Wii U General - Gaming Dad: "It's better to lose as Bowser than win as Toad"

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Not a Children: Oct 9, 2012; Don't need a holster if you never stop shooting.

Seconding that, especially if you plan on using it that way for a long time. It'll probably work for a couple months, but longer than that and you could be looking at a corrupted game and in the worst case losing your save file.

# ? Nov 20, 2014 17:08

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# ? May 29, 2024 21:30

BexGu: Jan 9, 2004; This fucking day....

PaletteSwappedNinja posted:

US dudes, TRU is doing buy one, get 40% off on all Nintendo games this weekend (Fri/Sat), in-store only:
http://weeklyad.toysrus.com/ToysRUs/ListingDetail/Index/?StoreID=2561407&ListingID=-2036725752&ItemDetailClickSource=grid

I really wonder if they will actually have enough copies of Smash Bros on hand in stores for this....cause that would def make it worth it to cancel the pre-order and the free Ammibo.

# ? Nov 20, 2014 17:14

TheRam: Jan 15, 2009; What do you mean 'no performing monkeys'?

I got a review copy of Paper Monsters Recut, and my video is done: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAbfTD-Q6lw.

tl;dw - I thought it was pretty and whatnot, and I mostly enjoyed it because I really liked playing it fast and loose with the double jumps being so satisfying. If you really enjoy like that really easy Kirby game you might like it, but even then it's just not really got any depth to it and the boss fights and sections where you ride things (mine cart, sled) are just so slow paced and downright boring.

# ? Nov 20, 2014 17:17

Monkey Fracas: Sep 11, 2010; ...but then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you!; Grimey Drawer

Looks like I'll try TRU tomorrow to see if they have any games I want for the Buy One 40% off thing. I hope they have enough copies in stock, though.

# ? Nov 20, 2014 17:17

SeANMcBAY: Jun 28, 2006; Look on the bright side.

DoctorWhat posted:

Do NOT download Wii U games to Flash Drives. EVER. The architecture of flash drive memory limits its read/write cycles and can cause serious issues for how the Wii U loads games.

If you have a dedicated external hard-drive, or more robust Solid-State drive, then downloading is Fine and Good. Occasional improvements in loading-time, the disc-read motor doesn't spin up (though the hard-drive motor isn't necessarily going to be quieter), and you don't have to worry about a disc.

I've been using the same flash drive for 3 years for my 360 and then Wii U and I haven't had any issues. Just back up saves once in a while then the worst you'd have to do is redownload games.

# ? Nov 20, 2014 17:18

Louisgod: Sep 25, 2003; Always Watching; Bread Liar

Don't forget TRU is also doing a 3 for $30 deal on Amiibos tomorrow assuming they haven't all been pre-ordered.

# ? Nov 20, 2014 17:18

Ultigonio: Oct 26, 2012; Well now.

Charles Martel posted:

I'm sorry the truth bothers you? It's been the status quo around here for a while since it's super cool and edgy to hate things other people like.

You mean the Internet?

Detective No. 27 posted:

PDP's. They felt kinda cheap. A friend of mine bought a couple. We havent used them yet though. I also don't care how the sticks are just Wii U sticks either.

I haven't seen Hori's, but they do make a quality product.

Ah, alright. That's not terribly surprising, since PDP was the same company that made those mediocre GameStop controllers a while ago. I'll be interested to know how Hori's feel.

# ? Nov 20, 2014 17:26

Perry Normal: Jul 23, 2010; Humans disgust me. Vile creatures.

Pixel Paint is kind of neat. That is all.

# ? Nov 20, 2014 17:49

noirstronaut: Aug 10, 2012; by Cowcaster

Doesn't ZombiU go on sale for $10 often?

# ? Nov 20, 2014 17:56

Neo Rasa: Mar 8, 2007; Everyone should play DUKE games.

Yeah hold off on ZombiU til it's real cheap again. I love the game but it's definitely polarizing.

# ? Nov 20, 2014 17:57

SeANMcBAY: Jun 28, 2006; Look on the bright side.

noirstronaut posted:

Doesn't ZombiU go on sale for $10 often?

I've only seen it get that low once. It's worth it at $15.

There is a demo on the eShop if someone's unsure if they'll like it or not.

# ? Nov 20, 2014 18:01

Louisgod: Sep 25, 2003; Always Watching; Bread Liar

noirstronaut posted:

Doesn't ZombiU go on sale for $10 often?

I've seen Best Buy sell it for $10 but I think it was during Black Friday last year. Either way, it's only an extra $5, it's worth it at that price.

# ? Nov 20, 2014 18:05

TheRam: Jan 15, 2009; What do you mean 'no performing monkeys'?

I think if you like the look of ZombiU maybe check out a video or the demo you'll know if you want it. If you want it $15, even like 20-25 would be worth it I reckon. It's really quite fantastic, but yeh, polarizing.

# ? Nov 20, 2014 18:21

Admiral H. Curtiss: May 11, 2010; I think there are a bunch of people who can create trailing images. I know some who could do this as if they were just going out for a stroll.

DoctorWhat posted:

Do NOT download Wii U games to Flash Drives. EVER. The architecture of flash drive memory limits its read/write cycles and can cause serious issues for how the Wii U loads games.

If you have a dedicated external hard-drive, or more robust Solid-State drive, then downloading is Fine and Good. Occasional improvements in loading-time, the disc-read motor doesn't spin up (though the hard-drive motor isn't necessarily going to be quieter), and you don't have to worry about a disc.

Don't SSDs use the same hardware to store data (NAND) as flash drives? And the internal WiiU storage too, for that matter.

# ? Nov 20, 2014 18:21

Not a Children: Oct 9, 2012; Don't need a holster if you never stop shooting.

Admiral H. Curtiss posted:

Don't SSDs use the same hardware to store data (NAND) as flash drives? And the internal WiiU storage too, for that matter.

SSDs usually have internal programming that distributes rewrites across all of the memory rather the one part that the data was saved in. Improves the longevity by quite a lot.

# ? Nov 20, 2014 18:29

Kewpuh: Oct 22, 2003; when i dip you dip we dip

Zombi U is worth 50 dollars

edit: 100 dollars

# ? Nov 20, 2014 18:32

Detective No. 27: Jun 7, 2006

The only good zombie game in ten years, really.

# ? Nov 20, 2014 18:46

enojy: Sep 11, 2001; bass rattle
stars out
the sky

Left 4 Dead was a good game that had zombies in it.

# ? Nov 20, 2014 18:49

Chernabog: Apr 16, 2007

I just deleted DK from my wiiu to make space for smash 4 but somehow I only have 12 GB available. Does anybody know what's up with that?
There's no way that all the remaining apps take more than a couple gigs.

Edit:

Oh... the reason I had no space is because it started downloading automatically once I deleted DK :downs:

Chernabog fucked around with this message at 19:04 on Nov 20, 2014

# ? Nov 20, 2014 18:51

Fremry: Nov 4, 2003

Louisgod posted:

I've seen Best Buy sell it for $10 but I think it was during Black Friday last year. Either way, it's only an extra $5, it's worth it at that price.

It was on sale for $10 at best buy a couple months back. I bought my Wii U at the end of June, and thought about buying it for $10 since then during one of the sales. Ironically I ended up not buying it because best buy didn't do free shipping, so it made it only like $2 cheaper than buying it from Amazon, where it's been $15 for a while.

# ? Nov 20, 2014 18:53

mdemone: Mar 14, 2001

DoctorWhat posted:

Do NOT download Wii U games to Flash Drives. EVER. The architecture of flash drive memory limits its read/write cycles and can cause serious issues for how the Wii U loads games.

If you have a dedicated external hard-drive, or more robust Solid-State drive, then downloading is Fine and Good. Occasional improvements in loading-time, the disc-read motor doesn't spin up (though the hard-drive motor isn't necessarily going to be quieter), and you don't have to worry about a disc.

Well I'd say that clinches it. I have an external but I'm not using it for Wii U these days.

Thanks everyone for the advice.

# ? Nov 20, 2014 18:53

Macaluso: Sep 23, 2005; I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG, BROTHER!

With all the Smash excitement and Black Friday deals coming don't forget in a few weeks Game Of The Year, Captain Toad will be released so get hype :dance:

# ? Nov 20, 2014 19:09

Grass Effect: Aug 10, 2014

mabels big day posted:

I ended up preordering this bad boy:

I don't like how the shoulder buttons look, but otherwise it looks perfect.

Whoah whoah whoah there, are the shoulder buttons not analog? Sure as hell looks like it... I'm spooked.

# ? Nov 20, 2014 19:33

Ultigonio: Oct 26, 2012; Well now.

It's a pro controller shaped like a GC controller. Provided you're not purposely being a goof.

Macaluso posted:

With all the Smash excitement and Black Friday deals coming don't forget in a few weeks Game Of The Year, Captain Toad will be released so get hype

I have been hyped. I played all the Captain Toad levels in 3D World a few days ago because I was so excited.

# ? Nov 20, 2014 19:36

DoctorWhat: Nov 18, 2011; A little privacy, please?

Ivy posted:

Whoah whoah whoah there, are the shoulder buttons not analog? Sure as hell looks like it... I'm spooked.

That's because it's a Classic Controller Pro with different plastic and rubber bits. The CC Pro didn't have analogue triggers (though interestingly, the original, non-Pro Classic Controller DID, though they were never used for anything.)

# ? Nov 20, 2014 19:36

Supercar Gautier: Jun 10, 2006

Ultigonio posted:

It's a pro controller shaped like a GC controller. Provided you're not purposely being a goof.

A Wii Classic, actually. It plugs into a Wii remote.

The original Classic models had analog shoulder buttons, but the subsequent Classic Pro didn't. It doesn't really matter since SSB doesn't have analog shielding at all anymore and nothing else uses analog triggers either.

# ? Nov 20, 2014 19:38

mabels big day: Feb 25, 2012

Supercar Gautier posted:

A Wii Classic, actually. It plugs into a Wii remote.

The original Classic models had analog shoulder buttons, but the subsequent Classic Pro didn't. It doesn't really matter since SSB doesn't have analog shielding at all anymore and nothing else uses analog triggers either.

Analog triggers feel good though.

# ? Nov 20, 2014 19:44

Grass Effect: Aug 10, 2014

Ultigonio posted:

It's a pro controller shaped like a GC controller. Provided you're not purposely being a goof.

How did I not know this? Super disappointed now.

DoctorWhat posted:

That's because it's a Classic Controller Pro with different plastic and rubber bits. The CC Pro didn't have analogue triggers (though interestingly, the original, non-Pro Classic Controller DID, though they were never used for anything.)

Yeah I've got both iterations of the Wii's classic controller; the buttons on the first were nice and comfy.

# ? Nov 20, 2014 19:51

Supercar Gautier: Jun 10, 2006

If you look at those Hori controllers on Amazon, the "frequently bought together" shows that people are buying them alongside Gamecube adapters, and that's funnysad, to me. Hori makes grandmas of us all.

# ? Nov 20, 2014 19:57

Handsome Ralph: Sep 3, 2004; Oh boy, posting!
That's where I'm a Viking!

Kewpuh posted:

Zombi U is worth 50 dollars

edit: 100 dollars

Zombiu is worth 300 dollars. Source: I bought the Zombiu bundle on sale a little under a year after launch.

# ? Nov 20, 2014 20:22

oddium: Feb 21, 2006; end of the 4.5 tatami age

Hey so that Target Buy 2 Get 1 deal that's over now, how hard would it have been to buy 2, get the 1, then go straight to the returns desk and say "It turns out I don't have this system/They were a gift/My son died before he could play them" and just return the buy 2 and keep the get 1

# ? Nov 20, 2014 20:36

Lagomorphic: Apr 21, 2008; AKA: Orthonormal

The advantage of the Hori controllers is that you'll be able to use them to play VC games in Wii Mode. They're not a bad option if you needed a controller for that.

# ? Nov 20, 2014 20:37

Tender Bender: Sep 17, 2004

oddium posted:

Hey so that Target Buy 2 Get 1 deal that's over now, how hard would it have been to buy 2, get the 1, then go straight to the returns desk and say "It turns out I don't have this system/They were a gift/My son died before he could play them" and just return the buy 2 and keep the get 1

Any deal like that the items are basically rung up as a bundle and you can only return them if you bring back everything.

# ? Nov 20, 2014 20:41

Casnorf: Jun 14, 2002; Never drive a car when you're a fish

oddium posted:

Hey so that Target Buy 2 Get 1 deal that's over now, how hard would it have been to buy 2, get the 1, then go straight to the returns desk and say "It turns out I don't have this system/They were a gift/My son died before he could play them" and just return the buy 2 and keep the get 1

The receipt just distributes the discount among all three games. So you can't take advantage that way.
And if you do it without the receipt you might get full credit in store credit if they're willing, but that's sort of fraud and there's more legitimate ways to get more out than what you put in if you desperately want to.

# ? Nov 20, 2014 20:47

oddium: Feb 21, 2006; end of the 4.5 tatami age

What if I really play up the dead son

# ? Nov 20, 2014 20:56

Fremry: Nov 4, 2003

Casnorf posted:

The receipt just distributes the discount among all three games. So you can't take advantage that way.
And if you do it without the receipt you might get full credit in store credit if they're willing, but that's sort of fraud and there's more legitimate ways to get more out than what you put in if you desperately want to.

Yeah, this. When I did it over the summer, I got MK8 ($60), SM3DW ($60) and DKC:TF ($50). The receipt said "Return Value:" and then the first two were $42.35 and DKC:TF was $35.29.

# ? Nov 20, 2014 21:00