I've been watching very closely and almost pulled trigger to buy one as a backup to my launch wii u last night since I would have gotten $20 in ebay bucks but that's expired now. Since last night they sold 300+. Watching unboxing vids of refurbs from nintendo it seems odds of getting a basically brand new wii u are great. Plus a 1 year warranty. I emailed nintendo to see if they would be putting anymore of the white 32gb units up but no response yet. I expect gamestop to buy a lot of these because people are not going to hesitate paying $300 for nice wii u's like this once all these are gone. I'd love to have a nice white one but I think odds of getting a white one like new is slim since the 32gb white was never officially released here in the States and I can't find any video's or pics of anyone who bought one.
It's still up on the Nintendo site: https://store.nintendo.com/ng3/browse/productDetailColorSizePicker.jsp?productId=prod840425
Yeah but on there tax and shipping. They had them on ebay and I emailed nintendo ebay store and they replied basically saying they take into consideration what to put on their ebay store from request or something of the sort so who knows how many white ones they have. I do know they have now put a number on how many black wii u's they have left for ebay store which is now around a 1,000. 500 have sold in just the past few hours so they are going fast. I too know it's money I could put toward a switch later on & my launch wii u is still working & I can probably repair anything that goes wrong with it but still tempted because be nice to have not only a backup console but more importantly a backup gamepad.
Gamepads refurbished have been selling on ebay for around $180.00. I got looking through 17 white ones that had sold & they only had 1 left. The most recent one they sold I think was over $200. They are selling the white 32gb consoles by themselves for around same price & the cables and stuff for around $50. Seems they are buying refurbs through nintendo & separating out the stuff and doubling their money. It gives me a good idea of how if I decide to order a white refurb through nintendo the condition which appears to be like new. $222 tax and all with 2 days shipping I know is a good deal but that would go a long way toward a switch & I do already have a wii u. That damn white wii u just looks so nice though I've always wanted one.
I just recently ordered a white refurbed Wii u directly from Nintendo and it looks new. I couldn't see any sign it was used. I would jump on it while it's on stock. It looks like they just got a brand new retail box and transferred all the contents into the generic refurbed box.
I emailed their ebay account asking them to consider putting them back up because they did have then on there a while back. They responded basically saying that they were always taking into account what people wanted on the ebay store or something along those lines. Save tax and shipping if they'd put them back on ebay. So I suggest email them and ask them to put them on there too maybe they will if they get a few emails requesting. I'm thinking they probably have very few white sets left is why they are not on ebay now but who knows.
I've been playing Zelda without the tablet and it works just fine. In fact, a lot of games I play, I only use the Pro controller.
I just keep it on the charge base and turn the display off. I've had to use it on two shrines so far, the hammer one & the maze. Sucks having to switch controllers. Hopefully there aren't a lot of those. I just don't like motion controls.
Can you play physical GameCube games on the wiiU?
Well shipping is only a $5 difference if you go with standard shipping. And nintendo will tax you on ebay if your state is being taxed anyway from buying on their site. For example if i try to buy the black wii-u they selling on ebay now, they are taxing me.
No.
I'm assuming this is emulation. How is the performance of GC games like Metroid Prime?
I got a 8gb or whatever the basic one is with Nintendo land and Skylanders swap force a few years back from them refurbished for like $210 I think at the time. Still going strong and would have been tough to tell it wasn't brand new when I got it.
I wouldn't say "great". I ordered one and it arrived covered in scratches.
It's not emulation actually, GC runs native on the Wii U, as the Wii was pretty much a GC, it just had a drive that allowed for the small GC disc, as well as the full sized Wii ones as well. As stated, "N" cheaped out on the Wii U, and since it can also run Wii games, it can run GC ones, you just don't have a drive that can run the physical disc.
What benefit is there to running GC games on Wii U compared to Wii? Do they look much better?
Less clutter?
Well for those who don't have a Wii, this is a good idea right? And as stated, less clutter, as now the Wii U can run 3 past generations of "N" home consoles, and many more systems on top of that. The picture may also show better(or worse), as the U has HDMI and the Wii only had component.
Thanks for the answer. Just wanted to make sure that I wasn't missing out on something specific with my current setup. I don't even have a Wii U yet, but just wanted to plan ahead. Wii is the only system I have hacked previously so I probably won't rush to hack my Wii U when I get it.
nice! hoping it'll go down some more. $200 is still overpriced for me. hehe!
Wal Mart was selling it for $20 a couple of months ago - that's when I got it. Fun game, but the NFC reader is a little wonky
Do you or anyone else have the source for this? Cause if it is true, then I won't buy a Wii U.
The only "proof" is history, as "N" is dreadfully slow releasing any big name new games, so they always offer ports to fill the voids inbetween releases of such titles. The how, what and when is anyone's guess, but it will happen.
