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Originally Posted by KingBroly Yup, that's some catchy music.

Don't.

Don't do this. Don't weaken my resolve.

Boo.

Nintendo TVii delayed to provide “a great experience for consumers”

November 16th, 2012 Posted in News, Posted by Valay, Wii U | No Comments » Nintendo delivered an unexpected surprise today. Earlier today, the company announced that the Wii U’s Nintendo TVii application would not be ready for the console’s launch. The new plan is to have it ready to go in December.
Nintendo TVii was widely expected to be available on day-one. So why the delay? According to Nintendo, the move was made to provide “a great experience for consumers”.
Nintendo assures consumers that the app will be released as soon as possible next month.

Damn, I'm not one to go strictly by reviews, but Epic Mickey 2 is getting pretty slammed, so I think I'll pass on that. Scribblenauts Unlmited is getting really good reviews so I think I'll pick that up.

Originally Posted by Strell Don't. Don't do this. Don't weaken my resolve.

Chip tune. And orchestrated. Melts your brain.

Originally Posted by Erad30 Damn, I'm not one to go strictly by reviews, but Epic Mickey 2 is getting pretty slammed, so I think I'll pass on that. Scribblenauts Unlmited is getting really good reviews so I think I'll pick that up.

Damn, really? The first game had so much potential only flawed by the controls and camera. You would think that would have been easy to build on.

Originally Posted by Corvin Damn, really? The first game had so much potential only flawed by the controls and camera. You would think that would have been easy to build on.

It seems like they fixed the camera, but tried to approach it in a completely different way this time around.

And the Wii U update is out, but it's taking [b]FOREVER[b] to download.

Just read Nintendo's statment on use of flash based drives. It really scares me. They obviously have no freaking clue about modern flash drives. Makes you wonder about them. A tech based company that makes an asinine statement about tech.

What the heck happened to this.company. I really hope this is the first step back in the right direction.

Sony with their horrible handling of the vita(travesty, its such a good little system), Microsoft and all their weird ideas( how is it Kinect integration is worse than ever? MS Point are STILL around?).....gaming industry may be in a downward spiral

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/...he-wii-u-eshop

- Devs set their own prices

- Devs can have sales whenever they want

- Devs don't have to pay fees for patches

Originally Posted by KingBroly - Devs don't have to pay fees for patches

MS can really learn from this

Originally Posted by KingBroly http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/...he-wii-u-eshop - Devs set their own prices - Devs can have sales whenever they want - Devs don't have to pay fees for patches

Awsome! I've spent a couple hundred on the virtual console so hopefully the eshop gives much more to spend on.

Some guy's livestreaming.. Shop channel looks nice

http://www.own3d.tv/messaffect/live/400562

Originally Posted by 6er MS Point are STILL around?)l

So are Nintendo points.

It should be going on sale in half an hour on the east coast.

I'm currently looking for stores that might have midnight launches in my area. I'll go to a Super-Walmart if I can't find anything. (always open at midnight)

Wii U review is going live on Kotaku in 13 minutes. Zombie U reviews are embargoed until tomorrow morning (I'm hearing around 9am est)

For you guys going for your wiiu at midnight, I would like to know what stores have a lot of games. Looking to get Mario today, but I want to go a store with the best chances of finding it.

So, can anyone fill me in on the deal with existing Wii Points on the Wii you use to transfer to the Wii U? Do they convert to cash values for the Wii U shop or what? They said they would carry over but I don't see how. Do they just carry over for the old Wii shop and you can still use that on the Wii U? And can you still redeem Wii Points cards on the Wii U version of the Wii shop? If that is the case, I don't need to hassle with dumping points on my old Wii before transferring it. Basically I need to know if I have to do that with the 3-4 Wii Points cards I have laying around.

And I assume you pretty much have to transfer a Wii over first thing when you boot up the Wii U, right? Otherwise I would think the Miis and accounts would get all screwed up. I won't be picking mine up from GS until tomorrow afternoon and probably not setting it up till late Sunday night, so it would be nice to know all of this in advance and I figure the info will be out there before I have to deal with it.

OK, Nintendo actually has info up for this now (they didn't a few days ago):


What will transfer:

• Downloaded Wii games (WiiWare, Virtual Console) • Wii, WiiWare, and Virtual Console saved game data 1 • Purchased Add-on content for Wii games Wii Shop Channel data • Existing Wii Points 2 • Wii Shop Channel usage records Other data • Mii characters 3

And that '2' footnote after Wii Points says "Wii Points will be carried over to the Wii Shop Channel, accessed only in Wii mode. If you have more than 10,000 Wii Points, the transfer will not occur.".

So I'm guessing you can continue to redeem Wii Points cards on the Wii Shop when running in Wii mode. The Wii U shop will be a whole different thing. Kind of disappointing, but it was to be expected.

But here's one thing I'm not clear on. Will your Miis from the Wii only go into the "Wii mode" version of the console, or will they also go to the Wii U? It isn't a big deal since I can always remake them, but it is odd they aren't clear on that. Footnote '3' seems to indicate they aren't brought to the Wii U ("Mii characters will move to the Mii Channel within Wii mode.").

Managed to pick up a Basic Wii U set at a Walmart near me. I went around 11:15 pm. I was the sixth person in line, and that store had only gotten six units in stock. 4 Deluxe sets and 2 Basic sets. I would have preferred a Deluxe set, naturally, but I'm beginning to get the impression that this system might be just as supply constrained as the original Wii through the holidays. The scuttlebutt from the other people in line was that most stores would be getting similar sized shipments, and that there were already lines forming in front of some of those stores for the 8:00 AM opening.

I'm going to chalk this up as a lucky break for now.

By the way, since the Deals thread on Wii U preorders will get closed up soon, I changed the title of this thread to make it reflect that this is more of a general discussion thread. I just hope all the anti-Nintendo trolls don't descend on here like they did on the preorder thread. I told them to make their own discussion thread about how much the Wii U sucks and isn't for hardcore gamers if they want.

Originally Posted by io But here's one thing I'm not clear on. Will your Miis from the Wii only go into the "Wii mode" version of the console, or will they also go to the Wii U? It isn't a big deal since I can always remake them, but it is odd they aren't clear on that. Footnote '3' seems to indicate they aren't brought to the Wii U ("Mii characters will move to the Mii Channel within Wii mode.").

Replying from the Wii U gamepad!
So only Miis from the plaza transfer, none from the parade. After the transfer is over, they are only in Wii mode. However, at that point, when you go into the WiiU's Mii Maker, you can import any transferred Miis that are in the Wii mode for use on the WiiU.

Originally Posted by icyjones Replying from the Wii U gamepad! So only Miis from the plaza transfer, none from the parade. After the transfer is over, they are only in Wii mode. However, at that point, when you go into the WiiU's Mii Maker, you can import any transferred Miis that are in the Wii mode for use on the WiiU.

Thanks, that's what I figured.

There's no loss for me on the Mii Parade. I had close to 1000 a couple years back before the memory on my Wii went corrupt and when I got it back from Nintendo it was wiped clean (SSBB, Animal Crossing, etc saves all gone). I don't think I've gotten any since then.