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[NayNay]

Hey everyone,

 

have been lurking for a few weeks, and posted a couple of times while i was getting close to picking up a Wii U. Well the day has come.

 

It is now doing its initial system update, so i thought i would jump and introduce myself and ask a couple of questions.

 

Im an aussie guy who has been gaming with Nintendo since the NES came out when i was an 8 year old. I have had and loved every Nintendo that has come along, with obvious affection for the Marios, Metroids and Zeldas of the world. It seems crazy now with all the guides and walkthroughs available that i spent weeks (maybe months)pumping through metroid as a 10 year old working it all out by myself.

 

Aside from the Big Name games, i used to love renting them based on the front cover, and would get some stinker games, as well as games i would hire again and again like Ikari warriors and Snake Rattle and Roll.

 

Same for SNES, for every Super Mario World there was a UN Squadron or a Unirally that i would fall in love with.

 

Moving to the Wii U, i got the obligatory NintendoLand as well as New Mario & Luigi Wii U, and will surely pick up 3D world and probably DKC tropical freeze. and in between good games, i am getting excited about going back and scooping up tonnes of Virtual Console titles.

 

I did have a question though. I will need an external HD for future downloads and a SD card to move my Wii data across. can these be generic? or is there specific Nintendo made ones i need?

 

cheers,

 

Nate.

[Zinix]

Welcome to the forums! :0

[Ninty64X]

Welcome aboard my Aussie friend! Also regarding your question, I'm pretty sure you can use any kind of SD card or external HD for the Wii U, I don't think there are any Nintendo brand ones actually, so you're safe with whatever you choose!

[grahamf]

You can mostly use generic SD cards and hard drives, but a couple notes:

 

Wii Mode still copies games to internal memory in order to play, so sd card speed isn't as important unless the initial loading time is too low for you

 

Hard drives will be reformatted with a proprietary filesystem. generally all USB drives will be supported, but USB 3.0 drives are not taken advantage of, and you may need a y-cable in order to power some hard drives.

 

Currently Wii u games range from a few megabytes in size to 20gb or so, with the range being fairly evenly distributed. there's no need to get an expensive drive, as even an used 250GB drive could possibly be way more than you'll need for a long time.

[iEatTacos]

^he pretty much answered your questions.

And welcome to the forums, man. I like it here, and I think you will too. Wii U has some pretty fun video games, and I mean video games, like how they used to be. Full of color, fun and imagination. Enjoy

[NayNay]

^he pretty much answered your questions.

And welcome to the forums, man. I like it here, and I think you will too. Wii U has some pretty fun video games, and I mean video games, like how they used to be. Full of color, fun and imagination. Enjoy

yeah man thats it.

 

I just want to enjoy playing games. and get the wife involved. she likes games but can only hande the olden ones too. and my 3 year old girl is starting to hold the controller and try and play. she likes wandering around in LOZ

: a Link to the past.

 

Thanks to everyone for the welcome and the info.

 

Cheers,

[Tibetan Monk]

Welcome! I grew up with SNES and N64 titles and even though my last consoles were the PS2/3, I have returned to Nintendo also. Couldn't have made a better decision, I just love the system!