Nintendo Wii U

[NEG]

http://gaijingames.com/forum/european-release-date EU Release for Runner 2 Wii U is looking to be mid-April at the moment.

Glad I didn't wait, but I'll probably still get the Wii U version when it comes anyway. Nintendo's D-Pad is best for this type of game.

[scottcr]

Game boy player was ace

[SMD]

What was the point of the Super Game Boy or the Game Boy Player?

Not needing 4xAAs and being able to play with a clear screen. Both of which are features of the DS and 3DS.

[Not Thread Owner]

And the GBA.

It'd also mean you'd have a second (3)DS for multiplayer.

[SMD]

And the GBA.

Ahahahahahano.

[TheSlugFormerlyKnownAsNap]

The Gameboy Player was bobbins. I bought one for my Gamecube back in the day and was pretty excited about it. Actual time used is probably between 39 and 46 minutes.

[Not Thread Owner]

I easily spent 100 hours on it. Probably 200. Played the entirety of Zelda LTTP, OOA, OOS and Minish Cap on it, as well as about half of my 160 hour FTTA play time.

[TheSlugFormerlyKnownAsNap]

It didn't really work for me, the washed out look of a lot of GBA titles and the lowres graphics weren't too pleasing on the eye when blown up to television size. You also had these borders IIRC, because the resolution and/or aspect ratio was off or something. I never really used it, as I really preferred just playing the games on the GBA / SP. It wasn't the 'turn your GameCube in a SNES' peripheral I was hoping for.

[Not Thread Owner]

It was with a Hori digital pad

There was a setting to fix the washedoutness, by the way.

[pranny]

If the WiiU came with an extra slot next to the Wii SD card slot for playing DS games I'm fairly certain a great deal more kids would be nagging their parents to get one. But then I suppose its a generation too late. Advertising it as playing 3DS games when you cant ( unless you could with a 3d tv ) play them in three dee would seem reductive.

[SMD]

Also it's unnecessarily cannibalising 3DS sales.

[verbs]

Also all those games would look like shit on a modern tv.

[GokouD]

http://gaijingames.c...an-release-date EU Release for Runner 2 Wii U is looking to be mid-April at the moment.

Glad I didn't wait, but I'll probably still get the Wii U version when it comes anyway. Nintendo's D-Pad is best for this type of game.

FFS. How long can it take to rate a game like this, it's hardly going to be brimming with sex and violence... stupid beauracratic bullshit.

[Not Thread Owner]

Also all those games would look like shit on a modern tv.

Well, VC games don't. Nor do my NES, SNES are Megadrive. Why would DS or 3DS games?

[verbs]

I guess this applies more to DS rather than 3DS but PS1-era three dimensional graphics do not hold up at 1080p.

[sid]

Thinking of picking one up...... Seems like zavvi is the place to buy from....

275 for premium inc Nintendo land plus 40 for mario = 315

Anywhere doing if much cheaper or anywhere close to this on the high street.?

[SMD]

Zavvi ebay outlet regularly do the Premium for £225. I wouldn't shell out £275 for it this side of E3 because I'd expect Nintendo to announce a price cut in response to the PS4/720.

[b00dles]

Yeah, if you've held off this long, you may as well wait until Lego is out at the very least as I'd be surprised if it doesn't get a "re-launch" around £199 just after or before E3.

[sid]

Er bought one!

Traded in some old crap..... Ended up with 300 cash for premium plus zombie, mario and Nintendo land.

Chuffed.!

Finally something I can sit down and play with my young daughters that isn't shooting things and ipad tat.

[b00dles]

Good work. Welsome to the early adopters that have no games group.

Add us all up for Miiverse shenanigans, all in the spread sheet on the first post.

[SMD]

Nintendo Land shines in multiplayer. There's a surprising amount of depth to the games. I'm rubbish at them but the missus is pretty good at Balloon Fight and Donkey Kong's Crash Course.

[rjpageuk]

I have been addicted to Donkey Kong's Crash Course recently. It is typical Nintendo fare in that appears fairly straightforward but reveals depth the more time you put into it.

I am regularly tossing myself off edges now to land back on my wheels for shortcuts all over the place. Got my time for stage 1 down to the mid 50 seconds. It is amazing how much better you get with practice, even though it doesnt feel like it.

Still havent managed the final stamp either.

[Professor Puzzles]

I got to have a go on a Wii U today, the gamepad oh it is a lovely thing to hold it is.

[scottcr]

I have been addicted ... regularly tossing myself off

[Not Thread Owner]

My daughter is playing F-Zero.

She's mainly enjoying the cars going pop.

[sid]

Ok here's how it is...

2 fucking hours of updates and trying to connect to my Virgin wifi I'd completely unacceptable. Way to piss the off early adopters.

However everything from mii creation to the quality of the materials in the hardware to the gorgeous colourful visuals is absolutely spot on.

The Wiiu is an absolutely fantastic bit of kit which will completely shine for all of the nintendo games released on it. Nintendoland looks gorgeous.....

Love it. Ready for the games now please, particularly wind water hd strangely enough. Can't wait to play that with my 7 and 13 year old they will love it and my 3 year old will love watching it.

[SMD]

Is yours a Virgin superhub? There's a noted problem with Wii Us and Virgin routers, loads of people in here were stung by that.

[luth714]

My Wara Wara Plaza came back today for no apparent reason. Yay! My Sonic Racing continues to crash though, complaining the disc can't be read even though it's immaculate...

[sid]

Is yours a Virgin superhub? There's a noted problem with Wii Us and Virgin routers, loads of people in here were stung by that.

Yeah unfortunately..... Fixed in the end, the had to give it a fixed ip and a specific dns server wtf....

[sid]

My wife hates console gaming.

Just spent a couple of hours with my eldest daughter on mario, with the wife controlling the platforms etc......absolutely superb.

I knew there was a reason i always buy nintendo consoles. More fool me for doubting them this time around.