Nintendo Wii U

[Garwoofoo]

The Pro Controller is an absolutely lovely controller, it's so comfortable to use. I use mine for Monster Hunter and NSMBU. If you have games that support it, it's well worth the investment.

[Jack]

My one complaint about the Pro pad is that the shoulder buttons are a bit shit. I don't know if I got a duff pad or something, but they feel really spongey and sometimes it doesn't feel like you've actually pressed them. Otherwise it's great.

[Indy @ S.E.]

£49.99 to download Mario? Ye gads, so much for my download everything plan!

[Not Thread Owner]

£49.99 to download Mario? Ye gads, so much for my download everything plan!

£42 here: http://www.game.co.uk/en/new-super-mario-bros-u-173011?attributeName1=Shop%20By&pageSize=20&provenance=Download&categoryIdentifier=428846&attributeValue1=107

[Yuujiin]

Thats the thing I dont understand about digital no box,no disc and no instructions to print.It must be the most eviromental friendly way to buy a game yet it is still to most expensive.

Can I what hard drive you went for?

[scottcr]

No competition

[Larsen B]

Thats the thing I dont understand about digital no box,no disc and no instructions to print.It must be the most eviromental friendly way to buy a game yet it is still to most expensive.

Can I what hard drive you went for?

I believe there's an element of not pricing under the retail RRP so that retailers aren't pissed off, although that's not exactly working out for Nintendo at the moment.

[Indy @ S.E.]

I haven't tried the hard drive yet, spent most of the evening setting it up and doing firmware upgrade before giving Nintendoland a whirl. But its the one that I took out of my PS3 and was running my wii backups from... I'll try tonight and let you know.

The online thing is pretty strange for sure, I'd have expected at least a minimum £10 off retail price but at this rate I can probably buy two copies for the price of one from eBay or places like here.

[squirtle]

No competition

That's not the case, is it, as you can buy the cards for digital downloads from retail shops for cheaper.

[Yuujiin]

I haven't tried the hard drive yet, spent most of the evening setting it up and doing firmware upgrade before giving Nintendoland a whirl. But its the one that I took out of my PS3 and was running my wii backups from... I'll try tonight and let you know.

The online thing is pretty strange for sure, I'd have expected at least a minimum £10 off retail price but at this rate I can probably buy two copies for the price of one from eBay or places like here.

Can you point me to a site that explains how to do this as I have a old ps3 drive here but did not know that you can hook it up to a wii u.

[ryodi]

The online thing is pretty strange for sure, I'd have expected at least a minimum £10 off retail price but at this rate I can probably buy two copies for the price of one from eBay or places like here.

You've got absolutely no change of that happening on the WiiU or the PS4 and Xbone it would annoy retailers too much. The most you can hope for is some exclusive DLC.

[luth714]

I see Darksiders 2 is now £8 in Cex. If I didn't have a pile of shame I'd have taken a punt on it.

[Massive Invisible Dog]

You've got absolutely no change of that happening on the WiiU or the PS4 and Xbone it would annoy retailers too much. The most you can hope for is some exclusive DLC.

Or saving a bit through deals, like this Pikmin 3/Wonderful 101 thing they're running. If you buy a Pikmin code from Game, it'll end up costing around £63 to buy both games, plus it will generate a £5 eShop voucher and put you fairly close to getting the second one.

[Indy @ S.E.]

Just been reading up on that game deal, I think I'll be having some of that.

Maybe this was why MS were trying to kill the preowned market as there's no chance of me spending cash on a DL/retail copy of Mario when its readily available second hand for 20-25?

And this Monster Hunter thing then, worth a punt?

Cheers,

Indy

[shirubagan]

And this Monster Hunter thing then, worth a punt?

Cheers,

Indy

If you have a few hundred hours spare, then yes. I bloody love it.

[Indy @ S.E.]

I set up the demo to download before I left for work this morning, I'll give it a shot when I get back. I haven't played any of the other titles in the series, will that matter?

Have added myself to the NNID list and will add everyone else too.

[Massive Invisible Dog]

The demo is an awful introduction to the game if you've never played it before.

[joffocakes]

Yep. The demo put me right off getting monster hunter. And, despite people telling me that would be the case, I've still not bothered to buy it since I was so put off. I played both the 3DS and Wii U demos three times each.

[Indy @ S.E.]

What was wrong with it?

[SozzlyJoe]

It seems to assume you are already familiar with the series and want to just compare changes in mechanics and weapons with older versions, so it dumps you at a point you would only normally get to after about 20 hours play. Whereas the actual game really eases you into it.

A much better demo IMHO would just be to let you play the whole of the 1 star quests and then carry your save on.

[Indy @ S.E.]

ahh right... I'll keep that in mind when giving it a bash, cheers for the heads up.

[roberthazelby]

I'll have to download the Monster Hunter demo again and give it another go. It certainly seems to be getting a lot of love in this thread. The 5/10 minutes I saw of it really didn't impress me, though. It looked like a Dreamcast game.

In other news, the wife never plays games, but since getting the Wii U at the start of June she's started to get back into gaming. She doesn't play for long periods, but absolutely loves NSMBU, and is counting down the days until Donkey Kong comes out.

[squirtle]

Re: Monster Hunter - I thought the demo was dogshit. The full game is really good, though.

[Pavey]

I've just got it and never played before, but fancy a bit of online. I'll add a few fella's if anyone fancies a game soon? Do people play regularly on fixed days?

[Indy @ S.E.]

I'll be picking it up hopefully sometime this weekend. I'd be up for some online.

[Yuujiin]

I got a pre owned MH3U for wiiu for 29.99 transfered my 3ds save across which is only an hour in as I had to restart.

Went online just to give it a go.So i joined a novice room.The 3 other guys were rank 60 with all this great armour and there is me in my pants.

I just turned and left will go back online when I have put 30 odd hours into solo.

[shirubagan]

FWIW, the demo is going to be an utterly bewildering experience.

Choose the great sword, watch and learn the Lagombi's attacks. You will die. A lot.

Play again. Die.

Play again. Start figuring it out. Die.

Play again. Smash his teeth in. Punch air in victory.

Play again. Win.

Play again. Be addicted.

[Manflurry]

Is the full game's multiplayer cross region?

[Indy @ S.E.]

you were right, the demo isnt that great.

will probably get it though, just for the online co-op.

posted from wii u, this is the future now.

[scottcr]

Monster Hunter 3 is brilliant. But - really - set aside 100 hours of your life.... and then some.