-Getting 100% in Xenoblade (holy crap)

-Playing MK8 online when I need a break

-Random 3DS games, mainly Pokemon and MK7

Did the Digital Event make its way to the eshop yet? That's going to be the highest quality feed we will ever get of this, so we can compare the screens to the video.

Yup. Anyone got a capture card?

Sitting in school doing history homework to pass the time, lol. Only gonna be able to catch the first 15 minutes before my lunch ends, but that's better than nothing.

2 minutes.

What?

47 minutes in length. Was hoping for the full hour, but this is still decent.

I'll probably be picking this up, with my 2 brothers both preferring GCN controllers. I'll have to experiment between the pro controller and this, though.

looks dumb and why does it require 2 usb ports?

One port probably doesn't meet the power requirement for 4 controllers.

button batteries last decades

For devices with low power consumption, sure. A GCN controller could drain one in a heartbeat -- especially the haptic feedback. 

If this picture is correct (and every source I can find backs this up), the port does indeed supply power.

Whether Nintendo made an adapter for the GC controllers or not, the fact of the matter is that wireless controllers are frowned in tournaments because of interferences caused by wireless devices including cell phones and other consoles that have wireless controllers. From my stand point It was smart of Nintendo to have GC adapters as I'm interested in competitive Smash. 

 

EDIT: I just remembered the Wii U Pro controller, but I'm not entirely sure how it works as I don't have a Wii U. 

All communication with the Pro controller is wireless. The competitive Smash scene is viewing this announcement as a godsend because of that.

I'm still on the fence about this. I was hoping it would emulate the Wii's GameCube ports (and therefore be compatible with all supported Wii games) but no. 
Adapter not compatible with other software
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Sigh. No Brawl.

I found their wording on this to be a little odd -- mostly because of http://i.imgur.com/qqzN7Ir.png . It's from August, mind you, but the more recent statement states the adapter will not compatible be with other Wii U software, which doesn't contradict the previous statement, and that it won't be compatible with Wii -- not Wii Mode, but Wii. I think I'll send an email myself and report back with the reply.

Edit: Never mind, their email system is under maintenance. I'll keep poking around though.

Then why do they have batteries?

What? Only the wireless controllers have batteries. Unless there's some weird 3rd party controller I haven't heard of...

Source: Used my controllers for over a decade, never changed a battery for 'em.

I'll be surprised if it doesn't have multiplayer. Rather curiously, not counting games that don't have their number of players listed, it's the only game on Nintendo's E3 site that has the number of players listed as TBD.

but everytime ive checked no one has been there

This.

If you want more successful results in terms of room size, I'd recommend making this one day of the week for a couple hours. Sounds silly, but this way everyone knows when to play.

I hope Nintendo buys them. I certainly think it's a possibility, given the history the two companies have.

hope these still work on the gamecube (cant tell if they are using the nunchuk port)

They are. These are basically custom designed classic controllers.

Thanks for the replies!  I will have a chance to try it out this weekend, and I will report back.  Hoping for smooth and easy install!!

Someone mentioned that I could buy the component cables....and yes, I did know that, but I am thinking that quality would be better using the HDMI...and since that is what comes with the Wii U...I won't have to buy anything else.  Am I correct thinking the quality would be better?

Theoretically, yes. However, it varies by TV. In general, the higher the resolution, the more noticeable the difference. So, if your TV is 1080p, HDMI should look quite a bit better. If it's only 720p or 1080i, though, the difference will still be there, just not as pronounced. But I think you'll be fine hooking it up to the Blu Ray player, so I wouldn't worry about it.

Owners of the adapter have confirmed that it doesn't work in vWii mode. Maybe if enough people complain, there'll be an update supporting it.

Is 3Dude: The Movie a documentary filled with random facts and technical jargon pulled from his ass?

The technical jargon was never pulled from his ass, though.

Red 2DS with Yoshi's New Island download for $99.99 at Target. http://www.target.co...Slot=medium_1_1

I'm greatly pleased overall. Much more hype than I thought it'd be, definitely wasn't expecting Mewtwo. May consider bringing my Wii U to school to play 8-player smash at lunch.

and they didnt even mention Amiibo!

except they did

Watch it at:

http://www.nintendo....rect/10-23-2014/

http://www.twitch.tv/nintendo

Scheduled for Thursday at 3 p.m. pacific time. As the name suggests, 50 new facts are to be shown. It will be approximately 35 minutes long.

Pretty cool!

They are actually not calling it a ND, but a "live-stream event".

Maybe that means we will be seeing something different.

Hmm. I kinda noticed this, but didn't really think anything of it since it used the direct logo and is on the direct page. We'll see what's up on Thursday, I guess.

2.5 hours left... Is it typically best to view the Directs through Nintendo's own site? I use to do that, but sometimes I get disconnected.

 

Edit: 3.5 hours, sorry...

I usually watch from Nintendo's site, get disconnected, and then go to Youtube where it's generally pretty smooth. I'm going straight to Youtube this time.

Edit: Updated the op and title to state the video length and reflect the official name.

You two are arguing entirely different subjects. Chrop is talking about how devs should optimize software to use less power instead of just leaving their code unoptimized and blaming the hardware, while 3Dude is saying that pioneering new, unoptimized, 'wasteful' software is just as important a step towards better looking games as later optimizing said software is.

At least, you WERE talking about this, somehow you managed to get on respect.

...a little weird that this is my first post after lurking around this site for about 2 years, but whatever.