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Eurogamer on the whole though is still a great site, it's one of the very few that allows its writers to express personality in their reviews without feeling the need to try and make them into tedious internet "personalities".

Didn't you read about the whole biglime and Lauren wainwright scandal on Eurogamer? Obviously personal opinions aren't tolerated on the site.

There was a 30 page topic of it on here

http://www.rllmukforum.com/index.php?/topic/265873-biglime-and-eurogamer-game-over/

That was the final straw for me....

I do think that they just don't have enough content to fill out the website. Honestly, the amount of utter shite that's covered on it... Who cares about some crappy iOS game?

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My local and another big sainsbury ib London has now dropped all nintendo games. Just ps3,360 and a small next gen preorder section :o

Also any news on d&d, tempted to get it on wii u.

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The Sainsbury's we shop at never actually setup a Wii U section or a sign or anything. They just tucked a couple of the console boxes in at the bottom of the Wii section. I can't imagine this sort of thing helps with the general confusion over what the Wii U is.

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I really hate spreading doom. I love the Wii u and really want it to be relaunched and do well.

However I visited game for the first time in 6 months during a boring lunch hour the other day and they had NO Wii U section at all. They had a poster advertising a console deal and a few Wii U boxes on the corner of the 3DS section but that was it. I was quite shocked.

I liked the look of the E3 lineup but have they announced new packages or anything resembling a relaunch yet? I've never seen anything quite like it. There was more Ouya shelf space. :(

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Nintendo really only have themselves to blame. A poor launch with a game drought, and little to no marketing. They seemed to think it would ride on the success of the Wii, but how many families who bought a wii to "get fit" or game socially, now find it gathering dust along with it's pile of shovelware. While the Wii might have sold in buckets, it hardly became the social gaming console that Nintendo had hoped for. I imagine there's many wii balance boards leaning against a wall behind a sofa.

Unless they start getting games onto shelves and advertising them well, the console is well and truly fucked. Which is a shame, as it's a great piece of kit, with no games :(

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Still, you can't fault them for customer service. Last week I was furious. I had friends round to stay, and I wanted to show off my new Wii U console. So I turned it on, only to be greeted with a system update. While I waited for it to update, I explained to my friends "Ah, technology always tries to embarrass you when you want to show it off!" When the update was completed, I opened the Nintendoland box, put the disc in, booted up the console, and discovered that the disc wouldn't play. Or eject. It was stuck in the machine. I was a bit cross, but we played some Xbox games instead.

The next morning, after asking here and Googling for a solution to no avail, I phoned up Nintendo customer service. They were very good, emailing me a free shipping label, so that I could send it to them free of charge to get the disc removed. They also sent me text updates, telling me they'd received the console and the like.

This morning they phoned me up.

"Mr. Hamblin?"

"Yes?"

"We've had a look at your console, and er, there was no disc stuck in it. Which is probably why you couldn't eject it."

"There was! Nintendoland!"

"Is it possible that it could still be in your house?"

(At this point I start scrambling through the game boxes by the telly)

"No, not at all, this is the only place I keep my games, and the box is empty!"

"Well sir, we videoed the entire process from receiving the package to opening up the console, and there's nothing in it. Shall we send it back to you?"

"Well, yes, I suppose, but I'm not... Oh fuck."

"Sir?"

"I've just found the Nintendoland disc. On a shelf halfway across the room. In a place where I never keep my games. I feel like such a wanker. For now, and for last week when I was convinced I'd put a game in the machine even though there's no way I could have done given the disc's location. And now I've wasted everyone's time pointlessly. I've just realised what a total, total idiot I am."

"Glad we could help sir."

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ras el hanout

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Has anyone done the Wii > Wii U transfer? Seems like a right faff.

Easier than it'll be on the PS3 - PS4 though.

Actually, since getting a 3DS XL and Animal Crossing I sort of reckon a lot of the WiiU's troubles are down to the 3DS XL and Animal Crossing.

Don't know if this explains anything

http://www.prweekus.com/77pr-picks-up-nintendo-uk-consumer-pr-brief/article/301364/

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Has anyone done the Wii > Wii U transfer? Seems like a right faff.

I have. It's easy, but takes a while.

If you've softmodded your Wii, NAND backup it first, then restore the NAND after transferring. It'll remain softmodded and all you games and saves will then be on both devices.

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I have. It's easy, but takes a while.

If you've softmodded your Wii, NAND backup it first, then restore the NAND after transferring. It'll remain softmodded and all you games and saves will then be on both devices.

I do, and hadn't thought to backup my Wii... I was just going to transfer everything tonight like a crazy person.

I'll look up a tutorial on the old webternet.

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I have. It's easy, but takes a while.

If you've softmodded your Wii, NAND backup it first, then restore the NAND after transferring. It'll remain softmodded and all you games and saves will then be on both devices.

What is a NAND backup?

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I have. It's easy, but takes a while.

If you've softmodded your Wii, NAND backup it first, then restore the NAND after transferring. It'll remain softmodded and all you games and saves will then be on both devices.

Do you need a new SD card for the Wii U? Do you need to clone the one in your Wii with all the games and software on it?

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