We are playing local MK8 multiplayer with the gamepad and two wiimotes and it works quite good. I also tried wiimote+nunchuck, which is ok, too. I'm thinking about getting two wheels for wiimotes

I don't have TVii, I don't have netflix, neither love film, nor hulu... I only have an IPTV box, which I can't control with the gamepad. At least I can stream movies from my mac to the wii u wirelessly

All the negativity might have a good part: it makes people curious; at least it made me curious about Wii U. I said to myself let's see why are people hating this console so much... After a lot of reading and watching youtube I ended buying my first home console ever - a Wii U, which I enjoy a lot and play every day with my family

I got the demo today from eShop. After 10 minutes of playing, my first impression was kinda meh... After few hours, as I was a little bored, I started to play again, trying to pay more attention to the tutorial and control scheme. It is indeed a great game if you manage to get it right. I had a lot of fun playing it and I was so disappointed when the demo was finished. It will be the first game I'll buy next year

I have an iPad and it's very good, but I wouldn't recommend it for playing games on it... I downloaded and played a lot of games, but I got bored pretty fast; it doesn't compare to a 3DS, which is much, much better For everything else it is an excellent product, but I might be a little biased because I use mostly Apple products.

Of course maximum immersion would be great; very few games manage to do it... but a decent immersion is enough to enjoy a game

I know nobody with a Wii U or who intend to buy a Wii U I also know nobody with a 3DS; I walked all over the town with my 3DS and didn't get a single SpotPass. I think I'm the only one who has Nintendo consoles in my town I can't say people hate Nintendo here; they are just ignorant. When I told them I bought a Wii U they asked: What is it? - A game console, I responded. Aha, a playstation! - this is the reply I got most often.   I don't know what to say after this kind of talking; I often say ok and leave   I am tired of explaining there are other consoles beside playstation.

I got AC3 with the low price and I enjoy playing it. I never played a game in AC series, so I can't compare it with others... It isn't an extraordinary game, but it sure worths the price. I'll buy AC4 too, after I'll finish AC3.

Oh, Santa, I was so bad, please give me the worst holiday gift.... And a lot of bad, ugly games for it. And punish me to play them all day long. And night, if possible

I don't like fighting games very much, though I'm thinking to give Smash Bros a try... I used to play Mortal Kombat on my PC back in the '90s, with my wife. (yes, I know, I'm 100 years old, from the dinosaur era, as my daughter always says). Though I got my ass kicked in almost every single game, I remember it was quite fun At least my wife seemed to enjoy it...

I won't buy a PS4. There are enough games on Wii U and 3DS to keep me busy Only if I'd have enough free time to play them

No! For god's sake, no! A normal full format is well enough. Doing a low level format will make things worse, it'll reduce the lifetime of the hard drive. Formatting in NTFS then doing a chkdsk is perfectly fine and will help troubleshoot.

It won't make things worse... Beside destroying data on disk, it reallocates suspicious sectors. I revived literally tens of hard disks reported as bad and they still work, after years from repairing. Some of them are in NAS systems, under a heavy use, and still work without error.

Anyway, it might be another problem... a problematic USB cable is another thing which appear very often; same as a problematic power source.

Try to reformat the disk on your pc/mac using a low level format utility; also check the surface of the disk - there are many programs for physical checking for bad sectors. Then connect it to the Wii U again and try once more.

Let's hope Nintendo will still be in hardware business in 2020 This will be enough to be sure we'll have a lot of entertainment and funny games to play then.

For game design you need to be talented, to have a natural gift as an artist; it's not only technique. Of course you can learn all about software for 3D modeling, polygons and stuff, but you need a vision and this is not something one can learn, only can develop from a natural talent.

For programming you have to be capable of abstract thinking, and this is easier than game design, in my opinion. Start with C++, but don't use an IDE because you'll depend on it later. Using an IDE for learning programming leads to bad habits. Use only a simple editor with syntax highlighting, without autocompletion and any C++ compiler you like.

In any case, do a lot of work. Do not limit only to make homeworks; do a lot of extra stuff. Discover things; try different ways of thinking.

Good luck!

I bought my Wii U almost a couple of weeks ago and I'm very happy with it. I never owned another console, except for a 3DSXL, which I also bought earlier this year... I think this makes me a Nintendo fan I don't intend to buy other consoles; the 3DS and the Wii U are enough for my family's gaming needs.

The only bad thing is I can't find many games in our shops here, so I have to order them online... And postal services aren't very good. I was lucky to find a single NSMBU disk yesterday in a shop and I bought it immediately

I'd like to be healthy enough to live until the next Christmas and also to be able to play and to work for getting the money which will bring me more games

One quick question about Assassin's Creed III: now that it is 15-16 pounds in the eShop, is it worth getting? How much gameplay time has it? I should mention I just got my Wii U and I never played a game in this series.  

If someone really wants to find information about a product, he will find it I read a lot of articles which said just "Wii U sucks", though my first gaming console is Wii U. My first portable console was a 3DS, which I bought earlier this summer. There is good information about Nintendo's product, but unfortunately you have to search for it. I can put all the power I want in my PC and play games on it with high graphics and so on, and I still do this, but I feel quite happy when I play games on the console. It is another feeling And in my opinion, games on xbox and ps feel too much like PC...

Thanks for replying Sure I'll get Mario Kart 8 when it will be launched; I played a lot of Mario Kart 7 on my 3DS, though I'm not very good at it I also hope to get Super Mario 3D World at the end of the month or early in December.

Hello!

I just ordered a WiiU console and I hope to get it this weekend

I'm from Romania and though I'm not very young, I never had a Nintendo console until this year. I used mostly PC for gaming and Mac for working. Earlier this year I bought a 3DS XL console and since then I just love Nintendo I hope the WiiU will be at least as a satisfying experience as the 3DS.

As I wrote in the signature, my English isn't very good... Please don't make too much fun of it