aoi/edison_carter
Beefjerky/Beefjerky
Beefjerky's non-PA girlfriend/Emily-Rose
Infidel/Orokos
Vicious_GSRVicious/Viciousdex
evilive72/strummer7
wallaka/wallaka
V Faction/V-Faction
TimFiji/Archpriest
Draguscloud/Dragus
TehSpectre/TehSpectre
Panax/Panax_1
BigJoeM/BigJoeM
No Great Name/SirToons
Joe Dizzy/JoeDizzy
Damagemanual/damagemanual
plufim/plufim
John Zoidberg/PAJZ83
WotanAnubis/Wotan-Anubis
Morblitz/Morblitz
H*R/WarrenMSP
draklan/Darker-Q
Chen/PAChen
Rorus Raz/RorusRaz
louie/louieuk
dhs/dhs2004
angrysquirrel/angrysquirrel
Musiqua/Musiqua
Tpsou/TPSout
Green/AngryFrog
stlobus/Lobus42
Kafka87/Kafka87

Some important notes/tips from PA posters to help smooth out your initial Wii U experience.

1) Improving Wifi performance
-- It looks like the WII U has some issues with DHCP and automatic configuration of wifi. If you know how, manually enter your IP information into the Wii U, setting the IP Address, Subnet, and gateway to match your DHCP settings but in an area that the modem isn't giving out (up around 240-250 is usually safe). Then manually set DNS - if you don't know it, use 8.8.8.8 (google's DNS). This allowed things to work much better for me.

2) Opting in to friend requests must be done before you can receive friend requests. Do this by hitting the Home button, tapping on Friend List orange button on the left, tap on Settings, enable friend requests.

3) Why the Friends Lists are like they are:

--I wouldn't be surprised if the Miiverse servers really are integral to the Wii U's experience, and timeouts were what was causing the lag.

--Also, I think I've figured out how friend invites work, and why there are 2 different ways to enter them.

--Miiverse: Social integration. You have to opt in to allow friend requests on Miiverse (which at least 4 people in the OP haven't done, *cough cough*) . If you allow friend requests in that, then you'll get notifications when people add you through it, which can be due to profile posts or from playing with other people or all that jazz.

--If, however, you don't want the world to be able to add you, you can just have friends add you via mutual NNID exchange. This is where someone puts in your NNID into their console, and you are not informed about it... But if you put their NNID in as well, then voila! You have each other as friends. (This is how I added the 4 people in the OP who didn't have their friend requests turned on).

--So basically, Nintendo's created two avenues to add friends that are NOT mutually exclusive and can be used as a gatekeeper. If you want the world to be your friend, awesome! If you don't want the world up in your grill but you still want the ability to add friends, awesome! If you want the whole world to leave you alone, go for it.

4) The home button takes a screen shot. Once the home menu is up, you can jump to the miiverse and post it in a comment there. If you don't post it, it's gone as soon as you go back to the game, to be replaced with a new one next time you hit Home.

5) Game updates can be downloaded in the background. If you click the "Start Game" button it will begin background downloading. Then you can do whatever you want while the game update downloads. I don't know if it specifically downloads while you are in the game you're downloading for, but it definitely does if you quit out of it. There is also a "Download Manager" app on the Home button where you can see what it's doing with the downloads.

The Wii U is launching this Holiday Season! It'll come in two delicious flavors: Cherry Pie Deluxe and Humble Pie Basic. If you are in the UK, there is also a ZombiU Edition, which is basically the deluxe version only you get ZombiU instead of Nintendoland, and there is also a Pro Controller included. It's a bit pricier than the Deluxe, but probably THE definitive bundle to snag.

Look at these cool images for the contents of each:



Note that Nintendoland ONLY comes in the Deluxe version, so you should aim for that if you want an actual game to come with your purchase.

The Wii U is the sixth major Nintendo home console, and the first to feature full HD graphics. Building off of the success of the wildly popular Wii, the Wii U is hoping to pull back in the video game enthusiasts that were lost when Nintendo courted the casual audience. Featuring third-party support from major publishers such as Ubisoft and EA alongside the standard first-party library, Nintendo is hoping to make the Wii U the system for everyone.



At the heart of the Wii U is the new tablet-esque controller that allows the player to free themselves from the cruel tyranny of the TV. The screen is touch sensitive and can be used via stylus or finger. The controller features dual stick controller (and the sticks can click for extra functionality), four trigger/bumper buttons, four face buttons, and both accelerometer and gyroscope for motion control. The Wii U actually streams content to the game pad, meaning that many games can be played entirely on the pad while your TV gets used for other crap. In fact, after you do the initial set up, you don't even need to have the Wii U connected to a TV to play it. Meanwhile, other titles will make use of the controller for a variety of gameplay purposes such as inventory management, aiming weapons, and so forth. These titles, obviously, will require a TV to play.

Another important thing to note: the tablet controller also features a camera and microphone. This will be utilized in things like Miiverse, and the Wii U comes with a video chat program installed. This video shows us some of the ways the GamePad can be utilized.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj_xW6vwK1I

The Wii U can support two of these controllers at the same time, albeit capping the frame rate at 30fps when you do so. The hardware also supports just about everything from the Wii, including the remotes, balance board, motion plus, and so forth. The Wii U also includes a sensor bar for special pointer stuff. There is also a new controller for games that don't require the extra screen. The Pro Controller is intended to be a more comfortable controller for more conventional control schemes.


The GamePad will NOT be available for sale in North America (and probably not Europe). The price in Japan is the equivalent of around $175, so expect a price point of $150 or so. However, until Nintendo decides to stock 'em, you're stuck with the GamePad included with your system. You will be able to call for a replacement, so don't' fret about breaking one. Note that no Wii U games at launch will make use of two GamePads.

The Pro Controller will RSVP for $49.99.


Hey, let's talk about Miiverse

Nintendo is basically diving head-first into online. The Wii U will feature standard entertainment such as YouTube, Netflix, Amazon, and so forth. The real thing here is Miiverse, which is a network that shows what people are playing, and allows you to brag, get assistance, offer comments, or post crude drawings of genitals get nailed by the frightfully alert moderation staff. The image above shows the Miis clustering around games they play, be they friends or some stranger from Utah, and comments/drawings will pop up every so often. Miiverse is entirely optional, and you can control whether you get posts from just friends, the whole internet, or nobody at all. It also can label posts as spoilers so your gaming experience is never sullied like when your friend tells you that Bowser kidnapped Peach and ruined the whole plot. There are also communities for each game that kinda act like bulletin boards, and many games will feature Miiverse posts in the game itself.

Friend Codes are dead. You make a Nintendo Network ID, and you're done. You got a friend's list, can send messages to friends, follow friend activity (kinda like Twitter), and so forth.

Here's an annoying video to demonstrate the feature.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXfqtq_Yk0Y

The Miiverse won't just be a Wii U thing. It'll eventually be ported over to the 3DS, and you'll be able to utilize certain parts of the Miiverse on your PC, smartphones, and tablets-that-aren't-controllers.




TVii is a rather ambition system that tries to be an all-in-one hub for couch potatoes. Using the Wii U controller like a remote, you can browse and control various programs at any time. This is completely cross-platform, and TVii will search all of the popular streaming services in addition to live TV. Supposedly, you can control your cable box, DVR, and more with the remote for unfettered touch-based television control.


If you don't have a subscription, you can purchase the episode/subscription from the controller.

How well this works in practice remains to be seen, but Nintendo claims that TiVo support is already in. There's also promise of worthwhile content on the secondary screen while you are watching (notably sports scores and data) and you can set up profiles for each member of the household so there's no scrolling past unwanted crap.

TVii is due to hit at some point this month. We're not quite sure when. The TV remote feature is already a thing at launch for your TV or cable box.


Hey, the Wii U has games. Clearly, this is the future.

What's cool about the Wii U is that it's the first Nintendo home console to allow for digital purchases of full retail titles. It's worth noting that the average size of a Wii U title is 10+ GB, so you will probably need to purchase an external USB Hard Disk Drive if that is the way you want to go. The Wii U supports USB 2.0 HDDs with a maximum size of 2TB, but Nintendo says that a firmware update in the future will allow the hardware to recognize larger drives. HOWEVER, the Wii U will NEVER recognize any storage past the initial 2TB, so...just get a 2TB drive. Honestly, you don't even NEED more space than that.

It's also worth noting that Deluxe Set owners get a deal on the eShop that starts in December 2012. Every purchase you make on the eShop will give you a number of points back based on a percentage of the purchase. The end result is that you average about 10% off all digital purchases, but since the money you save goes straight into your account it's...not as nice a deal as you'd expect. You still have to spend $59.99 on Darksiders II, you just will have $5.99 on your account for other eShop purchases.

Nintendo has put up its launch titles, but the terminology is a bit...loose. This list is just for the "launch window" and many could be out as late as March 2013. I'll try to keep this list updated so you know what games you get your little greedy bits on alongside that fancy new chunk of hardware.

These are all NA dates. Go...somewhere else, Europe.

OUT RIGHT THE FUCK NOW

Games in PINK are pretty much sure-deals. Games in PURPLE may require consideration, either because there are issues with the port, gameplay hiccups you may or may not tolerate, or there is simply a cheaper alternative on another platform. Everything else is probably trash or I don't know enough about it. An astertisk indicates that the game is fully playable on the game pad.

• Nintendo Land
• New Super Mario Bros. Wii U*
• Disney’s Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
• Sonic & All-Stars: Racing Transformed*
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 2*
• Assassin’s Creed III*
• Darksiders II*
• FIFA 13
• Just Dance 4
• ZombiU
• Madden NFL 13
• Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge*
• Mass Effect 3: Special Edition*
• Tank! Tank! Tank!
• Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition*
• Scribblenauts Unlimited
• Rabbids Land
• Skylanders Giants
• Trine 2*
• Tekken Tag Tournament 2*
• Funky Barn
• Toki Tori 2
• Nano Assault Neo*
• Mighty Switch Force: Hyper Drive Edition* (An HD remake of the 3DS version)
• Rise of the Guardians: The Video Game
• Game Party Champions
• Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade

February 2013

• Aliens: Colonial Marines (12th)

"Launch Window"

• Rayman Legends
• LEGO City Undercover
• Sing Party
• Wii Fit U
• The Wonderful 101
• Pikmin 3 (Q2 2013)
• 007 Legends
• Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts
• Wipeout 3
• Rapala Pro Bass Fishing
• Transformers Prime
• Wheel of Fortune
• Jeopardy
• Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien
• Ben 10: Omniverse
• Zumba Fitness
• Game & Wario (Feb 2013)
• NBA 2K13
• Jett Tailfin
• Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
• Avengers: Battle for Earth
• Sports Connection
• Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013

Do not get attached to this thread. At some point after the Wii U launches (probably after the first holiday season), the thread will be retired. I am just saying this now so there's no shock or fainting when the thread rides off into the sunset.

I'd like this note in every future Wii U thread.

MNC Dover

I'm now the proud owner of a Wii U! Updating firmware and I'll get my NNID up and start adding other PA people!

Dracil

So I'm scared about getting and updating it tomorrow. Already hearing reports of it hanging and then bricking during the update.

UnbreakableVow

So my Internet shits out on my Wii U arrival night

Call Bright House tech support and "due to unforeseen circumstances, they're unable to take calls at this time." What the flying fuck

HallowedFaith

Posting from Wiiu browser. Not bad.

Professor Snugglesworth

So when are we setting up a friend/Miiverse list?

My name: Pols.Voice

Apparently you don't get notifications for people that add you, or at least I didn't see one, so let me know if you've added me so I can return the favor.

And how do you take screenshots with this thing? I was under the impression you could take in-game screenshots, or is that only certain parts that the game allows?

HallowedFaith

My wiiu name is Cloudbomb

Feel free to add me. Gonna check out Nintendo Land now.

Voth

I just got everything set up and am downloading the update. Almost half way through. I just have to get the transfer tool, start the download of my first game, then go to bed. I'll just have a few hours before I have to go to work to play around with it. Oh, well.

It's a sleek little system. I'm still trying to get over the fact that I can watch my download progress on a separate screen while typing on this forum. It's going to spoil me.

Henroid

MNC Dover wrote: »

*snip*

I'm now the proud owner of a Wii U! Updating firmware and I'll get my NNID up and start adding other PA people!

This is the first time I've seen the screen controller next to the console itself (I never thought to compare them). Good LORD the WiiU is tiny.

HallowedFaith

The controller is kinda big, but yeah the unit itself not very large at all.

The controller is also very light.

cloudeagle

Hmmm, looks like I confused my Club Nintendo ID with my Miiverse ID. Ah well.

Either way, I'm revatt.

MNC Dover

Sorry, PM me like this: @MNC Dover to get added to the list.

Also, send me your info like so: forum name/NNID so I can easily cut and paste. I have a feeling I'm going to get bombarded with codes and don't want to miss anyone!

Professor Snugglesworth

HallowedFaith wrote: »

My wiiu name is Cloudbomb

Feel free to add me. Gonna check out Nintendo Land now.

Added. Also, I think maybe we should add a disclaimer in the OP on how you add friends.

It's with the Home button, under Friends List. For the life of me, I can't figure out why it's not on the main menu. It's not like there's a lack of space or anything.

I also have a few important questions about the Wii to Wii U transfer. Some of the wording had me concerned about a few things.

1. So you need an SD card in order to transfer the data from Wii U to Wii. I happen to have a 2GB SD card on my Wii. If I stick that on the Wii U and it starts doing its thing, will it automatically delete what's in the card due to formatting or whatnot?

2. It also says that it will delete the data you transfer from the Wii, and thus make it unusuble. Does that include save game data for both Wii and Gamecube games?

I'm a bit concerned here, as it almost sounds like the transfer process will turn your Wii's saved data into a paperwweight unless it's played on the Wii U. And I have a few things I don't want deleted (like save data for the UK version of Xenoblade).

Agahnim

Got my Wii U from walmart at midnight! Unfortunately I'm having trouble getting it to accet my router. No system updates for me I'm afraid!

Wearingglasses

Hey, so, dunno if this is new. eShop stuff:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/18/nintendos-steams-up-the-wii-u-eshop

tl;dr - Devs can set prices and sales in the eShop, and Nintendo apparently has no basic payments for dev patches.

HallowedFaith

I've been watching people draw penis's on Miiverse and getting them deleted fast as shit.

Admins are pretty quick. Wonder how much a job like that pays.

Reynolds

So you have to set up two IDs? Nintendo and a Mii? Two different names? Which one displays where?

AngelHedgie

HallowedFaith wrote: »

I've been watching people draw penis's on Miiverse and getting them deleted fast as shit.

Admins are pretty quick. Wonder how much a job like that pays.

Not nearly enough, I'd wager.

Also, the Pikmin transporting my data are adorable.

Professor Snugglesworth

Wish I knew precisely what you can and can't share with the community in regards to NSMBU. Seems you can only post messages on levels where you've either died a lot or taken no damage.

What I really want to share are high scores from the Challenges menu, and especially replay movies.

If someone could answer my Wii transferring questions, that would be great. I'm a bit too worried to try it until I've gotten full clarification.

Also, no AC3 impressions?

Quical

I am so jealous of all of you. Not only does it not come out in the UK for another week, but I'm having to wait until January when I can afford it after all. Curse you all! (I love you. Please let me round your house to play)

Agahnim

Pretty sure it formats the SD card so yeah, it'll erase whatever data you have on there. From the manual it looks like the wii data is also scrubbed when you transfer, and you can't choose whether or not you want to transfer something.

jothki

Everyone please regale me with tales of the piles of WiiUs left over after the midnight launches.

Please.

AngelHedgie

jothki wrote: »

Everyone please regale me with tales of the piles of WiiUs left over after the midnight launches.

Please.

Well, all the white ones were left at the Walmart here. All the black WiiUs found a happy home, though.

Agahnim

God Nintendoland is fantastic. I am surprised at howdeep some of the games are. The variety and length of the minigames are probably better than Wii sports, and with online play included I imagine its going to be huge. Good job Nintendo.

Agahnim

jothki wrote: »

Everyone please regale me with tales of the piles of WiiUs left over after the midnight launches.

Please.

There were only four people at my walmarts midnight release, and I was the only one amongthem that pre-ordered. If you check around early tomorrow you might find one!

MNC Dover

Got everything downloaded and set-up except the Wii transfer which I'll do tomorrow morning. Any details on how the process works (SD card erasures, data saving, etc) please let us know.

BTP

When you get a chance to try out the Wii Shop Channel with your Wii U, find out if you can still gift a game to someone else who has either a Wii U or an original Wii. P&TY.

Big Classy

I wonder how well it'll sell in the UK. The store I usually buy my games from in town isn't getting any in at all. And they're pretty popular.

Zephiran

Reposting this stream link for the new OT. It's on now, Zombi U up at the moment! Zombers, zombers err'whear!

UnbreakableVow

Internet is back!

Gonna get this set up soon

vamen

Woke up to a cancelled order from Walmart. They are hip to my jive. No Wii-U for me for a while I guess. Much sadness on this Sunday.

HallowedFaith

So you need to go into Miiverse to see friend requests, but I am not sure if those are made if done THROUGH Miiverse or if you just add people.

The lack of direct messaging is also kind of confusing. I know Nintendo put on their big-boy pants with this, but that is an integral part. I expected Swapnote or something of the like.

Oh and FYI: I checked my bandwidth meters last night - the WiiU pulled down 4.7 gigs with the firmware update. That explains the longevity of the download time for many.

AbsoluteZero

Just got to target in the ghetto and amazingly there's like ten people in line. Hope they have enough.

Man of the Waves

Try Fry's. They're my go to place for launch day goodies.

No pre-orders. No midnight nonsense.

Toldo

My Target got scary. There was one guy who had "been drinking coffee to stay up all night" and "stood in line for SIX HOURS" who was having some issues with his bank. Expletives were hurled.

Plenty of non-preorder folks in line, though. And it looks like my Target only got five consoles (3 premium, 2 basic).

HallowedFaith

I feel like the system is missing a few key... ingredients.

No custom communities for friends.
No Swapnote?

I have not played around as much as I want, but it seems like those do not exist.

urahonky

Honky is my mii name and by the time I woke up it was already blocked my an admin lol. My nintendo id is Samson. Add me!

shrike09

To get the full experience of a few launch titles such as Nintendo Land and SMBU, you must have up to 4 WiiMotes (at LEAST 2) and nunchucks (for some of the minigames). In order to play any of the other 3rd party multiplayer games, you also need a pro controller. That's over $600! That's ridiculous.. oh wait.. how much did I pay for a launch-day PS3?

Nevermind.

jothki

Well, off to have Kmart tell me they don't have any Wii Us now. Feels like I'm having a picnic or something.

UnbreakableVow

I am so glad

SO glad

That I am a single-player gamer

I never want to see another Wii Remote again as long as I live

UnbreakableVow

I hope admins wouldn't recognize my name as being part of an existing intellectual property and ban it or something?

Really wanna be UnbreakableVow