First Day with the Wii U

How I miss the old console days of sticking a game in, turning it on, and playing.

Here’s my experience of the first three hours of owning a Wii U:

• Turn on, download update, wait two hours
• Didn’t realize the Game Pad was going to be on the WHOLE time the update was downloading, now the Game Pad is out of batteries
• Spend the next 20 minutes setting up accounts while the Game Pad is tethered to the AC adaptor.
• Finally get to the main menu, load up Netflix
• Wait 6 minutes for update to install
• After setting up Netflix, go back to main menu, wait a minute for the menu to load
• Open Amazon Instant Video, wait 10 minutes for update
• Setup Amazon, go back to main menu, wait another minute for the menu to load
• Try and play first game, stick in NintendoLand
• Wait for another update to download

So far, I have learned that trying to do anything on the Wii U requires a large amount of patience that I’m not quite sure I have in me. I usually try and play games to relax, but I feel like so far, it’s only caused stress. Hopefully, I don’t have to deal with too many more updates from here on.