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Kieran · **Reply #225 on:** August 30, 2013, 01:56:07 PM

It's silly, either way. They should have stuffed the biggest battery they could fit into that thing instead of shipping the gamepad with such a pathetic battery life.

Fxeni · **Reply #226 on:** September 01, 2013, 12:19:49 AM

Eh, it's because the first run of the devkits had a different controller that was smaller. Also suckier.

Hypershell · **Reply #227 on:** September 02, 2013, 07:41:53 AM

I don't mind the Game Pad's battery so much because of the fact that it has a dock (and a considerably better one than the 3DS in that gravity keeps the contacts in place), so it's always charging when not in use.

I mean, it sucks for the three people who got a Basic, but yeah.

Police Girl · **Reply #228 on:** October 01, 2013, 05:12:10 AM

So the "Summer" Firmware update came out today... and it's sort of terrible. Its basically a bunch of Wii Mode improvements, the biggest ones being proper surround sound support (which doesn't matter since the Wii never had Surround capabilities but its probably so stuff doesn't [tornado fang] up on a surround system.) and OFF-TV PLAY FOR YOUR WII GAMES, but you can't use the gamepad for those so you gotta use a Wiimote anyway. Oh well.

Satoryu · **Reply #229 on:** October 01, 2013, 05:26:05 AM

Yeah, kinda dumb unless you have a stand for your Gamepad. Playing with it in your lap would probably be really uncomfortable. Obviously you need a Wiimote for games that require Wiimote and/or Nunchuk in the first place. But being able to use the Gamepad as a Classic Controller or a Gamecube Controller would be a nice addition.

Police Girl · **Reply #230 on:** October 01, 2013, 06:34:16 AM

Oh, the load times in the Wii U Menu have been vastly improved.

The eShop has a little minigame to play while it loads (Its the game from SMB3 where you have to get the picture in order, but with VC games instead of a Mushroom, Flower or Star, I can't expect to actually finish a game though since loading doesn't take too long.) I've heard Miiverse got one too.

The VC games on the Wii now go to the proper aspect ratio instead of stretching to the screen.

And I must say, Xenoblade looks wonderful on the smaller screen.

OBJECTION MAN · **Reply #231 on:** October 01, 2013, 08:53:51 PM

@Nintendo Direct

FIRE FLOWER PRINCESS PEACH AND HOTROD BOWSER

That is all.

Kieran · **Reply #232 on:** October 01, 2013, 09:07:50 PM

We've known about Peach with the fireflower for a while, but Bowser's hotrod is new.

Nexus · **Reply #233 on:** October 01, 2013, 09:16:44 PM

They need to release an update eventually that lets the Gamepad operate as a Classic or Gamecube controller for Wii games. THEN it'd be perfect. The screen's a bit too small to reliably use a Wiimote, though, even despite the Gamepad having a sensor bar for you to use. You can use Classic Controllers if you've got them hooked up, too.

Hypershell · **Reply #234 on:** October 02, 2013, 01:38:08 AM

Yeah, I agree. I mean, Classic minimum. GCN might be simpler in terms of managing control inputs, but the problem is that its right stick can't navigate the Wii menu (although why in the crap Nintendo couldn't ever update the system to allow such is beyond me).

EDITS: Other needed improvement: If you're going to AT ALL allow off-TV Wii mode play, you should be able to get to Wii mode while off-TV. The WiiU menu still requires you point your remote at the TV, and not the GamePad, before starting the Wii menu.

Still, I am glad to see off-TV Wii mode play. They're getting there.

Quote from: Clefant on October 01, 2013, 06:34:16 AM

The VC games on the Wii now go to the proper aspect ratio instead of stretching to the screen.

Mirby · **Reply #235 on:** January 23, 2014, 04:49:17 PM

Guess this is just the general Wii U news thread then? Yeah? Cool.

Nintendo put up the official Japanese website for DKC: Tropical Freeze, and with it comes some soundtrack samples. And as we already know, Dave Wise is doing the entire soundtrack for this.

You can either check out a YouTube video with all the songs or listen individually below:

Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Track 4 (holy crap!)
Track 5

I think he still has it; these are amazing. I knew I was right to be excitebike about the soundtrack

Hypershell · **Reply #236 on:** January 26, 2014, 03:47:52 AM

Quote from: Clefant on October 01, 2013, 06:34:16 AM

The VC games on the Wii now go to the proper aspect ratio instead of stretching to the screen.

You know, since the last time I posted in this thread, I took notice that statement holds true not only for VC games, but also the few early Wii-native games where the devs were too lazy to add a widescreen mode (IE: Mario Party

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Police Girl · **Reply #237 on:** January 26, 2014, 05:18:16 AM

Quote from: Hypershell on January 26, 2014, 03:47:52 AM

You know, since the last time I posted in this thread, I took notice that statement holds true not only for VC games, but also the few early Wii-native games where the devs were too lazy to add a widescreen mode (IE: Mario Party 8 ).

That so? That's nifty as hell.

I've noticed one bug though, seems injected VC games don't follow that protocol (Example: Sailor Moon Another Story stretches to the screen.) and Homebrew Browser goes into 4:3 squished mode too.

Mirby · **Reply #238 on:** January 26, 2014, 05:39:39 AM

There's actually a fix for the squished mode, you just have to install the channel.

Police Girl · **Reply #239 on:** January 26, 2014, 05:47:26 AM

I run it from the installed channel.

The only times it comes in unsquished is if I go through the installation process.

Mirby · **Reply #240 on:** January 26, 2014, 06:17:45 AM

It's a channel forwarder that runs the normal Homebrew Channel. Just not squished.

Kieran · **Reply #241 on:** January 26, 2014, 05:29:19 PM

You know, I have no intention of transferring my Wii's homebrew stuff to the Wii U. Seems like too much of a hassle for no benefit. I'll just hang on to the Wii since I use it as a Gamecube anyway.

Mirby · **Reply #242 on:** January 26, 2014, 09:59:06 PM

I actually did transfer that stuff to my Wii U. Did a NAND backup before hand, then transferred, and then restored the NAND on my Wii so everything would still be on my Wii.

Though I'd prefer to be able to use the Gamepad's buttons, it's nice to be able to play GBA ROMs and stuff on the Gamepad's screen so I don't have to go through the hassle of hooking up my Wii again whenever I want to do that.

Kieran · **Reply #243 on:** January 26, 2014, 10:15:10 PM

...Why the hell didn't I think of doing a NAND backup to copy everything back to the Wii afterward? Good thinking, Mirby.

xnamkcor · **Reply #244 on:** January 26, 2014, 10:26:12 PM

I just got my hands on a Wii, but I need to get a Wii Remote to use it. I wish I could just use my USB controller or Gamecube Controller to navigate to the Menu. Almost all homebrew can use the Gamecube Controller.

Then again, I'm gonna need a Motion Plus Remote for Skyward Sword, anyway. And I need to replace the Battery tray. So I'm just gonna buy a refurbished Wii Remote Plus w/ Nunchuck and the Battery Tray from Nintendo.

https://store.nintendo.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&langId=-1&currency=USD&ignoreCrumbs=N&crumb1=&crumb1Ignore=&crumb2=&crumb2Ignore=&crumb3=&crumb3Ignore=&translateFrom=%C3%88%C3%89%C3%87&translateTo=EEC&usrSearchText=&searchText=&selSrchType=&page=&view=&productId=211209&categoryId=70706&lastAction=ProductDisplay&orderTotal=&tranId=0&jktranid=&rpComment=&dropOff=

And just in case someone is looking for a "cheap" 3DS.
https://store.nintendo.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=211214&catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&categoryId=70706&krypto=GrjJmjV7%2Fh%2BLquzlLeEgC0pM7E9p4HRUPrBBk5noDOUhysvG4h%2BRIMfOJ2hjwRRRKRVvdQqs1rg%3D&ddkey=https:SetCurrencyPreference

Mirby · **Reply #245 on:** January 27, 2014, 12:57:33 PM

I didn't even know if it would work, I kinda winged it haha

Police Girl · **Reply #246 on:** January 30, 2014, 03:41:17 AM

I er.... what?

The final Boxart for MK8 looks cool as hell, but they should really be focusing on getting the Virtual Console up to speed right now, not trying to add more [tornado fang]ing systems to the pipeline!

Mirby · **Reply #247 on:** January 30, 2014, 05:19:43 AM

I don't think the QOL thing is a traditional console, per se. Plus if anything, Virtual Console should be taking a backseat to making the system actually worthy of buying, which they're planning on doing. They're going to make the NNIDs more universal, realizing that having different accounts per system ruined [parasitic bomb]. They're going to work on better integration of the GamePad into newer games, including the inherent NFC capabilities of the controller, revealing several games that will use that at E3.

And they're also bringing DS games to Wii U Virtual Console.

Plus Iwata was speaking about Nintendo corporate first, NoA and NoE likely are secondary priority. The Virtual Console's doing fantastic there, it's just us who get [tornado fang]'d over. Got a problem with that, take it up with NoA.

xnamkcor · **Reply #248 on:** January 30, 2014, 05:26:25 AM

Apparently, this is old, but I've been keeping track of this thread and don't recall seeing it.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOq4IiuRMWk[/youtube]

Police Girl · **Reply #249 on:** January 30, 2014, 05:33:26 AM

Quote from: Mirby on January 30, 2014, 05:19:43 AM

Plus Iwata was speaking about Nintendo corporate first, NoA and NoE likely are secondary priority. The Virtual Console's doing fantastic there, it's just us who get [tornado fang]'d over. Got a problem with that, take it up with NoA.

Actually I hear its slow everywhere, Europe's been getting better treatment in the VC department than the US in terms of games released but even they don't go beyond one game a week at most.

And honestly, lots of people complain to NoA about the VC being a [tornado fang]ing dripfeed where we potentially get screwed out of games for months or years due to the release schedule either being so slow, they twiddle their thumbs and [acid burst] people off and don't change a damn thing for no damn reason. I'm alright with it not being the main thing of importance but they should at least pretend to care and keep older games flowing at a brisker pace.

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