I'm just going to assume Trousers is getting one, and go round for an evening on it.

I imagine the power consumption of the Wii-umote will provide adequate heating for a moderate sized house.

Being able to carry on playing on the super-o-pad when the missus arrives and demands the TV to watch (some crap with vampires/some crap with phony forensic investigations/some crap with wannabe superstars) is a great idea.

I'm surprised that Nintendo are promoting that so highly as a feature considering not all games will support it.

You mean that I won't 'be' 'the controller' in ALL my games with a Kinect?

Nintendo's next generation games console is almost certain to sell out immediately in the UK, with retail sources claiming that only 25,000 Wii U systems will be available on day one.

A retail source connected to the matter told CVG that the group does not have enough Wii U units to fulfill pre-orders.
The 25,000 figure they provided was then put to a distribution source working at a separate retailer, who said the number was "in line with our estimates".

However, a third source at another UK retail chain said his team was expecting the UK to receive "anything between 75,000 and 100,000 units during the launch period".

"What we don't know is whether this allocation will arrive on day one or be distributed across a number of weeks," he said.

Nintendo was unavailable for comment when approached by CVG.

I have absolutely zero interest in it currently.

If I end up getting a place of my own (you know because of *stuff*) then I might get one but then there's always food or heat to think about in that scenario.

Yes. I will probably get one. Shall we book something in?

I may well be dead inside, but even now, when I can actually start to see stuff in action, the WiiU hold zero interest for me

Slow install prompts consumers to reset, incapacitating machines

It has been reported that a mandatory firmware update for the Wii U requires up to 5GB of storage space, potentially leaving customers who bought an 8GB unit without enough room to install Nintendo Land. In addition, the update has been installing so slowly for some that customers have been resetting or powering down their Wii U before the process has finished, 'bricking' the console for good.

Ben Fritz, of the LA Times, tweeted a warning to consumers about unplugging or resetting during the update process, which he claims lasted over two hours.

"Warning: don't unplug your Wii U during the 2 hour plus software update or the console stops working."

Ben Fritz, LA Times, via Twitter.

Geoff Keighley, presenter of the Spike TV show GTTV, also tweeted about the update, giving the 5gb figure but reducing load times to about one hour.

"The Wii U firmware update is apparently about 5 gigs," wrote Keighley. "No wonder it takes about an hour+ to download."

Storage space on the flash memory-based Wii U is at a premium, as it is on any console without hard drive storage, so to immediately lose more than half of it to an enforced update would be a huge blow to new owners. Nintendo has been approached for clarification on the update's size and for advice for any customers experiencing problems.

[...]the os takes up 5 gigs on the system

Nintendo: the new Sony.

What on earth does the OS do that takes up 5 gig?

In two minds about cancelling my WiiU preorder. I haven't even had time/been arsed to play Halo 4 since getting it, and there's only really NSMBU that interests me at the moment. I assumed I'd be a lot more excited about it by now. I'm just not. I hope the Xbox 720 excites me a great deal more or I may have just lost interest in this malarky.

I only really Dark Souls these days. Although I've a couple of games on my Santa list.

I'd snap up a PS3 for £100, but not interested in anything else until the next Xbox.

Do you still have two on order, WTB?

That said, we find it hard to blame the developer here - we have seen generational leaps in CPU, GPU and RAM technology since the launch of the Xbox 360 seven years ago, and for the Wii U hardware to under-perform to this extent on such a crucially important game doesn't look good for future prospects.