verminbob:

lexyeevee:

metroid prime trilogy is here!!

but i don’t want to unbox the tv by myself so

What. Is this something that can actually be done?

it is! which is how i did it

the trick is, there’s a trick, which is not explained anywhere in the UI for some reason. i had to google it up and sift through a bunch of other people who also didn’t understand what was going on. gj nintendo.

  1. if you try to start wii mode after the wii u has already booted, it’ll insist that you use the wiimote to choose “tv only” or “tv + gamepad” on the tv, which obviously doesn’t work if you don’t have a tv. so you need to hold B while the wii u is booting, which puts it directly into wii mode.

  2. if you have your wii u set for hdmi out (and why wouldn’t you), booting into wii mode gives you a bizarre message about being unable to connect to the tv. (i guess because hdmi can actually detect whether it’s plugged in, but component cables can’t?) there’s a button for “try again”, which will never work. you have to switch to non-hdmi mode, and then it’ll boot happily.

the gamepad has a built-in sensor bar (the two purplish dots in the photo), so once you’ve gotten in wii mode, you can awkwardly use it to your heart’s content

  1. lexyeevee reblogged this from verminbob and added:
    it is! which is how i did it the trick is, there’s a trick, which is not explained anywhere in the UI for some reason. i...
  2. verminbob reblogged this from lexyeevee and added:
    What. Is this something that can actually be done?
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    There’s two cats 69ing on the wall.