Conegamer said:
twesterm said:
Conegamer said:
twesterm said:
Now that I've actually had some time to play with the Wii U, I'm pressed.
I got home a little late last night so The Wife was already home watching her design shows. Usually that means I'll be annoyed because I have to watch them or she'll be annoyed because I make her change the channel. When I saw she was watching those, I happily sat on the couch next to her, picked up my Gamepad, and played the Wii U.
I downloaded Mighty Switch Force: Hyper Drive, browsed the internet, messed around in Mii Verse, and had a good time without disturbing The Wife.
My only complaint about the Wii U itself is the load times for the menu's and various apps, it can take anywhere between 20-30 seconds which is just insane. I really hope they address that soon.
Still though, it was cool to be playing a game, get stumped, and then go check out Miiverse for the solution, and then hop right back into the game all without leaving the Wii U or even needing my TV. |
Sounds good! So can you access all of these features on the gamepad only, without even switching to the TV? If so then that's pretty darn cool.
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Yup, there's a button you can press to switch the two displays so I could go from the WiiU menu to the WaraWara plaza. When I started up Might Switch Force Hyper Drive it started on the TV but I pressed the button that switched screens and it instantly appeared on my gamepad. Pretty darn cool indeed.
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Cool, people seem to be downplaying this feature when it could be the thing which gives it the 'next-gen' feel at the end of the day...when they cut down the loading times of course.
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Yeah, the loading times are insane and what is really holding it back.
When I'm sitting on the couch playing with my iPad, I switch between apps pretty often. When I'm trying to use my WiiU to do similar things, I just can't. That 20-30 second load just completely destroys the idea of multi-tasking and doing many things at once.
It isn't bad if you're in the middle of a game and want to check out Mii Verse for some help, but otherwise it's pretty bad.
