Finished the story mode for New Super Mario Bros. U. 100% Completion with all coins found.
What a great game. I've always been most fond of the 2D iterations. This one is definitely up there with SMB3 and SMW. The one little nagging aspect is I think it borrowed maybe a little too much from those two games...

Still playing Nintendo Land in bursts. I just have a couple of the multiplayer games left to get stars on.

Hoping to see a new price reduction in the Sonic kart game or Tekken; I'd like to pick both of those up.

I hope the update for TVii (if it requires one) isn't as terrible as the previous ones have been.

Originally Posted by psunami TVii is being released tomorrow. http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/19/ni...ilable-dec-20/

I'm pretty curious to see how well it will integrate with my Uverse box.

I know that eshop games are tied to the system and can be played by any user, but what about prepaid cards. Can any user, use the balance, or just the one that entered the card? What about download history, can a second user go to the eshop and redownload stuff?

Originally Posted by theflicker I'm pretty curious to see how well it will integrate with my Uverse box.

Same here with my DirecTV box.

Will TVii do anything with basic antenna cable with no cable boxes? It would be really sick if we could record TV and to the Wii U 's hard drive and then play it back just like a DVR since basic cable doesn't come with a DVR and our household isn't interested in upgrading any time soon.

Originally Posted by SaraAB Will TVii do anything with basic antenna cable with no cable boxes? It would be really sick if we could record TV and to the Wii U 's hard drive and then play it back just like a DVR since basic cable doesn't come with a DVR and our household isn't interested in upgrading any time soon.

Not sure about the first question (which I'm curious about myself), but they've already said that the Wii U won't function as a DVR in any capacity.

Originally Posted by psunami TVii is being released tomorrow. http://www.joystiq.com/2012/12/19/ni...ilable-dec-20/

Apparently 90% of functionality is not available tomorrow. Way to go nintendo. So glad I returned this sorry ass console.

Originally Posted by screwkick Apparently 90% of functionality is not available tomorrow.

Mind dropping a link?

Originally Posted by screwkick Apparently 90% of functionality is not available tomorrow. Way to go nintendo. So glad I returned this sorry ass console.

Delayed tv functionality definitely has me regretting buying this video game console.

Would be nice to enable TVii to change my cable box AND my TV (since the remote option only controls one or the other at a time). Otherwise, I'll be interested to download and install it tomorrow, and check it out!

what does that even mean

Originally Posted by theflicker Delayed tv functionality definitely has me regretting buying this video game console.

Yeah, because the primary function of a video game console is TV functionality... (Yeah, I realize you are probably being sarcastic - but I know there are people that really feel this way). While TVii sounds nice in theory, it was not the slightest bit of a factor for me in deciding to purchase the Wii U. So while the delay is slightly annoying I don't see it as that big of a deal. If someone bought it just for TVii (or even as a primary factor), it seems like there are probably better options out there.

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Am I the only person who bought a WiiU who gives absolutely 0 s about TVii?

Originally Posted by RedvsBlue Am I the only person who bought a WiiU who gives absolutely 0 s about TVii?

I never knew about this TVii until Nintendo decided to make a big deal out of it. I'd equate it to Sony spending hours of their 'Wonder book' crap, instead of telling us about the Vita during E3.

I couldn't care less about it. However, we all know that they should really be working on improving the OS, instead of this useless feature (to me).
I know when I want to watch TV, and I have zero interest in turning on my Wii-u to help me do so.

Originally Posted by dragonjud I never knew about this TVii until Nintendo decided to make a big deal out of it. I'd equate it to Sony spending hours of their 'Wonder book' crap, instead of telling us about the Vita during E3. I couldn't care less about it. However, we all know that they should really be working on improving the OS, instead of this useless feature (to me). I know when I want to watch TV, and I have zero interest in turning on my Wii-u to help me do so.

Apparently the featured territory for Wonder Book is Europe, we're (U.S.) more of an afterthought.

Eh, at any rate, unless its part of a firmware update, I'm not even sure I'll download TVii. I don't have a cable box and I only have amazon instant streaming so it doesn't seem like TVii will even do much for me anyway.

Originally Posted by io Yeah, because the primary function of a video game console is TV functionality... (Yeah, I realize you are probably being sarcastic - but I know there are people that really feel this way). While TVii sounds nice in theory, it was not the slightest bit of a factor for me in deciding to purchase the Wii U. So while the delay is slightly annoying I don't see it as that big of a deal. If someone bought it just for TVii (or even as a primary factor), it seems like there are probably better options out there.

Good grief, excusing away features before they've even dropped is dumb. It's an important feature. Maybe not to you, but it is to Nintendo, which counts for something.

One of the big selling points -- and this is Nintendo's doing, not an interpretation -- of this console is that it is a kind of media center, in N's way of doing things. They've been actively promoting the ability to continue gaming on the tablet if/when someone decides they want to watch TV. Furthermore, the launch announcement devoted a lot of time to TVii, which is to say that it wasn't filler. (For an example of genuine filler, see N's enthusiasm over the Lego whatsit.)

So don't pretend like it doesn't matter just because it distorts the perception you feel others should have of the console. If Nintnendo's home consoles are restricted this generation to being purely first-party game machines, their goose is cooked in the home console market. They've got to succeed with something else, they need a foothold for the generation after this.

Good review for that weirdo SNESiimote controller. The shoulder buttons aren't as good as they could be, and it is NOT meant to be a Wii U Pro controller (I think there was confusion on branding because the review specifically points out that this was never actually advertised). However, the Wii U can sort of be tricked with the controller, so you can get away with using it with, say, New Super Mario Bros Wii U, something you can't actually do with the Classic Controller (as the Wii U sees it as a Wiimote).

However, apparently everything else is great about the controller, including the Dpad. I'm definitely going to pick one up now and try it out with Brawl.

I was pretty shocked to see the decent review for that controller. I really expected a let-down. I'm guessing it will get savaged by the public review-wise, though, since I expect a huge amount of people will assume it's a Wii U Pro Controller. I get what they tried to do, but it really needed to be clearer.

In regards to the media center thing... biggest pet peeve with the Wii U so far? The constant spinning noise (or the fan or whatever it is) when a disc is in. I've stayed away from using the Wii U as my Netflix box just because I'm too lazy to get up and take the disc out.

I thought about using it as my Netflix box but was annoyed that I couldn't navigate the system or other Netflix menus while videos played. I like to browse while stuff is on like I do with my iPad when I use it on my ps3.

Originally Posted by Strell Good review for that weirdo SNESiimote controller. The shoulder buttons aren't as good as they could be, and it is NOT meant to be a Wii U Pro controller (I think there was confusion on branding because the review specifically points out that this was never actually advertised). However, the Wii U can sort of be tricked with the controller, so you can get away with using it with, say, New Super Mario Bros Wii U, something you can't actually do with the Classic Controller (as the Wii U sees it as a Wiimote). However, apparently everything else is great about the controller, including the Dpad. I'm definitely going to pick one up now and try it out with Brawl.

This is fantastic news. I was hoping to use this in place of the teathered classic controller for Wii VC games.