[Wii U] Best console ever!* (*opinions based on facts)

Maz-

Apparently repeatedly crouching on ice makes you super fast.

Darlan

Just beat the copy of Pikmin 3 I got for X-mas! That last bit with the escort mission was kind of annoying, but overall it's probably my favorite Wii U game. It's gorgeous, has that Nintendo polish, and is in a series we don't already have eleventy billion entries in. I like my Marios and and Zeldas plenty, but here's hoping Nintendo branches out more.

Mulletude

When i play pikmin 3 again i'll just stop before the boss. The rest of the game is what i got it for anyways and that last section just irritated me.

Look Out it's Sabs!

Mulletude wrote: »

When i play pikmin 3 again i'll just stop before the boss. The rest of the game is what i got it for anyways and that last section just irritated me.

I probably got at least half my pikmin deaths from that last part alone. Never again.

AbsoluteZero

That final boss is a turd but at least you can take a bunch of days to beat him if you need.

Taramoor

Look Out it's Sabs! wrote: »

Mulletude wrote: »

When i play pikmin 3 again i'll just stop before the boss. The rest of the game is what i got it for anyways and that last section just irritated me.

I probably got at least half my pikmin deaths from that last part alone. Never again.

Nice to see them returning to Pikmin 1 gameplay staples.

Brainiac 8

The final boss in Pikmin 3 was a jerk. He deserved the death my Pikmin gave him.

Also @Taramoor, I sent you a friend request on the WiiU. Why you no accept?

Taramoor

Brainiac 8 wrote: »

The final boss in Pikmin 3 was a jerk. He deserved the death my Pikmin gave him.

Also @Taramoor, I sent you a friend request on the WiiU. Why you no accept?

At hospital with baby since Sunday. Haven't turned on my WiiU since then, I think.

Edit: texted house sitter. Request accepted

Brainiac 8

Taramoor wrote: »

Brainiac 8 wrote: »

The final boss in Pikmin 3 was a jerk. He deserved the death my Pikmin gave him.

Also @Taramoor, I sent you a friend request on the WiiU. Why you no accept?

At hospital with baby since Sunday. Haven't turned on my WiiU since then, I think.

Edit: texted house sitter. Request accepted

Is everything ok, or is it a new baby?

We recently finished a stint at the hospital after my wife had our third child on the 24th.

urahonky

TheSonicRetard wrote: »

oh my bad, that sounds pretty much in line for what I want in a Zelda game then. I never played ss either, how is it dungeon-wise?

@TheSonicRetard I can promise you that each dungeon is absolutely fantastic. But the Dark Palace is the best of them all. Give it a shot you won't be disappointed.

Taramoor

Brainiac 8 wrote: »

Taramoor wrote: »

Brainiac 8 wrote: »

The final boss in Pikmin 3 was a jerk. He deserved the death my Pikmin gave him.

Also @Taramoor, I sent you a friend request on the WiiU. Why you no accept?

At hospital with baby since Sunday. Haven't turned on my WiiU since then, I think.

Edit: texted house sitter. Request accepted

Is everything ok, or is it a new baby?

We recently finished a stint at the hospital after my wife had our third child on the 24th.

Brand new.

Some heart, lung, and blood stuff, but nothing that can't be treated before we leave the hospital.

Brainiac 8

Taramoor wrote: »

Brainiac 8 wrote: »

Taramoor wrote: »

Brainiac 8 wrote: »

The final boss in Pikmin 3 was a jerk. He deserved the death my Pikmin gave him.

Also @Taramoor, I sent you a friend request on the WiiU. Why you no accept?

At hospital with baby since Sunday. Haven't turned on my WiiU since then, I think.

Edit: texted house sitter. Request accepted

Is everything ok, or is it a new baby?

We recently finished a stint at the hospital after my wife had our third child on the 24th.

Brand new.

Some heart, lung, and blood stuff, but nothing that can't be treated before we leave the hospital.

Well congrats then! When was the baby born?

Ours are really close together then.

UncleSporky

It was born at the exact same time in the exact same hospital in the room right next door.

You streetpassed each other and didn't realize it.

skeldare

Not specifically Wii U but also not really news...

Nintendo has 36 months to make something Eternal Darkness related or they lose the trademark

Starting about half way down. Based on this link.

MNC Dover

Eternal Darkness Miiverse channel confirmed!

Look Out it's Sabs!

Another good Canadian amazon deal, if anyone wanted Deus Ex its only 28 bucks on there.

I basically grabbed any Wii U game I was even interested in during the holidays due to amazon sales

JihadJesus

ITT I learn that TSR and I have polar opposite desires out of a Zelda game.

skeldare wrote: »

Not specifically Wii U but also not really news...

Nintendo has 36 months to make something Eternal Darkness related or they lose the trademark

Starting about half way down. Based on this link.

I don't know if this raises my hopes or just makes me very sad.

WotanAnubis

JihadJesus wrote: »

ITT I learn that TSR and I have polar opposite desires out of a Zelda game.

skeldare wrote: »

Not specifically Wii U but also not really news...

Nintendo has 36 months to make something Eternal Darkness related or they lose the trademark

Starting about half way down. Based on this link.

I don't know if this raises my hopes or just makes me very sad.

Sad, probably. Nintendo doesn't really seem interested in doing anything with it, Silicon Knights is dead and Precursor is a joke.

The best thing that could happen is if EA or Activision snaps up the trademark and pushes out an 'Eternal Darkness 2' in order to cash in on what fanlove remains.

And by best I mean worst.

Taramoor

skeldare wrote: »

Not specifically Wii U but also not really news...

Nintendo has 36 months to make something Eternal Darkness related or they lose the trademark

Starting about half way down. Based on this link.

3 years is a long time, but I think a VC release is more likely than a sequel.

maximumzero

Dropped off Lego City Undercover to a friend this morning that received a Wii U over the holidays.

darren66

Taramoor wrote: »

Brainiac 8 wrote: »

The final boss in Pikmin 3 was a jerk. He deserved the death my Pikmin gave him.

Also @Taramoor, I sent you a friend request on the WiiU. Why you no accept?

At hospital with baby since Sunday. Haven't turned on my WiiU since then, I think.

Edit: texted house sitter. Request accepted

Huh, weird. We just had our second on Monday.

darren66

Taramoor wrote: »

Brainiac 8 wrote: »

The final boss in Pikmin 3 was a jerk. He deserved the death my Pikmin gave him.

Also @Taramoor, I sent you a friend request on the WiiU. Why you no accept?

At hospital with baby since Sunday. Haven't turned on my WiiU since then, I think.

Edit: texted house sitter. Request accepted

Huh, weird. We just had our second on Monday.

SirUltimos

Congrats on the babies, guys.

Our little thread is growing up!

maximumzero

Crayon

I didn't even know Deus Ex was on WiiU. Is it not shitty?

maximumzero

Crayon wrote: »

I didn't even know Deus Ex was on WiiU. Is it not shitty?

Like Need for Speed Most Wanted U, it's the definitive version of the game. The PC version has it beat in the graphical department (obviously) but the Wii U's gamepad features aren't found anywhere else.

Mblackwell

Before someone chimes in... part of them are available elsewhere if you have a Vita or Smartglass but not every GamePad feature is available.

SirUltimos

I've been tempted to grab Deus Ex, especially at that price, but I still have it sitting on my Xbox 360 shelf barely played. I only got a mission or so into it before moving on so it feels like it would be a waste to buy it again.

urahonky

Yeah I think I can wait until it drops to Steam level prices before picking it up again.

..Which means I'm probably going to have to Gamefly it.

UnbreakableVow

Mblackwell wrote: »

Before someone chimes in... part of them are available elsewhere if you have a Vita or Smartglass but not every GamePad feature is available.

Indeed

Just have to decide if it's worth the extra $20

It's $50 on Wii U, $30 on 360 and PS3

For reasons

maximumzero

I'll likely pick it up when I see it in the $20-$30 ballpark, just like I managed to pull off with Need for Speed and Mass Effect. (Both $19.99)

Mblackwell

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

Mblackwell wrote: »

Before someone chimes in... part of them are available elsewhere if you have a Vita or Smartglass but not every GamePad feature is available.

Indeed

Just have to decide if it's worth the extra $20

It's $50 on Wii U, $30 on 360 and PS3

For reasons

Because they are offering Wii U owners a unique experience that they've never had before!

Or some such marketing drivel they said.

Also it's only $43 on Amazon but I need it to be super cheap since I already own it on PC. I just want the GamePad features.

Xenogears of Bore

With all failing platforms time will usually win out on the pricing arguments.

I have all 6 launch games I wanted outside of NSMB U (on sale at Newegg at launch, would have paid full price for it anyways) and Nintendoland (free) got them within a year or so of launch for an average price of...around 11 dollars each.

Deus Ex screams 20 bucks by march somewhere. 15 by July.

Sterica

I think Silicon Knights poisoned the well with their clumsy attempt at an ED spiritual sequel.

We may get ED on the eShop as an October release one day, but it's been nearly 12 years since the game released. Don't hold your breath.

Raybies666

In euroland, Deus Ex is now priced the same as other systems, got it for twenty bucks. maybe online shops are the best option here.

You know when you've downloaded something and press the home button, a message appears over the battery info/time section at the top saying "data has installed" or something similar? Ever since getiing Earthbound, that appears every time I press home, without fail. It's slightly annoying as I've to wait to see battery info.
Does this happen to anyone else?

Mblackwell

If an app has an update that requires the app to be run it won't disappear from the download screen until you run the app.

BronzeKoopa

Tap the downloads icon and you can see what game/app got updated so you can launch it to get rid of the "data has been installed" notification. When I got back home from holiday travels I blindly launched Wii Sports Club after getting an update for it to clear the notification, forgetting about the golf update. Which made me prematurely start the new 24 hour trial period for the the golf sport addition. I really want to buy all the sports for Wii Sports Club, but I just know they are gonna have some sort of sale to get the whole package once they release baseball.

darren66

Crayon wrote: »

I didn't even know Deus Ex was on WiiU. Is it not shitty?

I played the hell out of the Wii U version - Loved it. It was worth the $50 for me because my PC is horrifically out of date and I didn't own any of the other previous gen consoles.

TimFiji

Snagged ACIV on amazon for 35. Holy shit ladies and gents! It's like Sid Meier's Pirates! Advanced! And so purty on the WiiU. Yarrrrrr

JihadJesus

If any of you still have a blockbuster near you, check it out for their close out. Got Batman:AC Armored Edition for $10 and they had ZombieU and AC3 for that too but I passed.