The Wii U ( WiiU ) Thread

[professor ganson]

My Wii U has been super glitchy lately. And my launch 3DS had a screwed up upper screen. Nintendo is definitely disappointing me recently.

[Vexorg]

Owing to a slightly ridiculous amount of Lamestop trade-in credit on my old Xbox360 and Kindle Fire, I went ahead and picked up a Wii U yesterday. The initial setup and updating was a bit of a pain and I'm not quite sure what games are worth getting yet, but so far it looks interesting. Apparently everyone on Miiverse is ridiculously good at drawing...

NNID: Vexatious

[Octopod]

Apparently everyone on Miiverse is ridiculously good at drawing...

I've come to the conclusion that at least some of these people must be tracing. Lay image on screen and go over with stylus. Maybe not but it is an idea.

[professor ganson]

My Wii U has been super glitchy lately. And my launch 3DS had a screwed up upper screen. Nintendo is definitely disappointing me recently.

And today my DS XL has decided to stop working. I'm guessing the battery is dead. I expect this sort of thing with my PCBs; I've never had such a bad streak with Nintendo products.

[BPzeBanshee]

My Wii U has been super glitchy lately. And my launch 3DS had a screwed up upper screen. Nintendo is definitely disappointing me recently.

And today my DS XL has decided to stop working. I'm guessing the battery is dead. I expect this sort of thing with my PCBs; I've never had such a bad streak with Nintendo products.

Is the battery removable? I remember the GBA SP had a spot where you could unscrew and replace it outright but I think the newer stuff might be closed-case (never actually looked). Hopefully that's the case so you can at least replace the component rather than the whole device.

[null1024]

My Wii U has been super glitchy lately. And my launch 3DS had a screwed up upper screen. Nintendo is definitely disappointing me recently.

And today my DS XL has decided to stop working. I'm guessing the battery is dead. I expect this sort of thing with my PCBs; I've never had such a bad streak with Nintendo products.

Is the battery removable? I remember the GBA SP had a spot where you could unscrew and replace it outright but I think the newer stuff might be closed-case (never actually looked). Hopefully that's the case so you can at least replace the component rather than the whole device.

It's removable, and I'm really glad, because I put that huge $10 Nyko battery in mine so I can actually play the thing when I'm not near a power outlet. It'll probably fail eventually, but it's very nice so far.

[Friendly]

Japanese video game release schedule (January - March '13):

Nintendo 3DS

02.07.13 Dragon Quest VII: Eden no Senshitachi (Square Enix)
02.07.13 Pachi-Para 3D : Deluxe Umi Monogatari - Pachi-Pro Fuuunroko - Hana Kotou no Shoubushi Tachi (IREM)
02.14.13 Maru Gou! Nanami to Issho ni Gakubo! English Joutatsu no Kotsu Riron-Hen (Media5)
02.14.13 Maru Gou! Nanami to Issho ni Gakubo! TOEIC Test Taisaku-Hen (Media5)
02.21.13 Magi: Hajimari no Meikyuu (Bandai)
02.28.13 Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission (Bandai)
02.28.13 Layton Kyouju to Choubunmei A no Isan (Level 5)
02.28.13 Osawari Tantei Nameko Shigeru (Success)

03.07.13 Doraemon: Nobita to Himitsu Dougu Hakubutsukan (FuRyu)
03.14.13 Super Robot Taisen UX (Bandai)


PS Vita

01.24.13 Demon Gaze (Kadokawa Games)
01.24.13 Genkai Totsuki Monster Monpiece (Compile Heart)
01.31.13 PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (SCEI)
01.31.13 Sengoku Hime 3: Tenka o Kirisaku Hikari to Kage (SystemSoft)
01.31.13 WRC 3 (CyberFront)

02.07.13 NextRev: Chuushoukigyou Shindanshi Shiken 1 (Media5)
02.07.13 NextRev: Chuushoukigyou Shindanshi Shiken 2 (Media5)
02.07.13 San Goku Shi 12 (Koei)
02.14.13 Sakura-Sou no Pet na Kanojo (Kadokawa Games)
02.14.13 Silent Hill: Book of Memories (Konami)
02.21.13 Ciel Nosurge RE:Incarnation (Koei)
02.21.13 NextRev: Sharoushi Shiken (Media5)
02.28.13 Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus (Tecmo)
02.28.13 Phantasy Star Online 2 (Sega)
02.28.13 Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus: Otome Shoujotachi no Shoumei (Marvelous AQL)

03.07.13 Soul Sacrifice (SCEI)
03.07.13 Tales of Hearts R (Namco)
03.14.13 Steins;Gate (5pb)
03.14.13 Steins;Gate: Hiyoku Renri no Darling (5pb)
03.20.13 Dead or Alive 5 Plus (Tecmo)
03.20.13 Meruru no Atelier Plus: Arland no Renkinjutsushi 3 (Koei)
03.20.13 One Piece: Kaizoku Musou 2 (Bandai)
03.28.13 Oboro Muramasa (Marvelous AQL)
03.28.13 Sei Madou Monogatari (Compile Heart)


Xbox 360

01.27.13 DmC: Devil May Cry (Capcom)
01.24.13 Hitman: Absolution (Square Enix)
01.31.13 Love*Tra: Bitter (Boost On)

02.07.13 Heavy Fire: Shattered Spear (Hamster)
02.14.13 Combat Wings: The Great Battles of WWII (CyberFront)
02.14.13 Ginga Force (Qute)
02.28.13 MuvLuv Alternative: Total Eclipse (5pb)
02.28.13 Risen 2: Dark Waters (Ubisoft)

03.07.13 Crysis 3 (EA Games)
03.07.13 F1 Race Stars (Codemasters)
03.07.13 Far Cry 3 (Ubisoft)
03.14.13 DarkStalkers Resurrection (Capcom)
03.21.13 Gears of War: Judgement (Microsoft)
03.27.13 Final Fantasy XI: Adoulin no Makyou (Square Enix)
03.28.13 Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel (EA Games)


PlayStation 3

01.27.13 DmC: Devil May Cry (Capcom)
01.27.13 LittleBigPlanet Karting (SCEI)
01.24.13 Hitman: Absolution (Square Enix)
01.24.13 Kamisama to Unmei Kakumei no Paradox (N1 Soft)
01.24.13 Nobunaga no Yabou Online: 10-Shuunun Kinen Box (Koei)
01.31.13 Accel World: Kasoku no Chouten (Bandai)
01.31.13 PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (SCEI)
01.31.13 WRC 3 (CyberFront)

02.07.13 Heavy Fire: Shattered Spear (Hamster)
02.14.13 Combat Wings: The Great Battles of WWII (CyberFront)
02.21.13 Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (Konami)
02.28.13 Macross 30: Ginga o Tsunagu Utagoe (Bandai)
02.28.13 MuvLuv Alternative: Total Eclipse (5pb)
02.28.13 Risen 2: Dark Waters (Ubisoft)
02.28.13 Sharin no Kuni, Himawari no Shoujo (5pb)
02.28.13 Dynasty Warriors 8 (Koei)

03.07.13 Crysis 3 (EA Games)
03.07.13 F1 Race Stars (Codemasters)
03.07.13 Far Cry 3 (Ubisoft)
03.07.13 Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F (Sega)
03.14.13 God of War: Ascension (SCEI)
03.14.13 Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX (Square Enix)
03.14.13 DarkStalkers Resurrection (Capcom)
03.14.13 Winning Post 7 2013 (Koei)
03.20.13 Disgaea Dimension 2 (N1 Soft)
03.20.13 Little Busters! Converted Edition (Prototype)
03.20.13 One Piece: Kaizoku Musou 2 (Bandai)
03.28.13 Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel (EA Games)


Wii U

01.31.13 Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 (Koei)

02.21.13 Tank! Tank! Tank! (Namco)

03.14.13 Need for Speed: Most Wanted - A Criterion Game (EA Games)

WTF is wrong with Nintendo? What have they been doing for the past 2-3 years? Obviously not prepare for the launch of Wii U.

[EmperorIng]

I bet you they're secretly negotiating with Success to stop making shitty RPGs and make another installment in the Psyvariar series as a WiiU exclusive.

[louisg]

That's the actual Wii-U release schedule??

Uhhh.. wow. Good job, guys.

[stryc9]

I dunno. I'm torn between the broken Hokuto no Ken game and the pulse-pounding EA driving retread

On a more serious note, what a retarded release schedule.

[professor ganson]

Strange.I thought Pikmin 3 had an official release date but it's not on there.

[TransatlanticFoe]

Finally, a Wii U game which might give me reason to invest in the console:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsRSkBTBwyM

Possible Xenoblade sequel? With guns and mechs and shit? Yes please!

Now please a) give it an English localisation b) don't have it turn out to be MMO

[idchappy]

Hmm, that games list looks a little dry.
Still, got Nintendo Land to keep me busy and the star coins on Mario to get and ZombiU to get back into

[Teufel_in_Blau]

Iwata implies he may resign over poor business performance:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.ph ... ostcount=1

I didn't want to make a new thread for it because the recent performance of the Wii U are a huge factor in this calculation and the 3DS numbers weren't THAT bad (Japan to the rescue). Let's hope for a fantastic year or else the Wii U will be remembered as the console who killed the guy who brought us the Wii and the DS.

/e


Not even half of the shipment got sold DURING CHRISTMAS! Rest of of the world looks pretty much the same.

[Friendly]

If Iwata is responsible for how poorly Wii U was handled, then that may be a wise decision.

Everything surrounding the launch of Wii U was terrible. They released it practically without games even though they had YEARS to prepare. The marketing was awful, there were hardly any commercials/advertising (there still aren't). Why not? Nintendo has several billion dollars of cash reserves, so it can't be a matter of money. They did very little to set Wii U apart from Wii; most people still have no clue that Wii U is a new system and not just an add-on controller for Wii (or that it even exists). Then there's the issue of the painfully inadequate flash memory of the regular version (8GB, 5 of which are used up by the OS; how nice for selling games online). Last but not least, the system was rushed with a buggy and slow user interface. Again, why? They had so much time and money to get it right.

I am critical of Nintendo mostly because of their anti-consumer region locking and their stale core franchises, but I never expected Wii U's launch to be handled THAT incompetently (on the contrary, I thought it would get a good start and do reasonably well). Except for pricing, they basically made every schoolboy mistake that could be made. Wii U's launch makes the botched launch of PS3 look stellar in comparison.

[BulletMagnet]

Iwata implies he may resign over poor business performance:

It always amazes me how quickly talk of resignation, demotion or the like at the very top begins to circulate whenever something goes wrong with a company in Japan, especially as opposed to this side of the Pacific, where it seems no matter how big of a screw-up you are you just keep getting bonuses and offers and incentives, even from competitors.

[BPzeBanshee]

Iwata implies he may resign over poor business performance:

It always amazes me how quickly talk of resignation, demotion or the like at the very top begins to circulate whenever something goes wrong with a company in Japan, especially as opposed to this side of the Pacific, where it seems no matter how big of a screw-up you are you just keep getting bonuses and offers and incentives, even from competitors.

I wish it'd happen with government. We're stuck with a bunch of real incompetents in Australia.

Wii U does indeed look like a miss for me. They've screwed up big time - lack of DVD/Media player support is the least of their worries compared to that bullshit.

[Koa Zo]

And today my DS XL has decided to stop working. I'm guessing the battery is dead. I expect this sort of thing with my PCBs; I've never had such a bad streak with Nintendo products.

My DS XL died also, though luckily just before the one year warranty expired. It was barely used, less than 100 hours I'd wager. The day it died, it was plugged in for a fresh charge, turned it on and played for a few minutes. Turned it off, set it down, then hours later picked it up and it was just dead, no response what so ever.
I was very impressed with Nintendo's return service. Intelligent and articulate phone representative, quick and to the point, I was emailed a shipping slip so that I did not even have to pay postage. Within a couple weeks I was sent a new unit with a sort of apology letter and pledge of quality. The new one has seen about 100 hours of use now, but I've always wondered what the issue was with the first one, and if it may occur with the replacement unit.

[MX7]

Surprised the PS3 is doing so well! I guess European people must really like racing games and Doom clones.

I haven't even seen a WiiU game in the shops, just loads of 2nd hand WiiUs lined up in CEX and Cash Converters. This is a blunder I'm not sure even Nintendo can get out of.

[Specineff]

Costco has reduced the price of the unit for 50 dollars. In case there is anyone interested.

http://www.destructoid.com/defiance-cos ... 3727.phtml

Wii U's launch makes the botched launch of PS3 look stellar in comparison.

I found their lack of RIIIIIIIIIDGE RACER disturbing.

[Friendly]

Surprised the PS3 is doing so well! I guess European people must really like racing games and Doom clones

The troll is strong in this one. It's not just Europe; the only places where 360 outsells PS3 are North America and the UK. Globally, PS3 has been outselling 360 for ~4 years in a row. Maybe the rest of the world just didn't fall for the online-gaming and app paygate-scheme and enjoy actually having access to a wider range of exculsives (+ all multiplats), the added value of blu ray, lack of region-locking and proprietary hdds etc.

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Back on topic: I don't think all is lost for Wii U yet; a slow start isn't the end of the world, but Nintendo really needs to get its ass in gear. They have $10 billion USD of cash reserves. Start agressively advertising and money-hatting Wii U exclusives this instant. Once PS4 and Xbox 3 are out of the gate, things will get a lot harder. Failing to properly make use of the current reprieve would be an unforgivable blunder.

[Skykid]

Surprised the PS3 is doing so well! I guess European people must really like racing games and Doom clones.

They definitely don't like shmups!

[MX7]

Playstation 3 being region free would only be an advantage if it had any games. Having lots of people buy it really just proves most people are pretty clueless when it comes to videogames. I guess it's fun if you consider having a 13 year old shout racial abuse at you in Generic First Person Shooter 47 over the internet fun.

[Friendly]

Yeah, whatever.

Off to play my copy of Ni no Kuni which was just delivered.

[Skykid]

Off to play every Cave shmup of the last ten years.

[Friendly]

Skykid comment after a post I made. Now that's something we haven't seen before. Should I unblock him on the off chance he wrote something of value? Hahah, right, and pigs fly.

[moh]

is that snsd in your avatar, skykid?

[Skykid]

Skykid comment after a post I made. Now that's something we haven't seen before. Should I unblock him on the off chance he wrote something of value? Hahah, right, and pigs fly.

Don't do that. Trolling your Sony boner into the ground without your knowledge has been a most enjoyable activity these past several months.

is that snsd in your avatar, skykid?

Dunno, I think someone said they're the Girl's Generation ladies?

[moh]

yeah, snsd is an acronym of the korean name for girls generation.

...now how did that end up being your avatar? i miss the bruce lee one =[

[Skykid]

yeah, snsd is an acronym of the korean name for girls generation.

See how much I know about K-pop. I'm proud of my ignorance in the subject!

...now how did that end up being your avatar? i miss the bruce lee one =[

So do I, I think he's my longest running avatar. Shall I bring him back? That rage fist is fairly accurate to my personality eh?