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Alternatively, you can light two candles on below your tv if you can't find a sensor bar.
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XtraSmiley posted:Man, I still want a Wii U, but none of the Black Friday deals were in stock when I tried to buy. You guys have a sense on if there's going to be a retailer that does another good bundle, or should I wait for some future price drop? Likely on I'm March, but im not sure I want to wait that long. Walmart is having a deal where you get a $50 gift card when you buy the Mario Kart 8 bundle. http://weeklyads.walmart.com/mobile...8&h=2147.482796 I had them put one on hold for me on Monday, when I went in later that day to get it someone had sold it. :/
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Dec 2, 2014 20:03
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I've seen Pikmin 3 at every retail store I've visited so far. Sometimes it's the better option to leave the house.
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Dec 2, 2014 20:04
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Thanks for the help. I don't care what everyone says, you guys are OK.
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Dec 2, 2014 20:09
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F. Lobot posted:I've seen Pikmin 3 at every retail store I've visited so far. Sometimes it's the better option to leave the house. Or get with the times and go all digital. 
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Dec 2, 2014 20:11
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"It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a man who only buys games digitally to get into heaven."
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I grabbed the Best Buy Wii U bundle and it's showing up today as opposed to next, next Friday like they initially estimated. I ordered W101 and ZombiU on Amazon for cheap, but they're coming later on. Since I passed on the Wii last gen I was going to swing by Target and pick up Mario Galaxy (it shows up as in stock at the one near me) but the other game I really want is Metroid Prime Trilogy and I think I'm hosed. Unless Gamestop has a copy and isn't selling it for dumb amounts of money, it looks like my best bet is renewing my Gamefly account. Also I guess I should grab Skyward Sword at some point, maybe, I was playing it on my sister's Wii and I think the save can be transferred using an SD card, correct? Is there a way to transfer it from SD to a computer, and then another SD card? If not I can hold off until I'm visiting her for xmas, might just finish it off then too.
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Brightman posted:I grabbed the Best Buy Wii U bundle and it's showing up today as opposed to next, next Friday like they initially estimated. I ordered W101 and ZombiU on Amazon for cheap, but they're coming later on. Since I passed on the Wii last gen I was going to swing by Target and pick up Mario Galaxy (it shows up as in stock at the one near me) but the other game I really want is Metroid Prime Trilogy and I think I'm hosed. Unless Gamestop has a copy and isn't selling it for dumb amounts of money, it looks like my best bet is renewing my Gamefly account. You can go from Wii->SD Card->Wii U for Skyward Sword, I believe. It's games that have Wifi capability that don't let you do this.
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All digital is cool for portables but I don't really like it on console. The games are too big and digital prices in Europe are terrible. Like your options are paying an extra £10 to download a 10GB game, or saving money and taking 10 seconds to switch discs I was looking at PS4 bundles a while back and there are a few that come with a digital download of The Last of Us but it's like 40GB. Digital is the worst
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XtraSmiley posted:Man, I still want a Wii U, but none of the Black Friday deals were in stock when I tried to buy. You guys have a sense on if there's going to be a retailer that does another good bundle, or should I wait for some future price drop? Likely on I'm March, but im not sure I want to wait that long. I got the Target one with 3D world, but it errored out on the order screen and didn't charge me or give me a receipt so I didn't think it went through so I also ordered the Best Buy bundle. Turns out they both went through and Target took like 5 days to put the charge on my card, so I have two of these sumbitches coming to me some time in the next couple of days. PM me about the Best Buy bundle if you're willing to cover the price after tax + shipping. raditts fucked around with this message at 20:35 on Dec 2, 2014 |
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I've been looking at external hard drives to go with the Basic U. I was trying to find a USB 2.0 one so that the console could power it from one port, but there's not many options on Amazon since everything's 3.0 now and if you do find one, you'll be paying the same or more as you would for a bigger 3.0 one. So I'm wondering – how likely am I going to regret just getting a non-antiquated HDD and a Y-cable? What do you really use the USB ports for besides charging things?
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Fire Safety Doug posted:I've been looking at external hard drives to go with the Basic U. I was trying to find a USB 2.0 one so that the console could power it from one port, but there's not many options on Amazon since everything's 3.0 now and if you do find one, you'll be paying the same or more as you would for a bigger 3.0 one. I have a USB 2.0 one and it still needs 2 ports. No big deal it uses the 2 in back, there's 2 more in front. I use the others to charge the pro controllers.
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Dec 2, 2014 20:47
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oddium posted:Pikmin 2 is Good Times Island but it doesn't even come close to being better than 1. 1's style and gameplay are so tight and polished. A lot of people don't like the 30 short days but I think you need it for the game's tone. There's palpable feedback to collecting the ship parts, as opposed to watching the fund count go up in 2. The dungeons were pretty boring and I think partially randomly generated? Either way they're pretty boring but the overworld areas are about as good as the first game and there a whole lot more stuff to do and a wider variety of enemies and bosses.
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Dec 2, 2014 20:52
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oddium posted:Pikmin 2 is Good Times Island but it doesn't even come close to being better than 1. 1's style and gameplay are so tight and polished. A lot of people don't like the 30 short days but I think you need it for the game's tone. There's palpable feedback to collecting the ship parts, as opposed to watching the fund count go up in 2. I haven't played pikmin 2 but i agree
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Dec 2, 2014 20:56
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Austrian mook posted:The dungeons were pretty boring and I think partially randomly generated? Either way they're pretty boring but the overworld areas are about as good as the first game and there a whole lot more stuff to do and a wider variety of enemies and bosses. I love the dungeons in 2 and wish there were more like them in 3. Just in addition, not to remove anything from 3.
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I want to play some N64 VC games in Wii mode, but doing so requires a Classic/Classic Pro controller, and those are no longer made. Is there some Nintendo-endorsed way of playing these games? Or did they actually discontinue the necessary controllers with no new options? That said, where's the best place to pick up a Classic Pro controller? eBay seems flooded which knockoff garbage, prices on amazon seem kinda steep.
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pwh posted:I want to play some N64 VC games in Wii mode, but doing so requires a Classic/Classic Pro controller, and those are no longer made. Is there some Nintendo-endorsed way of playing these games? Or did they actually discontinue the necessary controllers with no new options? I got these last week and they were $20 each at the time. They work completely fine but just come in a japanese box http://www.amazon.com/Wii-Classic-C...+pro+controller They seem to be $28 now though.
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Yikes A Zombie! posted:Getting the Wii U for my family for Christmas. My TV is really far from where the Wii U will be. My HDMI cables are already wired, but do I need to get a wireless sensor bar? My TV has USB ports and it looks like the sensor bar plugs in via USB, so I'm thinking that I can just plug it the sensor bar to pull power that way. Or does it actually need to be plugged into the Wii U? Just a heads up, it is very rare for any WiiU games to actually need the sensor bar. Lots of them use just the motion plus for pointing now days.
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A classic controller will also let you play gamecube games if you install the homebrew application, FWIW. I'm playing Luigi's Mansion that way, at the moment. What a bizarre little game.
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Brightman posted:I grabbed the Best Buy Wii U bundle and it's showing up today as opposed to next, next Friday like they initially estimated. I ordered W101 and ZombiU on Amazon for cheap, but they're coming later on. Since I passed on the Wii last gen I was going to swing by Target and pick up Mario Galaxy (it shows up as in stock at the one near me) but the other game I really want is Metroid Prime Trilogy and I think I'm hosed. Unless Gamestop has a copy and isn't selling it for dumb amounts of money, it looks like my best bet is renewing my Gamefly account. Just buy a "used" (reprint) copy of prime trilogy from gamestop. Mine was 45 used (maybe 50 though). With the 20% birthday coupon and the GS unlocked card, it was a hell of a deal.
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I just preordered Captain Toad at my local game store and all the employees got really excited about it!
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oddium posted:Pikmin 2 is Good Times Island but it doesn't even come close to being better than 1. 1's style and gameplay are so tight and polished. Austrian mook posted:The dungeons were pretty boring and I think partially randomly generated? edit: oh god I'm going to start making page-long posts about Pikmin in this thread too, aren't I
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Austrian mook posted:The dungeons were pretty boring and I think partially randomly generated? Either way they're pretty boring but the overworld areas are about as good as the first game and there a whole lot more stuff to do and a wider variety of enemies and bosses. Yeah I love Pikmin 2 for sure. White/purple pikmin are busters though, and I don't have time for that e: Oh but the last level in Pikmin 2 is spoilers the crash site from Pikmin 1 and I loved that oddium fucked around with this message at 23:45 on Dec 2, 2014 |
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I've got two classic controllers (I think since I never owned a Wii) that were given to me. I don't think I will use them when I get a Wii U, so if anyone wants them, I'd be happy to send them to a Goon for a fair, non-inflated price. PM and I'll go look for their box.
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Yikes A Zombie! posted:Thanks for the help. I don't care what everyone says, you guys are OK.
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oddium posted:Yeah I love Pikmin 2 for sure. White/purple pikmin are busters though, and I don't have time for that Purple Pikmin basically break the game so I try to avoid using them too much.
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I probably would have used them less if the game's pace was bearable without them.
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Polo-Rican posted:It apparently only happens to people who play For Glory. I'd bet $100 that it's due to players powering down the system as soon as they start to lose so they don't get a recorded loss. It'd be hilarious if it was only happening to people who disconnect to avoid losses. I hope that's what is happening.
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Wildtortilla posted:I just preordered Captain Toad at my local game store and all the employees got really excited about it!
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It's not really short, just shallow. It's a puzzle game with no puzzles and an action game with barely any action, there's only so much you can do with that format.
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Well I obviously haven't played it yet so I can't say for sure, but the way they made it sound in the quicklook was that it does get quite puzzly later on, especially with the side missions, just that it's fairly short. I guess I'll see which one of you is right 
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Ultigonio posted:Currently, no Wii U games have seen a "Players' Choice" or similar re-release (though I guess NES Remix Pack technically is a re-release but that's different). With the recent release of the Pikmin 3 demo and Pikmin short movies, you'd think that Nintendo would have tried to make the game a little more easy to come by, even if it just meant dropping the price on the eShop. They did give the game away for free with Mario Kart 8. Probably would have ignored the game otherwise
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They're not wrong, there isn't a ton of content and they do have to milk the poo poo out of what's there in order to add ~~value~~ but I don't think they can "fix" the game by simply adding more levels.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:They're not wrong, there isn't a ton of content and they do have to milk the poo poo out of what's there in order to add ~~value~~ but I don't think they can "fix" the game by simply adding more levels. This is why I wish reviewers in general would ditch review scores. I feel like that kind of point would be better received when you don't have a final X out of 5 or X out of 10 scoring system to end it on, and it's simply just part of the review itself.
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irlZaphod posted:Bear in mind that you don't need the sensor bar unless you're going to be doing anything with Wii remotes, playing games using them or going into Wii mode (which is possible if you're buying WiiU for family). You could just use the Gamepad and Pro Controllers and never need the Sensor bar though. Something to keep in mind. Right, the kids might want some Wii games to play. I picked up the sensor bar previously suggested. It was $12.99 Amazon Prime. No-brainer.
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Narcissus1916 posted:A classic controller will also let you play gamecube games if you install the homebrew application, FWIW. Doesn't Luigi's Mansion use the analog triggers of the GC pad heavily (especially the click), making playing it on a controller with digital triggers an absolutely terrible idea?
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Spacebump posted:So stores should be getting more gamecube control adaptors for Wii U tomorrow right? Why tomorrow?
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Misandu posted:Why tomorrow? I thought I read in this thread a few days ago that they were some stores were getting more shipments in this week. I don't know why I thought tomorrow was the day stores were supposed to get them.
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