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Forums - Nintendo - Who got a WiiU? First impressions? EU LAUNCH TIME!

 

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%
 
Total:809
Soma on 20 November 2012
Train wreck said:

 

-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)

 

One question, is the eshop similar to the Wii in which you get Nintendo Points? Or is it like the 3DS in which you get money?  This is important to me because I have a Club Nintendo account but I'm not from the US, in the Wii I have no problem buying games with another region, but in the 3DS I can't so all my purchases aren't linked to Club Nintendo  =(



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Conegamer on 20 November 2012
Soma said:
Train wreck said:

 

-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)

 

One question, is the eshop similar to the Wii in which you get Nintendo Points? Or is it like the 3DS in which you get money?  This is important to me because I have a Club Nintendo account but I'm not from the US, in the Wii I have no problem buying games with another region, but in the 3DS I can't so all my purchases aren't linked to Club Nintendo  =(

I've seen cards which show the 3DS and WiiU use the same account system, so it's money I'd imagine.



 

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Soma on 20 November 2012
Conegamer said:
Soma said:
Train wreck said:

 

-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)

 

One question, is the eshop similar to the Wii in which you get Nintendo Points? Or is it like the 3DS in which you get money?  This is important to me because I have a Club Nintendo account but I'm not from the US, in the Wii I have no problem buying games with another region, but in the 3DS I can't so all my purchases aren't linked to Club Nintendo  =(

I've seen cards which show the 3DS and WiiU use the same account system, so it's money I'd imagine.


That's what I feared  =(



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Conegamer on 20 November 2012
Soma said:
Conegamer said:
Soma said:
Train wreck said:

 

-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)

 

One question, is the eshop similar to the Wii in which you get Nintendo Points? Or is it like the 3DS in which you get money?  This is important to me because I have a Club Nintendo account but I'm not from the US, in the Wii I have no problem buying games with another region, but in the 3DS I can't so all my purchases aren't linked to Club Nintendo  =(

I've seen cards which show the 3DS and WiiU use the same account system, so it's money I'd imagine.


That's what I feared  =(

Well I don't think it should make that much of a difference, I'm sure there's work-arounds...maybe try it anyway but I'm 99.9% certain it's done in cash.



 

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Soma on 20 November 2012
Conegamer said:

Well I don't think it should make that much of a difference, I'm sure there's work-arounds...maybe try it anyway but I'm 99.9% certain it's done in cash.


Problem is I can't link with the Club Nintendo account. For example, in the Wii to buy points I need to have Mexico as my region because I have a mexican credit card. Then I change to USA to link to Club Nintendo and the Wii Points remain "intact". The problem is that when I do the same in the 3DS, is not points but money, so the money is changed to $0.00.

Maybe not a big deal but still I will have less incentives to buy from the eshop  =(



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Paul on 21 November 2012

Has anyone noticed that the load times have gotten shorter than they were initially?



GuyDuke on 22 November 2012
Paul said:
Has anyone noticed that the load times have gotten shorter than they were initially?

Yes, that's because the online traffic is less intense than it was on the launch. The console itself loads pretty fast.



Conegamer on 22 November 2012
guiduc said:
Paul said:
Has anyone noticed that the load times have gotten shorter than they were initially?

Yes, that's because the online traffic is less intense than it was on the launch. The console itself loads pretty fast.

That's good to hear! Videos showed pretty ridiculous load times so I'm glad they've been shortened now. 

Anyone suffered any crashes or problems with Miiverse?



 

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Conegamer on 29 November 2012

So anyone out for the midnight launch by any chance? Local store isn't doing one...but I'll be there come 8AM!

As an aside; anyone know if the EU consoles will require the huge update or not?



 

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MegaDrive08 on 29 November 2012

Get mine tomorrow, hope it comes before I go to work :)