Topic: Wii U in Review (News & Rumor Consolidation)

[EasyCure]

Sweet. Less distractions from Wii U tomorrow

[azeke]

There is a livestream with a guy playing Nintendo Land going on for entire day.

I like the music in NL if anything.

[Disco Stu]

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/17/key-details-on-wii-u-storage-solutions


Just saw this on IGN:

Bus-Powered vs. Self-Powered vs. USB 3.0


Perhaps the most important detail concerning Wii U and hard drives is this - self-powered drives (i.e. ones that you not only connect by USB but also power through an AC adapter plugged into an outlet) will definitely work with the system. Bus-powered discs, apparently, either won't work until a future update or won't be directly confirmed by Nintendo as able to work until a future time. Either way, it seems as though self-powered HDDs are the better option at this point.
Some drives are able to be powered only through USB 3.0. As we noted in our original story (below), 3.0 drives are not promised to work, though Nintendo has clarified these devices will effectively operate at USB 2.0.

Ah crap, I bought a bus-powered hard drive last weekend specifically for my Wii U.  It does say bus-powered just isn't "directly confirmed" so I guess it'll be a gamble when I bring the system home later tonight!

[BlackNMild2k1]

1500mAh battery in the uMote



but lots of space for a bigger one.
Be on the lookout for the 3rd Party batteries soon

[MrPhishfood]

1500mAh battery in the uMote

Oh hoh! Very clever. More space for a bigger battery. Thought I wouldn't buy third party batteries, even though they have a higher mAH it doesn't always mean you get a longer charge.

[Louieturkey]

1500mAh battery in the uMote

Oh hoh! Very clever. More space for a bigger battery. Thought I wouldn't buy third party batteries, even though they have a higher mAH it doesn't always mean you get a longer charge.

Here's hoping Nintendo plans to sell higher mAh batteries in the future.

[Ceric]

Yeah, Nintendo would never put that much space if they didn't either:

A) Originally planned on a bigger battery
B) Will put a bigger Battery on sell

[Fatty The Hutt]

C) Will put bigger (longer lived) battery in "Wii U Lite" on sale 8 months from now.

[Ceric]

C) Will put bigger (longer lived) battery in "Wii U Lite" on sale 8 months from now.

That still B)

[Fatty The Hutt]

C) Will put bigger (longer lived) battery in "Wii U Lite" on sale 8 months from now.

That still B)

I thought you meant they would just sell a bigger battery (since that's what you said). I was adding they would sell a new updated system.

[Ceric]

C) Will put bigger (longer lived) battery in "Wii U Lite" on sale 8 months from now.

That still B)

I thought you meant they would just sell a bigger battery (since that's what you said). I was adding they would sell a new updated system.

Alright I'll give you that.  In my mind that still be just selling a bigger battery Gamepad wise.

[Kairon]

I definitely plan on upgrading my gamepad's battery when a good solution comes along.

[ShyGuy]

Digital Foundry did a head to head to head comparison on Mass Effect III. Surprise! the PS3 port had the worst frame rate. Nobody is crack-heading it up over the PS3 version though. Nintendo bigotry!

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-mass-effect-3-wii-u-face-off

[Shaymin]

People shouldn't be buying ME3 on WiiU because of graphic issues, they shouldn't be buying it because it's a totally incomplete experience.

[TJ Spyke]

What's insulting is that EA is charging the same price for the Wii U special edition of ME3 as they are for the Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 trilogy that contains all 3 ME games. If I own a Wii U and a Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3, am I gonna pay $60 for ME3 on Wii U or pay $60 to get all 3 games on another system?

[MysticGohan]

And their giving it no DLC, which is a low blow, considering they recently released leviathan.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Clock Speeds for Wii U revealed

https://twitter.com/marcan42

No one is impressed. Internet erupts with "I told you so"'s

Everyone must remember that performance is not directly revealed by clock speeds alone.
There are other factors at play and the Wii U CPU is more than it's clock speeds suggest.

[Caterkiller]

Yeah, saw all that. Let's just see what Nintendo's teams come up with before naively thinking Wii U has peaked already.

[ShyGuy]

Clock Speeds for Wii U revealed

https://twitter.com/marcan42

No one is impressed. Internet erupts with "I told you so"'s

Everyone must remember that performance is not directly revealed by clock speeds alone.
There are other factors at play and the Wii U CPU is more than it's clock speeds suggest.

The guy who revealed the clock even said not judge it by the clock speed.

[BlackNMild2k1]

I know, but I did't feel like digging out quotes.
So I just summed it all up in as few comments as I felt would get the point across.

[EasyCure]

Clock Speeds for Wii U revealed

https://twitter.com/marcan42

No one is impressed. Internet erupts with "I told you so"'s

Everyone must remember that performance is not directly revealed by clock speeds alone.
There are other factors at play and the Wii U CPU is more than it's clock speeds suggest.

The guy who revealed the clock even said not judge it by the clock speed.

Do you think the internet will listen?

[MysticGohan]

no, but it can be bitch smacked properly from across the aisle

[BranDonk Kong]

You've got to take into account many things - like that the GameCube's 486Mhz PowerPC CPU was essentially more capable than the Xbox's 733Mhz Pentium. Also, according to some reports, it is based on the same type of technology found in Watson (though Watson is a gigantic super computer with 2,880 8-core CPUs).

[ShyGuy]

This is the notable quote from the Wii U hacker:

"So yes, the Wii U CPU is nothing to write home about, but don't compare it clock per clock with a 360 and claim it's much worse. It isn't."

https://twitter.com/marcan42/status/274182672652308480

[mysticgohan]

This is the notable quote from the Wii U hacker:

"So yes, the Wii U CPU is nothing to write home about, but don't compare it clock per clock with a 360 and claim it's much worse. It isn't."

https://twitter.com/marcan42/status/274182672652308480

awesome, good to know. Although I always had a hunch. I knew that bit about gamecube.