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sethnintendo on 20 November 2012
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superchunk said:
sethnintendo said:
superchunk said:
This is actually a good write-up of WiiU as it stands today. Fortunately, there is nothing that is out of the realm of a simple update/patch.


Yep, Netflix needs patched to turn the gamepad off after a min or two of selecting to play a movie/show.  It just stays on the entire time and if you go to the controller settings and turn off the gamepad then Netflix stops.  The only work around that I've been told was that you can take it out of range from the system and the gamepad turns off then (from a comment on Miiverse).  Not sure if this stops Netflix.  I put my gamepad on power save mode so I believe it dims it after awhile but it is still on the entire time.  I would like to use the Wiimote for Netflix too since I can rest the Wiimote on top of my couch while I watch a show. 

Have you tried starting netflix with the wiimote while gamepad is already off? I'd just put the gamepad back on my charger as I have it purposely set next to my couch.

Yep, the Wiimote goes dead (even with gamepad off) on the Wii U Netflix app when you start it and you can't reconnect it to the system unless you leave Netflix.  It isn't that big of a deal (gamepad not turning off) but I'm sure they will address it soon in a patch because of decent amount of people on Miiverse Netflix community have already stated this issue (including me).

On a side note I love the streaming quality of Netflix on the Wii U.  It blows Netflix on the Wii out of the water considering it has a lot more memory to use.  On the Wii most scenes where the camera was moving you would see choppiness.  That is all gone now from what I can tell and the image quality is a lot better (I suppose they are now streaming HD for the Wii U).