Every one of those Miiverse messages on the plaza screen are drawn so nicely. After Christmas I expect the illustration quality to drop significantly.

Originally Posted by Lyth Anyone want to do me a favour? It's pretty tricky to pick up a Wii U in China. I've tried a website called "Taobao" which is like eBay, but all of the sellers on there speak Chinese, and mine is quite limited. Plus, all Wii U's are about $400-$500 for the Basic Model. If someone could pick me up a Wii U 8GB White model (US version) and ship it to me, I'd be thankful. Obviously, I'd pay. I have paypal, and everything. If this is against the rules to ask, let me know. I plan on sticking around these forums, so I hope to not get in trouble.

Stating this: If someone is interested in doing this favor for me, we could estimate shipping to China. If it's too expensive, then we could have it sent to my house in Canada instead. That way, it'd be there for when I return.

Amazon Instant Video is now live.

Just received my walmart wii U deluxe preorder today and got it all set up (minus wii transfer).

Did some Super Mario Bros U. Other games that I got are.

Nintendo Land (from deluxe...)
Ninja Gaiden: Razor's Edge
Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper

So far everything seem pretty cool. Nintendo in HD! woohooo!

Originally Posted by KillerRamen Amazon Instant Video is now live.

Looks like YouTube is as well. I wasn't expecting all these video apps so soon. Awesomeness.

I got, played and beat Little Inferno last night... It's a very strange game, but I think it's worth a look if you really liked World of Goo. The game itself isn't nearly as good as World of Goo, but it has a pretty interesting story. However, I do not think it's worth $15.

The youtube app is TERRIBLE.

Loving Nintendoland and NSMB:U.

Still getting a little frustrated with my console. Seem to have at least one lock up per day. Today it was trying to go into the Shop Channel.

Originally Posted by KingBroly The youtube app is TERRIBLE.

Agreed. The controls are unresponsive and I can't even watch a video. Don't bother downloading yet, folks.

Prime Instant Video works fine, though. Briefly watched The Terminator.

Originally Posted by KingBroly The youtube app is TERRIBLE.

Originally Posted by evergoo Agreed. The controls are unresponsive and I can't even watch a video. Don't bother downloading yet, folks. Prime Instant Video works fine, though. Briefly watched The Terminator.

Yeah, YouTube is far superior on the browser. I don't see the point of even putting the app out like this, besides just being able to say they have a YouTube app.

The WiiU is starting to feel like it is quickly becoming split between those that see the many faults and those that want to overlook them to enjoy their new purchase.

Originally Posted by BlueLobstah I didn't see a code in my box, and I only got 160 coins for registration. The Club Nintendo site shows 160 coins for both the base model and deluxe model, so looks like there is no additional points earned for buying the deluxe model.

I didn't check the last few pages if anyone commented but to clarify you get a survey for Nintendoland after a week of registering the system worth 50 points.

Finally sat down to play some NintendoLand(Mario hasn't arrived yet). Not too impressed yet. Gave the F-Zero, Octopus, Mario, Pikmin & Donkey Kong minigames a spin. Donkey Kong was the only fun one, IMO. Also kind pointless having a 120" screen when the whole game is played on the tablet.

All the motion is annoying and definitely not going to win over anyone that tired of it on the Wii.

Originally Posted by ZForce915 The WiiU is starting to feel like it is quickly becoming split between those that see the many faults and those that want to overlook them to enjoy their new purchase.

Finding faults is justified when you're dropping $400-$500 on a new system plus a game or two.

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I managed to buy a Wii U 8GB white model from Futureshop.ca. Got some questions though:

1) I'm not getting NintendoLand (might try to pick it up later when it's cheaper, and used). Am I missing out on something big, revolutionary, etc? (People are comparing it to Mario 64 and such!)

2) What games would you suggest? I'm planning on getting The New Super Mario Bros Wii U, and ZombiU.

Originally Posted by Lyth I managed to buy a Wii U 8GB white model from Futureshop.ca. Got some questions though: 1) I'm not getting NintendoLand (might try to pick it up later when it's cheaper, and used). Am I missing out on something big, revolutionary, etc? (People are comparing it to Mario 64 and such!) 2) What games would you suggest? I'm planning on getting The New Super Mario Bros Wii U, and ZombiU.

Scribblenauts is pretty good I head definitely in for it.

Gf and I are currently in line for Old Navy's NSMB U deal. There are 48 copies and we're in the top 15. 2.5 more hours to go!

Originally Posted by Lyth I managed to buy a Wii U 8GB white model from Futureshop.ca. Got some questions though: 1) I'm not getting NintendoLand (might try to pick it up later when it's cheaper, and used). Am I missing out on something big, revolutionary, etc? (People are comparing it to Mario 64 and such!) 2) What games would you suggest? I'm planning on getting The New Super Mario Bros Wii U, and ZombiU.

It's a fun game, but I don't think you're missing out on anything major. It's more of a Wii Sports type thing with lots of fun mini games that showcase the capabilities of the new controller. You'll probably be able to find it for cheap in the coming months once people start trading it in. It will be the most common Wii U game after all.

I got New Super Mario Bros U, Nintendo Land, Assassin's Creed III and Little Inferno. Assassin's Creed III is good, but from my understanding it's the same as the 360/PS3 versions except it uses the Game Pad as a map. Little Inferno is interesting, but it's pretty hard for me to recommend at the $15 price point.

Aside from that, I'm interested in Scribblenauts Unlimited. Also, Rayman Legends and Pikmin 3 may not have made launch day, but they're still scheduled to come sometime within the "launch window." I think those two are going to be the next must have games for the system.

Hmm, I'll definitely check out some scribblenauts gameplay videos.

I've heard some people complaining about the launch price, as it's "too expensive", which I laugh at.

For us Canadian's, it's only $20 more expensive than the Wii launch. For American's, it's $50 more. That's not a lot of money. The 360, and PS3 were much more expensive than that at launch. The 360 was $300 in US, and $400 in Canada, at launch, and the PS3 was $500 in US and $550 in Canada.

It's nice to see a equal price launch with the Wii U. Meaning, it's the same price in the US as it is in Canada. Equality.

I think the price is justified too. It's the first console of the new generation of gaming, just like the 360 was.


EDIT: I see online that some people are complaining about the graphics of ZombiU and the New Mario game. I think it's somewhat appalling. ZombiU looks AMAZING (reminds me of condemned + left 4 dead). It's on par with PS3 and 360, and the atmosphere/lighting effects are far above the 2 aforementioned consoles as well. The new mario game looks great, and isn't meant to a graphics powerhouse. It's simply mario, in HD.

Originally Posted by evergoo Gf and I are currently in line for Old Navy's NSMB U deal. There are 48 copies and we're in the top 15. 2.5 more hours to go!

Hmmm... I decided not to try for that after hearing tales of previous video game promos where they only had 5 or 10 copies. Oh well... How many more people (roughly speaking of course) are behind you at this point?

My network adapter arrived from Amazon yesterday (the Nyko one for $16.xx). Man, is that night and day. I was finally able to finish my Wii transfer. Hooking that thing up to the Wii made it perform like I had never seen a Wii perform since launch. It didn't take 5 minutes to start up the Wii Shop channel. Downloading the Wii Transfer App took seconds instead of erroring out 5 or 6 times before finally working (as most other downloads have for me in the past). It was remarkable. I mena, I had pretty much stopped buying anything or using any Wii apps because of the crappy Wifi connection. And I'll add here (for the third or fourth time) that other devices hooked to my network in the same location work just fine.

Anyway, I then moved the network adapter over to the Wii U and wow, friend requests came in, the Mii Verse thing actually did something, and of course the Wii Transfer was then completed with only one hiccup. The first time I put the SD card in it told me it had a problem and to insert the correct card or some such nonsense. Since that was the one I used and my Wii was now erased that pretty much freaked me out. But I just ejected it and put it back in and it worked the second time. Whew...

I guess I have to redownload Wii games that were on my old SD card. I popped that in and it while it sees them there it won't play them. Kind of stupid but whatever - I can now redownload them without much hassle for the first time in a long time. My Wii Shop history and points (I had no idea I had 1600 sitting on there!) transfered no problem.

One strange thing - it told me that amongst other things (like the Metroid Preview Channel) that Lost WInds would not transfer over. That is kind of odd - I thought all WiiWare games would transfer. What's the deal with that one? I never finished it but I'd probably never play it again so no big deal I suppose.

Oh yeah, and I think I will try to pick up Scribblenauts. It is too bad none of the Wii games (besides NBA 2K13 and Darksiders II) were part of the BF deals. I want to pick it up but not for $50. I played the original DS game but never got too far. But I could just see my 2 and 5 year olds being amused to no end by that game and having the TV to display the results makes it much more accessible to them.

Originally Posted by io Hmmm... I decided not to try for that after hearing tales of previous video game promos where they only had 5 or 10 copies. Oh well... How many more people (roughly speaking of course) are behind you at this point? My network adapter arrived from Amazon yesterday (the Nyko one for $16.xx). Man, is that night and day. I was finally able to finish my Wii transfer. Hooking that thing up to the Wii made it perform like I had never seen a Wii perform since launch. It didn't take 5 minutes to start up the Wii Shop channel. Downloading the Wii Transfer App took seconds instead of erroring out 5 or 6 times before finally working (as most other downloads have for me in the past). It was remarkable. I mena, I had pretty much stopped buying anything or using any Wii apps because of the crappy Wifi connection. And I'll add here (for the third or fourth time) that other devices hooked to my network in the same location work just fine. Anyway, I then moved the network adapter over to the Wii U and wow, friend requests came in, the Mii Verse thing actually did something, and of course the Wii Transfer was then completed with only one hiccup. The first time I put the SD card in it told me it had a problem and to insert the correct card or some such nonsense. Since that was the one I used and my Wii was now erased that pretty much freaked me out. But I just ejected it and put it back in and it worked the second time. Whew... I guess I have to redownload Wii games that were on my old SD card. I popped that in and it while it sees them there it won't play them. Kind of stupid but whatever - I can now redownload them without much hassle for the first time in a long time. My Wii Shop history and points (I had no idea I had 1600 sitting on there!) transfered no problem. One strange thing - it told me that amongst other things (like the Metroid Preview Channel) that Lost WInds would not transfer over. That is kind of odd - I thought all WiiWare games would transfer. What's the deal with that one? I never finished it but I'd probably never play it again so no big deal I suppose. Oh yeah, and I think I will try to pick up Scribblenauts. It is too bad none of the Wii games (besides NBA 2K13 and Darksiders II) were part of the BF deals. I want to pick it up but not for $50. I played the original DS game but never got too far. But I could just see my 2 and 5 year olds being amused to no end by that game and having the TV to display the results makes it much more accessible to them.

I'm glad it worked for you! I knew you were quite frustrated with the Wii U at launch, due to connectivity problems. It's nice to see that, the device solved that.

I'm also glad to hear that the adapter came so quickly for you. Would have been a shame to wait a week or two, while your Wii U is sitting offline.

If I was you, I'd contact Nintendo about the fact that some games won't transfer. They might have a solution.

Happy gaming!