aspro said:

New GTA trailer coming on the 30th.

Im horny already.

I fucking hate banks. I was told I would be expecting a call from my bank's claims department sometime in the next 5 business days. Until then, I'm out $1,200. They're goddamn lucky I have plenty of cash to cover this travesty, and all of my upcoming expenses until it is resolved, otherwise they would have been hit with paying any and all overdraft fees. Shit like this is why I'm such a cheap bastard. The banker I talked with tonight was very nice, and apologized; she was quite shocked when she saw their mistake. I didn't take it out on her, but I'm beyond pissed right now.

Ravenprose said:

I fucking hate banks. I was told I would be expecting a call from my bank's claims department sometime in the next 5 business days. Until then, I'm out $1,200. They're goddamn lucky I have plenty of cash to cover this travesty, and all of my upcoming expenses until it is resolved, otherwise they would have been hit with paying any and all overdraft fees. Shit like this is why I'm such a cheap bastard. The banker I talked with tonight was very nice, and apologized; she was quite shocked when she saw their mistake. I didn't take it out on her, but I'm beyond pissed right now.

They will take care of it, you can cover it, so don't add to the pain by grinding your gears.  Don't let "them" win by you exacting more damage on yourself by worrying about it.

aspro said:

They will take care of it, you can cover it, so don't add to the pain by grinding your gears.  Don't let "them" win by you exacting more damage on yourself by worrying about it.

It's what the terrorists want, man.

GG, how come all the Miiverse PC screenshots aren't HD? Does it automatically resize them or something?

Wii U update speed improvements :

Entering a Game (Need for Speed)

Before: 25.1 – 25.5 – 22.7



After: 15.5 – 15.1 – 15.2

Improvement: ~40%

Exiting a Game/Dedicated App

Before (Need for Speed/System Settings): 23.5 – 23.9 – 23.2 – 23.7 – 23.1



After (Need for Speed): 7.7 – 7.7 – 7.8



After (System Settings): 18.8 – 18.0 – 17.7

Improvement: ~45%

Entering Miiverse

Before: 16 – 15.6 – 14.5



After: 8.6 – 8.9 – 8.6

Improvement: ~44%

Exiting Miiverse

Before: 4.1 – 3.4 – 4.3



After: 1.9 – 1.8 – 2.3

Improvement: ~50%

Entering System Settings

Before: 17.4 – 16.6 – 17.5



After: 9.0 – 8.9 – 10.4

Improvement: ~45%

Overall Improvement: ~44.8%

Nice. VC should launch today.

EDIT: Disc drive no longer spins when playing downloaded games/applications.

No more having to get up and eject a disc. Finally, such bullshit.

Saturday Wii U VC releases in the UK

• Super Mario World (Nintendo), Wii U (Virtual Console), Nintendo eShop from 27/4/13, €7.99 (£5.49), this is the US version of the game.
• Ice Climber (Nintendo), Wii U (Virtual Console), Nintendo eShop from 27/4/13, €4.99 (£3.49), this is the US version of the game.
• Mario's Super Picross (Nintendo), Wii U (Virtual Console), Nintendo eShop from 27/4/13, €7.99 (£5.49), this is the Japanese version of the game.
• Donkey Kong Jr. (Nintendo), Wii U (Virtual Console), Nintendo eShop from 27/4/13, €4.99 (£3.49), this is the US version of the game.
• Excitebike (Nintendo), Wii U (Virtual Console), Nintendo eShop from 27/4/13, €4.99 (£3.49), this is the US version of the game.
• Punch-Out!! (Nintendo), Wii U (Virtual Console), Nintendo eShop from 27/4/13, €4.99 (£3.49), this is the US version of the game.
• F-Zero (Nintendo) Wii U (Virtual Console), Nintendo eShop from 27/4/13, €7.99 (£5.49), this is the US version of the game.

USA lineup:

• Super Mario World
• F-Zero
• Donkey Kong JR
• Ice Climber
• Punch-Out!!
• Balloon Fight
• Kirby's Adventure
• Excitebike

Each game will support off-TV play on the Wii U GamePad, customisable controls, Miiverse community support and instant saves.

Those who have already bought any of the games for Wii can transfer them to Wii U and play them in Wii Mode at no charge. To upgrade them and take advantage of the Wii U features, the games can be purchased at the discount price of €/£0.99 for NES titles and €/£ 1.49 for SNES ones.

GG, how many hours have you put into Lego City so far?

travo said:

GG, how many hours have you put into Lego City so far?

I'll load it up and check. BRB

• 29 hrs 30 minutes into LEGO City
• 26 hours of NFS Most Wanted

Foolz said:

Yep, it'd be awesome like the Steam screenshot tool if it'd take the pic basically as it is in-game!

NFS also has this quirk, not sure you could call it a glitch but it only lets you take a screenshot from the back of the car, if you swivel the camera for a better view, as soon as you hit the home button the camera defaults to the back of the car. You could capture some stunning pics otherwise. Still it's a great feature for posting to Miiverse, especially if you are stuck you can show people exactly where you are and what's going on.

gamingeek said:

Who is thinking about doing the Wii to U save data transfer?

The new VC games let you play off screen with instant saves and customisable controls plus Miiverse.

I want these features but I hear you have to transfer everything over from Wii, VC games and game saves  including game saves for retail disc games.

I want to keep Wii hooked up to an SDTV to play most games and don't want to lose my saves or versions of VC games I can play on an SDTV. Especially as the Euro Wii U doesn't upscale Wii games to HD like the US one supposedly does.

Do you think you can just back up these channels and save data on an SD card, copy everything over and reinstall it all on Wii afterwards?

I'm just going to leave it alone. I considered trying, but I have a feeling once they've been transferred you won't be able to get them back. Plus it's sort of out of my hands anyway. A few months ago (right around the time the Wii U came out actually) identified my Wii as one that had been hacked/modded. The only thing they really did was prevent me from getting into the Shop Channel to buy any new games or get access to my old ones. Either way I can't register it for transfer now.