Fredrik
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I just noticed on the specs sheet and pics of the back side of the upcoming Wii U that they neither mention or show an optical audio connector or any other audio out connector.
They NEED to fix this.
Otherwise everyone without HDMI connector on their surround sound reciever won't get digital audio at all with Wii U. On 360 and PS3 they'll get beautiful DTS and Dolby Digital 7.1 sound etc. On Wii U they'll get analog stereo sound. Most people will probably just connect the HDMI in the TV and go with the TV sound.
I think this is unacceptable. They can't release a HD console in 2012 without some kind of digital audio connector except through HDMI. We can't all buy new sound recievers just to get Wii U to sound good.
Nintendo. FIX THIS!
MOD EDIT: Some additional information.
They NEED to fix this.
Otherwise everyone without HDMI connector on their surround sound reciever won't get digital audio at all with Wii U. On 360 and PS3 they'll get beautiful DTS and Dolby Digital 7.1 sound etc. On Wii U they'll get analog stereo sound. Most people will probably just connect the HDMI in the TV and go with the TV sound.
I think this is unacceptable. They can't release a HD console in 2012 without some kind of digital audio connector except through HDMI. We can't all buy new sound recievers just to get Wii U to sound good.
Nintendo. FIX THIS!
MOD EDIT: Some additional information.
This is as close to how things are as I can tell. The only thing I have left to test is to see if setting the Wii U to Stereo and playing a game with an IN-GAME OPTION for surround will allow for ProLogic II output. I am certain that all games using the original Wii's main menu surround setting DO NOT output ProLogic II.
Wii U Audio Settings
Wii U Mode
HDMI - 1.0 channel (Mono), 2.0 channel (Stereo), or 5.1* channel (Surround) LPCM
*Compressed digital formats (Dolby Digital, DTS, etc.) are not supported.
Analog - 1.0 channel (Mono) or 2.0* channel (Stereo)
*No option for a surround mix (ProLogic II, etc.).
AUDIO AND VIDEO MUST COME FROM THE SAME SOURCE. You can not use HDMI video combined with Analog audio.
Wii Mode (Uses the same setting chosen from the Wii U menu)
HDMI - 1.0 channel (Mono), 2.0 channel (Stereo), or 5.1* channel (Surround) LPCM
*All Wii games are encoded with two channels of audio. The 5.1 option will still only send audio to two channels, and will ignore surround audio cues from games with ProLogic II.
Analog - 1.0 channel (Mono) or 2.0* channel (Stereo)
*The original Wii had an option in the main menu for Surround. This allowed for playback of ProLogic II encoded audio from games. The Wii U no longer allows this option to be selected from the Wii mode's main menu.
Analog audio and HDMI video can be used simultaneously.I haven't tested this, just read it up above.