Well, thank you, Nintendo, for not making me stare at a screen filled with the inevitable crudely drawn men's genitalia, every time I boot up my WiiU.

Agree with DaRev and LinkVPit.

Likely you'll have an empty Miiverse when you don't have internet or when you first boot up the WiiU, then if there's a connection, it'll download whatever is necessary to properly run it. At least it'll prompt you or something, asking you if the WiiU is allowed to set up the Miiverse's internet abilities.

I think.

I don't think they'll have some kind of alternate off-line homescreen and you have to physically enable the internet, start up the store, find Miiverse in the store, download it and install it.

I think that we should wait until launch to see if what she said is true...it sounds a little iffy. Im thinking it will be pre installed software. Didnt reggie say it was the first thing you see when you boot the console