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#135063 Wifi or USB Ethernet?

Posted by naadofett on 20 November 2012 - 06:27 PM in Wii U Hardware

Has anybody tried internetspeedtest.com on the Wii U? I'm not sure if this site uses flash or not though.

#135053 Wifi or USB Ethernet?

Posted by naadofett on 20 November 2012 - 06:13 PM in Wii U Hardware

How is your network performance based on your connection method?

#135057 Wifi or USB Ethernet?

Posted by naadofett on 20 November 2012 - 06:23 PM in Wii U Hardware

I'm referring to the USB->Ethernet adapter. Not plugging a USB modem directly into the Wii U. This is the one I'm using that I've had since my Wii days a couple years ago.

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#135897 What is new with the Wii U Miis?

Posted by naadofett on 21 November 2012 - 10:01 PM in Wii U Hardware

Why can't you change the color of your pants?!? This makes me crazy.

#132327 Wii U Pick-Up Stories

Posted by naadofett on 18 November 2012 - 11:28 AM in Wii U Hardware

I'm on the waiting list at my local GameStop for a 8gb and 32gb to see whichever one comes in first. This morning I literally had a dream around 8am where I rolled out of bed on launch day with the feeling I could secure a Wii U somewhere. Then I woke up and realized I was only dreaming. Then I thought, well, maybe it is worth a shot after all.

Went to Walmart around 9:15 this morning (no pre-order) since the webiste said this store had them in stock 15 minutes before going over. They were sold out. Went across the street to Best Buy where there were already about 10 people in line just before 9:30 (non-preorders) and the guy came out and handed out papers for 12x deluxe units for people who didn't preorder (I was #11) and they had a stack of 8gb papers, but only a couple people in line after me at that point so they took 8gb units. After that I went to Fry's and got a Pro controller. They said they only had 5 deluxe units, which were all sold out. They had about 8x 8gb units there unclaimed, but were all stupid Fry's bundles that they couldn't sell the unit separately from. Then I went to Target near my apartment and grabbed their very last deluxe unit (non-preorder) for a friend of mine who is on a waiting list at GameStop and didn't make an attempt to get one on launch day because he thought they were sold out everywhere. Finally I went to the Target they recently added to our mall and they were 100% sold out already.

#159701 Gamepad signal extender?

Posted by naadofett on 15 January 2013 - 08:05 PM in Wii U Hardware

its IR they are using. ..OP - is your wiiU in a cupboard? i had that issue until i put it on top of the cupboard (TV unit) ..now i can play in bed -

IR = more or less line of sight. Last I checked, IR doesn't travel through walls....

#141624 How do u 'use/charge' your gamepad?

Posted by naadofett on 01 December 2012 - 04:47 PM in Wii U Hardware

Yea its like pouring water into a bucket with a whole in it. It will fill up but will take longer then if it didnt have a whole in it.

Also here is the nyko battery pack
http://www.joystiq.c...-gamepads-life/

I liked this idea until I saw this picture... gag me with a spoon!

#132651 Teardown?

Posted by naadofett on 18 November 2012 - 03:45 PM in Wii U Hardware

Yes there was a live stream but it was pretty useless.

To be fair, I'm not sure what's to be expected, really. If the innards don't explicitly show what the part details are, it makes it a little difficult to provide new information. Of course, that being said, this is what I inferred about the teardown since I didn't even know it was going on until they had already practically started reassembling it.

#132638 Teardown?

Posted by naadofett on 18 November 2012 - 03:33 PM in Wii U Hardware

There was a live stream last night at around 1am PST going on from the guys over at pcper.com. The completely disassembled and reassembled the 8gb unit.

#137631 Digital Download Details?

Posted by naadofett on 24 November 2012 - 05:36 PM in Wii U Hardware

I'm still debating on how I want to handle new game purchases. I've got the 32gb deluxe with 25 gigs of space left, but I realize that with the games I'd like to get in the near future and down the road, that just won't be enough. So, I can get the physical discs like I've always done. I tend to like to collect the games and have them on the shelf. I still have all my Gamecube games on the shelf for that matter just in case I get the urge to pop one in.

A couple nice things about the downloads come to mind:

1. All the games are sitting right there on the U and/or external hard drive. I'm not concerned with taking games to a friend's house to play or use on a second console at home or something.

2. Quick access to any game without having to get up and pop in a disc.

3. Not having to physically use the disc drive and listen to it spin up all the time. No, that's not a deal-breaker and completely annoying, but it would be a nice touch for me.

4. eShop discount points.

5. Download games when you feel like it.

But then there are the concerns:

1. Have to get over the "collector" aspect of my mindset that likes to see games sitting on a shelf even if I don't use them regularly.

2. Can't sell a game at a later date, but then again, being a collector I tend to not sell them at all anyway.

3. Have to hook up an external hard drive, but this doesn't bother me too much overall.

4. What if the external hard drive and/or Wii U console itself take a dump. Is there some way you'd be able to re-download the games again without being charged for it?

5. How do the digital downloads of full retail games work? You obviously download them from the eShop, but then do they show up as a new "channel" on your Wii U menu interface? I'd rather not spend $60 to experiment and find out. I'm sure others here could explain how this looks/works.

#160075 Music in the background

Posted by naadofett on 16 January 2013 - 07:22 PM in Wii U Hardware

I agree with this. You'll be happily browsing through Miiverse, then you suddenly realise you're sat all on your own in a silent room...

It seems like such an easy fix to me. Just have the audio loop just the same way it does at the home screen. Maybe even add an option to disable the ambient sound in Miiverse, etc if you don't like it or something. But to start playing the audio and cut it off after a few minutes (or whatever the actual time is) seems really odd to me.

#159702 Music in the background

Posted by naadofett on 15 January 2013 - 08:08 PM in Wii U Hardware

On a somewhat related note, I wish the Miiverse background music/ambience wouldn't stop after a while like it does. That's kind of annoying.

#124513 Quick Intro

Posted by naadofett on 04 November 2012 - 06:22 PM in Introduction Central

Where's everybody here from?

#124250 Quick Intro

Posted by naadofett on 04 November 2012 - 09:37 AM in Introduction Central

Just found the forums yesterday so I thought I'd join up with the community. Looking forward to see what the Wii U has to offer.

#132317 Wii U Available at Walmart

Posted by naadofett on 18 November 2012 - 11:21 AM in Wii U Hardware

Walmart.com said they had the deluxe in stock at my local store, but when I got there they said they had already run out. It was a 25hr Walmart so who knows when, but probably sometime much earlier in the morning. I got there at 9:20ish.

#132581 Wii U Available at Walmart

Posted by naadofett on 18 November 2012 - 02:51 PM in Wii U Hardware

Hmm, I ordered mine online with in store pickup without a hitch. I was kind of concerned, but absolutely no issues here.

I saw your original post, which is what gave me hope this morning. When I went on the website it would not allow me to order online for in-store pickup. Regardless, I ended up getting one at Best Buy across the street 20 minutes after I went into Walmart.

#135892 Amazon Instant Video now available

Posted by naadofett on 21 November 2012 - 09:51 PM in Wii U Hardware

Now my Amazon Prime isn't useless anymore! Woot Woot! ALSO, GREEN LANTERN STEAM LANTERN ON MY TV IN FULL HD!! WOOT EFFIN WOOT!

Sorry... that second thing was a complete after thought I forgot about...

The opposite for me. I shop with Amazon all the time so I really like their shipping. I never even used the video service up until about 2 weeks ago when I nearly cancelled my cable. Then I realized I could use Amazon instead of my Netflix streaming account that I never used. So, for me I finally realized I could get use out of something I didn't even really know about before.

#135801 Amazon Instant Video now available

Posted by naadofett on 21 November 2012 - 07:11 PM in Wii U Hardware

It's being reported the update for this is now available in the eShop. Woo woo.

#135049 Error while updating?

Posted by naadofett on 20 November 2012 - 06:08 PM in Wii U Hardware

I got the error three times during the update. At least it picked up where it left off each time.

#136536 1 wii 2 wii u

Posted by naadofett on 22 November 2012 - 07:52 PM in Wii U Hardware

I don't believe that's possible. When you do the Wii -> Wii U migration process, it transfers all purchases to the "target" Wii U all at once then removes them completely from the old Wii. Nothing can be done about that. Once they are removed from the old Wii, they cannot be transferred back according to the transfer instructions.

#127305 Regginator on Jimmy Fallon... again!

Posted by naadofett on 10 November 2012 - 03:49 PM in Wii U Hardware

NBC I think. After Leno.

#135894 YouTube app is now live!

Posted by naadofett on 21 November 2012 - 09:53 PM in Wii U Hardware

Such a shame that the app is pretty much garbage. I mean, you can't even browse from the gamepad and the interface is a sloppy mess. I'll stick to the browser.

Who do you suppose was in charge of developing the app? Nintendo or Youtube? I'm trying to think of where else I saw a similar complaint about Youtube on a device. Oh, I think it was people complaining about how crappy the iOS version of the Youtube app is compared to simply just using the Safari browser on iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch. Maybe this isn't a coincidence.

#134084 Wii Online Store Funds & Wii U eShop

Posted by naadofett on 19 November 2012 - 09:12 PM in Wii U Hardware

I just transferred my Wii data to my Wii U. I had 400 points in the Wii shop. Do the Wii online store points not transfer over to the Wii U shop? I know it's only $4, but that would've been nice to be able to use that money in the Wii U store.

#134095 Wii Online Store Funds & Wii U eShop

Posted by naadofett on 19 November 2012 - 09:21 PM in Wii U Hardware

The Wii Shop points can only be used in the Wii Shop, not the Wii U Shop. The good news is you haven't lost your points, but the bad news is you can only use them in Wii mode.

As I feared. Oh well. I forgot I even had the points on the Wii so it's not like it's a big deal. I just thought it'd be convenient if I could've used them in the Wii U eShop.

#152339 Question about HDMI switcher

Posted by naadofett on 26 December 2012 - 06:14 PM in Wii U Hardware

Does your monitor have a headphone jack? Many monitors that have an HDMI input also have an audio out jack. If so, just plug your headphones into that.

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