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Wii U Thread: THREAD IS DEAD! POST IN THE NEW ONE!

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  • Brainiac 8Brainiac 8 Don't call me Shirley... Registered User regular
    This is an awesome promo. I've been wanting to get WWHD, and this will give me a reason to finally get it, and for free! :D

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  • oldmankenoldmanken Registered User regular
    So the free game is available in NA as well, and you get it after you purchase and register Mario Kart?

    I was in already, but if that's the case I need to call GameStop and preorder...

  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    baby Rosalina makes no sense to me.

    Heck, she was older than that when she went into space and was crowned queen of the Lumas (or whatever)

  • sockssocks Registered User regular
    oldmanken wrote: »
    So the free game is available in NA as well, and you get it after you purchase and register Mario Kart?

    I was in already, but if that's the case I need to call GameStop and preorder...

    Yes, you have to register Mario Kart 8 with Club Nintendo before you'll get the download code for one of the four games.

  • HounHoun Registered User regular
    Brainiac 8 wrote: »
    Register Mario Kart 8 and get a free game!

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    Games for NA :

    - Pikmin 3
    - New Super Mario Bros. U
    - The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD
    - Wii Party U

    Bleh. NoA, you suck! I already own everything on that list that I care to!

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  • Brainiac 8Brainiac 8 Don't call me Shirley... Registered User regular
    It's free @Houn! Get the game you don't care to, I mean, you won't be paying for it. :P

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  • HounHoun Registered User regular
    Brainiac 8 wrote: »
    It's free @Houn! Get the game you don't care to, I mean, you won't be paying for it. :P

    But the EU list has games that I'd actually want to play in it! Also, they get all the best pre-order bonuses.

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  • Brainiac 8Brainiac 8 Don't call me Shirley... Registered User regular
    Houn wrote: »
    Brainiac 8 wrote: »
    It's free @Houn! Get the game you don't care to, I mean, you won't be paying for it. :P

    But the EU list has games that I'd actually want to play in it! Also, they get all the best pre-order bonuses.

    It's true on both accounts. I wish we got anything close to the awesome preorder stuff they get.

    Also, it would be nice to have the larger selection of games. I probably would have grabbed Game & Wario, but I'll take WWHD since I haven't bought it yet.

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    Brainiac 8 wrote: »
    Houn wrote: »
    Brainiac 8 wrote: »
    It's free @Houn! Get the game you don't care to, I mean, you won't be paying for it. :P

    But the EU list has games that I'd actually want to play in it! Also, they get all the best pre-order bonuses.

    It's true on both accounts. I wish we got anything close to the awesome preorder stuff they get.

    Also, it would be nice to have the larger selection of games. I probably would have grabbed Game & Wario, but I'll take WWHD since I haven't bought it yet.

    I'd have considered that, or W101, or NintendoLand, or maybe even Sonic Lost World, since my kids would probably play it.

  • EnlongEnlong Registered User regular
    Well, I don't have NSMBU or Wii Party U. Maybe I'll get the latter.

  • Lindsay LohanLindsay Lohan Registered User regular
    Has anyone played Wii Party?

  • Brainiac 8Brainiac 8 Don't call me Shirley... Registered User regular
    The first Wii Party was pretty awesome. My kids/wife/I like to play it fairly regularly.

    Wii Party U is one I'll be getting soon, I just haven't yet.

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  • DirtyDirty Registered User regular
    Nice. Pikmin 3 is the only currently available game for WiiU that I find worthwhile that I don't already own. Once I take advantage of this promotion, I will literally be out of things to buy.

  • skeldareskeldare Gresham, ORRegistered User regular
    Well I guess I'm getting Wii Party U since it's the only one I don't have.

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    Enlong wrote: »
    Well, I don't have NSMBU or Wii Party U. Maybe I'll get the latter.

    NSMBU is a really good game.

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  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    Don't forget Best Buy will give you a $10 gas card (really a Mastercard you can use anywhere) if you pre-order MK8.

    Pretty aggressive of Nintendo to give away a freebie on this. I'd gripe that NA isn't getting all the stuff EU is, but at least they kept up their highest-profile games.

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  • AllforceAllforce Registered User regular
    edited April 2014
    Bob Hoskins, best known for his Academy Award nominated performance as "Mario D'Angelo Yamaguchi" in the Super Mario Bros film, has passed. He was 71.

    The Super Mario Bros film paved the way for a renaissance in Hollywood, where films based on popular existing videogame franchises had absolutely nothing to do with the original source material.

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  • Brainiac 8Brainiac 8 Don't call me Shirley... Registered User regular
    Yea, saw that this morning.

    My favorite thing he did was Roger Rabbit. He was awesome in that. R.I.P. :(

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  • Lindsay LohanLindsay Lohan Registered User regular
    I suppose I could trade in NSMBU, put the store credit toward Donkey Kong Country and then get a free download of NSMBU. Will my physical saved game work with the digital version?

  • maximumzeromaximumzero I...wait, what? New Orleans, LARegistered User regular
    A surprise Mario Kart 8 Nintendo Direct AND the Infinity 2.0 announcement? Maybe today won't be such a bad day after all.

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  • RidleySariaRidleySaria AnaheimRegistered User regular
    I already have NSMBU, Pikmin 3, Wind Waker HD and don't care about Wii Party U.

    Ebay!

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  • Man of the WavesMan of the Waves Registered User regular
    Maz- wrote: »
    Haha, those slow-mo sequences in the Direct when they're showing the customization features..Mario's moustache gently fluttering in the wind, Koopa's eyes as Rosalina speeds past him..:lol:

    It looked like the wheels spin at different speeds in a drift, too. Nice touch.

  • nicopernicusnicopernicus Registered User regular
    Yay free pikmin!

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  • maximumzeromaximumzero I...wait, what? New Orleans, LARegistered User regular
    So man, that Mario Kart 8 bundle is pretty sweet.

    $330 gets you the Wii U console itself, a Wii Remote valued at $40, a Wii Wheel valued at $15, and Mario Kart 8 itself, valued at $60. Include the free Wii U game you get from registering MK8, plus the Digital Deluxe Promotion credit you would get for redeeming said free game, and that's another $55-$65 worth of content included.

    Damn.

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  • skeldareskeldare Gresham, ORRegistered User regular
    So man, that Mario Kart 8 bundle is pretty sweet.

    $330 gets you the Wii U console itself, a Wii Remote valued at $40, a Wii Wheel valued at $15, and Mario Kart 8 itself, valued at $60. Include the free Wii U game you get from registering MK8, plus the Digital Deluxe Promotion credit you would get for redeeming said free game, and that's another $55-$65 worth of content included.

    Damn.

    Yeah, it's probably the best deal for anyone who might still be on the fence.

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  • DirtyDirty Registered User regular
    Am I the only one who finds using Hoskins' death as an excuse to make tired Mario movie jokes really disrespectful?

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  • oldmankenoldmanken Registered User regular
    Has anyone played Wii Party?

    We bought it for the wiimote, and we enjoy it. Had my wife's family over and we all played and enjoyed it. Worth it for when you have guests.

  • maximumzeromaximumzero I...wait, what? New Orleans, LARegistered User regular
    Wii Party U is the only game of the four offered that I don't own, but I'm in a conundrum...

    I prefer physical games to digital software when possible, so I don't particularly want the digital release of Wii Party U.

    However, I don't need any more Wii Remotes, which makes the retail release annoying.

    I'm guessing I'm going to grab a download code for one of the games that retails at $60 and then sell it and put that money towards a physical copy of Wii Party U, where I will then sell off the included Wii Remote. Urgh, so much work.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Registered User regular
    All that work just to have the physical copy of the game?

  • DirtyDirty Registered User regular
    urahonky wrote: »
    All that work just to have the physical copy of the game?

    He needs as many games on disc as possible to pad out those game shelf pictures he posts whenever someone mentions the WiiU's lack of software.

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  • maximumzeromaximumzero I...wait, what? New Orleans, LARegistered User regular
    edited April 2014
    urahonky wrote: »
    All that work just to have the physical copy of the game?

    Don't forget the included Gamepad stand.
    Dirty wrote: »
    urahonky wrote: »
    All that work just to have the physical copy of the game?

    He needs as many games on disc as possible to pad out those game shelf pictures he posts whenever someone mentions the WiiU's lack of software.

    That and I need to be able to resell games when I'm finished with them (Scribblenauts Unlimited) or if they're complete stinkers (Assassin's Creed 3).

    Digital software is ownership for life, and I'm not particularly crazy about that.

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  • DarlanDarlan Registered User regular
    This is probably really old news, but I just saw that Mario World is one of the Club Nintendo games at the moment, and it's an *actual* Wii U redeemable game, instead one of those straight up stupid "go into Wii emulator mode, set aside that perfectly fine gamepad, fetch your wii mote, and tether an inferior gamepad to the wiimote with a ridiculous 10 inch cable, and I guess stick the wii mote into your pockets awkwardly or something while you play" kind of VC game.

  • oldmankenoldmanken Registered User regular
    The codes we receive as redemption for this deal, would they be tied to our NID? If not, I would contemplate sending you my physical copy @maximumzero in exchange for the code.

    Where you living?

  • skeldareskeldare Gresham, ORRegistered User regular
    edited April 2014
    Darlan wrote: »
    This is probably really old news, but I just saw that Mario World is one of the Club Nintendo games at the moment, and it's an *actual* Wii U redeemable game, instead one of those straight up stupid "go into Wii emulator mode, set aside that perfectly fine gamepad, fetch your wii mote, and tether an inferior gamepad to the wiimote with a ridiculous 10 inch cable, and I guess stick the wii mote into your pockets awkwardly or something while you play" kind of VC game.

    Yeah, the last few months have had one game that's from the Wii U eShop.

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  • maximumzeromaximumzero I...wait, what? New Orleans, LARegistered User regular
    oldmanken wrote: »
    The codes we receive as redemption for this deal, would they be tied to our NID? If not, I would contemplate sending you my physical copy @maximumzero in exchange for the code.

    Where you living?

    Louisiana. Assuming the codes work like the Pokemon X & Y promo, they shouldn't be tied to our NNIDs.

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  • skeldareskeldare Gresham, ORRegistered User regular
    oldmanken wrote: »
    The codes we receive as redemption for this deal, would they be tied to our NID? If not, I would contemplate sending you my physical copy @maximumzero in exchange for the code.

    Where you living?

    Louisiana. Assuming the codes work like the Pokemon X & Y promo, they shouldn't be tied to our NNIDs.

    They would only be if it's a downloaded game. Physical release wouldn't be.

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  • pirateluigipirateluigi Arr, it be me. Registered User regular
    That and I need to be able to resell games when I'm finished with them (Scribblenauts Unlimited) or if they're complete stinkers (Assassin's Creed 3).

    Digital software is ownership for life, and I'm not particularly crazy about that.

    For what it's worth, Wii Party is the kind of game that's perfect for digital ownership. No need to change discs for a quick game with friends, just start and play. And Wii Party is also the kind of game that has terrible resale prices but still ages well since you can play it whenever you have people over.

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  • oldmankenoldmanken Registered User regular
    skeldare wrote: »
    oldmanken wrote: »
    The codes we receive as redemption for this deal, would they be tied to our NID? If not, I would contemplate sending you my physical copy @maximumzero in exchange for the code.

    Where you living?

    Louisiana. Assuming the codes work like the Pokemon X & Y promo, they shouldn't be tied to our NNIDs.

    They would only be if it's a downloaded game. Physical release wouldn't be.

    After redemption they would be tied to your account, but not prior to is what I was trying to confirm or illicit feedback on.

  • RidleySariaRidleySaria AnaheimRegistered User regular
    I'd argue that Wii Party U is the worst as a digital game because you can't sell it when you realize it's Wii Party U. I'm definitely selling my code and putting the money towards Smash 3DS, a game I was on the fence about.

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  • skeldareskeldare Gresham, ORRegistered User regular
    oldmanken wrote: »
    skeldare wrote: »
    oldmanken wrote: »
    The codes we receive as redemption for this deal, would they be tied to our NID? If not, I would contemplate sending you my physical copy @maximumzero in exchange for the code.

    Where you living?

    Louisiana. Assuming the codes work like the Pokemon X & Y promo, they shouldn't be tied to our NNIDs.

    They would only be if it's a downloaded game. Physical release wouldn't be.

    After redemption they would be tied to your account, but not prior to is what I was trying to confirm or illicit feedback on.

    Well yeah. Once it's redeemed it's game over man.

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