Wii U Pre-Launch Discussion

ShaneU

wampyrus77 wrote: »

the wii launch games are nintendo land, zombiu, new super mario bros u, FiFa 13, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, Tank Tank Tank , TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops II , Mass Effect 3, Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two, Family Party 30 Great Games: Obstacle Arcade, Darksiders II - Wii U, Assassin's Creed III, NBA 2K13, 007 Legends, transformers prime, Skylander Giants, Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2013, WII U FIT, Pikmin 3, Game & Wario, Just Dance 4, Aliens: Colonial Marines, Warriors Orochi 3, Lego City Undercover, Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, Rise of the Guardians, Madden NFL 13, Sing Party, Funky Barn, Wipeout 3, Dragon Quest X, Batman: Arkham City Armor Edition, Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth, Game Party Champions, Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien, Sangokushi 12, Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage, Injustice: Gods Among Us, The Cave, The Wonder 101, Rabbits Land, Sports Connection, Cloudberry Kingdom, Bayonetta 2, Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012, Chasing Aurora,

Well I'm sold.

DARK-KNIGHT

So paid off in full in store I have wii u zombie edition, rayman legends, new super mario u, black ops 2, assassins creed 3, Nintendoland and Lego city!!!

BOOOOOOOYYYAAAAAAAAAA

Star Lord

Don't forget, they're not all launch titles...

DARK-KNIGHT

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

Don't forget, they're not all launch titles...

Damo don't be putting a downer on wii u joy

Richard tea

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

So paid off in full in store I have wii u zombie edition, rayman legends, new super mario u, black ops 2, assassins creed 3, Nintendoland and Lego city!!!

BOOOOOOOYYYAAAAAAAAAA

Ill be putting down my deposit on monday in HMV for wii u + nintendoland + Mario bros:) Hope the kids take to it at X-mas.

DARK-KNIGHT

Richard tea wrote: »

Ill be putting down my deposit on monday in HMV for wii u + nintendoland + Mario bros:) Hope the kids take to it at X-mas.

**** the kids lol it's mine all mine if my two even look at it they will pay for it

DARK-KNIGHT

It's not a console for kids I think game pad looks fragile lol

Star Lord

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

Damo don't be putting a downer on wii u joy

Sorries!!! You book yours in HMV? Must see if I can pay some more off mine...

DARK-KNIGHT

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

Sorries!!! You book yours in HMV? Must see if I can pay some more off mine...

Nah gamestop mate all my Xbox stuff is gone I'm now a fully fledged ninty head again

Hmv trade prices are now the worst I have ever seen. I may dislike gamestop to a point but their trade in prices ain't bad with 25% extra off per ordered games etc

ShaneU

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

Nah gamestop mate all my Xbox stuff is gone I'm now a fully fledged ninty head again

Hmv trade prices are now the worst I have ever seen. I may dislike gamestop to a point but their trade in prices ain't bad with 25% extra off per ordered games etc

Since GAME closed down HMV's game prices have rocketed.

wampyrus77

well dont u preorder the Nintendo Wii U ittlewoods.ie its more expensive any store other retailers in ireland, for example Nintendo Wii U Basic Pack: 8Gb White Console €349 while others retailers €320 other example Nintendo Wii U Premium Pack 32Gb Black Console with ZombiU €489 while other stores €400, Nintendo Wii U Premium Pack 32Gb Black Console with nintendo land is € 409 other stores €380

wampyrus77

amazon prices on consoles bundle packs probable ok

dont buy games from they are more €50

while most stores in Ireland about €50 at the most

wampyrus77

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

Don't forget, they're not all launch titles...

i know but they all launch on the same day as wii u

Deano7788

wampyrus77 wrote: »

i know but they all launch on the same day as wii u

No they don't, they launch between then and the end of March.

Edit: I'm talking about Rayman and Lego City here. The others are launch day releases.

wampyrus77

Deano7788 wrote: »

No they don't, they launch between then and the end of March.

Edit: I'm talking about Rayman and Lego City here. The others are launch day releases.

well not for wii u yet Rayman and Lego City wii u version on the 30th of november

nitromaster

wampyrus77 wrote: »

well not for wii u yet Rayman and Lego City wii u version on the 30th of november

Rayman is definitely next year, not sure on Lego City...:pac:

Deano7788

nitromaster wrote: »

Rayman is definitely next year, not sure on Lego City...:pac:

It's currently just "Launch Window" so probably next year.

Myrddin

wampyrus77 wrote: »

well dont u preorder the Nintendo Wii U ittlewoods.ie its more expensive any store other retailers in ireland, for example Nintendo Wii U Basic Pack: 8Gb White Console €349 while others retailers €320 other example Nintendo Wii U Premium Pack 32Gb Black Console with ZombiU €489 while other stores €400, Nintendo Wii U Premium Pack 32Gb Black Console with nintendo land is € 409 other stores €380

Its actually €380 in HMV that one

Nollog

There'll be a nintendo direct dealing with miiverse sometime before release.

wtlltw

EnterNow wrote: »

Its actually €380 in HMV that one

Yep HMV seem to have the best prices.

DARK-KNIGHT

wtlltw wrote: »

Yep HMV seem to have the best prices.

Yes when it comes to a straight cash price they beat gamestop but their trade in prices are seen they are shocking bad IMO!! Had a few games hmv offered 32 GameStop offered 80 and 25% bonus brought it up to 100..

Another example is FIFA 13 Xbox 35 trade in in GameStop and 20 in hmv and with 25% on 35 makes gamestop bout 43 trade in value!!! It's a no brainer if u have stuff to trade

Corholio

Does anyone have a confirmed list of the launch day releases? The list I'm finding only have a few titles on them, not like the list on the last page.

Nollog

Corholio wrote: »

Does anyone have a confirmed list of the launch day releases? The list I'm finding only have a few titles on them, not like the list on the last page.

edit: was hard to see on dark.

Nintendo Land
Zombi U
New Super Mario Bros. U
FIFA 13
Sonic & Sega All-Star Racing Transformed
Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Call of Duty: Black Operations 2
Mass Effect 3
Epic Mickey 2
Family Party: 30 Great Games
Darksiders 2
Assassin's Creed 3
NBA 2k3
007 Legends
Transformers Prime
Skylanders Giants
Just Dance 4
Warriors Orochi 3
Ninja Gaiden 3
Rise of the Guardians
Madden 13
Sing Party
Funky Barn
Wipeout
Batman Arkham City
Game Party Champions
Rabbits Land
Sports Connection
Your Shape
Scribblenauts Unlimited
Ben10

I might be wrong on some of the lesser more... shovelwareish titles.

sham69

bit the bullet and put a deposit on one (sold my vita)
I went in to HMV asked if I could put a deposit of 200 down they said no.
Only 10 euro was needed for the actual deposit but he suggested putting the other money on a gift card which he did.
Went for the premium pack with nintendoland.
As its kinda for the kids, I don't think Zombieu would be suitable.
I think I will buy Mario seperately
Looking forward to getting it now..

nitromaster

Anyone got prices for Tesco yet or have any idea what they usually are like regarding pricing/etc for console launches? :cool:

wampyrus77

i going get my games separately from smyths with smyths cards u can get up 10% off every game

DARK-KNIGHT

wampyrus77 wrote: »

i going get my games separately from smyths with smyths cards u can get up 10% off every game

They have in general giving 2.5% not 10% recently...

CastorTroy

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

They have in general giving 2.5% not 10% recently...

Was actually strange. Was in Smyths yesterday and they have 10% off AC3 but less off the Collector's edition.
Think it's 10% off new releases for a week and 2.5% off other games.

Deano7788

CastorTroy wrote: »

Was actually strange. Was in Smyths yesterday and they have 10% off AC3 but less off the Collector's edition.
Think it's 10% off new releases for a week and 2.5% off other games.

Not anymore. There's 10% off a few new releases but 2.5% off most of them

DARK-KNIGHT

Deano7788 wrote: »

Not anymore. There's 10% off a few new releases but 2.5% off most of them

Yes smyths loyalty card means nothing now IMO. Last game I bought a boards user here gave me staff discount because discount with loyalty card was2.5%

U know who you are and thanks

On another note thinking of not buying Nintendo land doesn't seem worth full retail price for a game. It's kinda like a souped up wii u demo

wampyrus77

well 2.5 % off still saves money

DARK-KNIGHT

wampyrus77 wrote: »

well 2.5 % off still saves money

Not if smyths are more expensive by far compared to hmv

Fawk Nin

Ugh I put down my deposit in GameStop without realising it was so much cheaper in hmv

DARK-KNIGHT

Fawk Nin wrote: »

Ugh I put down my deposit in GameStop without realising it was so much cheaper in hmv

Way I look at it is gamestop offer great service IMO anyways why I always buy my consoles there is because twice I have lost receipts when console fail happens and twice manager Instore searched for hours trying to sort out finding my order on system and sorting me out with a replacement console. Try walking into hmv saying your console is faulty but you can't find your receipt, I guarantee you would be told where to go. It's the personal touches like that if your friendly with staff etc that says to me gamestop are worth the extra 40 euro.

DARK-KNIGHT

WIIUIIUUUIIIIIUUUU

SOO EXCITED ONLY 25 days to go

Star Lord

25 days till I get mine, 42 till I play it...

Deano7788

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

25 days till I get mine, 42 till I play it...

Same here:(

richymcdermott

first reviews for nintendoland and nsmb u are in

86% for nintendoland
82% for nsmb u

http://mynintendonews.com/2012/11/05/nintendo-land-and-new-super-mario-bros-u-first-review-scores-in/

Went to put a deposit down in HMV in Dublin today and system said "Stock suspended" - Did I blow it!? Am I too late!?

CastorTroy

richymcdermott wrote: »

first reviews for nintendoland and nsmb u are in

86% for nintendoland
82% for nsmb u

http://mynintendonews.com/2012/11/05/nintendo-land-and-new-super-mario-bros-u-first-review-scores-in/

Oh no! After those scores, it's clear Nintendo is doomed. Doomed!!!

Happy enough with those scores. I suppose they can't review the console itself until it rolls out properly for all the features.

Star Lord

Deano7788 wrote: »

Same here:(

Why are you waiting till December 17th?

Deano7788

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

Why are you waiting till December 17th?

Damn didn't bother counting. Now it's even longer: 50 days!:(:(:(

ShaneU

Exclusive magazine reviews are usually rated higher than other reviews, doesn't bode well for mario u

What I really want to see reviewed is the dashboard equivalent and online capabilities, the fact that they haven't showed those yet is pretty damning.

Nollog

ShaneU wrote: »

Exclusive magazine reviews are usually rated higher than other reviews, doesn't bode well for mario u

What I really want to see reviewed is the dashboard equivalent and online capabilities, the face that they haven't showed those yet is pretty damning.

New Super Mario Bros. U

- May look the same, but there are some “incredible tweaks”
- GamesMaster feels it’s easier than NSMB Wii
- Took under seven hours to complete
- More to the game outside of the main campaign
- Most of the innovation is saved for the final levels
- “Without wishing to spoil anything, we were surprised, excited, and twinkly-eyed during an excellent finale. It’s almost as if Nintendo suddenly realised that they were in fact working with a Wii U, with a game-changing GamePad and everything.”
- Hopes Nintendo will “build on this solid, if not mind-blowing, foundation.”
- Graphics: 82%
- Gameplay: 85%
- Accessibility: 90%
- Lifespan: 80%
- Innovation: 75%
- Overall: 82%
- “A great excuse for families to gather round the TV, and an enticing glimpse of Mario’s HD future.”

CastorTroy

Interesting. Saw a tweet from Rich from IGN last night. Someone asked him if anyone had access to finalised hardware/software to review after the leaked reviews from Gamesmaster. He said No. But this morning I couldn't find that tweet. Looks like he must've deleted it.

Deano7788

CastorTroy wrote: »

Interesting. Saw a tweet from Rich from IGN last night. Someone asked him if anyone had access to finalised hardware/software to review after the leaked reviews from Gamesmaster. He said No. But this morning I couldn't find that tweet. Looks like he must've deleted it.

I think sometimes for a review they don't actually have the hardware/software. They're invited to a review event where they play it for a few hours and base it on that. I remember hearing it on Gametrailers a few weeks ago. It would be odd if they only invited 1 magazine though, or left out 1 of the bigger websites.

CastorTroy

But as the post above mine had, they got to play more than a few hours if they were able to complete the main campaign. And these days, as far as I know, magazines or professional websites don't or aren't supposed to write reviews until they complete the game including all the extra stuff.
So in the case of Mario, as has been common in the latest 2D games, they usually have a whole new 8 worlds or secret world (A new fantastic point of view) so I doubt it could all be done at a review event.
But maybe

Deano7788

CastorTroy wrote: »

But as the post above mine had, they got to play more than a few hours if they were able to complete the main campaign. And these days, as far as I know, magazines or professional websites don't or aren't supposed to write reviews until they complete the game including all the extra stuff.
So in the case of Mario, as has been common in the latest 2D games, they usually have a whole new 8 worlds or secret world (A new fantastic point of view) so I doubt it could all be done at a review event.
But maybe

Nope, don't have to complete the game at all. Also, as that post said, it only takes 7 hours to complete so it is possible they got it finished. I'd still be suspicious though.

CastorTroy

And now for some photos
Apparently there's still an embargo on the unboxing of the Wii U and the menu, etc. IGN's unboxing will be uploaded at 6pm tomorrow if you watch those kinds of things.

Wii U Box
https://twitter.com/RichIGN/status/265907068572147713/photo/1
Pro Controller box
https://twitter.com/RichIGN/status/265910536070393856/photo/1
A wee collection of boxes
http://i.imgur.com/8BktK.jpg

And then pictures of a game box inside and out
http://media1.gameinformer.com/imagefeed/featured/ubisoft/rabbidsland/box/photo2.jpg
http://media1.gameinformer.com/imagefeed/featured/ubisoft/rabbidsland/box/photo3.jpg
http://media1.gameinformer.com/imagefeed/featured/ubisoft/rabbidsland/box/photo4.jpg

Now weren't those some lovely boxes?

DARK-KNIGHT

CastorTroy wrote: »

And now for some photos
Apparently there's still an embargo on the unboxing of the Wii U and the menu, etc. IGN's unboxing will be uploaded at 6pm tomorrow if you watch those kinds of things.

Wii U Box
https://twitter.com/RichIGN/status/265907068572147713/photo/1
Pro Controller box
https://twitter.com/RichIGN/status/265910536070393856/photo/1
A wee collection of boxes
http://i.imgur.com/8BktK.jpg

And then pictures of a game box inside and out
http://media1.gameinformer.com/imagefeed/featured/ubisoft/rabbidsland/box/photo2.jpg
http://media1.gameinformer.com/imagefeed/featured/ubisoft/rabbidsland/box/photo3.jpg
http://media1.gameinformer.com/imagefeed/featured/ubisoft/rabbidsland/box/photo4.jpg

Now weren't those some lovely boxes?

if you took those pics and you have a wii u currently I will find your house and I will play it