So, that Wii U thingy

[Prpl_Mage]

There was this Swedish championship in Nintendo last week and the guy who won will get a Wii U a week before release, which is soon.
Anyone gotten hooked up on this new console thingy? I don't think Nintendo have been the ones leading the charge before.

Release date is like 20 days from now and it apparently looks great. I'm looking forward to seeing what they can squeeze out of this machine. Really liked the 3ds.
(PS, monster hunter 3 ultimate will be released for both the Wii U and 3ds. So you can play crossconsole like FFCC echoes of time)

[daoman89]

I preordered one from me to me for my b-day lol.  I don't trust anyone to get me the right things unless it's my brother.  I'm hype for the MHes too

[HackersTotalMassLaser]

Here is out in less than ten days.

[daoman89]

Here is out in less than ten days.

God bless America?

[HackersTotalMassLaser]

Nintendo was the one with the decision. Not America.

[Meiscool]

Not bothering unless it is hackable.

[SaiKar]

Maybe I'll care if they put a Mario Kart on it. Which they will. But none of the release games seem worth getting.

[Prpl_Mage]

Maybe I'll care if they put a Mario Kart on it. Which they will. But none of the release games seem worth getting.

Yeah this is my problem with a lot of consoles. Which is also why I waited to get the 3ds, and why I still don't feel like getting a Xbox or PSvita

[Razor]

I think you'll be waiting a while before you see Mario Kart on the Xbox or Vita, Prpl.

[daoman89]

I think you'll be waiting a while before you see Mario Kart on the Xbox or Vita, Prpl.

Truth hahaha.

Wii-U isn't like the Wii's launch where they had Zelda.  And for Meiscool, do you hack games after you've beat them once or right away?  If you do it right away, that would completely ruin the game experience I believe.  And I doubt you could hack the system itself right away.

[fruckert]

And I doubt you could hack the system itself right away.

The internet at large takes that as a challenge, and will most likely end up succeeding.
Nothing immediately awesome for a consumer will happen until after a few months/years, though.
Homebrew takes time, especially when you have to make the SDKs yourself.

[daoman89]

What are the consequences if Nintendo catches some type of hack within your system?

[Archem]

Probably nothing. Worst case scenario, they'll ban you from the online functions, and that's only if they make you use a specified account (which they haven't done in the past, but that could change). If it's anything like the PS3, they'll have a constant stream of firmware updates to try and counter your hacks, making it so they'll all have to be updated and re-installed with every firmware update.

I'm thinking nothing will happen, though.

[Prpl_Mage]

I played monster hunter tri the other day and this ***hole frenchguy kept joining our hunts. No, the problem was not that he joined but rather that he hacked.
What fun is it to play a game such as monster hunter if you cheated your way to all the gear in the game? Got unlimited items to use in the field and no limit on how many you can have at the same time? This guy literately placed 20 shocktraps in the same are and didn't attack a single time, he just ran up with the largest bombs in the game (which got an inventory limit of 2) and spammed it.
Just killed all the fun. I just don't get how he managed to do it and still play online.

I think you'll be waiting a while before you see Mario Kart on the Xbox or Vita, Prpl.

Obviously meant release games in general, not specifically mario kart. But Vita probably gets some sort of LBP kart soon. And I wouldn't be all too surprised if there is a Halo meets motorstorm or something.

[fruckert]

LBP Karting is already out.