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Are you getting the Wii U? This poll is closed.
Yes	9031	65.25%
No	1191	8.60%
Maybe	808	5.84%
I'm an idiot	460	3.32%
Waluigi	1603	11.58%
Waa	748	5.40%
Total:	13841 votes

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MorningMoon: Dec 29, 2013; He's been tapping into Aunt May's bank account!
Didn't I kill him with a HELICOPTER?

It'd be really cool if they, say, sanctioned some smaller smash tournaments and people attending that bring their Amiibos can download Smash 64 codes on them to redeem on their Wii Us.

# ? Jun 14, 2014 06:39

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# ? May 30, 2024 10:23

Kilroy: Oct 1, 2000

Bruceski posted:

They already did, money added to the WiiU store or the 3DS store can be used in the other one (Wii store still uses points and does not share resources with either one). There were big updates to the 3DS store when they did so. Also pop-up announcements, all sorts of stuff. If you have a 3DS, how did you not notice? If you don't have a 3DS, why is this a sticking point for you?

I haven't turned on my 3DS in a long time. Anyway I looked it up and they're still tying the accounts to consoles, so I'll wait until / if they cut that poo poo out.

# ? Jun 14, 2014 08:11

MonsterEnvy: Feb 4, 2012; Shocked I tell you

Kilroy posted:

I haven't turned on my 3DS in a long time. Anyway I looked it up and they're still tying the accounts to consoles, so I'll wait until / if they cut that poo poo out.

Quite sure they are not as my stuff is on my Nintendo Network ID.

# ? Jun 14, 2014 08:21

Karasu Tengu: Feb 16, 2011; Humble Tengu Newspaper Reporter

People keep bring that up, but if you lose or break home consoles enough that dealing with Nintendo for 30 minutes to get your licenses transferred is a recurring issue, you might want to consider focusing on not living under a bridge first.

Karasu Tengu fucked around with this message at 08:47 on Jun 14, 2014

# ? Jun 14, 2014 08:22

noirstronaut: Aug 10, 2012; by Cowcaster

A Nintendo Network ID and Club Nintendo account are barebones accounts with "recent purchases" on the account. Your downloads themselves are tied to the console, however. I just realized it's harder to explain than I care to, but what I'm saying is, if you have the ability to call nintendo, they'll just check to make sure you actually downloaded the game, nix the old console, and then add those downloads to your current one.

# ? Jun 14, 2014 08:27

Kurtofan: Feb 16, 2011; hon hon hon

http://popwatch.ew.com/2014/06/11/shigeru-miyamoto-star-fox-wii-u/

Year of Star Fox!

# ? Jun 14, 2014 10:21

japtor: Oct 28, 2005

Crawfish posted:

To be fair, this one was less of a conscious choice to make a sequel and more deciding this series worked for some tech demo or something last year. And then deciding "Well, we better release this to the public I guess...".

But no, they are never going back to the original format.

At least we have Captain Toad for puzzle ~~platformer~~ walker action.

noirstronaut posted:

I wonder if Amiibos will ever work as eReader type things for the Wii U. Exclusive games etc.

MK8 battle mode DLC for free with the purchase of Amiibos for $19.99!

# ? Jun 14, 2014 11:04

PaletteSwappedNinja: Jun 3, 2008; One Nation, Under God.

I really hope the Captain Toad game has enough ideas and content to make for a really substantial package, I'm kinda worried they're gonna half-arse it.

# ? Jun 14, 2014 11:11

Karasu Tengu: Feb 16, 2011; Humble Tengu Newspaper Reporter

noirstronaut posted:

I wonder if Amiibos will ever work as eReader type things for the Wii U. Exclusive games etc.

I missed this, but they could totally do that. These NFC chips can be attached to pretty good sized storage, so they could include VC games or just download codes inside of the figures. I think there's a payment option in Japan to let you use NFC tagged credit cards, and I don't know why we can't do that.

# ? Jun 14, 2014 11:18

Zenzizenzizenzic: May 25, 2012; Fun Shoe

Here's to 1,000 more pages of Nintendomination.

# ? Jun 14, 2014 11:19

Quidthulhu: Dec 17, 2003; Stand down, men! It's only smooching!

noirstronaut posted:

Has anyone price matched that $10 ZombiU at Target? What was the process? Who did you talk to?

Just in case this wasn't answered I did this today. ZombiU is showing up as 9.99 on the BB website. I went to the electronics area, asked if they would price match it, and they handed it to me in a "don't steal this game" case and had me walk it over to customer service, where they price matched it.

# ? Jun 14, 2014 11:34

Neowyrm: Dec 23, 2011; It's not like I pack a lunch box full of missiles when I go to work!

Kilroy posted:

I haven't turned on my 3DS in a long time. Anyway I looked it up and they're still tying the accounts to consoles, so I'll wait until / if they cut that poo poo out.

This post of yours is surprisingly short on homophobic slurs. I'm very impressed.

# ? Jun 14, 2014 11:45

noirstronaut: Aug 10, 2012; by Cowcaster

I just ended up going to Best Buy since my Target is apparently just tiny straw suckers on this specific issue.

Does anyone know if an unofficial Gamecube adapter like the one Nintendo has planned exists elsewhere already? For a single controller, maybe? I can only find ones that work out of the Wiimote port.

# ? Jun 14, 2014 11:57

Neddy Seagoon: Oct 12, 2012; "Hi Everybody!"

The Taint Reaper posted:

Also Grim Fandango isn't just a normal HD release, it's the rebirth of a game that never got it's fair shake. A Second Chance at Re-Death so to speak

Let's just hope it doesn't take four years to develop :v:

# ? Jun 14, 2014 12:00

Karasu Tengu: Feb 16, 2011; Humble Tengu Newspaper Reporter

The Wii U right now doesn't know how to read controller input through the USB ports at all. There are a few Wii mode emulators and the Gamecube simulator that can read a USB gamecube controller, but otherwise no. You'll have to wait until the Nintendo one comes out, or deal with the Classic Controller style adapter.

# ? Jun 14, 2014 12:05

noirstronaut: Aug 10, 2012; by Cowcaster

Elliotw2 posted:

The Wii U right now doesn't know how to read controller input through the USB ports at all. There are a few Wii mode emulators and the Gamecube simulator that can read a USB gamecube controller, but otherwise no. You'll have to wait until the Nintendo one comes out, or deal with the Classic Controller style adapter.

Well, I really only want it for Melee and Brawl, so that would work.

# ? Jun 14, 2014 12:12

Karasu Tengu: Feb 16, 2011; Humble Tengu Newspaper Reporter

Oh, well, http://amzn.com/B000ND3XXA should work for that. You'll want the Trio Linker v1 controller ini for it in the emulator.

edit: VV You could try not offending a large segment of the SA base, but I think it'd be easiest for you to try not posting instead.

Karasu Tengu fucked around with this message at 12:33 on Jun 14, 2014

# ? Jun 14, 2014 12:20

Kilroy: Oct 1, 2000

Neowyrm posted:

This post of yours is surprisingly short on homophobic slurs. I'm very impressed.

You could try being less butthurt when people say human being.

# ? Jun 14, 2014 12:26

Digital Jesus: Sep 11, 2001

Seriously stop with that poo poo.

# ? Jun 14, 2014 12:27

FutureFriend: Dec 28, 2011

Kilroy posted:

You could try being less butthurt when people say human being.

maybe u could try being less of a dork

# ? Jun 14, 2014 13:06

Katana Gomai: Jan 14, 2007; "Thus," concluded Miyamoto, "you must give up everything you have to be my disciple."

Kilroy posted:

You could try being less butthurt when people say human being.

# ? Jun 14, 2014 13:07

JordanKai: Aug 19, 2011; Get high and think of me.

So of course retailers aren't the most trustworthy resource for thing sort of thing, but a couple of retailers in my country now have both Mario Maker and Star Fox U listed as full-price games that can be pre-ordered.

They better be adding a lot of content to Mario Maker if this is true. :ohdear:

# ? Jun 14, 2014 13:09

noirstronaut: Aug 10, 2012; by Cowcaster

Hey, let's get back on a happy note.

Does anyone have any experiencing modding/hacking the Mii Menu? I've been looking for guides and found some, but I can't find much info on if 5.0.0 affects it or not. I'm not looking to pirate (I swear my life on it) and just want to get into Project M again.

# ? Jun 14, 2014 13:09

Suaimhneas: Nov 19, 2005; That's how you get tinnitus

JordanKai posted:

So of course retailers aren't the most trustworthy resource for thing sort of thing, but a couple of retailers in my country now have both Mario Maker and Star Fox U listed as full-price games that can be pre-ordered.

They better be adding a lot of content to Mario Maker if this is true.

The price is probably a placeholder. If they guessed at a lower price and it ended up being more then customers would complain about the price going up, or they may even have a price guarantee policy that would require them to honour the lower price on preorders, so they just go with full price until the actual price is confirmed.

Edit: same with 31st December release dates on games that are officially still just "TBA 2014"

Suaimhneas fucked around with this message at 13:20 on Jun 14, 2014

# ? Jun 14, 2014 13:17

ChaosArgate: Oct 10, 2012; Why does everyone think I'm going to get in trouble?

noirstronaut posted:

Hey, let's get back on a happy note.

Does anyone have any experiencing modding/hacking the Mii Menu? I've been looking for guides and found some, but I can't find much info on if 5.0.0 affects it or not. I'm not looking to pirate (I swear my life on it) and just want to get into Project M again.

You mean the Wii menu? It's hackable exactly the same way the original Wii was, so if you have a copy of Brawl, you can install the homebrew channel in minutes. You don't even need the homebrew channel for Project M, there's a hackless installation package that lets you just launch it straight from vanilla Brawl.

# ? Jun 14, 2014 13:20

deadwing: Mar 5, 2007

JordanKai posted:

So of course retailers aren't the most trustworthy resource for thing sort of thing, but a couple of retailers in my country now have both Mario Maker and Star Fox U listed as full-price games that can be pre-ordered.

They better be adding a lot of content to Mario Maker if this is true.

Nintendo's E3 site doesn't claim that pre-orders are available soon for Mario Maker unlike the big titles they had at E3, it's gonna be a digital title.

# ? Jun 14, 2014 15:04

Xexre: Jan 26, 2010; Elder Brother, you're so dreamy

So I'm contemplating picking up a WiiU this weekend but I'm a little (a lot) WiiU stupid. We'll most likely end up getting MK8, Smash Bros, and Zeldas and Marios of all flavors. I was thinking of just getting the Pro controllers as that's the controller format most of my friends will be used to. I don't have any Wii stuff and don't expect to download any Wii stuff, but aside from that, is there anything I'll be missing out on if I don't get the standard WiiU + Nunchuck combo or can I just go hog wild with Pro controllers?

For note, I did review the OP and the charts, I just want to make sure there are some features in any current or future titles that rely specifically on the nunchuck combo controller.

# ? Jun 14, 2014 15:04

PrBacterio: Jul 19, 2000

PaletteSwappedNinja posted:

I really hope the Captain Toad game has enough ideas and content to make for a really substantial package, I'm kinda worried they're gonna half-arse it.

Did you watch the Treehouse stream where they were demoing it? There really was no half-assing on display there, they went WAAAY all out beyond any expectations there.

EDIT: ^^^ I think some of the party games like Wii Party U (and maybe Nintendoland too?) require Wiimotes to play, everything else should work fine with just the gamepad + pro controllers afaik. If you ever want to make use of the Wii backwards compatibility you'll definitely need at least a Wiimote, though.

PrBacterio fucked around with this message at 15:15 on Jun 14, 2014

# ? Jun 14, 2014 15:10

CatsPajamas: Jul 4, 2013; I hated the new Stupid Newbie avatar so much that I bought a new one for this user. Congrats, Lowtax.

Xexre posted:

So I'm contemplating picking up a WiiU this weekend but I'm a little (a lot) WiiU stupid. We'll most likely end up getting MK8, Smash Bros, and Zeldas and Marios of all flavors. I was thinking of just getting the Pro controllers as that's the controller format most of my friends will be used to. I don't have any Wii stuff and don't expect to download any Wii stuff, but aside from that, is there anything I'll be missing out on if I don't get the standard WiiU + Nunchuck combo or can I just go hog wild with Pro controllers?

For note, I did review the OP and the charts, I just want to make sure there are some features in any current or future titles that rely specifically on the nunchuck combo controller.

I believe you don't need the Remote + Nunchuck for anything outside of Wii backwards compatibility, but you can pick up a refurbished Remote Plus + Nunchuck for $20. For being that cheap I picked one up to have another control scheme and to use the remote sideways for NES games because that is the only way to play them. :colbert:

But yeah, I don't think you actually need a remote for any of the Wii U stuff. I've heard really good things about the Pro Controller, but honestly the Gamepad is a heck of a lot lighter and more comfortable than I thought. Will probably pick up a Gamecube controller for Smash, though.

Edit: Welp, nevermind me I'm a moron. Pay attention to this guy. vvvvv

CatsPajamas fucked around with this message at 15:15 on Jun 14, 2014

# ? Jun 14, 2014 15:11

Shyfted One: May 9, 2008

Xexre posted:

So I'm contemplating picking up a WiiU this weekend but I'm a little (a lot) WiiU stupid. We'll most likely end up getting MK8, Smash Bros, and Zeldas and Marios of all flavors. I was thinking of just getting the Pro controllers as that's the controller format most of my friends will be used to. I don't have any Wii stuff and don't expect to download any Wii stuff, but aside from that, is there anything I'll be missing out on if I don't get the standard WiiU + Nunchuck combo or can I just go hog wild with Pro controllers?

For note, I did review the OP and the charts, I just want to make sure there are some features in any current or future titles that rely specifically on the nunchuck combo controller.

You still need wiimotes to plug the pro controllers into

https://store.nintendo.com/ng3/us/po/browse/productDetailColorSizePicker.jsp?productId=prod150198

$20 wii remote plus and nunchuk

Is there a difference in Wii U pro controllers and Wii pro controllers?

Shyfted One fucked around with this message at 15:18 on Jun 14, 2014

# ? Jun 14, 2014 15:12

PrBacterio: Jul 19, 2000

Shyfted One posted:

You still need wiimotes to plug the pro controllers into

https://store.nintendo.com/ng3/us/po/browse/productDetailColorSizePicker.jsp?productId=prod150198

$20 wii remote plus and nunchuk

No, you don't. You're probably getting the Wii Classic Controller Pro confused with the Wii U Pro Controller, the former of which is a Wii controller with a standard DualShock-style layout that plugs into a Wiimote, the latter is the official secondary controller for the Wii U, has the same layout as the gamepad (minus the touchscreen) and connects wirelessly directly to the Wii U.

# ? Jun 14, 2014 15:17

Shyfted One: May 9, 2008

Can you still use the wii pro controller with wii remote with the Wii U? Or is my wii pro controller just now my permanent PC emulator controller?

# ? Jun 14, 2014 15:19

noirstronaut: Aug 10, 2012; by Cowcaster

The Wiimote is slowly being the bane of my existence, so I suggest you never buy one and never talk to anyone who has one ever again.

# ? Jun 14, 2014 15:20

Mercury Crusader: Apr 20, 2005; You know they say that all demons are created equal, but you look at me and you look at Pyro Jack and you can see that statement is not true, hee-ho!

Shyfted One posted:

Can you still use the wii pro controller with wii remote with the Wii U? Or is my wii pro controller just now my permanent PC emulator controller?

A lot of games where you can use the Wii U Pro Controller also have Wii Classic Controller (Pro) support. It varies from game to game, but most if not all first-party titles support both.

# ? Jun 14, 2014 15:21

Shyfted One: May 9, 2008

Fuuuuck. $50 for the Wii U pro? Any place that has them cheaper?

# ? Jun 14, 2014 15:22

noirstronaut: Aug 10, 2012; by Cowcaster

Shyfted One posted:

Fuuuuck. $50 for the Wii U pro? Any place that has them cheaper?

Amazon has them for the amazingly low price of $45

# ? Jun 14, 2014 15:23

Rad Valtar: May 31, 2011; Someday coach Im going to throw for 6 TDs in the Super Bowl.

Sit your ass down Steve.

Shyfted One posted:

Fuuuuck. $50 for the Wii U pro? Any place that has them cheaper?

Was just about to come here and ask this. I want to get one to play Mario Kart with the wife but $50 is a little steep for me.

# ? Jun 14, 2014 15:23

davey4283: Aug 14, 2006; Fallen Rib

I ordered one last week off amazon for 40. I think that's about as cheap as you can find them new.

# ? Jun 14, 2014 15:24

Mercury Crusader: Apr 20, 2005; You know they say that all demons are created equal, but you look at me and you look at Pyro Jack and you can see that statement is not true, hee-ho!

Shyfted One posted:

Fuuuuck. $50 for the Wii U pro? Any place that has them cheaper?

Play-Asia sells (Japanese SKU) controllers for $25. Controllers are region free. And if you're gonna order them that way, you could look into getting the extended battery for the gamepad since Nintendo's online store stopped selling them a while ago.

Mercury Crusader fucked around with this message at 15:27 on Jun 14, 2014

# ? Jun 14, 2014 15:24

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# ? May 30, 2024 10:23

Rad Valtar: May 31, 2011; Someday coach Im going to throw for 6 TDs in the Super Bowl.

Sit your ass down Steve.

davey4283 posted:

I ordered one last week off amazon for 40. I think that's about as cheap as you can find them new.

I'm looking at some on ebay and they look right but they don't have the WiiU logo on the front of the controller so I'm guessing they are some kind of knockoff? They all seem to ship from Japan or China, not sure if they are compatible?

# ? Jun 14, 2014 15:28

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