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Play4Fun on 15 September 2012

He said 8 metres for the best performance, so that's not 8m or less. You can go beyond 8m, but the signal will start to drop.



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JazzB1987 on 15 September 2012
NightDragon83 said:
Not bad, pretty much what I expected of it, especially since it's not just an RF signal like the Wavebird was and you're constantly streaming video and/or data to the screen.

I remember when the Wavebird was originally released Nintendo stated it only had a range of like 20-25ft or something and people were flipping out. Then I actually bought one, and I could play games with no latency through walls. Outside of my house. Me and a friend tested it once and it worked up to around 50 ft away from the console.

The only thing that bothers me is that Ninty said the battery only lasts 3-5 hours, which is decent I guess but man, expect to be tethered to a wall outlet alot if you tend to game for lengthy sessions at a time.


Where does your 3-5 hours come from.  3-5 hours was for the 3ds.  The tablet is not rendering the graphics and is bigger than the 3dsXL so more space for a battery and less usage of power.  Im pretty sure it will be at least 10-15 hours



NightDragon83 on 15 September 2012
JazzB1987 said:
NightDragon83 said:
Not bad, pretty much what I expected of it, especially since it's not just an RF signal like the Wavebird was and you're constantly streaming video and/or data to the screen.

I remember when the Wavebird was originally released Nintendo stated it only had a range of like 20-25ft or something and people were flipping out. Then I actually bought one, and I could play games with no latency through walls. Outside of my house. Me and a friend tested it once and it worked up to around 50 ft away from the console.

The only thing that bothers me is that Ninty said the battery only lasts 3-5 hours, which is decent I guess but man, expect to be tethered to a wall outlet alot if you tend to game for lengthy sessions at a time.


Where does your 3-5 hours come from.  3-5 hours was for the 3ds.  The tablet is not rendering the graphics and is bigger than the 3dsXL so more space for a battery and less usage of power.  Im pretty sure it will be at least 10-15 hours

It comes from their official E3 briefing back in June, and was reiterrated at their Thursday launch conference in NYC.  I know it's not rendering graphics, but it's constantly streaming video and info and displaying it, it's got a camera, gyro and motion controls, and you're gonna be using the thing constantly with just about every thing you do on the Wii U from playing games to watching TVii.

10-15 hours are you nuts?!?



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IIIIITHE1IIIII on 15 September 2012

That's fine. I will just have to carry around my Wii U console more than expected, but overall it's fine :)



darthdevidem01 on 15 September 2012

Not good enough for my 20m squared entertainment room

lol

But seriously this is good.



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JazzB1987 on 15 September 2012
NightDragon83 said:
JazzB1987 said:
NightDragon83 said:
Not bad, pretty much what I expected of it, especially since it's not just an RF signal like the Wavebird was and you're constantly streaming video and/or data to the screen.

I remember when the Wavebird was originally released Nintendo stated it only had a range of like 20-25ft or something and people were flipping out. Then I actually bought one, and I could play games with no latency through walls. Outside of my house. Me and a friend tested it once and it worked up to around 50 ft away from the console.

The only thing that bothers me is that Ninty said the battery only lasts 3-5 hours, which is decent I guess but man, expect to be tethered to a wall outlet alot if you tend to game for lengthy sessions at a time.


Where does your 3-5 hours come from.  3-5 hours was for the 3ds.  The tablet is not rendering the graphics and is bigger than the 3dsXL so more space for a battery and less usage of power.  Im pretty sure it will be at least 10-15 hours

It comes from their official E3 briefing back in June, and was reiterrated at their Thursday launch conference in NYC.  I know it's not rendering graphics, but it's constantly streaming video and info and displaying it, it's got a camera, gyro and motion controls, and you're gonna be using the thing constantly with just about every thing you do on the Wii U from playing games to watching TVii.

10-15 hours are you nuts?!



Why nuts? My  DSlite lasts around 15hours and is smaller therefore has less space for a battery.  The DSLite is also 6 years old and battery technology should have improved. I just guessed that a device that is no gaming device which has far more space for a huge new battery than a DS or 3DS  would last longer somewhere between a DSlite and 3DS.  And btw my Lenovo tablet has more technology than the gamepad and lasts like 8 hours while I watch HD movies on it and have everything (wireless etc) turned on its screen is also 7" and because its a device on its own its running apps etc in the background. So there is no excuse for this they ever dont care about a better battery  or have no idea how to have efficient code running on the gamepad.

If it really lasts 3-5 hours  the controller  is def. useless crap. This shows that Nintendo still is a stupid company that cant even do 1 thing right....  cut your salary for a year god dammit and stop saving money on important things like a f**ing 5  dollar battery.....  its unbelievable....

This would prevend from buying a WiiU  but a friend of me is giving me one for free so I wont complain anymore  it still really sucks tho. Its as stupid as the Ac adapter-less  3dsXL in europe....

Man I just found out the 360 controller lasts 56 hours with a single pair of batteries. PS3 with its lithion ion battery lasts around 18 hours and Wii lasts around 36 hours with a pair of batteries.




superchunk on 15 September 2012

for BEST performance. i.e. limitations to wifi-n is what we're working with. Considering this is a games machine, it will have a lot of data to transmit. So, it may also depend on the game itself as well as walls, windows, and electronic sources of interference. Personally, with a headphone in it, who cares. People can play right in living room while others are watching TV or whatever.



the2real4mafol on 15 September 2012

That's fine unless you are rich and have a fucking massive game room to play in! 8m is about 28ft. I play about a metre from my TV, so i'm alright anyway



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crissindahouse on 15 September 2012

not enough for me to use it in some rooms i would like but i didn't really expect that this will be possible. my phone works like 20 meters to my pond and i would love if that would work but yeah, that is just too much



Conegamer on 15 September 2012

8 is a lot of metres. And it'll probably go to 10 or 11, or more...just the signal would start to drop so latency issues...



 

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