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rolltide101x on 17 February 2014
d21lewis said:
rolltide101x said:
d21lewis said:
Don't forget to post your impressions. Glad you didn't get shitty games like Landguy. That guy....

*shakes fist*


I was going to make a thread about it tomorrow. I did not spend but a couple of hours with it last night (and 90% of that updating the system) so far I have updated it and watched stuff off Hulu Plus. I have not played a game yet.

 

Idk if I will ever get used to Circle (A) for enter and Cross (B) for back. Its the opposite on Playstation and I have been in the Playstation ecosystem for 12 years almost exclusively (also PC games work the same way as Playstation)


You'll get used to it.  After a generation of getting used to the Xbox 360 layout and forgetting the backwards Nintendo layout (Wii Remote for the win), I was hitting the wrong button every time.  Took me a while to get back in the groove.  It's second nature now.  I'm sure you'll like the analog placement too.

Can you go from the Nintendo layout to the Playstation/Xbox layout at will or do you mess up sometimes?



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rolltide101x on 17 February 2014
NobleTeam360 said:
rolltide101x said:
NobleTeam360 said:
rolltide101x said:
fps_d0minat0r said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWaLxFIVX1s


LOL does it make me a Sony traitor?

Yeah it does. : P

NOOOOOOO!!!!! Sony won't let me play my preordered copy of Infamous next month! What have I done?! lol

3DS is one thing but getting a Wii U? I think you're going to have to hand in your Sony card sir. * takes out pair of scissors*

Anything but that! Can I atleast use my points first? (I should have millions XD)



rolltide101x on 17 February 2014
cycycychris said:

I have the Zelda bunde also. Windwaker is really a great game. Pikmin 3 and 3D World are also great games too. I would also definitely recommend you pick up Wonderful 101. Probably the best or 2nd best game on the Wii U right now in my opinion.

To answer the controller question. If you plan on buying any 3rd party games, most of them don't support the Wiimotes. But I think for now you should get a Wiimote and a numchuck. Since the numchucks makes the games so much easier to play, especially 3D world(which is a great 2 player game). Plus it sounds like you want to get some Wii games too.
Which this is the numchuck

http://www.gamestop.com/accessories/wii-u-nunchuk-controller-black/75997

So back to the 3rd party topic. All of them support the gamepad. But if you want to play 2 player not all of them will support the Wii mote so you may need a pro-controller. Just look on the back of the box and it'll tell you.

I think this is the classic controler that everyone is talking about. But it needs to be plug into the Wiimote since it needs a power source.

http://www.gamestop.com/wii/accessories/wii-classic-controller/63935


I am sorry if I am just being dumb but if I got the Wiimote and plugged a classic controller into it I would be able to play New Super Mario Bros U? I am just trying to figure out if a Wiimote Plus and a Wii Classic Controller can completely replace a Wii U Pro Controller because if it can that is what makes sense for me.



rolltide101x on 17 February 2014
cycycychris said:
rolltide101x said:
cycycychris said:

I have the Zelda bunde also. Windwaker is really a great game. Pikmin 3 and 3D World are also great games too. I would also definitely recommend you pick up Wonderful 101. Probably the best or 2nd best game on the Wii U right now in my opinion.

To answer the controller question. If you plan on buying any 3rd party games, most of them don't support the Wiimotes. But I think for now you should get a Wiimote and a numchuck. Since the numchucks makes the games so much easier to play, especially 3D world(which is a great 2 player game). Plus it sounds like you want to get some Wii games too.
Which this is the numchuck

http://www.gamestop.com/accessories/wii-u-nunchuk-controller-black/75997

So back to the 3rd party topic. All of them support the gamepad. But if you want to play 2 player not all of them will support the Wii mote so you may need a pro-controller. Just look on the back of the box and it'll tell you.

I think this is the classic controler that everyone is talking about. But it needs to be plug into the Wiimote since it needs a power source.

http://www.gamestop.com/wii/accessories/wii-classic-controller/63935


I am sorry if I am just being dumb but if I got the Wiimote and plugged a classic controller into it I would be able to play New Super Mario Bros U? I am just trying to figure out if a Wiimote Plus and a Wii Classic Controller can completely replace a Wii U Pro Controller because if it can that is what makes sense for me.


I'm not sure if it does or doesn't since I don't own the controller or the game. 


Guess I will find out tonight. Me and my GF are going to my GF's brothers house (and bringing our PS4s and Wii U) they have a Wii and all the controllers for it so I will see what works and what does not. My GFs brother has an Xbox One, we are in for one heck of a night of gaming XD



Sareth on 17 February 2014

3D World is awesome. I've been having a blast playing it with my room mate and others at university.



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d21lewis on 17 February 2014
rolltide101x said:
d21lewis said:


You'll get used to it.  After a generation of getting used to the Xbox 360 layout and forgetting the backwards Nintendo layout (Wii Remote for the win), I was hitting the wrong button every time.  Took me a while to get back in the groove.  It's second nature now.  I'm sure you'll like the analog placement too.

Can you go from the Nintendo layout to the Playstation/Xbox layout at will or do you mess up sometimes?


I want to say yeah but it's not always the case.  I replayed Tomb Raider on the 360 and died several times because they ask me to press "Y" at a moments notice and my mind sometimes reverts to  Nintendo mode. That split second can be deadly!  I was always able to jump between Playstation and Xbox because they had different button names.  You shouldn't have much of a problem outside of the "confirm/go back" function in most games. 



DevilRising on 17 February 2014
spurgeonryan said:
Why would he need wiimotes?

Just a friendly question.


Well if he never owned a Wii, Wii U is 100% backwards compatible, and there's a lot of great games he missed out on if he never played it.

 

There's the only really good reason to give.



rolltide101x on 17 February 2014
d21lewis said:
rolltide101x said:
d21lewis said:
 


You'll get used to it.  After a generation of getting used to the Xbox 360 layout and forgetting the backwards Nintendo layout (Wii Remote for the win), I was hitting the wrong button every time.  Took me a while to get back in the groove.  It's second nature now.  I'm sure you'll like the analog placement too.

Can you go from the Nintendo layout to the Playstation/Xbox layout at will or do you mess up sometimes?


I want to say yeah but it's not always the case.  I replayed Tomb Raider on the 360 and died several times because they ask me to press "Y" at a moments notice and my mind sometimes reverts to  Nintendo mode. That split second can be deadly!  I was always able to jump between Playstation and Xbox because they had different button names.  You shouldn't have much of a problem outside of the "confirm/go back" function in most games. 

"X" on Xbox always makes me mess up when I play on a friend's Xbox. I should be fine besides that on the Wii U.



Raven on 17 February 2014

If you don't mind buying refurbished stuff, Nintendo sells refurb bundles of its Wii Remote & Nunchuks for $20 each. Pretty good deal, I've bought 2 of these myself and they look & function like a brand new controller.

http://store.nintendo.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=211211&currency=USD&catalogId=10001&tranId=0&lastAction=setCurr&storeId=10001&languageId=-1&categoryId=70706&ddkey=http:SetCurrencyPreference



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rolltide101x on 17 February 2014
RavenXtra said:
If you don't mind buying refurbished stuff, Nintendo sells refurb bundles of its Wii Remote & Nunchuks for $20 each. Pretty good deal, I've bought 2 of these myself and they look & function like a brand new controller.

http://store.nintendo.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=211211¤cy=USD&catalogId=10001&tranId=0&lastAction=setCurr&storeId=10001&languageId=-1&categoryId=70706&ddkey=http:SetCurrencyPreference

That is very interesting. I would not buy a refurb controller for my primary console but I will heavily consider it for my secondary console (especially when it comes with a warranty and is 50% off)