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Old 12-23-13, 12:33 PM
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Re: The Wii U: From "cool" Sony to evil Nintendo

I saw on GAF that Wonderful 101 us now $30 everywhere. I really want it, but I have. A backlog I need to get through. I'll get it oping I get gift cards or cash for Christmas.
Old 12-23-13, 12:59 PM
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Re: The Wii U: From "cool" Sony to evil Nintendo

You can say that again.
Old 12-23-13, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Jory
I guess that's the trick, then: we have to force people to try the Wii U.

You send out the flyers promising free cake. I'll get the cattle prods.
That's what I do. I only bought Skylanders (and Infinity) on the WiiU, so if the kids want to play...
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Originally Posted by Michael Corvin
You can say that again.
I saw on GAF that Wonderful 101 us now $30 everywhere. I really want it, but I have. A backlog I need to get through. I'll get it oping I get gift cards or cash for Christmas.
Old 12-23-13, 02:07 PM
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Yeah, that's the new standard price for it. I was in Target and they had their normal, non-sale, tag up with the new low price and everything.

I'll be using the $20 something I have on a Walmart gift card from a return to get it soon now.

I just got LEGO City Undercover and I'm fairly sure my wife picked up Pikmin 3 for me for Christmas, so I'm just about caught up on owning all of the Wii U games that matter to me.
Old 12-23-13, 05:03 PM
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Re: The Wii U: From "cool" Sony to evil Nintendo

Glad to hear it! The gamepad seems like it'd be a perfect fit for Minecraft.
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That is a pretty nice jump isn't it?

My wife did indeed get me Pikmin 3 for Christmas. Oh man I am loving this game. I never played much of the first two, just barely any at all actually, and I think that was a mistake. I'm having so much fun with this one so far. It's so beautiful too, everything is so vibrant and at times very lifelike, especially the fruits!

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Originally Posted by Brent L
My wife did indeed get me Pinkmin 3 for Christmas.


I hope you two had a great evening together.
Old 12-25-13, 09:17 PM
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Whoops, haha.

Really though, I got to what I assume is the first "boss". I defeated it after trying a few times but I couldn't get anything back to "base" or whatever you call it in time. I barely even beat the boss and the timer started up to get back in a hurry as soon as I defeated it. I guess I just need to practice. I sure do love the game though.

I was also devastated when I realized that my Pikmin could die and you then watch their spirits float up looking all sad. Good lord, that hit me in the gut, lol.
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Whatever you complete/kill will still be dead the following day. So you can try the day over to try and get the fruit/enemies back to the Onion/Ship or just keep playing and you can clean up on the next day.

I assume you figured out any stray Pikmin will die at the end of the day if left in the wild.
Old 12-26-13, 11:20 AM
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I didn't know any of that first part. I'll check that out tonight. I did realize that they die at the end of the day if left out though, yeah. They at least make that pretty clear.
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I started the Lego City game - I'm more than a couple hours into it and I honestly find it kinda' boring and, more than anything, it makes me itch to go back to playing GTAV...
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Old 12-27-13, 12:36 AM
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Guys is it true you can use the wired Xbox 360 headset with the Wii U gamepad with games that support in game chat?

Also is there a list of games that support in game voice chat?

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Re: The Wii U: From "cool" Sony to evil Nintendo

Originally Posted by LosingMyMind
I don't give a shit about it, but Minecraft is rumored to be coming to Wii U next year.
Sounds like the rumors are false.

Notch sez:

I am not aware of any plans to release a Wii U version of Minecraft.
I agree a Wii U version would make sense, btw. The only reason for no current plans is we've got too much work already. I <3 Nintendo.
Old 12-27-13, 08:46 AM
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Re: The Wii U: From "cool" Sony to evil Nintendo

I did a quick search and couldn't find what I was looking for, so maybe y'all can help...

Is it possible to update the Wii U by downloading a file to a USB drive or CD/DVD?

My brother finally set up his Wii U (which he bought before Christmas 2012...) and it's having trouble downloading the latest update because it's so damn far away from his router, that the internet connection on the Wii U is intermittent (really, mostly non-existent, but connected for 1 or 2 seconds out of every 45 to 60 seconds, so every time it tries to update, it fails immediately).
Normally, I'd probably just leave it as-is, but he's using it on a DLP HDTV with overscan that can't be turned off, and the original launch-day update still didn't have the scaling option that was made available earlier this year.
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Just a heads up, i discovered that DuckTales Remastered is in the eShop for $7.50 until 1/2/14.

... and yes, I am able to get into both the WiiU and 3DS eShops today.

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Re: The Wii U: From "cool" Sony to evil Nintendo

I got a $20 eShop card for Christmas. I'm debating between NES Remix and Earthbound. I'm leaning NES remix since I'm also playing P4G.
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I'm thinking that the time is right for me to finally pick up a Wii U console.
Does anyone here know is Best Buy lets you combine offers?
There's currently a $25 GC with the purchase of the console, as well as an offer for a $15 savings code (toward a future purchase, to be e-mailed later) with the purchase of $150 or more.
Additionally, I have an offer from my AMEX credit card that will refund $25 to my account when I spend $250 or more at Best Buy.
This should save me $65.
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Everyone should own Earthbound.
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Everyone should own Earthbound.
Wait, that's not on the eShop yet, is it?
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Yeah, it's been on there for months.
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AHHH! I could've been playing it this whole time!!!
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Did they finally unify the WiiU and 3DS web stores yet, or do I have to apply the points cards separately?

Best Buy's 20% off deal for Nintendo Points cards became a little better since it now stacks with the in-store, get a $15 gift card with $100 purchase.
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Yes, they unified the accounts in the update from a few weeks ago.


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