I like the car selection. Much more varied than Drive Club.

@osan0: No, the system always does a preliminary check to see whether or not there's a disk inserted at start up. That's what I meant. It's an odd sound, but not bothersome. The system is near silent otherwise. I haven't played any game yet though.

Yeah, the Wii U Pro is a bit pointless...although the Nyko Pro Commander looks sweet. The ZL and ZR triggers seem more 'springy' too. It would be a luxury purchase anyhow.

Also, that disc drive is ridiculously loud on start up. I actually thought my Wii U was faulty LOL. (it's not, it's just the disk reading noise...and some robots doing a dance inside)

Firefox sucks. Crashes more times than female drivers...

@Grieverr:

Scratch the sliding in idea. That wouldn't work.

What I'm proposing:

1] Enhanced Wiimote (I'm calling it a Wiimore for the lack of a better term) with analogue sticks/triggers and a more traditional layout overall...essentially a motion-controlled, wireless SNES controller if you think about it. Perhaps the front of the controller would have some sort of haptic feedback trackpad too. That would be pretty cool.

2] A different take on the gamepad with a much bigger capacitive touchscreen and no physical controls other than the usual buttons you'd expect (volume, start, select etc). The gamepad would be used purely for interfacing using touch and motion.

I'd buy that no matter how expensive.

It really sucks that you can't transfer over games you've bought on the 3DS already. Oh well. Can't have everything. I'm not going to buy any eShop games until they sort the account system out because as of now unifying network IDs is pointless.

@Grieverr: Yes, there is the adjusting phase. I won't be playing my PS4 for a while because I have 8 Wii U games to beat. I'll definitely give it a chance! Also, I need to cut back on spending hehe. Yeah, your thumbs do rest naturally on the analogue sticks, but you're kind of still stretching to use them. Maybe I just have short thumbs. Don't judge me =P

I would get a Wii U Pro controller, but I think you lose some functionality so I'm hesitant.

*grrr how long is this update?!*

If it was up to me, I'd remove the ABXY buttons/analogue/d-pad controls and then create a mini Wiimote with those features built in. This could slide into the game-pad or just be separate. I think that would work better personally. The gamepad would then be more of a second screen with capacitive touch functionality.

Alternatively, they could create a stripped down game-pad and bundle it with a traditional controller.

Maybe they'll do something like that for the Wii U's successor.

@YearoftheSnake5: Yeah, I hope I'll get used it after a little while. It's just a bit different to what I'm used to as a controller. I have to say I prefer regular controllers than this tablet style, but it is what it is. Conversely, the actual Wii U system is a baby compared to the PS4. That thing is a behemoth!

I was thinking to print one off at a 3D modelling place. I'll just whip up a design on Sketch Up when I'm free :) I just need to squash it together a bit so it can rest against a wall. That back piece is superfluous if I'm to use the cradle in this way. Nothing too hard. There are some quite cool services online that do that sort of thing too. Besides, I've been meaning to begin learning how to use more modelling tools.

Is this one of those interpretive art test things?

I see Andros.

Do I win anything?

I don't understand how a video-game journalist could review a Dynasty Warriors title that has a Zelda skin and expect Zelda-like game-play. Could they not have done some light research? What are they getting paid for? Seriously...

The mind boggles.

I just un-boxed my Wii U and set everything up and the first thing that struck me is how awkward to hold the gamepad is. It's light, sure, but it just isn't comfortable in my hands. I don't like the ungenerous clearance of the L & R triggers. It feels as though you're not pressing anything. Then there's the other triggers, the Z ones or whatever they're called, which are placed far too low. They should have gone with a DS4 set-up for the triggers, in my opinion. Much better. Also, the controller is actually much smaller than I expected it to be so I don't really see the point of the screen. I would have sacrificed it for a touch-pad. I can live with menus if that means a much better designed controller. I really don't understand why they went with this bulky, unergonomic thing.

Anyway, I was wondering since I don't like the charging cradle whether or not there is some kind of 3rd party one that can be attached to a wall so you simply 'hang' the game-pad. Is there anything like that available? I'm running out of room LOL.

Also, this thing takes AGES to charge first time. My God. ;_; Does the charge time decrease after the initial charge?