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Wii U - THIS THREAD IS DOOMED! POST IN THE NEW ONE!

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  • MblackwellMblackwell Registered User regular
    edited January 2015
    I'm trying to play Punch-Out but all it does is turn the screen black for a couple of minutes and then restart the Wii U menu. Anyone have any ideas what the problem might be here?

    I'm not accusing you or anything but I read someone else talking about having this problem and it was because they homebrewed the Wii part of their Wii U.

    @Descendant X
    I had this problem too, and I definitely don't homebrew. My resolution was a dumb one but it worked: I told it to start the game on both the GamePad and the TV.

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  • Capt HowdyCapt Howdy Registered User regular
    I don't do big digital downloads, since I'm not a fan of games tied to hardware. Is a 32GB SD an acceptable HD expansion?

    Its either going in my Wii U or my 3DS.

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  • MblackwellMblackwell Registered User regular
    SD won't work on Wii U unless you use an adapter (for storage anyway). The SD card port is only a legacy for Wii software.

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  • Capt HowdyCapt Howdy Registered User regular
    Damn.

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  • Descendant XDescendant X Skyrim is my god now. Outpost 31Registered User regular
    Okay, so another call to Nintendo and we sussed out the problem. I figured that I'd post it here in case anyone else has the same issue.

    If you have an external HD, don't put any of the Wii digital downloads on it. They may not work. Both Punch-Out! and Metroid Prime Trilogy failed to load from my 1TB drive, but when I moved Punch-Out! to System Memory it worked just fine.

    I have no idea if the same holds true for a USB key or a non-enclosure external drive.

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  • AbsoluteZeroAbsoluteZero The new film by Quentin Koopantino Registered User regular
    That's really retarded if Wii games don't work from an external drive. Is yours powered or Y cable?

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  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    Punch-Out works just fine from my external hard drive

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  • Descendant XDescendant X Skyrim is my god now. Outpost 31Registered User regular
    edited January 2015
    That's really retarded if Wii games don't work from an external drive. Is yours powered or Y cable?

    It's a powered enclosure. It's entirely possible that it's just the hard drive that's causing the problem.

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  • McFlynnMcFlynn Registered User regular
    I'm currently moving some stuff to a USB thumb drive to make room for Trilogy. Move faster, dangit.

    I never expected to have space issues with digital content on a Nintendo system.

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  • oldmankenoldmanken Registered User regular
    My Wii games work just fine from my USB key.

  • HallowedFaithHallowedFaith Call me Cloud. Registered User regular
    edited January 2015
    Nooooo!

    In the middle of my download of Metroid tonight my external HDD died. I did insane amounts of testing, even pulled it out of the case and hooked it up to one of my systems... it is gone. :(

    What a bummer. I mean, I can re-download everything, but.. gah. Sucks. Going to have to go pick up another drive tomorrow.

    R.I.P. Save Files.

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  • edzeppedzepp Registered User regular
    edited January 2015
    Nuts, I'm going on vacation today, so I couldn't pre order Kirby.

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  • GreasyKidsStuffGreasyKidsStuff MOMMM! ROAST BEEF WANTS TO KISS GIRLS ON THE TITTIES!Registered User regular
    My EB Games has my Bowser in so I'm gonna go grab it tomorrow. Maybe, just maybe, they'll have a few others lying around (but I doubt it).

  • agoajagoaj Top Tier One FearRegistered User regular
    I'm running all three Wii games from my hard drive just fine.
    And the SD card is used in smash bros to store pictures, can't save them if you don't have an SD card.

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  • HardtargetHardtarget There Are Four Lights VancouverRegistered User regular
    woo Mario Kart 8 and Prime Trilogy downloading

    Super excited to finally play some MK8

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  • RehabRehab Registered User regular
    Rehab wrote: »
    Right now I'm nearing the end of a ZombiU playthrough in which I could potentially beat the game with my starting survivor. I don't know if I actually will prevail or not, but I am just before the point of no return during the games final moments. Surviving the
    arena that you get thrown into from the fake distress call at the church

    had to have been the most difficult part so far.

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    Hell yeah, I fuckin' did it! Whoo!

    Was hoarding ammo, med kits, and various explosives and incendiaries to throw (crowd control) during the last couple hours and it really helped! Next up is Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze in hard mode now I think. Or Metroid Prime(s) once I figure out the space issue.

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  • ZythonZython Registered User regular
    Riokenn wrote: »
    Wait Rosalina is out? Thought she comes out 2/1...
    Got a E-Mail from Best Buy saying my Bowser has shipped!

    I was just saying they have them, but they can't sell them until the 1st. The only one that Target can sell before then is Shiek. And some still refuse
    McFlynn wrote: »
    skeldare wrote: »
    Oh really? Which Kirby? Return to Dreamland or Epic Yarn?

    Return to Dreamland

    We know that for sure? Awesome. That was the first thing a lot of people said they'd like to see, me included.

    It was this week's release in Japan.

    Sweet. Was thinking of picking that up from eBay or something.

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  • DirtyDirty Registered User regular
    Is the any way to back up your game saves on the WiiU?

  • BronzeKoopaBronzeKoopa Registered User regular
    edited January 2015
    Dirty wrote: »
    Is the any way to back up your game saves on the WiiU?

    There's no easy way since save and game data are tied together when you want to copy/move stuff around. It's shitty because you have to copy everything over for a given title so it would take forever if you have lots of big eShop games. For physical disc games it won't be as bad.

    See this for more info:

    http://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2865/p/431

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  • FawstFawst The road to awe.Registered User regular
    Picked up Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid Prime Trilogy from the sales. I skipped Punch Out because I'll just play the NES version if I ever get the urge.

    I really should take some time off from Destiny to play MPT (or Shadow of Mordor, or Advanced Warfare campaign, or Inquisition, or...).

  • Emperor_ZEmperor_Z Registered User regular
    edited January 2015
    Fawst wrote: »
    Picked up Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid Prime Trilogy from the sales. I skipped Punch Out because I'll just play the NES version if I ever get the urge.

    I really should take some time off from Destiny to play MPT (or Shadow of Mordor, or Advanced Warfare campaign, or Inquisition, or...).

    Dude, the Wii Punch Out is so good. It has 27 fights and really great characters, art, and animation. The NES game is great too, but they're not interchangeable.

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  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    Emperor_Z wrote: »
    Fawst wrote: »
    Picked up Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid Prime Trilogy from the sales. I skipped Punch Out because I'll just play the NES version if I ever get the urge.

    I really should take some time off from Destiny to play MPT (or Shadow of Mordor, or Advanced Warfare campaign, or Inquisition, or...).

    Dude, the Wii Punch Out is so good. It has 27 fights and really great characters, art, and animation. The NES game is great too, but they're not interchangeable.

    Agreed. It's so much better than the NES version. Some of the best animation in that generation of video games.

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  • Johnny ChopsockyJohnny Chopsocky Scootaloo! We have to cook! Grillin' HaysenburgersRegistered User regular
    edited January 2015
    The only reason I didn't pick up the digital version of Punch Out is because I'd already bought the disc version and I wanted to save HDspace.

    Seriously Wii Punch Out is super baller.

    Edit: "social"? Really, auto correct? That's not even close to 'digital'.

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  • physi_marcphysi_marc Positron Tracker In a nutshellRegistered User regular
    I was really annoyed at Punch Out Wii when it was revealed the characters flashed red before attacking. I thought it would make the game too easy. I was wrong. So wrong. I still never completed all challenges in Title Defence (and maybe even regular) mode.

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  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    physi_marc wrote: »
    I was really annoyed at Punch Out Wii when it was revealed the characters flashed red before attacking. I thought it would make the game too easy. I was wrong. So wrong. I still never completed all challenges in Title Defence (and maybe even regular) mode.

    Oh yeah. Especially since if you rely on the "automatically dodge the instant they move" trick you'll get destroyed by Sandman.

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  • azith28azith28 Registered User regular
    Capt Howdy wrote: »
    I don't do big digital downloads, since I'm not a fan of games tied to hardware. Is a 32GB SD an acceptable HD expansion?

    Its either going in my Wii U or my 3DS.

    I bought a 16 gig usb key and plugged that into my Wii U. As of last night it is holding metroid prime trilogy and pikman 3. I think the games end up being about 8 gigs each.

    The games play fine straight from the stick.

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  • azith28azith28 Registered User regular
    Okay, so another call to Nintendo and we sussed out the problem. I figured that I'd post it here in case anyone else has the same issue.

    If you have an external HD, don't put any of the Wii digital downloads on it. They may not work. Both Punch-Out! and Metroid Prime Trilogy failed to load from my 1TB drive, but when I moved Punch-Out! to System Memory it worked just fine.

    I have no idea if the same holds true for a USB key or a non-enclosure external drive.

    This might be an issue with you going across the Terrabyte barrier. Kinda like the old FAT32 couldnt support hard drives > a certain size without partitioning them.

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  • oldmankenoldmanken Registered User regular
    I'm still recovering from my first dance with Punch Out... yes, I know you don't actually have to go all out with the motion controls, but god damn I did, and I am seriously out of shape.

  • McFlynnMcFlynn Registered User regular
    oldmanken wrote: »
    I'm still recovering from my first dance with Punch Out... yes, I know you don't actually have to go all out with the motion controls, but god damn I did, and I am seriously out of shape.

    I know it makes it harder, but I plan on using the balance board with it tomorrow.

  • Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    Fast forward to Monday where McFlynn is posting from the hospital where's he been all weekend, because he fell through the coffee table and gashed open an artery. :P

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  • -Abel--Abel- Registered User regular
    I've got my Shulk so I can rest easy now. I went to my local Gamestop to pick up my pre-order and they only had 2 Toon Links and about 15 Bowsers on the shelf. All the rest (Ike, Sheik, Deedee) were all sold out with pre-orders. Apparently they didn't even get enough Shulks for everyone and distributed them based on how early they ordered. I asked how many they had gotten and he said just a handful. He did seem to think a 2nd wave was coming of Shulks in the not too distant future.

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  • XeddicusXeddicus Registered User regular
    This got me to fire up my Wii version on the Wii U. Never made it past Glass Joe in title defense. Proceeded to get my ass kicked a dozen times, but he's down now! Maybe in few years Von Kaiser will go down!

    Need to get a GC controller adapter...

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  • Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    I know Glass Joe gets the head gear, what does Von Kaiser get? Therapy sessions?

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  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    Skull2185 wrote: »
    I know Glass Joe gets the head gear, what does Von Kaiser get? Therapy sessions?

    Maybe off-screen, since he's a lot more confident.

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  • Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    I really need to get through the main part of the game. I'd love to see the title defense stuff. I wish they'd hurry up and have Danny do a title defense playthrough on Game Grumps at least.

    Please tell me Popinski gets like, a beer hat.

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  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    Skullnumbers, you've seen what King Hippo does, right?
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    I know I've posted it before, but dammit, it's hilarious.

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  • Skull2185Skull2185 Registered User regular
    That is the best!

    Christ, now he's unstoppable... D:

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  • ZythonZython Registered User regular
    -Abel- wrote: »
    I've got my Shulk so I can rest easy now. I went to my local Gamestop to pick up my pre-order and they only had 2 Toon Links and about 15 Bowsers on the shelf. All the rest (Ike, Sheik, Deedee) were all sold out with pre-orders. Apparently they didn't even get enough Shulks for everyone and distributed them based on how early they ordered. I asked how many they had gotten and he said just a handful. He did seem to think a 2nd wave was coming of Shulks in the not too distant future.

    Grr...I ordered my Shulk online in mid-December, and I don't think it's even shipped yet. No word on my Sonic & Mega Man amiibos, either.

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  • skeldareskeldare Gresham, ORRegistered User regular
    Zython wrote: »
    -Abel- wrote: »
    I've got my Shulk so I can rest easy now. I went to my local Gamestop to pick up my pre-order and they only had 2 Toon Links and about 15 Bowsers on the shelf. All the rest (Ike, Sheik, Deedee) were all sold out with pre-orders. Apparently they didn't even get enough Shulks for everyone and distributed them based on how early they ordered. I asked how many they had gotten and he said just a handful. He did seem to think a 2nd wave was coming of Shulks in the not too distant future.

    Grr...I ordered my Shulk online in mid-December, and I don't think it's even shipped yet. No word on my Sonic & Mega Man amiibos, either.

    GameStop.com shoes a 2/13 release date.

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    Yeah I did the same thing with Shulk. I just checked today and the order is still active and in their system, so fingers crossed.

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