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Do you mean any PC headset works? What kind of plug does it need?

Ya I mean something like your Apple Earpods from your iPhone or those cheap but super good Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 headsets that you see on sale for 15$ all over the place. It needs a Audio/Mic Connection: 3.5mm, 4-pole. Something that has an inline mic.

Wow at the whole USB drive having to have its own power source.

This thing just continues to underwhelm me. From games not looking as good as they do on current gen systems, to all the other little issues people are having, it's just looking ugly right now.
I will open mine and set it up, and then lock it back up for Christmas. Hopefully all the major kinks will be out by then.

You MIGHT be able to download Wii U's day-one patch in the background...

http://kotaku.com/5962224/you-might-...ound?tag=wii-u

And it sounds like that goes for any patches, including game patches.

Originally Posted by dragonjud Wow at the whole USB drive having to have its own power source. This thing just continues to underwhelm me. From games not looking as good as they do on current gen systems, to all the other little issues people are having, it's just looking ugly right now. I will open mine and set it up, and then lock it back up for Christmas. Hopefully all the major kinks will be out by then.

If it makes you feel any better, I've had no issues with my system. First party games look great, and I don't think anyone expected third party games to blow us away graphically (I know I didn't). Black Ops 2 looks mighty fine though, and plays really well.

And some hard drives require an external power source, that can be true whether or not its plugged into a Wii U or a computer. Some devices have the power capacity to power an external hard drive, others do not. I wouldn't expect a game console to have a huge power capacity in it for external devices. Use a 2.5" portable hard drive and you should run into little issues. Most of the hard drives that require external power are the 3.5" really huge not-so-portable USB ones.

You're always gonna see more complaints than you will see praise, especially considering that this just launched. That's because those of us who have no complaints are too busy playing the system to complain. Those complaining...

Originally Posted by BREVITY Ya I mean something like your Apple Earpods from your iPhone or those cheap but super good Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 headsets that you see on sale for 15$ all over the place. It needs a Audio/Mic Connection: 3.5mm, 4-pole. Something that has an inline mic.

I dunno if the use changes per game, but I plugged in my iPhone earbuds w/ mic last night and the mic test in system settings was still registering as coming out of the built-in mic on the gamepad.

Where have you read that games don't look as good as on the 360/PS3? I have not read that, rather the contrary. BLOPS2, for example, runs at rock steady 60 fps at 720p on Wii U, while not managing steady 60 fps on 360 & PS3 while running at sub-HD (less than 720p, scaled up) resolution. That's the word from Treyarch.

I havent tired it out, but via GoNintendo here is a way to use an SD card as you extral hard drive for a Wii U.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaBQFRsWxeo

The benefit would be absolutely no need for a external power source, the drawback of course is having something so closely hanging of the console.

This of course assumes you were OK with the higher cost per GB for an SD card, which I was/am in favor of not having to have an extra power supply running.

I thought he was then going to disconnect it from the adapter and plug it into the Wii U itself. Did he try that? Perhaps once the game is on there it would work? If you're going to use an adapter then you might as well get a flash drive instead. Though I guess if you have a spare SD card and adapter already....

Originally Posted by crunchewy Where have you read that games don't look as good as on the 360/PS3? I have not read that, rather the contrary. BLOPS2, for example, runs at rock steady 60 fps at 720p on Wii U, while not managing steady 60 fps on 360 & PS3 while running at sub-HD (less than 720p, scaled up) resolution. That's the word from Treyarch.

It depends on the game. The Wii U port of Warriors Orochi 3 has been said to look better thanks to the additional RAM but runs at a lower framerate with fewer characters on screen at a time. Ubisoft had also said they were having some problems getting AC3 to replicate some of the minor graphical effects found on the PS3 and 360 versions. Granted it's a new system. Developers haven't had a chance to get familiar with things and learn how to get the most out of the hardware.

Originally Posted by Richard Kain At the moment, one of the best deals on Wii U games is at Toys'R'Us, who are running a buy 1, get 1 40% off deal on all Wii and Wii U titles. 40% off of $60 is $36. Averaged between two $60 games comes to a price of less than $50 each. (not unreasonable for brand-new titles)

And I've seen people using TRU's sale as a death note for the Wii U. Games clearanced on launch day! It may be tinfoil hat time but I think there is something fishy with a lot of the Wii U reporting. My system runs fine and the games look beautiful. I also didn't unplug my console during the update and then try to pretend that I lost power or something to mitigate responsibility.

Originally Posted by Octopod And I've seen people using TRU's sale as a death note for the Wii U. Games clearanced on launch day! It may be tinfoil hat time but I think there is something fishy with a lot of the Wii U reporting. My system runs fine and the games look beautiful. I also didn't unplug my console during the update and then try to pretend that I lost power or something to mitigate responsibility.

Or a sales strategy basically get everyone in to buy their wii U and games there. This same thing happened with Xbox and PS3 if I remember. I really do not see this as being the new Virtual Boy. The reporting is because it is a new console Xbox and PS3 has similar "brick" problems and it took a few months of updates and what not to get everything up to 100% across the board for Xbox >3yrs.

You guys looking for external HDD's should be waiting for Cyber Monday.

You guys looking for internal STD's should be waiting for Cyber Momday.

Originally Posted by Strell You guys looking for internal STD's should be waiting for Cyber Momday.

...wait what's this about STDs now? You Nintendo haters have taken this shit to a new low.

Originally Posted by maximumzero ...wait what's this about STDs now? You Nintendo haters have taken this shit to a new low.

LOL at strell being a nintendo hater

Strell is not only the founder of the Nintendo Hater Club, he is also a client. Wait... what?

Originally Posted by Strell We will need to get someone in here who knows more than me (there were two IT guys a few pages back, Lyth and someone else, my apologies for not remembering), but I'm unsure if flash and solid state drives are 100% the same thing. The Wii's internal memory was flash as far as I know, and I don't think anyone had a problem with that. I know I've heard about a max number of read/write cycles available for solid state drives, but I seem to recall that there has been software advancements to getting past this, and that it's not so much an issue these days. But again, someone who knows more than me will have to confirm that. USB drives definitely have a built in limit, and I suspect Nintendo is more or less covering their ass about the whole thing.

SSD is the same as flash, except not restricted by the slow write and read times that USB 2.0 has (although, this is irrelevant with the Wii U, as it'd be connected by USB). Some SSD's used DRAM and some use NAND for storage.

The write limits are so high, that you shouldn't worry.

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. EDIT: Meant to ask - Is there a VPN setting in the Wii U's network options? Is there any game demo's on the store (or free games?)

Bump . Could use a favour, :3.

So the more I read about the Wii to Wii U system transfer, the more annoyed I am.

My Wii moved to my bedroom, my Wii U is the living room. I don't want to move everything over to the Wii U, as I'd like to keep some VC titles for bedroom play (the old NES/SNES games seem perfect for late-night in-bed playtime... no?). But no, apparently it's ALL or nothing? Kinda bullshit, and I wonder if this is something that will be revised.

But then I'm stuck with not being able to move over my Wii game data to play onthe Wii U.. and I cannot play the Just Dance games, or most of the Wii games in my bedroom.

Also, how exactly does the transfer work if you have more than just what's on the Wii memory? Is my save data on the SD card just unmovable? This is pretty ridiculous, and also pretty disappointing. Maybe I'll just move my Wii back to the living room, and they can live happily next to one another.

Way to this up Nintendo.

Originally Posted by mikemgmve But then I'm stuck with not being able to move over my Wii game data to play onthe Wii U.. and I cannot play the Just Dance games, or most of the Wii games in my bedroom. Also, how exactly does the transfer work if you have more than just what's on the Wii memory? Is my save data on the SD card just unmovable? This is pretty ridiculous, and also pretty disappointing. Maybe I'll just move my Wii back to the living room, and they can live happily next to one another.

Saved game data, if I recall correctly, isn't locked to any particular Wii system, so you could technically pop in an SD card and copy it over to another Wii (or the Wii U) system. Of course, some games don't allow the save data to be copied, moved, or both, so it all depends on your game.

As for the stuff on your SD card, you do need to put it back onto the console before doing the transfer if you want it all moved nicely. I had numerous save files and WiiWare/VC games on an SD card, so I moved back as much as I could, and I made sure to move back the save game data, and then did the transfer. Any games you bought on your Wii can be redownloaded on the Wii U system if you had already bought it (the transfer moves your purchase history to the Wii U), so I didn't have to put all the actual games onto the console.