Francis older than one year ago

Background image tiles (bricks, wood, glass, etc) are now "wallpapered" on top of bits and empty space. The background tiles are not limited by inventory and you can erase as much as you want.

GREEN bits now function as platforms you can jump through.

I think this will be much less confusing/annoying.

I also added a hand-tool for picking up your items.

Read the road signs at the borders to travel north to Waterworld. There is basically no land, but you can go deep underwater. There are also a few test rooms to show off flowing water.
There is an Arena door at the top of the waterfall where you battle inside a floating ball of water high in the sky.

It's a PS3 with better graphics.
It can stream old games.
The dual-shock controller has a small touchpad across the top and some Move stuff built-in
Your friends can watch you play over the internets.
You can stream your PS4 game to your (lol) Vita over WiFi

That is all.
WELCOME TO THE FUTURE MEH

At least it has PC internals so maybe we can hack it into playing PC games and Steam

I probably still need to tweak it some, but you get the general idea. It does feel strange at first.

New Boxed < Used < Download

Add a nice flatscreen to your room. You can specify a YouTube playlist or video. Anyone who enters your room will see the same thing you do. You can sort of control the TV by clicking on the video and using YouTube's basic keyboard commands.

B = black, R=red

BBB
BBB
RRR

(It picks them up actually). I also added a help [?] button and a MakerMeow button for a list of all the recipes.

I also put more colored blocks underground.
And the platforms no longer stop you when you run into them horizontally.
And you can configure how you want chat to work when you press ENTER.
And you can place door anywhere except for your own rooms (one door per area)

Now instead of crafting brick or wood, you create a generic block. Then seperately you choose what it should look like.

The block-tile types are:
Background (square with dotted lines) - these are just for decoration
Solid (solid square) - solid blocks
Platform (square with solid top) - you can jump through these and stand on them.
Eraser (square with an X) - this removes blocks

On the right side of the game you can select what it should look like.

Here are the block "recipes":

Background Tile:
DDD
DDD
DDD

Solid Block:
GGG
GGG
GGG

Platform Block:
GGG
DDD
DDD

Eraser:
BBB
BBB
BBB

—Slim (Flopside)

Stats: http://nerr.biz:8081/

Smash your fellow Sammer-Bros in the sacred arena atop Mount Betalands. I am keeping track of hits and kills/deaths.

Press the action button (Space-Bar, Enter, or "A" button on Wii U) to punch. If you hit someone they will be knocked up and away.

I also created a battle arena (door near the upper right on the "cloud" platform). In there you can't place any blocks, but you can double-jump. If you fall off the bottom, you die and after 3 deaths you get kicked out of the arena.

When you are hit in the arena your damage increases making it harder to stay on the platforms. When you die (fall off the bottom) your damage is reset.

I added a shortcut to the arena by going down the chimney (makes perfect sense, huh?)

It doesnt show up in your inventory, but if you craft one you can see better underground

DGD
GRG
GGG

D=dirt, R=red, G=green, B=blue, C=cyan, M=magenta, Y=yellow

Cyan:
DGB
DGB
DGB

Magenta:
RDB
RDB
RDB

Yellow:
RGD
RGD
RGD

White:
RGB
RGB
RGB

Black:
CMY
CMY
CMY

• New Smash Bros, Zelda, 3D Mario, and Mario Kart will be at this year's E3.
• Windwaker HD coming this fall that takes advantage of Wii U features.
• Yoshi's Epic-Yarn
• Some Virtual Console games coming to Wii U, with Miiverse, multi-gamepad support, and custom button configuration. Costs $1-$2 to upgrade Wii VC games you transferred to Wii U.
• Xenoblade-ish RPG with some sort of online mode.
• Mii-Verse on smartphones this spring with additional (user-created?) communities.
• Improvements to loading time and menus.
• Earthbound (Mother 2) on Japanese Wii U Virtual Console
• One VC NES game a month available for 30 cents (not sure if it expires after the month):
  Jan - Balloon Fight
  Feb - F-Zero
  Mar - PunchOut!
  Apr - Kirby's Adventure
  May - Super Metroid
  Jun - Yoshi
  Jul - Donkey Kong

It has been laid to rest here.
Let us never forget the good times and Vid's elite hax.

Place colored bits into the MakerMeow square in the house to create items.
Background blocks can only be placed outside or underground.

These patterns make different items:
D = dirt, R = red, G = green, B = blue

Background block:
DDD
DDD
DDD

Red brick background block:
DDD
RRR
DDD

Wood background block:
DBD
DBD
DBD

Grass background block:
GGG
DDD
DDD

Clear-background block:
BBB
BBB
BBB

Sign:
DDD
DDD
GDG

When you create the right pattern, the bits will disapeear and the item will appear in your inventory.
 

I upped the block carry limit to 99 so you can dig a little longer. but I predict you will still hate me.
and FYI there isn't anything hidden underground yet, so dont waste all day digging hoping for something cool.

You might even find a secret passage.

forever and ever and ever

MeowMixer wins again! Second: Slim. Third: Kerosena

Tied for fourth were PartyTimeClaus and Gold Prognosticus

In the "too good to win" category we have Nastasia and Viddd

And in last place was Wootman

I was really skeptical. Reading reports of the slow menus, lazy backwards-compatability, and poor battery life I was tempted to sell my Wii U on ebay or maybe just return it. I'm glad I didn't.

To me the original Wii was a dissapointment. It promised a "Revolution"... online Nintendo gaming, new interfaces, and a fresh new wave of gameplay never before seen. We didn't get any of that. Online was an afterthought, having to point at the screen all the time quickly got tiring, and motion gaming was a gimmick... resulting in the same old games but with Waggle Inside (R).

The Wii U delivers on all that. The attention to detail here is astounding, you can tell a lot of love was poured into making a full experience causing the Wii to look like a beta test. The dual-stick, touch-screen, gyroscopic, stylus-drawing, stereo sound, video recording gamepad is a joy to use. I find myself looking at the gamepad more than the TV, and in fact you can do almost everything with the TV completely off. At any time, even in game, you can hit the Home button and access most of the WIi U features without interrupting what you were doing.  And those features are plentiful...

The "Miiverse" is Nintendo's take on social networking. Basically every game and app gets a picto-chat forum. You can also leave notes inside games for people to see (if the game supports it). These messages/drawings pop up on the Wii U's home screen, appear in games, and in the dedicated Miiverse app. The general public can comment and "Yeah!" your posts. I love how it is a prominent feature and is tightly integrated with everything. You can have 100 "friends" but can "follow" more. A friend gets special treatment, so you can easily find their posts and be notified when they are playing a game.

Other apps like Netflix and Youtube are pretty standard, same thing you've seen on other consoles. The Wii U Browser though is fantastic. Having so many control options, stylus, dual-stick controller, and touchscreen is great. You can throw images and videos up on the TV to watch while you continue surfing the web. This feature actually makes the YouTube website better than the YouTube app. You can quicly pop in an out of a game to search for answers, or post a question to the Miiverse.

The Nintendo eShop is much improved over the old Wii Shop. Wii Points are gone and you just pay with your credit card in good ole fashioned dollars. I was surprised to see that you can download almost all the launch titles instead of buying them from a store on disc (still not sure it's a good idea though, due to Nintendo's strict DRM)

There are other features I havn't tried yet, like WIi U video chat and the upcoming TVii service. Oh did I mention that the gamepad can be used as a TV remote control? The TVii will then add interactive features to that while you watch TV. 

Now, about that gamepad. I am a believer in the "2nd screen experience". Having a companion screen opens up a ton of possibilities. Many games, like Mario, can be played completely on the gamepad which makes everyone else in the room happy that you are not hogging the television. Most of the multiplayer games now are some variant of hide-and-seek, but hopefully more creative ideas will pop-up soon. I am really tempted to get Call of Duty Black Ops II since it features split-screen with one player on the TV and other on the gamepad. Also of note, the charging station for the gamepad is great, just rest it down on the stand and you dont have to mess with any wires.

The Wii U is arguably the best home console and the best mobile gaming platform. The most popular place to play mobile games is on the couch, lying in bed, and while watching TV. Nintendo has made a home console that competes with mobile gaming. If anything, they should fear that they are cannibalizing their own 3DS sales. The Wii U is the easiest pick-up-and-play console of all time, easier than even a tablet or portable game system because it has a "home" and can be left on.

Is the Wii U perfect? Of course not. The fan noise is noticable in a quiet room. The gamepad battery is small, so you can't just leave it on undocked all day. Starting and stopping apps/settings does take about 5 seconds to load. The backwards compatabilty is just a lazy boot into Wii mode. It's still yet to be seen if online multiplayer and DLC will be given equal treatment as other consoles, but having CoDBLOPS2 as a launch title with online and voice chat has helped calm fears. Most of the minor issues can be fixed with a software update. There will probably be a Wii U+ at some point with a bigger hard drive and battery, but for now what we have is adequate.

tl;dr; The WIi U is everything I wanted the Wii to be. Sure the motion gimmicks are still available here, but they play second fiddle to a legit new gameplay feature... the 2nd screen. Somehow they even made social networking feel like a game. No doubt Sony and Microsoft will have a similar experience coming soon, but it won't be anything like the creative and charming experience that you get from Nintendo. The Wii U is not a super multimedia machine integrated with all your other devices and social networks (like the upcoming Xbox and Playstation will fight it out to be) but it is a fantastic fun machine that is a delight to use.

p.s. friend me: "EliteNerr"

Not sure shopping at Old Navy was worth it

Still limited to a tiny 512MB of space. Can't play virtual console games with the new gamepad or pro controller. Wii Points can still only be used in the Wii Shop. Your original Wii is wiped clean after you do the transfer, so you can't go back.

This is the main reason I'm not keeping my Wii U. I just wanted to pop in a Wii disc and play, not have a dual-boot console. If they require you to re-purchase VC games for Wii U, there will be rioting in the streets.

/rant