F-Zero should be up soon...

>_<

Originally Posted by GHmanRON Picked up a Wii U today. I got the deluxe bundle with NSMBU. Man, that update was no joke!

Same. That update took over an hour at least to download. And the transfer process from Wii to Wii U..that's another beast, but it has the best progress animation ever with Pikmin picking up all of your channels/data and moving it into a rocket, blasting off to Wii U, then unloading it all on the Wii U.

Now I just need to wait for some games besides NSMBU and Nintendoland...

Originally Posted by KingBroly F-Zero should be up soon... >_<

I just turned on my WiiU hoping to DL it. Love the original FZero.

I'm starting to think Nintendo Land should have been included as a downloaded title with the system. It would have highlighted the benefit of having quick access to a full game on your console. Most of us understand that already, but it could maybe away others to download more.

Yeah it would be a great download - I just can't justify paying $60 for it when you can find it $40 new in stores.

Isn't that Monster Hunter demo going up soon? I've never played it before

F-Zero's up

Nintendoland as a download would have been great-but they would need a bigger base harddrive to really make that a success story.

[QUOTE=DK745;10500032]Same. That update took over an hour at least to download. And the transfer process from Wii to Wii U..that's another beast, but it has the best progress animation ever with Pikmin picking up all of your channels/data and moving it into a rocket, blasting off to Wii U, then unloading it all on the Wii U.QUOTE]

Ugh, I wish I could have enjoyed that properly.

My system transfer experience involved lots of crashing and crossed fingers, hoping that I had finally deleted the corrupt file, each of the dozen times I had to run it.

I suck at fzero. I remember sucking at fzero

So far I'm happy with my Wii U after one day. Seems really neat. Also enjoying the cheap games like Balloon Fight and F-Zero! Just need to wait for some quality console titles to come..I know they're coming though.

Has nintendo addressed why a number of the large 3rd party titles hitting now and later this year are skipping the wii u?
Is it hardware? The controller? Is it the install base? Is it simply the development cycle?

BioShock Infinite
Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2
Crysis 3
Dead Island Riptide
Dead Space 3
DmC
Grand Theft Auto V
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Metro Last Light
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Splinter Cell: Blacklist
Tomb Raider

I'm not trying to flame the system, and some of these still might hit the Wii U. But to me, this is a serious problem now and going forward.

Devlopers are lazy and don't feel like porting.

Some of those games have also been in development for a long time.

GTA still can make it to the Wii U. Crysis 3 has already been confirmed to work great on the Wii U and they would like to put it on the system, but they said they can't do it without a publisher.

So with the PS4 not being backwards compatible (last I heard - and not counting the "streaming" of which I remain skeptical) here's another reason why I had no qualms getting a Wii U at launch and yet will be hesitant to get a PS4 or Nextbox.

I knew that with the Wii U I'd be able to play nearly all of my old Wii content without the need for leaving the Wii hooked up. In fact, I could "upgrade" and get rid of my old Wii in the process. I haven't actually done that yet but given that it is a GC-compatible one I ought to be able to get $60-$75 for it.

With the PS4 (and probably Nextbox as well), I'll have to hold on to those old systems for sure. And we actually have 2 of each and I'll feel like I'll need to keep both (for the various kids). If their next systems were going to have BC I'd feel confidant getting rid of at least one soon and then getting the new system at launch. But as it is I will try to hold off. Unfortunately, my 360 fanboy son will probably want the next Xbox ASAP and I might not be able to avoid that purchase (as much as I would like to).

And sure, I tend to be in the camp of those who downplay backwards compatibility. After all, I still have the old reliable Gamecube hooked up so I never once played a GC game on the Wii. And I still have my PS2 hooked up but haven't used it in at least 3-4 years. But knowing that I won't be all that interested in most of the launch titles for either new system I figured older games will still get most of the playtime for the first couple of years (I didn't get either the 360 or PS3 at launch as I still had lots to play). But, for example, just today I needed to bust out Epic Mickey because my 5 year-old saw the newer game in the store this evening and wanted to play. It was easy as pie to put that in the Wii U and spin it up. Had the Wii U not had that capability I probably wouldn't have bothered (nor would I probably even have a Wii U now).

It is a small thing, but something Nintendo does right in any case.

(And note that I said "nearly all" of my Wii content because it appears the Wii Shop game "Lost Winds" did not transfer nor is available in my previous downloads on the Wii Shop. I was redownloading those games in preparation for the Wii U upgrade program and all the ones that were on the SD card as opposed to the Wii internal memory would not play until I redownloaded them).

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Yeah I love the fact that Nintendo has offered backwards compatibility for the Wii (gamecube support) and Wii U.

One area I'm not a fan of however is how they are handling downloadable content. What Sony has offered for PS1 games (ability to make one single purchase and and play these games on PSP, Vita, PS3, and most likely PS4) is fantastic. With Nintendo you have to buy the game twice if you want to play your NES game on your 3DS and Wii U.

In the long term if Sony can deliver on it's promise (ability to play digitally purchased PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4, etc games on any future device) it will definitely sway me to buying more digital content. Knowing that the content I buy will be accessible on any future device at no extra charge is something I applaud. I really hope Nintendo eventually adopts this model.

Assassins Creed 3 is awful. What a plodding, joyless, unfun game. I kept waiting for it to get better. Never did. I'll never know why I tortured myself all the way to the end.

Also it ing crashed on me multiple times. Had to unplug the wii u to restart.

Originally Posted by io (And note that I said "nearly all" of my Wii content because it appears the Wii Shop game "Lost Winds" did not transfer nor is available in my previous downloads on the Wii Shop. I was redownloading those games in preparation for the Wii U upgrade program and all the ones that were on the SD card as opposed to the Wii internal memory would not play until I redownloaded them).

http://www.gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=192888
Apparently transferring lostwinds has been a problem since launch

Originally Posted by moothemagiccow http://www.gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=192888 Apparently transferring lostwinds has been a problem since launch

Interesting - I figured there was just an issue with that one game and wasn't too upset about it. I doubt I'd ever play it again.

Originally Posted by antlp89 In the long term if Sony can deliver on it's promise (ability to play digitally purchased PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4, etc games on any future device) it will definitely sway me to buying more digital content. Knowing that the content I buy will be accessible on any future device at no extra charge is something I applaud. I really hope Nintendo eventually adopts this model.

Well, maybe I misheard or misunderstood - but I thought it was confirmed today that our PS3 digital purchases will not work on the PS4 since it will be a completely different architecture. Ie, no PS3 games will run on it except via that streaming method. Maybe that will work for some people, maybe it won't. But it isn't really on your system then any more. I was actually going to stop buying any more digital content from them because of that. But then again, my purchases have pretty much slowed down to a crawl anyway since PS+ keeps making things free that I already paid for .

Oh yeah, and I'm glad I checked here last night. I decided I could afford the 30 cents on Balloon Fight even if I never play it. I got that late last night before they put F-Zero up. I guess I'll get that now too. It is actually very nice that you can just charge the 30 cents and then not save your CC info. Correct me if I am wrong, but you cannot do such a thing on the allegedly superior PS3/360 online setups, right? Either they charge you in larger increments or hold on to your CC info forever. Of course, we have no way of knowing if Nintendo really deleted that info, but there you go... But maybe those systems have changed - I always use points cards for PS3/360. I was tempted to get one for the Wii U as well but I figured with all these oddball purchases (30 cents now, and $1 or whatever for the VC upgrades later) I'd never use any full $10 or $20 amount.

Yeah PS3 takes your card and keeps it until you delete it. It's stored by default.

Wii U asks to store the card every time you make a purchase. You are never required to store the card. It's simple, good security at least.

Not that eShop doesn't have its quirks.

The PS4 stuff seems odd. If there's some kind of system transfer it would be very strange. You'd be transferring games you can't play on PS4 onto a PS4.

Also it bugs the hell out of me that they bring a load of reporters into a room to watch trailers instead of asking pertinent questions like this.

Wow after hearing more about the PS4 and PSN compatibility it looks like purchases made on the PS3 will not transfer over to PS4...

If that is the case then I'm in the same boat as you and really have no desire to buy a PS4 (or vita for that matter) any time soon as the PS3 and PSP should last me a good couple more years.

Damn, that even makes Nintendo look good for allowing the transfer of Wii content to the Wii U at no extra cost.

Monster Hunter Demo is go!