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Did you get a WiiU today?

Yes, I love it! 273 33.58%
 
Yes, I sold it! 13 1.60%
 
Yes, I regret it! 27 3.32%
 
No, no stock! 50 6.15%
 
No, waiting for games/price reduction! 95 11.69%
 
No, not interested! 113 13.90%
 
Results! 238 29.27%
 
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kanageddaamen on 18 November 2012
Conegamer said:
Paul said:
One other thing while the update downloads, it's about 80% there now,I was unable to set up the gamepad as TV remote thing, It goes through 26 different attempts based on putting in Samsung as the make and not one of them worked, the TV is only 2 years old so I found that weird. I also couldn't connect to my scientific atlanta cable box but that thing is probably close to ten years old so I wasn't suprised, I will be updating that pretty soon.

This is the first I've heard of this problem...everyone else I've seen has said it's worked nicely and easily...


Mine was easy:  
Step 1.)  Enter Make: Sharp
Step 2.) Worked



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PlaystaionGamer on 18 November 2012

Is Nintendo land good? Currently I'm not getting one BUT I always end up getting all the systems every gen so I know il have one withing 2 years aha. I hope they make a proper Pokemon on it! It would be sick if it worked like the DS/3DS ones with the 2 screens!



Paul on 18 November 2012
kanageddaamen said:
Conegamer said:
Paul said:
One other thing while the update downloads, it's about 80% there now,I was unable to set up the gamepad as TV remote thing, It goes through 26 different attempts based on putting in Samsung as the make and not one of them worked, the TV is only 2 years old so I found that weird. I also couldn't connect to my scientific atlanta cable box but that thing is probably close to ten years old so I wasn't suprised, I will be updating that pretty soon.

This is the first I've heard of this problem...everyone else I've seen has said it's worked nicely and easily...


Mine was easy:  
Step 1.)  Enter Make: Sharp
Step 2.) Worked

I could never get my universal remote to control the TV volume either. I must just be special.



blackstarr on 18 November 2012
Train wreck said:

Impressions so far.

The console is beautiful for its color but I am not really digging the glossy finish.  Posted twice my wii u was scuffed upon opening but ill let it slide.  

-The inital walkthrough to setup your Wii Game pad and TV functionality are pretty straight forward  the screen is bright and everything is easy to read.  It makes a great TV remote, i have yet to setup my FIOS box with it (not sure if you can yet). 

The Update and install took an hour and fifteen minutes early this morning.

Setting up your mii is easier than ever with taking picture opiton, but my friends and I were dissapointed that there was no type of expansion on the Mii in terms of graphics or options.

-The Wii plaza when you start the game is a welcome change from the Channels (which are still available) but the nintendo prewritten pop up's can get annoying fast.  I tried to move around but could not, the mii moves on its own.

Channels availabe to me so far is hulu, netflix, amazon instant, wii u chat, the game icon is the first in the top left, settings

-Lots, LOTS of social intergration. I can easily see where it can be a turnoff for some individuals but Nintendo gives you the option to opt in or out.

Nintendo ID setup is straight forward, no profane names, valid email, birthday and state you live in.  It seems you have a local Mii name and your overall nintendo ID.

Miiverse is broken down very nicely, everything is group according to friends lists, peoples sudo game twitter feeds, game communities.  The communities for the games, for what I can see, can be an easy place for people to troll or overhype, Nintendo is already putting the smackdown on multiple comments.  Some people out there can really draw!  The game with the most comments so far is NintendoLand, followed by NSMBU then Zombie U.

-The Wii U e shop looks nice, full function game available for download.  Some titles are missing such as COD BO2 but they do have a coming soon section where you see games like Tekken Tag.  I am currently buying Sonic All Starts which is only 39.99 at the eShop.  There is a warning at the bottom that you need to have an external harddrive to download games to.

The eshop gives you the option to sync your club nintendo account (I dont have one)

Have not tried transferring Wii data to the Wii U yet, probably this afternoon.

Have not tried to drain my batter for the gamepad yet, I always have it charged (except when the charge light is gone) , have not setup my Pro controller yet nor my Wii Motes.  Have not tried Wii mode yet.

NSMB U had some type of streetpass function for the game that you can opt in or out of.  Thought that was interesting

more as i dig in.

Thanks for the impressions, really looking forward to the social networking aspect of Wii U :)

BTW nobody can see your picture, you need to upload it onto an image hosting site, like tinypic or something.



adriane23 on 18 November 2012

There are still some available at the Walmart and the Target in my area, and I'm really fighting the urge to go get one. Looks like I might be splitting my time and money between two consoles this gen (my poor wallet).



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Train wreck on 18 November 2012

More initial impressions:

Gamepad: I live in a townhouse that has 4 total stories (3 full stories and 1 loft). The game pad was functional in 90% of my house with the exception my second bedroom (the console is located off center from the room) and the upper most tier of the loft.



Conegamer on 18 November 2012
Train wreck said:
More initial impressions:

Gamepad: I live in a townhouse that has 4 total stories (3 full stories and 1 loft). The game pad was functional in 90% of my house with the exception my second bedroom (the console is located off center from the room) and the upper most tier of the loft.

Nice! I always felt as though 25ft was underselling it. Polygon (I think) had a nice test and they were getting close to 100ft (85?) from it in the open, and over 50ft in an apartment.



 

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Train wreck on 18 November 2012
Conegamer said:
Train wreck said:
More initial impressions:

Gamepad: I live in a townhouse that has 4 total stories (3 full stories and 1 loft). The game pad was functional in 90% of my house with the exception my second bedroom (the console is located off center from the room) and the upper most tier of the loft.

Nice! I always felt as though 25ft was underselling it. Polygon (I think) had a nice test and they were getting close to 100ft (85?) from it in the open, and over 50ft in an apartment.

Ill go to the home improvement store later to get official feet but im truly impressed by that.  Is my picture still not showing up?



Conegamer on 18 November 2012
PlaystaionGamer said:
Is Nintendo land good? Currently I'm not getting one BUT I always end up getting all the systems every gen so I know il have one withing 2 years aha. I hope they make a proper Pokemon on it! It would be sick if it worked like the DS/3DS ones with the 2 screens!

Pokemon on the WiiU? That would be too unbelivably good to be true! 

I've played NintendoLand and I must say I enjoyed it. Everything aside from the Octopus Dance was good, and some (like Zelda) were fleshed out and actually had a 'story' (even though these were just a list of missions) which could give you a fair few hours of fun, even in single player.



 

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Conegamer on 18 November 2012
Train wreck said:
Conegamer said:
Train wreck said:
More initial impressions:

Gamepad: I live in a townhouse that has 4 total stories (3 full stories and 1 loft). The game pad was functional in 90% of my house with the exception my second bedroom (the console is located off center from the room) and the upper most tier of the loft.

Nice! I always felt as though 25ft was underselling it. Polygon (I think) had a nice test and they were getting close to 100ft (85?) from it in the open, and over 50ft in an apartment.

Ill go to the home improvement store later to get official feet but im truly impressed by that.  Is my picture still not showing up?

Nah your picture is working fine now. I like the TV but you seem to still have the protective plastic along the bottom on it. 

Picture on both screens looks nice and clear though, playing Mario in HD will be such great fun!



 

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