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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.

Yeah, Nintendo games hold their value. I don't mind paying full price because they're almost without exception incredibly high quality. I have put 50+ hours into Mario Kart 8 so it's been worth every penny of the £40 I paid.

ah at least the follow up to sin and punishment is playable with the wii pro one.. that ashoukld be a good download then.. never played it, and loved the n64 one (on the virtual console)

@pod.. what;s your nintendo id? and i wanted to use my gamecube controller with mk8

and for 5€ i can buy 4 or 5 pints, so there's that.

I'm sure the developers earn way more money than me, and for 5€ i can buy 4 or 5 pints, so there's that.

romanista wrote:

@pod.. what;s your nintendo id? and i wanted to use my gamecube controller with mk8

If it's just after a name, it's "poddster". (possible capital P). If it's after some giant number like the wii: I have no idea. I'll look tonight.
EDIT: I just logged into "miiverse" via my browser with that. I can't add people via that, as someone else gave me their name to add. I'll have to wait until I am infront of the console to do it.

and for 5€ i can buy 4 or 5 pints, so there's that.

Poddster is soneone named lee

RuySan wrote:

and for 5€ i can buy 4 or 5 pints, so there's that.

Still the english often seem more drunk

For all of its failings, the Wii U has consistently hosted the best games this generation has had to offer so far. Its appeal comes down in part to its outsider status, of course - everyone loves the underdog, especially one hobbled with something as unwieldy as a GamePad around its neck and with an adorable little limp - but the adoration thrown its way comes down mostly to its incredible software library.

My only concern is this:

Animal Crossing has not yet been announced.

Bring that out and we're all good.

Author:	Satsuma [ Thu Jan 01, 2015 16:26 ]
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What's the space problem again? Just downloaded games or does each disc based game take up some space too?

Author:	Mr Dave [ Thu Jan 01, 2015 16:41 ]
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I have had no space issues with the premium.

Author:	LewieP [ Thu Jan 01, 2015 16:41 ]
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Patches and saves use that space too, but they are typically pretty tiny. Similarly download games that aren't also available on disc are typically quite small, as are Virtual Console games. But if you want to download any retail games, they can get pretty chunky. For instance, on a premium Wii U with nothing else on it, you can't fit both Bayonetta & Bayonetta 2 on it at the same time. Considering Nintendo have done a few promotions where you get a free download of a retail game, I'd expect that many users would find 8gb or 32gb far too small. As such it doesn't really matter too much which model you go for, since you'll need extra storage anyway. Biggest annoyance for me is that it has an SD card slot but you can't store games on an SD card, it's primarily there for backwards compatibility. You need either a pen drive or a USB hard drive.

Author:	Dr Zoidberg [ Thu Jan 01, 2015 16:45 ]
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I've got the original Wii in the loft so I'm sorted for wiimotes and a sensor bar anyway.

Author:	Hearthly [ Thu Jan 01, 2015 17:16 ]
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Yeah I chose Pikmin3 as my download game when I bought my console, and also bought Rayman Legends as a digitial download in a sale, add on the odd piece of DLC and system update and suchlike, and 32GB starts to look small pretty quickly. If you're intending to run games entirely from disc then 32GB will probably do you, but if you're thinking of downloading more than a handful of games, you'll need some extra storage. You can plug any hard drive into one of the USB ports, and portable 500GB drives can be had for about £32 at the moment.

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Author:	Dr Lave [ Fri Jan 02, 2015 20:40 ]
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LewieP wrote: 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. Nope. No sensor bar, nor console stand.

Author:	myp [ Sun Jan 04, 2015 13:12 ]
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Assuming this is you, Trousers. Good work! http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015- ... es-of-2014

Author:	Trousers [ Tue Jan 06, 2015 8:49 ]
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Yes that's me. As a result of this new found fame you will see me on Celebrity Big Brother starting on Wednesday. Also I love Bayonetta 2 really hard but then I got an Xbone so I have been distracted by the shiny. Always distracted by the shiny.

Author:	zaphod79 [ Wed Jan 14, 2015 17:04 ]
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Todays Nintendo direct announced that you can now buy digital downloads of Wii games for the Wii-U Mario Galaxy 2 / Metroid Prime / etc are £9 each http://savygamer.co.uk/2015/01/14/super ... ii-u-8-99/ http://kotaku.com/wii-games-will-finall ... 1679424895 Quote: 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:	LewieP [ Wed Jan 14, 2015 18:33 ]
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Shame that they're not really enhanced in any way, but it's still real nice. The initial announced lineup is of pretty high caliber, too.

Author:	Satsuma [ Thu Jan 15, 2015 22:27 ]
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Hang about, is WiiU getting Xenoblade Chronicles X and 3DS getting the original Xenoblade Chronicles? Just watched a video on the 3DS and the music brings back so many memories. If you ain't play it on Wii then you lucky 3DS owners are in for a treaty treat for your brain, eyes and ear holes in your face.

Author:	Dr Lave [ Thu Jan 15, 2015 22:37 ]
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Picked up driveclub today and mario Galaxy 2. The former for the graphics and the later to have on my dashboard, in the hope I final finish it. Interestingly, mario finds your original wii save. That and it looks bloody gorgous. It blew me away more Than drive club. I know it's not upscaled or anything, but the dofference just coming through a digital cable rather than RGB scart is huge. Bye bye fuzz.

Author:	Hearthly [ Fri Jan 16, 2015 1:26 ]
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Do you need one of those Wii-Mote things (or whatever they were called) to play these games? I just have the screen-gamepad-contraption that came with my Wii-U, (I got the premium so I have the sensor bar thingy, but I have nothing it can actually sense), will that work? The game I'm really interested in is Donkey Kong Country Returns, as Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze was a thing of pure majesty, but I'd like to be able to play it using the Wii-U pad rather than having to (a) Procure a 'Wii-Mote' from somewhere and (b) Waggle it around at my telly to play a Donkey Kong Country game.

Author:	LewieP [ Fri Jan 16, 2015 2:38 ]
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The downloadable Wii games are literally just the original game running in the backwards compatible mode, so it's not surprising that it picks up your old save. It's not just the cable that makes the difference though, it's also being upscaled to 1080p by the console, rather than the TV, which typically has slightly better results. If you prefer, you can achieve similar results via homebrew, and you can even easily rip discs to SD card. Wii games natively, and even Gamecube games via Nintendont. What is nice is that downloadable Wii games which supported the classic controller can be played with the Wii U Gamepad (which can't currently be done with homebrew). Although most Wii games don't support the classic controller. Edit: You need a Wii Remote & Nunchuck to play the vast majority of Wii games, whether the disc version or these new downloadable versions. Only potential downloadable versions of games listed here won't require a Wii Remote. The only announced downloadable titles that support the classic controller are Pandora's Tower & Sin & Punishment: Star Successor, with no date announced so far. Donkey Kong Country Returns will require a Wii Remote. It is nice that the announced selection so far is almost entirely games that are pretty hard to track down the disc versions of at a vaguely reasonable price. Although this is also probably them picking games that have the most demand.

Author:	romanista [ Fri Jan 16, 2015 10:13 ]
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mario galay did support the gamepad didn't it? anyway, just borrowed mg2 from my sisterinlaw, so now can return it and have it cheap on my dashboard.. yeah! http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015- ... ii-u-eshop for 9 euros i might try donkey kong country too.

Author:	romanista [ Sun Jan 18, 2015 17:14 ]
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Bought mg2. And we apent the whole afternoon laughing at the yoshi easts hot pepper level. Hilarious.

Author:	romanista [ Mon Feb 09, 2015 16:50 ]
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that's all using nintendont i suppose? https://gbatemp.net/threads/nintendont.349258/ it seems awfully easy to install.. no weird hacks like the Zelda one on the wii?

Author:	LewieP [ Fri Jan 16, 2015 11:11 ]
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Both Mario Galaxy games are specifically designed around using a remote & nunchuck, and thus require one. There's a whole bunch of sections that require use of the on screen pointer in both games. Plus the accelerometer/waggle is used a lot too, partly for the spin jump (although that could theoretically be mapped to a button) but also for the levels where you are rolling on a ball or riding the manta ray thing. The list of classic controller compatible games I linked to is complete.

Author:	Pod [ Fri Jan 16, 2015 11:23 ]
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I bought a Wii U last friday on a whim as it was £200 for the premium + Mario Kart 8. I have no idea if that's a rip or not, but I checked around a bit I couldn't do matter, especially consider I bought a few games at the same time. The console is fun and I quite like this little screen as it means I can play games whilst poopin', but bugger me if the games aren't expensive. Before this I had a 360 and I basically only had 2 games on it (Mass Effect 1 and SWOS, which I basically bought the console for and was DISSAPOINTED with), so I'm unaccustomed to non-PC prices. I also wanted to use my old gamecube controllers with Smash brothers, but the adapter is like a million quid. Even the cheapy 3rd party ones are expensive as you have to import them via play-asia and they take about a month to get here. What a rip. (I still bought a 3rd part one for £20 from ebay as someone has clearly imported a bunch and selling them at a slight markup). Even years old Wii games still cost like £30+. Also: The eShop is a bit shit and I can't even use it via a browser on a PC? WHY NOT? Get with the times, Nintendo. I want a Steam style webshop plz. Anyway: I downloaded Mario Galaxy 2 as I've been wanting to play that for a while, but it doesn't seem to support the Gamepad? You have to have a wiimote plugged in to actually start the game, and then on the menu screen you can't "press A" or anything on the Gamepad. Disappointing, as I find controlling things with the wiimote a bit annoying. edit: Just read LewieP's post. I thought the spin could be put on another button, but if there's other uses for the pointer I guess I'll just have to suck it up. Why does each game individual have to opt in to these controllers? It's the same damn buttons! Is there no abstraction layer? ** I also want to play 3d Mario, but it's £45 :/

Author:	myp [ Fri Jan 16, 2015 11:27 ]
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Yeah, Nintendo games hold their value. I don't mind paying full price because they're almost without exception incredibly high quality. I have put 50+ hours into Mario Kart 8 so it's been worth every penny of the £40 I paid.

Author:	Pod [ Fri Jan 16, 2015 11:42 ]
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Future Warrior wrote: Yeah, Nintendo games hold their value. I don't mind paying full price because they're almost without exception incredibly high quality. I have put 50+ hours into Mario Kart 8 so it's been worth every penny of the £40 I paid. I can see me and the girlfriend sinking a lot of time into Mario Kart 8, and it's also useful when people come over (though: I wish it did 5 player!), so that's basically going to stay around forever in my house. However something like Captain Toad Treasure Tracker, which cost me £30, I think I might trade in when I'm done with it in order to recoup expenses. Where's "best" to trade games in these days, and the best place to buy second hand games? Cex? GAME? One downside to PC downloaded games is that once you're done with them you're stuck with them, but it's usually not a problem as you only paid £2.50/£11/£25 or whatever. So I'm not sure how keen I'll be on the eShop. I bought Mario Galaxy 2 as it was only £8, and I also bought Toki Tori 2 for about £8 as well. But I don't think I'll be buying full price stuff. Especially not e.g. Mario 3d for £49.99. ps: Captain Toad Treasure Tracker is a great game and it really does look lovely. I've done Book 1 so far, though I didn't 100% every level. Toki Tori 2 is also really recommended if you can get it cheap. (I had to buy 3 other games for 80p each to get 60% of TT2, overall price was like £9?). I played a bit of TT1 on PC and it's a bit crap. It's just a generic lemmings+platformer style game that you'd expect to see on Android. (And I think it works surprisingly well on the gamepad as a toilet game). But TT2 is a really cool little metroidvania puzzle game + nature experience thing which is nice and relaxing to play but does require a bit of thought to get into areas you usually wouldn't

Author:	LewieP [ Fri Jan 16, 2015 12:20 ]
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This is a little out of date now, but the basic principle still applies, since GAME have adopted the policy following the closure of Gamestation. GAME will match and then add a pound on top of whatever CEX's trade in value is. Although with high value Nintendo stuff, you are probably best using ebay or similar to sell it.

Author:	myp [ Fri Jan 16, 2015 12:48 ]
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I bought Super Mario 3D World for £30 when it was discounted on the eShop recently. It was cheaper than in the shops and I wouldn't trade it back in anyway. I would never buy a digital copy for £50, no.

Author:	LewieP [ Fri Jan 16, 2015 12:53 ]
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If you are interested in digital copies of Wii U games, they are sometimes a little bit cheaper via GAME's website. Usually not a huge difference, but enough that it's worth checking there first.

Author:	romanista [ Fri Jan 16, 2015 14:24 ]
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ah at least the follow up to sin and punishment is playable with the wii pro one.. that ashoukld be a good download then.. never played it, and loved the n64 one (on the virtual console) @pod.. what;s your nintendo id? and i wanted to use my gamecube controller with mk8

Author:	RuySan [ Fri Jan 16, 2015 14:59 ]
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I really like Nintendo stuff, but after the Gamecube and Wii i won't be bothered with their stuff again. The games are just too expensive. Yes, they're high quality, but so are Dark Souls and Metal Gear Rising, and each one cost me less than 5€.

Author:	myp [ Fri Jan 16, 2015 15:13 ]
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It's an interesting viewpoint, certainly. I would probably say that the developers deserve more than the price of a pint for the hours of entertainment I get from their games, but each to their own. I guess your viewpoint is why piracy is so rife.

Author:	LewieP [ Fri Jan 16, 2015 15:54 ]
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It's not so much the initial price that's the problem with Nintendo games, it's also that they depreciate in value extremely slowly. Plenty of games are still at or near full price even years after release. Granted, this is because their games aren't marketed on being the hot new thing with shiny graphics, but have lasting appeal, whereas lots of games on other platforms are far more disposable. Prime example of this is Mario Kart, where every entry in the series sells and sells throughout the console's lifetime. For me? I think it is quality worth paying for, and I'm happy to pay a premium for games that are never shipped unfinished, not filled with grind to help flog "optional" microtransactions, and not had core content gutted to sell as separate DLC.

Author:	RuySan [ Fri Jan 16, 2015 16:10 ]
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Myp, do you always have to be so obnoxious with your posts? Am i supposed to feel ashamed to buy these games on sale? Silly me for not having the blind luck of being born on a country with high wages. I'm sure the developers earn way more money than me, and for 5€ i can buy 4 or 5 pints, so there's that.

Author:	Pod [ Fri Jan 16, 2015 16:26 ]
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romanista wrote: ah at least the follow up to sin and punishment is playable with the wii pro one.. that ashoukld be a good download then.. never played it, and loved the n64 one (on the virtual console) @pod.. what;s your nintendo id? and i wanted to use my gamecube controller with mk8 If it's just after a name, it's "poddster". (possible capital P). If it's after some giant number like the wii: I have no idea. I'll look tonight. EDIT: I just logged into "miiverse" via my browser with that. I can't add people via that, as someone else gave me their name to add. I'll have to wait until I am infront of the console to do it. RuySan wrote: and for 5€ i can buy 4 or 5 pints, so there's that. That's like 0.9 Guinness around here.

Author:	Grim... [ Fri Jan 16, 2015 17:05 ]
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RuySan wrote: I'm sure the developers earn way more money than me, and for 5€ i can buy 4 or 5 pints, so there's that. Fuck.

Author:	romanista [ Sun Jan 18, 2015 17:28 ]
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Pod wrote: romanista wrote: @pod.. what;s your nintendo id? and i wanted to use my gamecube controller with mk8 If it's just after a name, it's "poddster". (possible capital P). If it's after some giant number like the wii: I have no idea. I'll look tonight. EDIT: I just logged into "miiverse" via my browser with that. I can't add people via that, as someone else gave me their name to add. I'll have to wait until I am infront of the console to do it. Poddster is soneone named lee RuySan wrote: and for 5€ i can buy 4 or 5 pints, so there's that. Still the english often seem more drunk

Author:	RuySan [ Sun Jan 18, 2015 20:12 ]
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RuySan wrote: and for 5€ i can buy 4 or 5 pints, so there's that. Still the english often seem more drunk[/quote] Yes. An extreme example is scandinavia, where alcohol is not only very expensive, but also full of legal limitations, yet people have a difficult relation with it. Here in the south, it's so cheap and everywhere that we don't make much fuss of it.

Author:	Pod [ Tue Jan 20, 2015 21:43 ]
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romanista wrote: Poddster is soneone named lee That's a me! Quote: RuySan wrote: and for 5€ i can buy 4 or 5 pints, so there's that. Still the english often seem more drunk We need to drink away the misery of high drink prices. I bought one of these as I want to play 8 player Smash Bros. It's arrived and works fine in local 2 player. I'm hoping it performs just as well with 4 controllers + 3 wii motes + gamepad all mashing away.

Author:	DavPaz [ Tue Jan 20, 2015 21:55 ]
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Now you just need 7 people to play with!

Author:	romanista [ Tue Jan 20, 2015 22:35 ]
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Thos looks nice too. http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/251719348476 But just smash bros isn't it? I would love mk8 with my :wub: wavebird :wub:

Author:	LewieP [ Wed Jan 21, 2015 0:03 ]
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Smash Bros is currently the only supported game, although you can also use it for backward compatibility with basically all Gamecube games via homebrew if you like.