Author Topic: The Nintendo Wii U thread (Read 27048 times)

SamAteTheRedAcid · « **Reply #240 on:** March 29, 2015, 12:35:51 pm »

Quote from: snez1 on March 28, 2015, 03:40:51 pm

True. It'll be a shame if it comes out only on Wii U near the end of it's cycle though. That happened to Skyward Sword and sales suffered, not that it was that great anyway. Ocarina got delayed so many times back in the day. It was frustrating but ultimately well worth the wait given what they produced.

I didn't mind the Ocarina delay, it gave me enough time to save up for the N64!

Sure it will be worth it in the end anyway.

Tomaldinho · « **Reply #241 on:** March 30, 2015, 10:41:23 pm »

"A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad,"

SamAteTheRedAcid · « **Reply #242 on:** March 31, 2015, 04:06:14 pm »

Quote from: Tomaldinho on March 30, 2015, 10:41:23 pm

"A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad,"

Fair play Shigeru!

I've just redeemed my Club Nintendo points for A Link To The Past anyway, should keep me going for ages on my Zelda fix.
Spend the summer of 93 playing it round my mates house as I didn't have a SNES, then one day I turned up and the c*nt had finished it without me. Now I have the power!

snez1 · « **Reply #243 on:** April 1, 2015, 12:06:01 pm »

Quote from: SamAteTheRedAcid on March 31, 2015, 04:06:14 pm

Fair play Shigeru!

I've just redeemed my Club Nintendo points for A Link To The Past anyway, should keep me going for ages on my Zelda fix.
Spend the summer of 93 playing it round my mates house as I didn't have a SNES, then one day I turned up and the c*nt had finished it without me. Now I have the power!

Done exactly the same myself. Just got the master sword. Wonderful game.

iSmiff · « **Reply #244 on:** April 2, 2015, 04:54:34 pm »

did anyone watch nintendo direct last night, i watched the first 10 mins and turned it off as it basically them trying to flog me smash bros DLC and amiibos

not interested in either of those

snez1 · « **Reply #245 on:** April 17, 2015, 12:13:05 pm »

Finally picked up a copy of The Wind Waker HD and it's absolutely marvellous. Shame there won't be another Zelda this year.

SamAteTheRedAcid · « **Reply #246 on:** April 17, 2015, 08:41:58 pm »

Got Affordable Space Adventures to try this weekend. Apparently it actually uses asymmetrical gameplay, unlike most of the games, despite it being an obvious unique point to the system. Not got Nintendoland though so no idea whether asymmetrical stuff really works. Plus I've no mates to play with anyway

SamAteTheRedAcid · « **Reply #247 on:** May 1, 2015, 12:04:03 pm »

Affordable Space Adventures was decent.

Got the new Kirby game, it's fun but you don't even look up from the gamepad, which is a bit of a waste of the visuals.

Of course, all is secondary to the majesty of the new Mario Kart DLC. It's even fixed most of my system error problems with it. Bless you Nintendo. I'm even winning some online races now, made up. Nothing better than racing as my Mii in my Yoshi suit, on a Yoshi bike. A dream come true. Sad c*nt I know but I love my Yoshi Amiibo and I don't care who knows it

SamAteTheRedAcid · « **Reply #248 on:** June 2, 2015, 12:39:22 pm »

Splatoon is great. Shame it seems about 5 years too late, but I really like what Nintendo have doen with the shooter genre. About time they did it.

I am still not very good at it. But it's very satisfying, and the emphasis on territory is great rather than just focusing on killing the other players, altohugh it is still fun to run someone over with a roller every now and then.

They're drip feeding the content bit by bit at the moment and I'm quite enjoying how you get really familiar with the maps because you only have two at a time.

Not really dented the single player yet either, and for someone like me who is almost 100% single player focused (Mario Kart being my other exception) that's quite a compliment.

snez1 · « **Reply #249 on:** June 2, 2015, 05:45:13 pm »

Splatoon is fantastic. Shame no one has the Wii U, they're really missing out as there are some wonderful games on the system. Pity Nintendo fucked it with their awful marketing and inability to hold onto 3rd party devs really. Still, my mate has a PS4 and I know for a fact his Wii U gets more use and has the superior collection of games.

Barneylfc∗ · « **Reply #250 on:** June 3, 2015, 04:38:57 pm »

Got Splatoon yesterday for my kid. He loves it already. Still no online function for the system though from a couple of years ago and Nintendo can fuck off if they think I'm paying to have it fixed considering the problem only arose when I sent it back to them for repair of another problem.

SamAteTheRedAcid · « **Reply #251 on:** June 3, 2015, 04:43:43 pm »

Quote from: Barneylfc on June 3, 2015, 04:38:57 pm

Still no online function for the system though from a couple of years ago and Nintendo can fuck off if they think I'm paying to have it fixed considering the problem only arose when I sent it back to them for repair of another problem.

That sucks, they are a bit crap in that department - mine had constant hard drive errors with Mario Kart for ages, I sent it to them for repairs and they said nothing was wrong with it, lo and behold when the DLC came out and they updated the software, it started working again.

They just need to offer replacements for constant faults like yours, free of charge - it's not like they're selling more consoles than they can make, so they need to A) respect their existing customers and B) use surplus stock for replacements for significant problems like yours. They have hardly any share of the market now comparably, so they need to hang on to existing punters. Plus, the online feature of Splatoon is a major part of it.

kmo1969 · « **Reply #252 on:** June 21, 2015, 10:54:02 pm »

Splatoon is immense! I hardly play anything online but with Splatoon the main game hasn't even had a look in. I'm loving the online gameplay for this and keep going back for one more game!

Cruicky · « **Reply #253 on:** July 13, 2015, 01:29:10 am »

Not strictly Wii U, but Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has died at 55. Gutted.

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2015/150713e.pdf

JongWK · « **Reply #254 on:** July 13, 2015, 03:06:13 am »

Quote from: Cruicky on July 13, 2015, 01:29:10 am

Not strictly Wii U, but Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata has died at 55. Gutted.

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2015/150713e.pdf

Sad news indeed.

Malaysian Kopite · « **Reply #255 on:** July 13, 2015, 05:13:18 am »

RIP Iwata.

Ultimate Bromance · « **Reply #256 on:** July 13, 2015, 06:28:10 am »

Shocked to hear that this morning.

RIP Iwata

snez1 · « **Reply #257 on:** August 5, 2015, 12:56:31 pm »

Xenoblade Chronicles on Wii U via the eShop now. Anyone played this? Heard good things and I'm considering playing it but not sure I've got 60 plus hours to invest in a game.

Anywhichwayicant · « **Reply #258 on:** September 11, 2015, 02:27:30 am »

I know I'm in the wrong thread, but seeing as it's Nintendo I thought someone would be able to help

Is there a newer version/iteration of the Nintendo 3DS planned for any time soon?

iSmiff · « **Reply #259 on:** September 11, 2015, 09:32:25 pm »

I think there's a new 3ds due out in the next few months

Anywhichwayicant · « **Reply #260 on:** September 24, 2015, 11:33:24 pm »

Quote from: iSmiff on September 11, 2015, 09:32:25 pm

I think there's a new 3ds due out in the next few months

Thanks for that

SyukriJ · « **Reply #261 on:** September 25, 2015, 11:28:10 am »

Has anyone played Super Mario Maker? It looks awesome. I'm thinking of getting a Wii U just to play it but the price of the console is not justified!

There's one insane user-created level Pit of Panga. The guy took 5 hours to create it and another 9 hours to beat it. So far, no one has beaten that level and think 2000+ people have tried.

Here's the link to it : https://youtu.be/_sxY8pELhqM

kmo1969 · « **Reply #262 on:** October 7, 2015, 10:17:23 pm »

Quote from: A Porcine Skull Of Fallen Virtue on September 11, 2015, 02:27:30 am

I know I'm in the wrong thread, but seeing as it's Nintendo I thought someone would be able to help

Is there a newer version/iteration of the Nintendo 3DS planned for any time soon?

Quote from: iSmiff on September 11, 2015, 09:32:25 pm

I think there's a new 3DS due out in the next few months

A new 3DS was released earlier on in the year so doubt there'll be another any time soon as iSmiff mentions. I know, I bought one!

kmo1969 · « **Reply #263 on:** October 7, 2015, 10:19:42 pm »

Quote from: SyukriJ on September 25, 2015, 11:28:10 am

Has anyone played Super Mario Maker? It looks awesome. I'm thinking of getting a Wii U just to play it but the price of the console is not justified!

There's one insane user-created level Pit of Panga. The guy took 5 hours to create it and another 9 hours to beat it. So far, no one has beaten that level and think 2000+ people have tried.

Here's the link to it : https://youtu.be/_sxY8pELhqM

Yeah, I got it. Not for me tho, can't be bothered designing levels and everyone seems to make their levels insanely hard and impossible to complete so defeats the object really.

pazcom · « **Reply #264 on:** October 8, 2015, 12:35:47 pm »

Quote from: SyukriJ on September 25, 2015, 11:28:10 am

Has anyone played Super Mario Maker? It looks awesome. I'm thinking of getting a Wii U just to play it but the price of the console is not justified!

There's one insane user-created level Pit of Panga. The guy took 5 hours to create it and another 9 hours to beat it. So far, no one has beaten that level and think 2000+ people have tried.

Here's the link to it : https://youtu.be/_sxY8pELhqM

my 9 year old daughter keeps going on about it. It will be a xmas present though. She says it looks amazing (if that helps!!)

SamAteTheRedAcid · « **Reply #265 on:** October 8, 2015, 04:53:13 pm »

Quote from: kmo1969 on October 7, 2015, 10:19:42 pm

Yeah, I got it. Not for me tho, can't be bothered designing levels and everyone seems to make their levels insanely hard and impossible to complete so defeats the object really.

You can just pick easy levels you know! I can see what you mean as I fail more than i try.

I've got this, proper love it, so much so that after I reviewed it I bought myself a copy so I could play with more people's courses other than journo's. I've only uploaded three of my own levels, I'm very much concept based so I made one based around Tetris shapes, one with 3 of everything inspired by Three is the Magic Number, and another where shitloads of stuff falls from the sky.

SyukriJ · « **Reply #266 on:** October 9, 2015, 09:17:00 am »

Quote from: SamAteTheRedAcid on October 8, 2015, 04:53:13 pm

You can just pick easy levels you know! I can see what you mean as I fail more than i try.

I've got this, proper love it, so much so that after I reviewed it I bought myself a copy so I could play with more people's courses other than journo's. I've only uploaded three of my own levels, I'm very much concept based so I made one based around Tetris shapes, one with 3 of everything inspired by Three is the Magic Number, and another where shitloads of stuff falls from the sky.

Dude I love to try your levels. Share me your codes!

SyukriJ · « **Reply #267 on:** October 9, 2015, 09:17:36 am »

Quote from: pazcom on October 8, 2015, 12:35:47 pm

my 9 year old daughter keeps going on about it. It will be a xmas present though. She says it looks amazing (if that helps!!)

I caved in and bought. Absolutely loved it. Your daughter would be so happy for xmas!

SamAteTheRedAcid · « **Reply #268 on:** October 9, 2015, 11:56:56 am »

Quote from: SyukriJ on October 9, 2015, 09:17:00 am

Dude I love to try your levels. Share me your codes!

Tetris course:

BD2E-0000-008B-2FB6

Drop course:

DA42-0000-0091-EDEC

The other one is currently under renovation

There's always more to tinker with!

Oh and if anyone wants to be my friend, I'm SamBillGill, add me as I've only one friend so far in over a year of having it

Barneylfc∗ · « **Reply #269 on:** November 16, 2015, 06:55:53 pm »

Quote from: King Woebegone on September 7, 2013, 08:23:06 pm

Had to send my console away to get this rectified. All sorted. Problem now is, and it seems to be a common problem with repaired consoles, it doesn't connect to the nternet to download updates. Tries downloading Luigi U, and doing other things, like the online store. Wont connect. Emailed them, they said to send it away again for repair. I asked them can this not be repaired remotely, as looking at other forums, it happens almost 100% of the time a console is repaired seemingly. Havent had a response and that was 5 weeks ago. They're a fucking disgrace and I wish I had saved myself £400 and not bought one

Finally got this fixed. One phone call that lasted about 4 minutes. "We should have that rectified for you in 24 hours, our tech team will email you." Less than 12 hour later, email received. "That should work now". And it does. it only took slightly over 2 years.

SamAteTheRedAcid · « **Reply #270 on:** November 16, 2015, 07:00:18 pm »

Quote from: King Woebegone on November 16, 2015, 06:55:53 pm

Finally got this fixed. One phone call that lasted about 4 minutes. "We should have that rectified for you in 24 hours, our tech team will email you." Less than 12 hour later, email received. "That should work now". And it does. it only took slightly over 2 years.

Good to hear it's eventually sorted!

Reviewing Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash this week. Spoiler: it's shite. So lazy, very disappointing effort from Nintendo. Better off buying one of the retro ones for peanuts on the Virtual Console.

Splatoon probably my favourite game of the year on Wii U, that and the Mario Kart DLC.

Zelda looking good for next year, and Star Fox seems to have had a graphical update since it's original and awful appearance earlier in the year. Still, it's left Nintendo with fuck all for Christmas that I want. Xenoblade perhaps?

Kashinoda · « **Reply #271 on:** November 30, 2015, 10:31:07 pm »

Never had a Wii, decided to get a Wii U... mainly for the multiplayer couch games.

I have:

Splatoon
Mario Kart 8
Mario Party 9 (Wii)
Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
Nintendo Land
Super Smash Bros

Anything else worth getting?

Also, the controller setups for this are a headache... especially when you factor in backwards compatibility. Could do with an online database.

Barneylfc∗ · « **Reply #272 on:** December 1, 2015, 08:52:51 am »

Super Mario Galaxy 2

SamAteTheRedAcid · « **Reply #273 on:** December 1, 2015, 05:47:04 pm »

Got Xenoblade this week. If I can tear myself away from Fallout 4.

Zaffarious · « **Reply #274 on:** December 1, 2015, 11:25:56 pm »

picking up my wii u for xenoblade x on friday. going to grab bayonetta 2 and monster hunter 3 ultimate for some online hunting

SamAteTheRedAcid · « **Reply #275 on:** March 30, 2016, 05:42:32 pm »

Poor old Wii U.
Slipped way down the second page.
It's like the Dreamcast all over again. Still, as with then, you can't help but fault the parent company for mistakes made in bringing it to market.

I've enjoyed Pokken Tournament recently, StarFox soon, looks like they might have turned it around after the lame initial reveal.

But what I like most of all is sitting playing Yoshi platformers while the little one or the Mrs. watches awful telly.

Walshy nMe® · « **Reply #276 on:** November 12, 2019, 11:30:29 am »

Just bought one of these for my 8 year old for Christmas.
Was mulling over the switch but managed to pick it up in great condition with 3 wiimotes, the main handheld screen, Splatoon, Mario Kart 8, Wii Party U, Nintendoland, Lego Marvel and Smash all for £100.

Going to get Mario 3D Land.

We borrowed the switch for a weekend but the controls were quote fiddly, so though this would be ideal to introduce him to Nintendo and get him away from Fortnite/Minecraft for 10 minutes

SamAteTheRedAcid · « **Reply #277 on:** November 12, 2019, 03:01:45 pm »

Quote from: Walshy nMe® on November 12, 2019, 11:30:29 am

Just bought one of these for my 8 year old for Christmas.
Was mulling over the switch but managed to pick it up in great condition with 3 wiimotes, the main handheld screen, Splatoon, Mario Kart 8, Wii Party U, Nintendoland, Lego Marvel and Smash all for £100.

Going to get Mario 3D Land.

We borrowed the switch for a weekend but the controls were quote fiddly, so though this would be ideal to introduce him to Nintendo and get him away from Fortnite/Minecraft for 10 minutes

Love mine mate. Had it 5 years and still going strong. Really enjoyed 3D World with the lad, co-op play is excellent. Bargain you got yourself there, hours of playtime. Splatoon is great fun, hugely underrated IMO.

Was going to get a Switch last Christmas but decided there was still so much value left in this I delayed it by a year - and there's still lots left in it.