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I've only done the first bit of NSMBU and got Pikmin 3 to start and I've barely glances at Zombii-U but have wrung significant enjoyment out of the console so far that the purchase is easily justified.

Only really found the Gamepad useful for 3 chase type games in local multiplayer in NintendoLand though.

You got NintendoLand Hearthly? I reckon Becca would love that - the whole coin collecting thing and the variety of games on offer are pretty good. She can swing a sword in the Zelda game while you fire arrows from the gamepad as support. Great fun.

Is it actually any good?

Trousers wrote:

Is it actually any good?

Yes.

Much as I love the console the one thing I miss is cheevo's popping. I don't go chasing achievements these days but the sound and the concept still appeals.

Is the only difference between basic and premium versions now the storage capacity?

Does the Basic come with a sensor bar for Wii backwards compatibility in Europe? I can't remember.

But yeah, now that the premium promotion thing is over, the main difference is colour and storage space, with the Premium having "Not enough" space, and the basic having "Seriously not enough" space.

Wii Games Will Finally Be Downloadable On Wii U

It's been possible to play Wii games on your Wii U since forever, but Nintendo's finally making Wii games downloadable through the eShop. This new feature kicks off with one of the company's best platformers, Super Mario Galaxy 2. It's available today.

Other games are coming very soon, too. Punch-Out!! is scheduled for January 22, while Metroid Prime Trilogy arrives on January 29. Games will be $9.99 each during their first week of availability before settling at $19.99. By comparison, a used copy of Super Mario Galaxy 2 is currently $29.99 at GameStop.

If a Wii game supported the Classic Controller, you'll be able to control it with the GamePad.

Author:	Hearthly [ Thu Jun 19, 2014 18:44 ]
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Trousers wrote: I've only done the first bit of NSMBU and got Pikmin 3 to start and I've barely glances at Zombii-U but have wrung significant enjoyment out of the console so far that the purchase is easily justified. Only really found the Gamepad useful for 3 chase type games in local multiplayer in NintendoLand though. You got NintendoLand Hearthly? I reckon Becca would love that - the whole coin collecting thing and the variety of games on offer are pretty good. She can swing a sword in the Zelda game while you fire arrows from the gamepad as support. Great fun. I've got an eye on NintendoLand but I'm not entirely sure Becca would play it (even as co-op), she seems to prefer watching me play and commentating! Last night she was asking me why I was losing so many lives on DKCTF and telling me I had to play better I checked my stats on the built-in statsy-thingy and I've done 40 hours combined this month so far alone, so I think it's a gimme I'm going to get massive value for money out of the console and games.

Author:	Grim... [ Fri Jun 20, 2014 7:23 ]
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Who? What? Fucking kleeks.

Author:	Trousers [ Fri Jun 20, 2014 7:41 ]
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"Rimmers" is the preferred term. I have more games than I can play and yet I still ordered Injustice : Gods among us for the Wii-U yesterday because Batman. Also cheap. Is it actually any good?

Author:	Dr Lave [ Fri Jun 20, 2014 8:28 ]
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LewieP wrote: so do the new ones. No idea baout the originals. But the 3DS game controls like a dream. You = Wrongo McWrongson, Chief Whip of the Incorrect.

Author:	Grim... [ Fri Jun 20, 2014 12:48 ]
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Trousers wrote: Is it actually any good? Yes.

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Author:	Trousers [ Fri Jun 20, 2014 14:09 ]
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Grim... wrote: Trousers wrote: Is it actually any good? Yes. Excellent. I shall look forward to putting it on my pile of stuff to play and then forgetting about it.

Author:	Anonymous X [ Fri Jun 20, 2014 14:46 ]
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I'm really happy about how quickly my Wii U has gone from being my 'why did I waste money buying this?' console to a super-happy fun-time console. Thanks mostly to Mario Kart 8. BTW, Tori Tori 2+ is on sale for £2.50 on the eShop, if anyone's interested.

Author:	Hearthly [ Sun Jun 22, 2014 10:29 ]
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I actually hit a brick wall with DKCTF last night, literally a level that I couldn't get past. Now it was one of the 'K' levels which are designed to be hard and need to be done in one pass as there are no checkpoints, but seriously, I can't remember the last time a game chucked a challenge up at me that I simply couldn't do. In the end I had to turn the console off and vow to return another day! I wasn't annoyed though, it's scrupulously fair and consistent, there are no random elements in there, I just wasn't up to the job.

Author:	Trousers [ Wed Jun 25, 2014 7:58 ]
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Well Injustice certainly seems like a lot of fun so far -even if I can't work out what the fuck is happening a lot of the time. Cost c£10 from Amazon so I'm more than happy with that. I need to go back to NSMBU and Rayman Legends though as I was really enjoying both of those before I got distracted. Much as I love the console the one thing I miss is cheevo's popping. I don't go chasing achievements these days but the sound and the concept still appeals.

Author:	romanista [ Wed Jun 25, 2014 8:41 ]
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thinking about buying the pushmo game.. did anybody try yet?

Author:	Hearthly [ Wed Jun 25, 2014 9:16 ]
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Trousers wrote: Much as I love the console the one thing I miss is cheevo's popping. I don't go chasing achievements these days but the sound and the concept still appeals. Try and get all the KONG letters and puzzle pieces on every level in DKCTF, I'm working my way through the third island now and some of it is ruthlessly, shockingly difficult. (It's easy enough to get through the levels, but collecting everything whilst you're about it....) I've set it myself as a sort of unofficial achievement.

Author:	romanista [ Wed Jun 25, 2014 10:53 ]
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did buy it now... level designer to share on miiverse brought me over.. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014- ... rld-review

Author:	romanista [ Fri Jul 11, 2014 12:48 ]
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i discovered that while i was righthanded at wiisport tennis, the addition of motionplus actually makes me left handed there.. (i'm lefthanded in real life) apparantly it is free now for 48 hours since the addiotn of baseball/boxing... someone want to play?

Author:	romanista [ Tue Jul 15, 2014 10:30 ]
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Looking forward t dr toad in one way http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014- ... f-in-years but will it be 40 quid?

Author:	Mimi [ Tue Jul 22, 2014 13:39 ]
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Hullo! I have added all of the Friends names I can find in this thread. My network ID name is Eskimimi. I have added: Trousers BritishNervosos Romanista77 mrDavexxviii Bluecup Skeptobot Couldn't find any more IDs, so post me up or add mine if you have one xxx

Author:	Mimi [ Tue Jul 22, 2014 17:12 ]
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Did you put your ID up? We went through the thread and added all we could find, but couldn't find them all listed in a single post, so either let me know or add me

Author:	Hearthly [ Tue Jul 29, 2014 20:10 ]
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Currently working my way through Super Mario 3D World, I swear there's often more imagination and creativity crammed into a single short level than some games manage for their entire duration. It's hard to remember the last time videogames were just so joyous and, well, videogamey. If you've not chosen a console for this generation yet, and you've got a half-decent PC for other games (since XBone/PS4/PC are pretty much cross-platform this generation, plus you get all the cool indie stuff on PC) - I'd say get a Wii U. One of my mates at work is a rabid XBox fan, and even he's played out what he wanted to on XBone (Titanfall and Watchdogs, basically), concedes there's nothing much out until September now, and has bought a Wii U.

Author:	Hearthly [ Fri Aug 22, 2014 19:31 ]
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Snagged Rayman Legends for £11.99 in the Nintendo eShop sale, (thanks to Trousers for the heads-up!), fired it up for 'a quick look' and three hours later it's probably time to take a short break.... Not a Wii U exclusive of course this one, so feel free to enjoy on 360/X1/PS3/PS4 as well. Stunning game and just what I needed off the back of 100% completing DKC Tropical Freeze, some more sublime platforming capers Fuck me Nintendo's download servers are slow though.

Author:	Malc [ Tue Jul 22, 2014 15:58 ]
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/me sobs Malc

Author:	romanista [ Tue Jul 22, 2014 20:26 ]
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Request accepted. Mario power tennis virtual console qnd nes remix 2 currently

Author:	Hearthly [ Thu Jul 24, 2014 20:03 ]
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I got fully 60 hours out of DKC Tropical Freeze to 100% complete it - (all levels, all secret levels, all K levels, all KONG letters collected, all puzzle pieces collected, secret island unlocked and all levels completed on that with all puzzle pieces collected) - awesome game and one of the best pure videogames I've played in fucking yonks. I have now started on Super Mario 3D World, and intend to 100% complete that in the same sort of fashion. Total playtime in less than two months of Wii U ownership is over 100 hours, (according to its inbuilt stats tracker), and that's pretty much just off two games, DKCTF and Mario Kart 8. Nintendo have still got it!

Author:	romanista [ Thu Aug 28, 2014 17:59 ]
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is that still on? and can we do something online with it?

Author:	Hearthly [ Fri Aug 29, 2014 21:51 ]
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I have to compliment Trousers here on far better artwork than I managed. Handwritten messages to friends, what a genius touch. In other game news Rayman Legends is almost impossibly sumptuous, the 10/10 Eurogamer review called it an 'embarrassment of riches' and they're really not wrong, absolute videogaming joy that I'm just working my way through two or three levels per evening and totally maxing every one out on LUMS/TEENSIES to get the gold cup and scratchcard and also the full Teensies number as well. Rayman Legends is on every damn platform out there so if you haven't got it, get it. It makes shooting things in the face in 'Military Shooter #467' seem very, very dull and boring. Attachment: harry.JPG

Author:	Satsuma [ Fri Aug 29, 2014 21:55 ]
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I had to watch that Rayman video all over again cause it's bloody brilliant. I'll get Legends at some point in time (hopefully on the Vita).

Author:	Hearthly [ Sat Aug 30, 2014 9:08 ]
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There's only one 'music attack' level like that per world (there are six worlds) but the rest of the game is a treat as well, I unlocked a completely new game mode last night after god knows how many hours of play, I wasn't even expecting there to be anything extra, as there's so much going on already. (And it's not a case of quantity over quality either, every little piece of the game is exquisitely crafted and presented.) It does make very good use of the Wii U's gamepad, obviously they've worked around this for the other formats but the Murfy levels in particular I'm not sure how they've handled. (On these levels you manipulate the level itself using the gamepad screen, moving stuff around, tapping on stuff, tickling big enemies so they can't attack and things like that, the character actually auto-plays around what you're doing with the level. I suppose they just present these levels as 'normal' levels which you control in the usual way.) The game has been quite an unexpected treat for me, it really has. I was just taking a bit of a punt on it since it was only £12 in the sale, and it's turned out to be magnificent.

Author:	Hearthly [ Tue Sep 09, 2014 20:19 ]
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A mariachi take on Eye Of The Tiger awaits at the end of World 3. I actually had a bit of trouble with this level until I remembered it's a rhythm level, you can actually 'feel' what you're supposed to do as much as actually see it. I do so like this game.

Author:	Satsuma [ Fri Sep 19, 2014 10:59 ]
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Fatal Frame news. http://www.vg247.com/2014/09/19/fatal-f ... s-trailer/ I think someone here likes this.

Author:	Grim... [ Fri Sep 19, 2014 11:03 ]
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It's me! It's me!

Author:	myp [ Fri Sep 19, 2014 18:32 ]
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I do! And I do.

Author:	Satsuma [ Sat Sep 27, 2014 20:37 ]
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Why not ruin the new Fatal Frame by watching the first 30 minutes? http://www.vg247.com/2014/09/27/check-o ... ne-maiden/

Author:	romanista [ Wed Oct 01, 2014 9:30 ]
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our lego city save game (story completed, all buildings built, 62% orzo of te rest), is gone.. any idea if we can copy one of the owners here and use it?

Author:	Trousers [ Mon Dec 01, 2014 9:19 ]
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I have started playing Bayonetta 2. It is FUCKING amazing. I mean if you didn't like the first one then this is the sort of thing you won't like but if you DID like the first one then to miss out on this is the equivalent of missing out on the birth of your child, your football team coming back from 3-0 at half time and any episode 9 of Game of Thrones. Seriously though, in a less winding up of Zardoz manner, it's just joyful. It's an explosion of colour and cheesiness that should be overwhelming but isn't because it matches the over the top combat that requires more subtlety than you first appreciate. There's all sorts of nooks and crannies to explore. things to collect and some of the most imaginative enemy design I have ever seen in 30 odd years of gaming. I'm only on the third chapter but I don't want it to end.

Author:	Dr Lave [ Mon Dec 01, 2014 17:28 ]
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I got right to the end of the first on 360, but then my 360 died, so I'm replaying the whole of the first one again on WiiU but I'm getting tempted to skip it. The story is bobbins but I'm somehow loathed to not get closure.

Author:	romanista [ Fri Dec 26, 2014 17:30 ]
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Rayman legends half price this weekon the eShop Nice captain toad review on eg. Led me to rediscover mario v donkey kong.. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014- ... ker-review

Author:	Hearthly [ Fri Dec 26, 2014 17:47 ]
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Rayman Legends is an awesome game, I'd 100% recommend it to anyone who likes videogames in the purest sense of the word.

Author:	Hearthly [ Thu Jan 01, 2015 15:11 ]
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Mario Kart 8 is the best game of 2014 according to Eurogamer. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014- ... -year-2014 Also a few well deserved shout-outs to other wonderful Wii U games released this year. And a very fitting comment on the dire lack of quality control for other platforms.

Author:	Dr Zoidberg [ Thu Jan 01, 2015 15:23 ]
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Is the only difference between basic and premium versions now the storage capacity?

Author:	Hearthly [ Thu Jan 01, 2015 15:40 ]
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Dr Zoidberg wrote: Is the only difference between basic and premium versions now the storage capacity? I think you get a couple of other uninspiring bits and pieces with the premium. Even the premium has pretty paltry onboard storage (32GB), so you might be best off going for the basic and then just hanging a £30-£35 500GB hard drive out of the back of it. Depends what the difference in price is between the two I suppose, and also what sort of bundles you can get with included games.