UBoost
– Essentially a battery extension
– 2x the battery life
– Attaches to the back– no tools or modification required (which assumedly means you don’t have to remove the old battery to use it)
– Works together with the internal battery
– Adds a built-in stand to the Gamepad so you can stand it up without using a separate stand
– Still uses the charging cradle/cord that comes with the Wii U normally
– Available in Black and White, “later this year”
– $19.99
Charge Base Pro
– Charging station for up to two Wii U Pro Controllers
– Attach a magnetic charging dongle to the Pro Controller’s USB Port and set it on the charging pad
– Magnets will automatically lock the charging dongle into place
– “Artfully suspends the controller in the vertical dock”, which seems like a silly way to phrase is
– LED light indicates when fully charged
– Dock is collapsable
– Powered through an AC adapter, so it charges faster than the Pro Controller’s proprietary USB cord
– Available “holiday season”
– $29.99
Power Stand
– Sort of like a third party version of the Deluxe Bundle’s charging cradle
– “Drop n charge” functionality
– Use it to view movies and stuff
– Available “this year”
– $14.99
Charge Adapter
– Essentially a third party replacement Gamepad charging cord
– Plugs into AC wall outlet, charges Gamepad
– ‘Velcro strap’ for easy storage
– Available “in time for the Holidays”
– $14.99
Charge Link
– USB charging cable for the Gamepad
– ‘Extra long cord’ so you can play from further distances
– Velcro strap for easy storage
– Available now
– $14.99
Full game downloads:
Assassin’s Creed 3 – £54.99
Ben 10 Omniverse – £35.99
Darksiders 2 – £49.99
Family Party 30 Great Games: Obstacle Arcade – £27.99
FIFA 13 – £49.99
Just Dance 4 – £39.99
New Super Mario Bros. U – £49.99
Nintendo Land – £49.99
Rabbids Land – £39.99
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed – £39.99
Sports Connection – £39.99
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Wii U Edition – £37.49
Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper – £49.99
Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013 – £39.99
ZombiU – £54.99
eShop Exclusives
Chasing Aurora – £10.79
Little Inferno – £12.99
Nano Assault Neo – £8.99
Puddle – £7.19 (Launch offer. Valid until 31/12/2012)
Trine 2: Director’s Cut – £10.99 (Launch offer. Valid until 31/12/2012)
Applications
Netflix – Free
Uplay – Free
YouTube – Free
Demos
FIFA 13
Videos
Chasing Aurora – Release Trailer
FIFA 13 – Trailer
Funky Barn – Gameplay Trailer
Little Inferno – Trailer 1
Little Inferno – Trailer 2
Nano Assault Neo – Video
New Super Mario Bros. U – Trailer
Puddle – Developer Interview
Puddle – Video
Toki Tori 2 – Video
Trine 2 Director’s Cut – Video
Wii U owners can now grab Ubisoft’s Uplay app from the eShop. It’s only a 43MB program, so it shouldn’t take long to download and install.
If you can’t locate the app on the eShop, search for “Uplay” and it should pop up in the results.
At the moment, most users have been unable to get the Homebrew Channel running on Wii U. While it’s possible to run homebrew itself, there hasn’t been a way to access the dedicated channel. That could be changing in the future, however.
Take a look at this blurb from hacker Marcan:
Keep in mind that this is purely a demonstration at this stage. Depending on how things progress and what direction development takes, we may or may not release something like this in this form. Please don’t ask for release dates. We’d rather spend time investigating the new system than putting together a release that may or may not end up being the Right Way to do things in the future ;).
Please ignore the blue blinks. The monitor kind of sucks at syncing to component video sometimes. I would’ve used HDMI, but the Wii U cannot output analog audio simultaneously with HDMI (at least not for the Wii U menu part), and I cannot capture HDMI audio.
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