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Super Smash Bros. (Wii U) available for pre-load on the Nintendo eShop
- Thread starter L~A
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thank you.
it doesn't seem so bad, after all. even if I'll have to wait the day of release to download it, at worst. I can save little money, having my amiibo, having it always available on the HDD (I'd love to have MK8 too on the HDD, for example), having a 5 DDP code...
jts
...hate me...
To my understanding, inputing the code before release should direct you to the game pre-download. In the past you would actually get it early, I think that happened with games such as Pikmin 3. But I expect Nintendo to have "fixed" this now that they have pre-download.
We will probably know exactly how this works next week, when americans get their codes from Nintendo's web store and try to input them
Friend of Sonic
Member
I'm really torn. I preordered Smash from Dell and the $25 dollar gift card I'm rolling into the free $25 gift card it comes with basically makes it $40. But, Smash is the quintessential game that definitely has a place on system storage. Hmmmm
Apparently the whole game preloads and installs? There is like 4GB dedicated to DLC/Updates. The thing preventing us from playing now is the Wii U connecting to the server and doing and update check/needs a day one update.
At least that's what I think from what I read.
Ah, so on launch day, we should expect an extra 4-5 GB of extra download. Thanks.
Maybe, don't take my word for it. Let's hope we don't have to.
Gaiaknight
Member
doubt it the whole point of the pre-load is to be able to play right at midnight at best the update will be jsut a small unlock type of thing.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
The extra space is probably for location data, etc.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
So I take it that the Wii U can only read one external hard drive at a time huh? How does one transfer games between two external hard drives then?
jts
...hate me...
2.5" + a Y micro USB cable is the slickest way. Any trustable brand would do.
You use the Wii U's internal memory as the middleman.
HD1 -> WII U
followed by:
WII U -> HD2
If internal memory's not large enough, transfer over only the savedata, then redownload the game to the target hard drive.
Gaiaknight
Member
the wii u allows for more than 1 hdd to be plugged in but im not sure if you can copy from 1 hdd to the other as i only have 1 external hdd for my wii u.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Ahh wait, so the save data is separate from the game data? I always thought it's part of the game data.
Since my brother plans on putting Smash U in internal Wii U memory, but is saving for an external. Right now we have a 16GB as a temporary storage for three games he downloaded (Game and Wario, WW HD, Hyrule Warriors), but once he buys an external, he's gonna transfer them over.
You can plug in 2 HDDs and transfer between internal and both external drives.
Only applicable in System Settings.
The Wii U only reads and recognizes one hard drive as the main one to read games but can read a second one to back up and transfer.
Remember to plug in and remove when the console is off to prevent any failures.
Only applicable in System Settings.
The Wii U only reads and recognizes one hard drive as the main one to read games but can read a second one to back up and transfer.
Remember to plug in and remove when the console is off to prevent any failures.
bodyboarder
Member
Yep, and rightly so. Try calling nintendo Australia. I myself tried 3 times on different days, and spoke to different people each time and could not get an account transferred.
jts
...hate me...
Yeah, it is separate. Although it is always located in the same drive as the game. Once you go to data management and click on a game, you'll see the different data items (game, saves, updates, etc).
Oh and yeah other posters are right when they say you can actually have 2 HDDs plugged and transfer between them. When I had to do it I only had 1 Y cable for 2 HDDs hence why I had to use the Wii U's internal as a data bucket. My bad.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Ahh sweet, so transferring will be easier than I thought. Thanks for the input guys!
nogoodnamesleft
Banned
I need more space!! Does a USB stick work for game storage/running the game?
Less than 24 hours until release and no code. I would have liked to start pre-downloading the game considering how big it is.
SpecialAgentZ
Member
I can confirm you can copy from HDD1 directly to HDD2.
I did a HDD upgrade the same day Smash came out and it worked fine.
Tested now again just to be sure.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Do it if you feel like losing your save data.
Just got my download code from GAME and it doesn't work with preload
bummer... i didn't even get my code from GAME yet, only got an email saying "your download code is: COMINGSOON"
Jaded Alyx
Member
Do not do this.
jts
...hate me...
Have you checked the eShop?No preload in Aus/NZ I guess?
I thought it's about the same store as Europe.
A couple of questions buddy, are you UK based? If not, did they charge you a "shipping fee" for the code?Just got my download code from GAME and it doesn't work with preload
When I was trying to buy it, I had that bullshit coming up, and I enquired them to no answer, so I just said fuck it and went directly to the eShop, and well at least the game is preloaded right now.
The Red Wizard
Member
Nintendoga
Member
The account system being tied to the console is really no different than games being tied to the console itself back on the Wii.
Shopto refused to ship my bundle without the GC controller, and the GC controller later on. Said it will be next week before I get my bundle. I cancelled and reordered everything but the controller for 5 pounds cheaper than the full bundle, but I don't have a controller. Not impressed..
jts
...hate me...
I was afraid that they would verify the payment method's address, but in hindsight yeah I guess it was dumb of me. Delivery is different from payment, and I didn't need to create a new account to have a UK address in the delivery options :|
I just don't feel too bad about it because their communication was so dire, they didn't reply back a tweet, an email and I gave up waiting for someone to come to the chat line, so in a way I feel good about taking my business somewhere else, and now I know it comes with the (admittedly small, but exciting) bonus of preloading.
Sorry to hear that.
I thought there was an Euro/PAL eShop, a JP/NTSC-J one and an american one and that was the end of it.
I haven't got an e-mail either. I got my code by making an inquiry on their site ("my downloads list" link should be on the e-mail they sent). It's useless though because there's no preload. Which is just stupid.
CET afaik.
man, thanks alot! i followed the my downloads link and now i got my code, yay! and i guess no preload almost doesn't matter anymore at that point anyway =)