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Are you getting the Wii U? This poll is closed.
Yes	9031	65.25%
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Maybe	808	5.84%
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Auron: Jan 10, 2002; <img alt="" border="0" src="https://fi.somethingawful.com/customtitles/title-auron.jpg"/><br/>Drunken Robot Rage

Just got my deluxe edition for $122 at sam's club. Check your clubs! Mine said out of stock online

# ? Feb 2, 2014 21:40

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# ? May 31, 2024 16:13

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CURATOR OF ANIME posted:

If you watch the Super Bowl tomorrow with Nintendo TVii you'd be entered for a chance to win a limited edition Nintendo jersey

I got Error Code: 119-4035 trying to start Nintendo TVii.

# ? Feb 2, 2014 21:53

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

I have the TVii page up for the Super Bowl but nothing is updating. Does it need to sync with the TV to work or something? I assumed its info would come from the web to supplement what I'm watching over broadcast.

# ? Feb 3, 2014 00:52

deafmute: Jun 24, 2003; You can't choke if you chew forever

Bruceski posted:

I have the TVii page up for the Super Bowl but nothing is updating. Does it need to sync with the TV to work or something? I assumed its info would come from the web to supplement what I'm watching over broadcast.

It's really weird and loving broken, it'll pose questions but it's buried in the pile of their text posts like ad names/coin toss/random text events. If you didn't scroll past everything in time to see the question you've already missed out on like a chance at a thousand points or so.

Edit for clarity: This was through Wii U directly

# ? Feb 3, 2014 00:58

Blackbelt Bobman: Jul 17, 2004; I don't need friends! I've been
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njsykora posted:

I believe if you download it you have 30 days to link a Fit Meter before you're locked out completely.

Nope! You can unlock it any time with a fit meter. I did it two weeks after my trial was up.

# ? Feb 3, 2014 01:32

Spectacle Rock: May 24, 2013

Auron posted:

Just got my deluxe edition for $122 at sam's club. Check your clubs! Mine said out of stock online

Was the Wii-U just on the store floor, or did you have to go ask for one from behind a counter or something?

I check my local Sams Club everytime I'm there for Wii-U's and they never seem to have any at all!

Thanks for the report. Good luck to any goons who can get one at this killer price.

# ? Feb 3, 2014 02:58

Sarchasm: Apr 14, 2002; So that explains why he did not answer. He had no mouth to answer with. There is nothing left of him but his ears.

Bruceski posted:

I have the TVii page up for the Super Bowl but nothing is updating. Does it need to sync with the TV to work or something? I assumed its info would come from the web to supplement what I'm watching over broadcast.

This was my experience as well, and I eventually just got impatient and turned it off before the end of the first quarter. I'd be interested to hear if anyone had a different experience.

# ? Feb 3, 2014 04:53

Fishylungs: Jan 12, 2008

Blackbelt Bobman posted:

Nope! You can unlock it any time with a fit meter. I did it two weeks after my trial was up.

I imagine that means the time for syncing with the free demo ended at the end of the month.

# ? Feb 3, 2014 04:54

Commissar Ken: Dec 9, 2006; Children STILL love me, dammit!

Sarchasm posted:

This was my experience as well, and I eventually just got impatient and turned it off before the end of the first quarter. I'd be interested to hear if anyone had a different experience.

I didn't have any problem with the side poo poo, that all kept up but I noticed that I had to leave it on for it to catch up. Like it had to warm up into working right or some poo poo. That said I never did see an updated score and poo poo, just the 'game stuff'. Stopped looking at it at halftime.

# ? Feb 3, 2014 05:44

Auron: Jan 10, 2002; <img alt="" border="0" src="https://fi.somethingawful.com/customtitles/title-auron.jpg"/><br/>Drunken Robot Rage

Spectacle Rock posted:

Was the Wii-U just on the store floor, or did you have to go ask for one from behind a counter or something?

I check my local Sams Club everytime I'm there for Wii-U's and they never seem to have any at all!

Thanks for the report. Good luck to any goons who can get one at this killer price.

I saw it behind the customer service counter in the locked cabinets. It had a price tag of 192.71 which I thought was a steal itself, but then rang up at 122.31.

At that price there was no way I could walk away.

# ? Feb 3, 2014 13:08

Kurtofan: Feb 16, 2011; hon hon hon

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze TV Commercial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vCkwAqzB3g&feature=youtu.be

# ? Feb 3, 2014 13:25

Pixeltendo: Mar 2, 2012

Nothing beats mixing live action bewildered people with CGI characters.

All it really needed was a witch doctor singing that monkey song.

# ? Feb 3, 2014 13:33

Natron: Aug 5, 2004

Commissar Ken posted:

I didn't have any problem with the side poo poo, that all kept up but I noticed that I had to leave it on for it to catch up. Like it had to warm up into working right or some poo poo. That said I never did see an updated score and poo poo, just the 'game stuff'. Stopped looking at it at halftime.

At the very start of the game it wasn't updating at all, just the crawl on the side worked. After about the first quarter or so, the field portion and the scores all caught up and it was pretty good. I stopped watching after the third quarter, though, because the game was kinda godawful, but for the few quarters I spent answering questions and following along I was pretty happy with it.

I entered for the Nintendo Jersey, too, but what on earth is a "Nintendo Jersey"? I know it's a football prize, but it just seems odd... Maybe when I start to play professional Mario all the other members of the team will be wearing THEIR Nintendo jerseys.

# ? Feb 3, 2014 13:57

ThisIsACoolGuy: Nov 2, 2010; Shaped like a friend

I didn't expect to hear a Diddy Kong Racing remix :allears:

# ? Feb 3, 2014 16:11

Kurtofan: Feb 16, 2011; hon hon hon

ThisIsACoolGuy posted:

I didn't expect to hear a Diddy Kong Racing remix

I haven't played DKR in a long time, do you know the original?

# ? Feb 3, 2014 16:19

Sarchasm: Apr 14, 2002; So that explains why he did not answer. He had no mouth to answer with. There is nothing left of him but his ears.

Natron posted:

I entered for the Nintendo Jersey, too, but what on earth is a "Nintendo Jersey"?

It's a really ugly bluish jersey that says "MARIO" and I think the number is 01. I forget what's on the front.

I guess you could always eBay it?

# ? Feb 3, 2014 16:20

ThisIsACoolGuy: Nov 2, 2010; Shaped like a friend

Kurtofan posted:

I haven't played DKR in a long time, do you know the original?

It sounds like a variation on the character select screen to me (namely Drumsticks version) link I can only find a version that plays everybody's theme though so it's kind of hard to pick out. Drumsticks is around 1:22, in the tropical freeze video you can hear the same notes right before they cut away from the first level. (1:37)

Of course it may just be it sounds familiar to me because it's David Wise but still

# ? Feb 3, 2014 16:31

Supercar Gautier: Jun 10, 2006

The Drumsticks version is a harmony of the select theme that comes sort of close to the Tropical Freeze melody, but it's not really a match. I wouldn't call it a remix.

# ? Feb 3, 2014 16:36

Kurtofan: Feb 16, 2011; hon hon hon

In any case it made me listen to the DKR soundtrack so it's not all bad :v:

Didn't know David Wise made it.

# ? Feb 3, 2014 16:38

ThisIsACoolGuy: Nov 2, 2010; Shaped like a friend

Supercar Gautier posted:

The Drumsticks version is a harmony of the select theme that comes sort of close to the Tropical Freeze melody, but it's not really a match. I wouldn't call it a remix.

Ah well, my bad. Was listening to the song this morning and friend pointed out that it sounded like a DKR song, ended up listening to the soundtrack and did a double take when I heard it so woops.

And yeah David did the music for DKR

# ? Feb 3, 2014 16:40

Supercar Gautier: Jun 10, 2006

In remix news, though, it does seem like there's a stage that combines the water music from DKC with the sunken cargo hold music from DKC2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNU24BWDdUY

# ? Feb 3, 2014 16:43

ThisIsACoolGuy: Nov 2, 2010; Shaped like a friend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHMmoSX3hhM

The new aquatic ambiance is amazing :allears:

It's kinda hard to hear the cargo hold part though due to the guys talking.

# ? Feb 3, 2014 16:45

Kurtofan: Feb 16, 2011; hon hon hon

ThisIsACoolGuy posted:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHMmoSX3hhM

The new aquatic ambiance is amazing It's kinda hard to hear the cargo hold part though due to the guys talking.

Man, I usually don't buy soundtracks for games, but gosh I hope they put out something.

# ? Feb 3, 2014 16:48

WiiFitForWindows8: Oct 14, 2013

Macaluso posted:

a donkey with a tie that looked like the King of Kong guy's tie,

You know, it shouldn't bother me, but the dude from the King of Kong was only made out to be a bad guy because of that director. I've actually met Billy Mitchell and he's a pretty nice dude, most people who win contests and such are usually such raving aspies its embarrassing. Anyone got that footage of the spelling bee winner saying he won because he "wasn't a loving retard"? Billy's attitude is a little strange, but hey, he's surviving in America and putting a lot of that on, "Hey, I was good at videogames once." And I dunno, that director was kind of a dick. His documentary was pretty insulting with how much he went out of his way to make things into a narrative. Plus if he ever did a sequel, he says he'd focus on Steve and Billy again, and not the Asian dude who skullfucked both of their scores. Jesus. [/spergout]

Iserlohn posted:

My advice for these kinds of games is to try to take encounters slowly and practice the basics. Yes, they're crazy and bombastic, but they are also very well-put together games with deep mechanics rooted in the basics. It's important to figure out how to use the defensive options to get the most out of your offense. Instead of looking at your character, look at the enemies and observe their tells for attacks. When you figure out what they're doing, dodge or block accordingly. The blocking move in W101 actually gives you a bit of leeway in timing and grants you the opportunity to combo an enemy after successfully pulling it off by stunning them. I wouldn't feel too discouraged about dying a lot or getting poor scores. You can even just play on Easy/Automatic and work your way up from there. These games are great because of the huge skill ceiling and benefit the most from replays. It's not expecting you to be able to do this right off the bat. But it's a hell of a lot of fun to actually be able to pull stuff like that off when you get good enough.

Or he can suck it the gently caress up and get good.
I'm kidding, but TW101 is the easiest platinum game, I'm pretty sure all the bosses have checkpoints and the only penalty for dying is score loss. Who cares? Go! It's fun as gently caress and if you get good you'll love it.

# ? Feb 3, 2014 17:00

Paper Jam Dipper: Jul 14, 2007; by XyloJW

WiiFitForWindows8 posted:

You know, it shouldn't bother me, but the dude from the King of Kong was only made out to be a bad guy because of that director. I've actually met Billy Mitchell and he's a pretty nice dude, most people who win contests and such are usually such raving aspies its embarrassing. Anyone got that footage of the spelling bee winner saying he won because he "wasn't a loving retard"? Billy's attitude is a little strange, but hey, he's surviving in America and putting a lot of that on, "Hey, I was good at videogames once." And I dunno, that director was kind of a dick. His documentary was pretty insulting with how much he went out of his way to make things into a narrative. Plus if he ever did a sequel, he says he'd focus on Steve and Billy again, and not the Asian dude who skullfucked both of their scores. Jesus. [/spergout]

You met a guy and he was nice to you. I guess footage we see is completely negated! :v:

# ? Feb 3, 2014 17:04

Blackbelt Bobman: Jul 17, 2004; I don't need friends! I've been
manipulatin' you since the start!
All so I can something,
something X-Blade!

Fishylungs posted:

I imagine that means the time for syncing with the free demo ended at the end of the month.

No, the free trial in game lasts 30 days after you download it, regardless of the promotion ending, and then you can unlock the full game at any time after that with the fit meter afaik.

# ? Feb 3, 2014 17:16

WiiFitForWindows8: Oct 14, 2013

Paper Jam Dipper posted:

You met a guy and he was nice to you. I guess footage we see is completely negated!

Okay, since the Twin Galaxies site is currently down(?????), there was a massive list of bullshit and inaccuracies posted by Walter Day. There are references to Walter's list all over the site, but here are some that I could find(in lieu of the site).

A core theme is that Billy Mitchell is an rear end in a top hat, one who doesn�t even deign to spend time in the same location as Steve Wiebe and won�t even come in to eat lunch at the same table as him. In fact, Billy came in and paid for lunch.

Billy denies Steve the satisfaction of playing one-on-one on Donkey Kong. They�d played Donkey Kong one-on-one a year before the documentary was filmed at a previous championship.

It seems like Steve Wiebe finally gets a chance to top Billy and that same day, a videotape arrives and Billy tops Wiebe. Steve Wiebe already had the top spot in Donkey Kong, having achieved the record before the documentary started.

The videotape that Billy sends in has a suspicious glitch. The videotape was a copy and the original was sent in with no glitch.

Two representatives of Twin Galaxies arcade forced their way into Steve�s garage and looted the machine. Two members of the same social scene as Twin Galaxies and Steve were let into his garage by his grandmother, and asked Steve for permission to photograph the circuit board.

A number of insiders constantly appraised Billy on what was going on at the competition and took suggestions from him. Multiple times, the conversations being shown from both sides are not the same conversation.

The documentary is pure, 100% bullshit and lies, and the director has already written it into a screenplay and has been shopping it around, because it, as a work of fiction, is a great underdog story. They edited the footage to make it look a certain way, they altered reality. I bet you think Michael Moore was given that gun in Bowling for Columbine ten seconds after he signed up for that bank account, and that he didn't arrange everything weeks in advance.

The entire purpose of that lovely film is to point and laugh at a subculture, to smooth over reality and turn it into a film, a film where the Good Guy family man Steve was wronged by Evil Billy Mitchell and his vegas wife(Billy has kids of his own, which is only shown once for around 20 versus a whopping 14 minutes combined footage of steve with his family). I'm really sorry that anyone can just show you a thing and you instantly believe it, you must get trolled by photoshop a lot.

# ? Feb 3, 2014 17:49

Louisgod: Sep 25, 2003; Always Watching; Bread Liar

WiiFitForWindows8 posted:

Okay, since the Twin Galaxies site is currently down(?????), there was a massive list of bullshit and inaccuracies posted by Walter Day. There are references to Walter's list all over the site, but here are some that I could find(in lieu of the site).

A core theme is that Billy Mitchell is an rear end in a top hat, one who doesn�t even deign to spend time in the same location as Steve Wiebe and won�t even come in to eat lunch at the same table as him. In fact, Billy came in and paid for lunch.

Billy denies Steve the satisfaction of playing one-on-one on Donkey Kong. They�d played Donkey Kong one-on-one a year before the documentary was filmed at a previous championship.

It seems like Steve Wiebe finally gets a chance to top Billy and that same day, a videotape arrives and Billy tops Wiebe. Steve Wiebe already had the top spot in Donkey Kong, having achieved the record before the documentary started.

The videotape that Billy sends in has a suspicious glitch. The videotape was a copy and the original was sent in with no glitch.

Two representatives of Twin Galaxies arcade forced their way into Steve�s garage and looted the machine. Two members of the same social scene as Twin Galaxies and Steve were let into his garage by his grandmother, and asked Steve for permission to photograph the circuit board.

A number of insiders constantly appraised Billy on what was going on at the competition and took suggestions from him. Multiple times, the conversations being shown from both sides are not the same conversation.

The documentary is pure, 100% bullshit and lies, and the director has already written it into a screenplay and has been shopping it around, because it, as a work of fiction, is a great underdog story. They edited the footage to make it look a certain way, they altered reality. I bet you think Michael Moore was given that gun in Bowling for Columbine ten seconds after he signed up for that bank account, and that he didn't arrange everything weeks in advance.

The entire purpose of that lovely film is to point and laugh at a subculture, to smooth over reality and turn it into a film, a film where the Good Guy family man Steve was wronged by Evil Billy Mitchell and his vegas wife(Billy has kids of his own, which is only shown once for around 20 versus a whopping 14 minutes combined footage of steve with his family). I'm really sorry that anyone can just show you a thing and you instantly believe it, you must get trolled by photoshop a lot.

oh my god who gives a poo poo. Let's move on from this stupid derail.

# ? Feb 3, 2014 18:07

deafmute: Jun 24, 2003; You can't choke if you chew forever

Blackbelt Bobman posted:

No, the free trial in game lasts 30 days after you download it, regardless of the promotion ending, and then you can unlock the full game at any time after that with the fit meter afaik.

Fishylungs is right. You might be able to play it for 30 days as a trial but you don't get the option to upgrade it to the full version after the promotion ended.

# ? Feb 3, 2014 18:15

greatn: Nov 15, 2006; by Lowtax

I think that documentary stuff is pretty common knowledge around here, anyway. It's not worth getting mad over.

# ? Feb 3, 2014 18:22

The Shep: Jan 10, 2007; If found, please return this poster to GIP. His mothers are very worried and miss him very much.

Why the hell can't I use a Wii Classic Controller Pro in ZombiU multiplayer? I thought all the Wii controllers were upwards-compatible, but not the other way around?

# ? Feb 3, 2014 19:07

romanowski: Nov 10, 2012

WiiFitForWindows8 posted:

Okay, since the Twin Galaxies site is currently down(?????), there was a massive list of bullshit and inaccuracies posted by Walter Day. There are references to Walter's list all over the site, but here are some that I could find(in lieu of the site).

A core theme is that Billy Mitchell is an rear end in a top hat, one who doesn�t even deign to spend time in the same location as Steve Wiebe and won�t even come in to eat lunch at the same table as him. In fact, Billy came in and paid for lunch.

Billy denies Steve the satisfaction of playing one-on-one on Donkey Kong. They�d played Donkey Kong one-on-one a year before the documentary was filmed at a previous championship.

It seems like Steve Wiebe finally gets a chance to top Billy and that same day, a videotape arrives and Billy tops Wiebe. Steve Wiebe already had the top spot in Donkey Kong, having achieved the record before the documentary started.

The videotape that Billy sends in has a suspicious glitch. The videotape was a copy and the original was sent in with no glitch.

Two representatives of Twin Galaxies arcade forced their way into Steve�s garage and looted the machine. Two members of the same social scene as Twin Galaxies and Steve were let into his garage by his grandmother, and asked Steve for permission to photograph the circuit board.

A number of insiders constantly appraised Billy on what was going on at the competition and took suggestions from him. Multiple times, the conversations being shown from both sides are not the same conversation.

The documentary is pure, 100% bullshit and lies, and the director has already written it into a screenplay and has been shopping it around, because it, as a work of fiction, is a great underdog story. They edited the footage to make it look a certain way, they altered reality. I bet you think Michael Moore was given that gun in Bowling for Columbine ten seconds after he signed up for that bank account, and that he didn't arrange everything weeks in advance.

The entire purpose of that lovely film is to point and laugh at a subculture, to smooth over reality and turn it into a film, a film where the Good Guy family man Steve was wronged by Evil Billy Mitchell and his vegas wife(Billy has kids of his own, which is only shown once for around 20 versus a whopping 14 minutes combined footage of steve with his family). I'm really sorry that anyone can just show you a thing and you instantly believe it, you must get trolled by photoshop a lot.

yeah but that movie still rules though

# ? Feb 3, 2014 19:17

deafmute: Jun 24, 2003; You can't choke if you chew forever

Cmdr. Shepard posted:

Why the hell can't I use a Wii Classic Controller Pro in ZombiU multiplayer? I thought all the Wii controllers were upwards-compatible, but not the other way around?

All Wii controllers can be used in Wii U games but it is up to the developer to enable support for them. In NES Remix(a god damned first party game) the only controller that was supported originally was the gamepad.

# ? Feb 3, 2014 19:23

The Shep: Jan 10, 2007; If found, please return this poster to GIP. His mothers are very worried and miss him very much.

deafmute posted:

All Wii controllers can be used in Wii U games but it is up to the developer to enable support for them. In NES Remix(a god damned first party game) the only controller that was supported originally was the gamepad.

That makes sense, thanks. Man, Nintendo really just needs to wipe the slate clean with their next console, it's a complicated mess right now.

# ? Feb 3, 2014 19:45

Pixeltendo: Mar 2, 2012

ThisIsACoolGuy posted:

I didn't expect to hear a Diddy Kong Racing remix

If it was a Diddy kong racing remix it only raises questions about what Nintendo owns from that game, obviously DK and his friends but what about Krunch? Wizpig? or the music?

At least considering it was the last joint effort between the two companies, Nintendo did keep Rares new if not creepy Tiny kong re-design.

# ? Feb 3, 2014 20:35

SilverSupernova: Feb 1, 2013

Pixeltendo posted:

If it was a Diddy kong racing remix it only raises questions about what Nintendo owns from that game, obviously DK and his friends but what about Krunch? Wizpig? or the music?

At least considering it was the last joint effort between the two companies, Nintendo did keep Rares new if not creepy Tiny kong re-design.

Based on the DS remake, SOME of the music and every character who didn't get a spin-off game (Banjo, Conker).

# ? Feb 3, 2014 21:37

njsykora: Jan 23, 2012; Robots confuse squirrels.

Pixeltendo posted:

If it was a Diddy kong racing remix it only raises questions about what Nintendo owns from that game, obviously DK and his friends but what about Krunch? Wizpig? or the music?

At least considering it was the last joint effort between the two companies, Nintendo did keep Rares new if not creepy Tiny kong re-design.

David Wise did the music for that game and is also doing Tropical Freeze if memory serves.

# ? Feb 3, 2014 23:26

deadwing: Mar 5, 2007

Cmdr. Shepard posted:

That makes sense, thanks. Man, Nintendo really just needs to wipe the slate clean with their next console, it's a complicated mess right now.

That said, NES Remix is a single-player only game so it made sense for the only controller to be the Gamepad. ZombiU's multiplayer not using the Classic Controller is just Ubi being dumb as hell.

# ? Feb 3, 2014 23:53

Blackbelt Bobman: Jul 17, 2004; I don't need friends! I've been
manipulatin' you since the start!
All so I can something,
something X-Blade!

deafmute posted:

Fishylungs is right. You might be able to play it for 30 days as a trial but you don't get the option to upgrade it to the full version after the promotion ended.

Maybe I'm missing something here... Could you point to the part of the page that says that? Because as far as I can tell, that page actually proves what I said correct.

Edit: it says "Sync the Fit Meter with your free version of Wii Fit U at any time." No asterisk or disclaimer about it being before the 31st of January.

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Random Stranger: Nov 27, 2009

deadwing posted:

That said, NES Remix is a single-player only game so it made sense for the only controller to be the Gamepad. ZombiU's multiplayer not using the Classic Controller is just Ubi being dumb as hell.

If there's one thing in this world you can count on, it's ~~Ubi being dumb as hell~~ software makers refusing to put even basic thought into interface design.

# ? Feb 4, 2014 00:33

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