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[Metroid Hunter]

Wii U Basic - ¥26,250
-White
-8 GB SSD
-Wii U Console
-Wii U Gamepad
-Wii U AC Adapter
-Wii U Gamepad AC Adapter
-HDMI Cable

Wii U Premium - ¥31,500
-Black
-32 GB SSD
-includes Nintendo Premium
-Wii U Console
-Wii U Gamepad
-Wii U AC Adapter
-Wii U Gamepad AC Adapter
-HDMI Cable
-Wii U Console Stand
-Wii U Gamepad Charging Dock
-Wii U Gamepad Stand

New Super Mario Bros. U - ¥5,985
Nintendo Land - ¥4,935
Wii U Pro Controller - ¥5,040
Wii MotionPlus - ¥3,800
Wii Nunchuk - ¥1,800
Wii U Console Stand - ¥315
Wii U Gamepad Stand/Dock Set - ¥1,890
Wii U Gamepad - ¥13,440

 

[01DragonFly]

someone please rewatch, i could have sworn he said you could use the wiimote on the gamepad.

Wii U™ GamePad

The Wii U GamePad™ controller removes the traditional barriers between games, players and the TV by creating a second window into the video game world. It incorporates a 6.2-inch, 16:9 aspect ratio LCD touch screen, as well as traditional button controls and two analog sticks. Inputs include a +Control Pad, L/R sticks, L/R stick buttons, A/B/X/Y buttons, L/R buttons, ZL/ZR buttons, Power button, HOME button, -/SELECT button, +/START button, and TV CONTROL button. The GamePad also includes motion control (powered by an accelerometer, gyroscope and geomagnetic sensor), a front-facing camera, a microphone, stereo speakers, rumble features, a sensor bar, an included stylus and support for Near Field Communication (NFC) functionality. It is powered by a rechargeable lithium-ion battery and weighs approximately 1.1 pounds (500 g)

from here:
http://www.nintendo.com/wiiu

 

[Always-honest]

Who cares what they launched at. Should WiiU revert in GPU and RAM also? It's 2012.

2012 is the year of the cloud. And many people will be fine with 32GB.

 

[Fuzzy]

1GB of memory for the OS?

really? what the heck is it doing exactly to need 1GB?

Miiverse always running?

 

[IrishNinja]

bwhahaha IT BEGINS

 

[BocoDragon]

Definitely leaning toward the white standard.

Seems like the Premium is the choice for digital-only gamers, and that ain't me.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

1GB of memory for the OS?

really? what the heck is it doing exactly to need 1GB?

I have a feeling they're giving themselves a lot of head room so they don't wind up with a PS3 and cross-game voicechat scenario. They might even reduce the overhead over time and free some up for developers, like Sony did for the PSP.

 

[so1337]

I haven't felt the need to buy a harddrive for my XBox since moving to a slim, and that's only 4 gigs. Discs are pretty great you guys.

XBLA/PSN/WiiWare games are pretty great you guys.

 

[Wolfie5]

Nintendoland will most likely be packed-in for EU/US. I can´t see this thing have a price less than 299. Plus didn´t Iwata say last year that it will cost more than 250?

 

[Ydahs]

Would games load slower on a USB 2.0 hard drive? What are the read speeds on those?

Don't have the exact numbers, but USB2.0 read speeds are quicker than what the Wii U drive provides.

 

[trinest]

Seriously. I'm wondering if Nintendo even knows what will be available at launch. Tomorrow better be a blow out during the NOA event. I'm thinking that the Japan didn't want to focus on too many details considering it was only a Nintendo Direct, whereas tomorrow's NOA event is a live stage presentation in New York with journalists flying cross country to cover it.

I'm expecting an hour long presser at least, not any of this 20 min bull crap.

They have another direct later for games anyway.

 

[Varjet]

Interesting that they're packing in an HDMI cable instead of a composite one.

 

[xemumanic]

They will, that's been confirmed since E3 2011.

Then sure, I guess what you said could work. I'm the type to like to own something, its hard to trust a download, unless its done right. I'm not sure Nintendo has the ability to do it right in their DNA. A disc I can trust.

 

[radioheadrule83]

Who cares what they launched at. Should WiiU revert in GPU and RAM also? It's 2012.

Just because a certain console is retarded and makes you install data for almost every game doesn't mean other consoles are going to. It's expandable via USB too. It's not an issue.

 

[whalleywhat]

2012 is the year of the cloud. And many people will be fine with 32GB.

You guys keep saying this, but the premium model is supposedly for 'heavy downloaders'. Are they relying on people not putting that discount to use?

 

[Hero]

Who cares what they launched at. Should WiiU revert in GPU and RAM also? It's 2012.

My point is that there's a start to it and can obviously improve as time goes on just like the other systems did. And with Nintendo at least you have the options of using an external hard drive or SD memory card of your own choosing.

 

[Chanser]

Interesting that they're packing in an HDMI cable instead of a composite one.

Surely S-Video is better.

 

[IrishNinja]

I have a feeling they're giving themselves a lot of head room so they don't wind up with a PS3 and cross-game voicechat scenario. They might even reduce the overhead over time and free some up for developers, like Sony did for the PSP.

my thoughts here too. room to breath, and if dynamically shared, room to grow for the games too; wouldnt be the first time they unlocked things later, as i recall?

Interesting that they're packing in an HDMI cable instead of a composite one.

yeah, shows they're ready for this HD thing, prolly feel the time is right now with HDTV permeation and all.

 

[ScreenSplitter]

Interesting that they're packing in an HDMI cable instead of a composite one.

Would be pretty lame if they put a huge emphasis on Nintendo in HD and didn't give you the means to see it. In UK, even the cheapest budget TVs are HD ready now.

 

[zroid]

people talking shit about the memory are probably forgetting that this is not an hdd, it's flash memory, therefore faster and not prone to break up so easily. nintendo will never include an hdd because of it's fragility.

I am honestly a little bit surprised they're even doing this 32GB thing, since running games off external storage is so much more cost efficient for the consumer anyway. I don't see the point of the extra flash memory, which probably won't amount to that much in the long term.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Then sure, I guess what you said could work. I'm the type to like to own something, its hard to trust a download, unless its done right. I'm not sure Nintendo has the ability to do it right in their DNA. A disc I can trust.

Nintendo is lacking compared to the others, but they have yet to let me down. DSi -> 3DS transfer and now Wii -> Wii U transfer for downloads make me less skeptical, and I don't want a big mass of games sitting in my closet anymore. Lots of disc games also makes moving a pain.

 

[YoYo Switch]

Interesting that they're packing in an HDMI cable instead of a composite one.

oh crap im still on a CRT

oh man that'd be great if i came home on launch day with a paperweight. i'd probably buy it anyway too haha

 

[brain_stew]

A whole 1GB dedicated to the OS? Hopefully the plan is to reduce that down significantly over time, there's no real competitive need for more than 1GB before the PS4/Xbox3 launch so I guess it makes sense, but let's have that down to 256MB before they launch Nintendo, thanks. If the background OS was so important, they really shouldn't have left themselves so short in CPU power, if anything, that'll be a bigger bottleneck than the RAM.

For perspective the 360 only dedicates 32MB to its background OS and gets an awful lot done with it, 1GB is insane.

 

[Oni Link 666]

bwhahaha IT BEGINS

Classy.

 

[Blood Diamonds]

bwhahaha IT BEGINS

What the fuck is this?

Jesus...

 

[pieatorium]

32GB isn't terrible, could be worse (vita), anyone saying that 32 will likely last a long time though i think is short sighted.

I've had my vita for 2 weeks and I've almost filled up an 8g card already.

 

[timetokill]

It's a fake account, dudes. Calm it.

 

[BocoDragon]

Interesting that they're packing in an HDMI cable instead of a composite one.

It's not surprising anymore. It was a few years ago, but not now.

Composite is not HD. Wii U is all about HD.

And component cable is HD, but it's likely to get dropped from many TVs in the future.

And it's 2012. HDMI is the standard.

 

[Ridley327]

Would be pretty lame if they put a huge emphasis on Nintendo in HD and didn't give you the means to see it. In UK, even the cheapest budget TVs are HD ready now.

To be fair, Sony pushed HD and Blu-ray hardcore at the launch of the PS3, and neither SKU came with an HDMI cable. MS had been the only company up until now that actually included HD cables with their system (removed later, but still).

 

[Leezard]

You guys keep saying this, but the premium model is supposedly for 'heavy downloaders'. Are they relying on people not putting that discount to use?

32GB is nothing, yeah. It's great that they allow non-proprietary USB hdds though.

 

[SolarPowered]

Interesting that they're packing in an HDMI cable instead of a composite one.

This is also good news. Everyone has an HDTV now so people can enjoy their HD signals without a hitch.

I have a feeling they're giving themselves a lot of head room so they don't wind up with a PS3 and cross-game voicechat scenario. They might even reduce the overhead over time and free some up for developers, like Sony did for the PSP.

Yeah, this is most likely the case. This OS is gonna run like greased lightning compared to XBL that has slowdown even when loading the dashboard or browsing through games. Still... an entire GB is a lot. Hopefully at least 256MB of that is opened up for games before a year passes.

 

[CaVaYeRo]

yupp, standart comes without actual console.

I obviously mean: is HDMI included in every version?

And what about that Wii U GamePad stand-charger? Only for premium?

 

[saveweyard]

What the fuck is this?

Jesus...

Fake Kaz

 

[Beth Cyra]

You guys keep saying this, but the premium model is supposedly for 'heavy downloaders'. Are they relying on people not putting that discount to use?

Thing is, Heavy downloaders would/will blow through the ammount and it doesn't matter if it's 32 or 100 Gig. The fact they made it expandable by External HDD and that 10% back for the Premium is much better then another 20/30 Gigs honestly.

 

[Hero]

The more alarming news is that Pikmin 3's box or price wasn't mentioned. Definitely seems like it's not making the launch date.

 

[IrishNinja]

It's a fake account, dudes. Calm it.

seriously, i thought fake Kaz was loved around here - his shots on the Vita have been brilliant, of course he's gonna take em here too!

 

[Blood Diamonds]

It's a fake account, dudes. Calm it.

Haha

alright.

 

[Like the hat?]

Weird that it doesn't come with a sensor bar

 

[xemumanic]

XBLA/PSN/WiiWare games are pretty great you guys.

XBLA alone has made my Xbox 360 purchase worth it. I can't imagine having had just an arcade. I laughed at anyone who bought the 360 tard pack in the early days.

RomanticHeroX, you missed out on so much. I guess the saying is true, ignorance is bliss.

 

[Leezard]

Would games load slower on a USB 2.0 hard drive? What are the read speeds on those?

It's quicker than the Blu-ray read speed.

 

[D_prOdigy]

You guys keep saying this, but the premium model is supposedly for 'heavy downloaders'. Are they relying on people not putting that discount to use?

Heavy downloaders probably have cheap SD cards/USB storage to hand though, don't they?

 

[brain_stew]

Interesting that they're packing in an HDMI cable instead of a composite one.

Every TV on the market for the last 5 years has supported HDMI, even the budget ones. The mass market shouldn't be the ones required to buy a new cable.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

32GB isn't terrible, could be worse (vita)

LOL nothing could be worse than Vita, storage wise.

No built in system memory.

Uses proprietary memory sticks.

No bundled memory sticks except for some special ones.

Some games randomly require a memory stick for saving.

Sony's treatment of Vita's storage is more boneheaded than Nintendo not including an AC adapter for the 3DS XL in Europe and Japan.

 

[Charoncaori]

Which gigabyte of ram controls the wii u pad, the game memory or the system memory, or a combination of the two? I'm guessing you wouldn't need a huge buffer of memory to stream something to a second screen in the first place, though.

 

[nickcv]

You guys keep saying this, but the premium model is supposedly for 'heavy downloaders'. Are they relying on people not putting that discount to use?

you can use any SD card you own or external hdd... and whoever is a heavy downloader already owns tons of them.

32 GB on board will be way faster then any other solution (even compared to what microsoft and sony are currently offering, being this one a flash memory).

 

[Blood Diamonds]

Fake Kaz

Ah... But why would anyone do this xD

Is there a Fake Reggie account?

 

[Ridley327]

Weird that it doesn't come with a sensor bar

The GamePad itself can act as a sensor bar.

 

[IrishNinja]

The more alarming news is that Pikmin 3's box or price wasn't mentioned. Definitely seems like it's not making the launch date.

yeah, im here with you man. was hoping by the holidays but if the system drops early december, this looks like 2014 over here to me.

hoping this morning's showing says P100 at launch, if not just Mario for me (assuming nintendoland packs in)

 

[AniHawk]

Classy.

a ceo should have better taste than to disrespect a rival dojo like that!!!

from now on i am boycotting the vita.

 

[Oni Link 666]

A whole 1GB dedicated to the OS? Hopefully the plan is to reduce that down significantly over time, there's no real competitive need for more than 1GB before the PS4/Xbox3 launch so I guess it makes sense, but let's have that down to 256MB before they launch Nintendo, thanks. If the background OS was so important, they really shouldn't have left themselves so short in CPU power, if anything, that'll be a bigger bottleneck than the RAM.

For perspective the 360 only dedicates 32MB to its background OS and gets an awful lot done with it, 1GB is insane.

The OS allows you to do video chat and web browsing while the game is running in the background and it's constantly running what is basically a Mii Plaza. It's going to use that 1GB.