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I clicked through the Terms of Service, skimming them. I signed up for Nintendo Network, Nintendo's first (!) ever attempt to create an account-based online service for its players.

Miiverse, the Social Network in Which You Are Not Allowed to Socialize.

It has its own proprietary AC adapter and it must be plugged into the wall. Oh, and you can't charge GamePad by plugging it into the Wii U console. This problem is compounded by the fact that even though Nintendo built the GamePad to hold a large battery, it ended up putting a smaller one inside the case, presumably to keep the cost of goods low. Unfortunately, you'll find yourself needing to charge it constantly. It features a touchscreen right in the middle that can display graphics perfectly in sync with the TV, allowing for new types of gameplay. Wii U's big defining feature, from which all things flow, is the GamePad controller.

WHY DOES WII PLAY GAMES BUT NOT DVD MOVIE

"Say somebody has to get a drink from the kitchen: They don't have to pause the movie for them! They can just take the GamePad with them! Or say you're browsing: You could show a movie on the TV screen, while you browse for more on the GamePad! It's going to be our Netflix machine for sure." "Netflix will be great on Wii U," I'd tell friends, apparently talking right out of my ass. This should have been an early killer app for Wii U, and instead it just sucks. Everything is accompanied by an agonizing wait. Booting up, loading software, loading games, refreshing feeds. But imagine Twitter where every time you wanted to view a new tweet you had to wait five seconds. People can post text and images to the Miiverse feed, kind of like Twitter where you can draw pictures. Clicking on anything in Wii U's menu, anything at all that you try to do, takes For. This is the problem that makes every other problem seem that much worse. Times reporter Ben Fritz found, you might permanently brick your new Wii U. Oh, and don't get impatient and stop the process halfway, or as L.A. So be aware: If you buy a Wii U for Christmas, you're going to be spending a good part of Christmas morning and some of Christmas afternoon updating the OS first.

WHY DOES WII PLAY GAMES BUT NOT DVD UPDATE

Except the giant update – which contained Miiverse, Netflix, a web browser and God knows what else – was such a ginormous download that it took users around 90 minutes to pull it down. Here are the 10 things that tick me off the most. Until then, Wii U has over-promised and under-delivered.

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Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 had all kinds of problems when they shipped, and remember when the iPhone didn't even have copy-and-paste? Nintendo does have the ability to upgrade all of these features over time – and it should get cracking on them immediately. Problems like this at the launch of a new piece of hardware are to be expected. Wii U, available in $300 and $350 configurations, has a bunch of these features – Netflix, a social network feed called Miiverse, a digital game shop – but all of them have distinct problems that make the user experience less fun than it should be. Unfortunately, Nintendo is still lagging behind when it comes to creating what consumers are increasingly expecting out of their devices: a feature-rich, multimedia online experience. U, showing that the big N still has the magic touch when it comes to making great play experiences. We've raved about early launch games like NintendoLand and New Super Mario Bros.

On Sunday, Nintendo finally released Wii U, its new game console.