[Wii U] The last hurrah before the NeXt generation arrives.

MNC Dover

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MOVE IT WITH BUNMASTER!!!/spinach
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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.

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. Okay, at this point it's obvious the Wii U Thread has gotten a stay of execution. This is because the system is doing terribly and there'd be practically no Wii U talk without this thread. Do not point to this thread if we decide to shut down the mega thread for some other console. Instead, take solace in knowing your hardware isn't struggling to beat the PS Vita in sales each month. Having said that, the mod staff reserves the right to shut this thread down whenever it deems fit. Especially if behavior becomes routinely toxic.

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

TimFiji

So.. I like dat WiiU, ya?

Maybe I'll smash tonight.

Viskod

Edit: This is the wrong thread.

Delphinidaes

TimFiji wrote: »

So.. I like dat WiiU, ya?

Maybe I'll smash tonight.

I love my Wii U it gets the most play out of my consoles at the moment (PS3, PS4, Xbone, Wii U)

Right now i'm getting through Twilight Princess HD and having an absolute blast, it's a wonderfully designed game (especially after playing Skyward Sword....)

Brainiac 8

In neat news, I was able to grab Lego Avengers for the Wii U for twenty bucks. Pretty excited because my son and I finished Batman 3 and were itching for a new Lego game. I'm still waiting for Lego Jurassic World to go on sale. This will work in the meantime.

Edit: On that note, does anyone have Lego Avengers? Is the DLC packs (Ant-Man, Agents of Shield, etc) available on the Wii U version, or is it left out like some of the previous Lego games on the Wii U?

TelMarine

I was just thinking about it, and out of my 16 WiiU physical discs (wow, that is small. GC & Wii I have 40+ disc games), the only games that I have not published by Nintendo were all launch games (Tekken, Warriors Orochi, and ZombiU). I've usually continued to get Nintendo consoles for their games mainly (everything else is PC), but man, just kinda crazy to put it into perspective.

Brainiac 8

The only third party games I've bought on the Wii U are the Lego games. The system has become my son and I's go to Lego console.

If there is a third party game I want bad enough, I get it on PS3/PS4.

Gaslight

Close the world, Open the nExt.

Saw the thread title and had to come in here to post that. I'm done now.

Molybdenum

when are we expecting the next direct?

Synthesis

Gaslight wrote: »

Close the world, Open the nExt.

Saw the thread title and had to come in here to post that. I'm done now.

You heard it here first. The next console will be the Nintendo E.

Maz-

Molybdenum wrote: »

when are we expecting the next direct?

Not for a while. We just had one.

Talith

I want but am not really expecting anything before E3.

Gaslight

Synthesis wrote: »

Gaslight wrote: »

Close the world, Open the nExt.

Saw the thread title and had to come in here to post that. I'm done now.

You heard it here first. The next console will be the Nintendo E.

It would be premature to say that, in the present day, and at the present time.

UncleSporky

I just wanna play video games, is that ok, can I play some video games and be like pew pew ahhh, ya got me

Xaquin

no, I'm afraid not

we'll accept your card at the door on your way out

baudattitude

Gaslight wrote: »

Close the world, Open the nExt.

Saw the thread title and had to come in here to post that. I'm done now.

So in this analogy is the WiiU throwing itself off a school roof? I am remembering how Lain starts correctly, no?

...and in an actual WiiU question:

I have a 32GB model that has Splatoon, Fatal Frame and Nintendoland installed, leaving me not enough room to download Disney Infinity 1.0. If I plug in a cheap USB drive, can I download DI to that external and still play the games on the internal memory, or does plugging in an external drive block access to the internal storage? Where will save files be written afterwards?

I know that flash drives aren't recommended but I've seen plenty of anecdotal reports that they work and it's mostly a hey, play cheap DI 1.0 playsets thing.

Thanks for anyone who can sort out my confusedness.

Maz-

baudattitude wrote: »

Gaslight wrote: »

Close the world, Open the nExt.

Saw the thread title and had to come in here to post that. I'm done now.

So in this analogy is the WiiU throwing itself off a school roof? I am remembering how Lain starts correctly, no?

...and in an actual WiiU question:

I have a 32GB model that has Splatoon, Fatal Frame and Nintendoland installed, leaving me not enough room to download Disney Infinity 1.0. If I plug in a cheap USB drive, can I download DI to that external and still play the games on the internal memory, or does plugging in an external drive block access to the internal storage? Where will save files be written afterwards?

I know that flash drives aren't recommended but I've seen plenty of anecdotal reports that they work and it's mostly a hey, play cheap DI 1.0 playsets thing.

Thanks for anyone who can sort out my confusedness.

Of course you can still play anything that's on the console's internal storage. Why wouldn't you?

All data for a game (saves, DLC, etc.) is always kept in the same location, so if you download a game to an external flash drive, then that's where the saves for that game will be as well.

baudattitude

Maz- wrote: »

baudattitude wrote: »

Gaslight wrote: »

Close the world, Open the nExt.

Saw the thread title and had to come in here to post that. I'm done now.

So in this analogy is the WiiU throwing itself off a school roof? I am remembering how Lain starts correctly, no?

...and in an actual WiiU question:

I have a 32GB model that has Splatoon, Fatal Frame and Nintendoland installed, leaving me not enough room to download Disney Infinity 1.0. If I plug in a cheap USB drive, can I download DI to that external and still play the games on the internal memory, or does plugging in an external drive block access to the internal storage? Where will save files be written afterwards?

I know that flash drives aren't recommended but I've seen plenty of anecdotal reports that they work and it's mostly a hey, play cheap DI 1.0 playsets thing.

Thanks for anyone who can sort out my confusedness.

Of course you can still play anything that's on the console's internal storage. Why wouldn't you?

All data for a game (saves, DLC, etc.) is always kept in the same location, so if you download a game to an external flash drive, then that's where the saves for that game will be as well.

Thanks, I agree that it SHOULD be common sense, but I have been burned too many times by common sense.

The real solution, I'm a little sheepish to admit, was to buy the disc version of the DI software at GameStop for $2.69, which is even cheaper than plugging in a flash drive. Even with that, it's good to have a better understanding of how external storage works, so the explanation is much appreciated.

Brainiac 8

Lego Avengers came in today. My son is super excited.

Now to wait for Lego Jurassic World to go down more before I grab it.

skeldare

Speaking of Lego Avengers, I'm surprised that they're actually going to release DLC for the Wii U version. I'm still upset Lego Batman 3 DLC never came.

Kai_San

Did anyone post this yet, I did not see anyone post this yet.

http://www.polygon.com/2016/3/25/11303690/nintendo-nx-controller-hoax

Apparently they came out about it directly. 3D printers are a wonderful thing.

edzepp

Yup. We can put the rumors to bed for a time.

Mr Khan

As i've said before, the thing's going to have a second screen on the controller, or at least the option to use a controller with a second screen, a la having the gamepad be compatible with it. There's no way the handheld will be single-screen, so they'll need it.

lionheart_m

Ok, finally dragged my ass to beat Splatoon's Octovalley. That last boss is something alright.

darren66

Mr Khan wrote: »

As i've said before, the thing's going to have a second screen on the controller, or at least the option to use a controller with a second screen, a la having the gamepad be compatible with it. There's no way the handheld will be single-screen, so they'll need it.

And you can't develop anything for the 2nd screen, needing to accommodate people who are only playing on one screen. Making the 2nd screen useless.

AbsoluteZero

Wild speculation: NX second screen support will come via your smartphone or tablet.

UnbreakableVow

AbsoluteZero wrote: »

Wild speculation: NX second screen support will come via your smartphone or tablet.

God I hope not

I feel like that idea already came and went and nobody gave a shit about it

It's like no, thanks, I don't need a Pip Boy on my phone for item management, turns out the game has a pause screen

Dirty

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

AbsoluteZero wrote: »

Wild speculation: NX second screen support will come via your smartphone or tablet.

God I hope not

I feel like that idea already came and went and nobody gave a shit about it

It's like no, thanks, I don't need a Pip Boy on my phone for item management, turns out the game has a pause screen

And that pretty much sums up how I feel about the last decade of Nintendo dual-screen BS.

AbsoluteZero

It's the only way I can think to maintain the feature without requiring additional hardware that would bloat the cost of the system. At minimum you'd be kissing backwards compatibility goodbye.

Dirty

Cut off the foot to save the rest of the body.

SageinaRage

Pretty sure the DS was their biggest selling system, or pretty close. The 3ds and Wii U aren't doing as well, but they're hardly dying.

Mulletude

Not doing well is not a compelling reason to bloat cost with a 2nd screen that even Nintendo will rarely use in a unique way.

jothki

Dirty wrote: »

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

AbsoluteZero wrote: »

Wild speculation: NX second screen support will come via your smartphone or tablet.

God I hope not

I feel like that idea already came and went and nobody gave a shit about it

It's like no, thanks, I don't need a Pip Boy on my phone for item management, turns out the game has a pause screen

And that pretty much sums up how I feel about the last decade of Nintendo dual-screen BS.

That's also been a decade of not having to deal with pausing the game every time you want to see the details of anything. Fire Emblem went from a dying series to a successful one for a reason. That's not actually that reason, but it does feel so nice.

Grebnu

I just can't understand how 3DS is deemed as a failure, it has sold something like 60 million I believe? I mean, come on. It didn't sell as much as the previous, but it is still A LOT of hardware sold.

Dual screen is awesome idea, and it works really well if the dev is arsed to do something with it. I hate pausing the game to access inventory or other stuff, second screen has been great for maps and all that. I don't also like minimaps, especially in RPGs.

TimFiji

I used to like this thread

Drascin

Dirty wrote: »

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

AbsoluteZero wrote: »

Wild speculation: NX second screen support will come via your smartphone or tablet.

God I hope not

I feel like that idea already came and went and nobody gave a shit about it

It's like no, thanks, I don't need a Pip Boy on my phone for item management, turns out the game has a pause screen

And that pretty much sums up how I feel about the last decade of Nintendo dual-screen BS.

I on the other hand have trouble going back to single screen portables. Like, I try to play puzzle quest, which I originally played on DS, on a tablet, and I basically go "ugh".

Cokomon

I'll be honest, I'm pretty indifferent to second screen gaming on both Nintendo handhelds and consoles.

Molybdenum

I think it's fair to say dual screen hasn't been a compelling enough feature to see industry-wide adoption. Second-screen has faded a good bit from living room tech vernacular since 2009-10.

Dirty

I definitely hate the second screen more on the WiiU. Diverting my eyes from the TV is way more awkward than just pausing the game. Stretching my thumbs to use touch screen inventory sucks because the screen's a little too big for that.

I wish I could use tilt aiming in Twilight Princess without the shitshow inventory management.

Sterica

A second screen works for a handheld because it's RIGHT THERE and just requires a quick glance.

The gamepad doesn't work as well because the controller is in your lap.

jothki

Molybdenum wrote: »

I think it's fair to say dual screen hasn't been a compelling enough feature to see industry-wide adoption. Second-screen has faded a good bit from living room tech vernacular since 2009-10.

Remember that this is the same industry that embraced dual stick controls for first person shooters. Whether something is good has very little to do with whether it becomes universally used.