[WiiU] THIS THREAD IS OVER. POST IN THE NEW ONE!

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
edzepp/Edzepp
Malakaius/Malakaius
rndmhero/rndmhero
Jam Warrior/JamWarrior
losabio/losabio
Delphinidaes/delphinidaes

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 out! It comes 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:



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 RSVPs for $49.99.


Hey, let's talk about Miiverse

Nintendo is basically diving head-first into online. The Wii U features standard entertainment such as YouTube, Netflix, Amazon, and so forth. The new 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. 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. Stuff in gray is shovelware or crap.

Do you just want a few games to buy RIGHT THE FUCK NOW? Okay: New Super Mario Bros. Wii U, Sonic & All-Stars Racing, ZombiU, Scribblenauts Unlimited, Nintendoland.

• 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
  
• 007 Legends
• Little Inferno
• Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013
• Avengers: Battle for Earth
• NBA 2K13
• Wipeout 3 (THIS IS NOT THE RACING SERIES)
• Sing Party
• Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts
• Rapala Pro Bass Fishing
• Transformers Prime
• Ben 10: Omniverse
• ESPN Sports Connection
• Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate*
• Aliens: Colonial Marines
• LEGO City Undercover

"Coming soon"

• Wii Fit U
• The Wonderful 101
• Pikmin 3
• Zumba Fitness
• Game & Wario
• Jett Tailfin
  

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.

edzepp

And here we are again! Hooray!

Malakaius

Mmm, New thread smell.
Tried the demo for Trine 2 (having already played it on PC) and man, the Wii U version is the best one, being able to draw boxes and stuff on the pad for the wizard simplifies it so much. Think I may grab that after I pick up Monster Hunter.

skeldare

What's old is new again.

Drunk_caterpillar

Like I was saying before:

maximumzero wrote: »

I was thinking of trying to track down a copy of Silent HIll: Shattered Memories this week...anyone play it? Any good?

I whole-heartedly believe that Shattered Memories was a perfect example of how third party developers were supposed to use the WiiMote. Apart from the waggling to throw enemies off, I loved the controls. The story is great too and you'll definitely want to play it again right away to get at least one more ending.

As for big lists of Wii games, /v/'s recommended games is a cool list to check out.

Sagroth

For those interested in Monster Hunter and Lego City, Target is running their buy 2 get one free special in the time frame that those two games release. So you can grab both those and a freebie, too.

Mblackwell

Shattered Memories was amazing. I played it relatively nonstop and beat it in two days. It was worth every penny. It's too bad we'll probably not see anything like it again in the near future.

Xenogears of Bore

Recycling just auto locks the thread and PMs two people at semi-random to go make a new thread.

While the plan was to end this after the holiday season, the absolute lack of Wii U game threads is mirroring the 3DS situation in which it couldn't sustain threads (fyi, this is improving with games like Etrian 4 and Fire Emblem DUN DUN DUNNNNN) so killing this thread essential kills all Wii U talk.

Even if we were going to kill the thread, we always give fairly ample warning ahead of time that this it and enjoy it while it lasts.

is RR trying to get me to make Wii U threads? Or not make them?

UnbreakableVow

skeldare wrote: »

What's old is new again.

You should work for Nintendo!

:rotate:

Sterica

Added the spiffy OP since I guess you can't extract it from a closed thread.

Also because I am vain as fuck and worked hard on that OP. Feel free to update at your whimsy.

MNC Dover

Rorus Raz wrote: »

Added the spiffy OP since I guess you can't extract it from a closed thread.

Also because I am vain as fuck and worked hard on that OP. Feel free to update at your whimsy.

Thanks Raz! I tried to copy/paste it but no dice.

skeldare

MNC Dover wrote: »

Rorus Raz wrote: »

Added the spiffy OP since I guess you can't extract it from a closed thread.

Also because I am vain as fuck and worked hard on that OP. Feel free to update at your whimsy.

Thanks Raz! I tried to copy/paste it but no dice.

At least we'll get someone who'll actually update the community list!

MNC Dover

skeldare wrote: »

MNC Dover wrote: »

Rorus Raz wrote: »

Added the spiffy OP since I guess you can't extract it from a closed thread.

Also because I am vain as fuck and worked hard on that OP. Feel free to update at your whimsy.

Thanks Raz! I tried to copy/paste it but no dice.

At least we'll get someone who'll actually update the community list!

I don't know about that.

edzepp

Add me, damn you. :P

UnbreakableVow

Rorus Raz wrote: »

Added the spiffy OP since I guess you can't extract it from a closed thread.

Misread "spiffy" as "Spotify"

Was excited that apparently Spotify had been added since I last turned on the Wii U

MNC Dover

edzepp wrote: »

Add me, damn you. :P

Follow the directions in the OP, damn you.

edzepp

OK, so that whole instruction with the @ " MNC Dover " part, that doesn't apply if I just click on your name to go to your profile and send you a message there, right?

WotanAnubis

The games lists in the OP needs a desperate update. For one thing it claims Rayman Legends is out already. For another it still doesn't list Warriors Orochi 3: Hyper.

edzepp

Oh wherefore art thou, Rayman?

WotanAnubis

edzepp wrote: »

Oh wherefore art thou, Rayman?

Because someone designed and named him that way I'd imagine.

edzepp

Ah, I just checked that. Thanks for clearing up that grammatical misconception.

LBD_Nytetrayn

Oh, I guess I never got added. Nytetrayn, I think, if anyone is interested-- just be sure to let me know you're from PA if you make a request, as I hate guessing who people are or how I might know them. ;P

Capt Howdy

So hows Scribblenauts on WiiU? May snag that as my free game from target when I pick up Lego City and Mario.

UncleSporky

Can't wait for Monster Honster. I know there's already a thread but man.

I've been playing some demo and some Tri with my friend and it's pretty addictive. I wish everyone who was curious could just try the actual game a bit and not just have the demo to go on. Also if they had a personal trainer to help with figuring out the items and skills and such. :P

Brainiac 8

The Target deal should net me Lego City, Monster Hunter, and Need for Speed. Can't wait!

HallowedFaith

*pokes head in*

Lego City & Monster Hunter almost here, awww yeah. Shame I have no fucking time to play, I will have to sacrifice what little sleep I get. I'm really exciting for Lego City, I adore the Lego games.

TimFiji

1 week till my 2nd wave of game purchases! I ended up getting MH for 3DS as well as WiiU because Amazon had that 20$ off if you preorder both and I'm.... weak. If you are planning on hunting said monsters, be sure to add Archpriest! And if you don't get MH, then you're a silly goose, but still should add Archpriest.

edzepp

My game store tends to get games slightly later than the US, so I'll have to wait a bit longer for some stuff.

Also, I think I yeah'd like 5 or 6 separate art pieces from the Zelda community. I would yeah a pic, close Miiverse, and then another awesome piece appears in the plaza. Dammit!

Skull2185

Beat Runner 2 yesterday! Some of those final levels were friggin tough... I think I'm going to see about trading my Bit.Trip collection in for Bit.Trip Saga. I'd like to be able to play Beat without snapping my wrists off because you have to tilt the controller to move the thing. So dumb.

Also, yay new thread! I have Tomb Raider at 100% so I am fully prepared to devote all my attention to Need for Speed next week. :^:

Riokenn

My next Wii U purchases will be Wonderful 101 and Bayonetta 2. Both won't be coming out anytime soon. :c

Skull2185

Riokenn wrote: »

My next Wii U purchases will be Wonderful 101 and Bayonetta 2. Both won't be coming out anytime soon. :c

101's listed in the shop as "Coming soon". Can't be too far off, right? I would sell my soul to have Bayonetta 2 out right now, though.

UncleSporky

HallowedFaith wrote: »

*pokes head in*

Lego City & Monster Hunter almost here, awww yeah. Shame I have no fucking time to play, I will have to sacrifice what little sleep I get. I'm really exciting for Lego City, I adore the Lego games.

TimFiji wrote: »

1 week till my 2nd wave of game purchases! I ended up getting MH for 3DS as well as WiiU because Amazon had that 20$ off if you preorder both and I'm.... weak. If you are planning on hunting said monsters, be sure to add Archpriest! And if you don't get MH, then you're a silly goose, but still should add Archpriest.

Make sure and add yourselves to the NNID list in the Monster Hunter thead! Not enough people have bothered. It's being updated in the OP too.

DHS Odium

Hmm, looks like Pikmin 3 is delayed again, this time for 12 years: http://www.target.com/p/nintendo-wii-u-pikmin-3-nintendo-wii-u/-/A-14174029#prodSlot=medium_1_30

Sicho

that's good news because it means that the Wii U will still be around and get new games 12 years from now

Oniros25

A window into the dystopian future in which the Console Wars got real when all the PS4's and Xboxes gained sentience through their player-voyerism software their developers worked into them and decided the time to enslave mankind had come. Our future selves apparently outfitted special Wii U's and sent them back through time Terminator 2 style in order to save us all...

I'm sorry, I didn't get much sleep last night. What were we talking about?

Malakaius

Bagels

and how awesome next week will be when Monster Hunter and Lego City and Need for Speed come out.

edzepp

Suddenly games, ones of them!

It's like three. I can't say tens or hundreds. Let's be realistic.

maximumzero

Pikmin shorts in the works?

urahonky

I'd totally wear Pikmin shorts.

SirUltimos

I just saw an ad for Lego City.

skeldare

maximumzero wrote: »

Pikmin shorts in the works?

Of all the games... Pikmin isn't the one I would've expected.