Wii U Discussion

[mrprice33]

Can you plug headphones into the gamepad in order to hear games while you play them on the TV?

[injunwal]

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I'm telling you, I love ZombiU.

I think the bad reviews come from having different expectations regarding the style of game.

It's a survival horror game where you are a random person in a zombie apocalypse. Of course it's going to take 3 or 4 swings of a cricket bat to kill a zombie. You aren't some special forces trained CoD badass. If I was in that scenario tomorrow I don't know if I could kill a zombie with 3 or 4 swings haha.

On another note, these are my cons to the system so far (besides the obvious underpowered complaints):

1. The GamePad doesn't support an A/V receiver. I have everything running through my 7.1 receiver so I can't the GamePad to control the volume or switch inputs. Not quite the universal remote I was hoping for.

2. I bought a 1 TB external 2.5" USB HD last night and was ready to go "all digital" and perhaps download CoD, Madden or NBA 2K, but those games aren't available in the eShop. I guess I was spoiled by the Vita's setup where everything is available day 1 on the PSN.

Madden is available in the eShop. It was on the first page on Sunday. Here is a complete list of games in the eShop at launch

http://www.examiner.com/article/nint...-retail-lineup

[joet6683]

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Can you plug headphones into the gamepad in order to hear games while you play them on the TV?

I haven't used headphones yet but for a game like new super mario u, the sound/video is on both the gamepad and the tv. So plugging the headphones in should get the game sound from the pad, however you would have to turn the tv sound all the way down. I am sure it will vary by game, but I would assume any that you can play on either the pad or the tv will work like this. A game like zombiU where the pad does "extras" and doesnt have actual gameplay on it might differ, I dont think games like that would have all the game sounds coming from it.

[dbeth]

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Can you plug headphones into the gamepad in order to hear games while you play them on the TV?

I tried last night, and the sound still played out of the TV/Stereo. The only way it looks like to get ALL the sound to the headset is to play the game solely on the gamepad.

I do like the fact that your cell phone headset works as a gaming headset and mic, though.

[ckarlic]

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As much as the Wii U sounds impressive, I think i will skip out on it as I will wait to drop my money on the next Playstation and Xbox. Just not really into the games that the Wii comes out with. I did play the Wii U in my local Gamestop and was impressed with the Game pad. Just not sure I want to make the investment in the Wii U though. I have the Wii and it has been collecting dust for the past year and a half. My kids don't even play it anymore and they just play their PS3 and 360.

I will definitely be preordering the new Playstation and Xbox when they are available for preorders though

[DickDalewood]

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Just earned a $700 GC for BBY through work. Once I get that at the beginning of the year, I'll be hopping on the WiiU bandwagon

[TheBleedingRed21]

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Just picked of Mario wiiu and blackops for $90. Toys r us has buy 1 get 1 40% off. Add my 10% discount I was happy. Will give impressions soon as I get some face time with them.

[Flightwhite24]

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Just was in my local WalMart and they were stocking more Wii U's on the shelf. Guess they are not that hard to find.

[Cpre5]

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Just was in my local WalMart and they were stocking more Wii U's on the shelf. Guess they are not that hard to find.

Basic or Deluxe? From release day forward I've seen basic at every store, zero Deluxe.

[Flightwhite24]

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Basic or Deluxe? From release day forward I've seen basic at every store, zero Deluxe.

They had both. About 5 each

[ultralow36]

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reggie said they will have them on the shelf before black friday..

[mestevo]

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I love all the stuff I've read about the TV remote, if only the thing had an HDMI passthrough like our GoogleTV had. Only reason why I want another one, and no idea why consoles and other devices don't do that.

[DJ]

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Just earned a $700 GC for BBY through work. Once I get that at the beginning of the year, I'll be hopping on the WiiU bandwagon

Share the love, man. Seriously, though, that's pretty sweet that you earned that through work. Nice to rewarded for hard work.

[rudyjuly2]

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I am disappointed in the power of the Wii U. We were led to believe that while it wouldn't be light years ahead of the 360 and PS3 that it would still be significantly better. Instead a developer has called the cpu awful and slow (http://mynintendonews.com/2012/11/20/metro-last-light-dev-says-wii-u-has-a-horrible-slow-cpu/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter). I am reading about frame rate issues on ports for Madden and NBA 2K13 and even first party Mario with weaker graphics isn't running in 1080p. Even for first generation games a system that is 6-7 years newer shouldn't have to work hard to keep up. I've also read the tools provided for the developers are lacking right now and that the final system was different from the dev kits so hopefully this will improve. But it seems this system has about the same power as the current consoles (better in areas of RAM and worse in others).

We'll still be giving this to the kids for Christmas but I am surprised and disappointed that the Wii U doesn't have a little more juice.

[WildFan22]

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I am disappointed in the power of the Wii U. We were led to believe that while it wouldn't be light years ahead of the 360 and PS3 that it would still be significantly better. Instead a developer has called the cpu awful and slow (http://mynintendonews.com/2012/11/20/metro-last-light-dev-says-wii-u-has-a-horrible-slow-cpu/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter). I am reading about frame rate issues on ports for Madden and NBA 2K13 and even first party Mario with weaker graphics isn't running in 1080p. Even for first generation games a system that is 6-7 years newer shouldn't have to work hard to keep up. I've also read the tools provided for the developers are lacking right now and that the final system was different from the dev kits so hopefully this will improve. But it seems this system has about the same power as the current consoles (better in areas of RAM and worse in others).

We'll still be giving this to the kids for Christmas but I am surprised and disappointed that the Wii U doesn't have a little more juice.

For me it would be easier to stomach an underpowered system if the games were $30 or $40. It's hard to imagine Nintendo trying to compete with Microsoft and Sony while charging $60 for games.