If its an enclosure that Starts automaticaly with the console then thats the perfect Setup.I have a $30 500GB HDD and a $5 powered usb enclosure.
It stays on 24/7. Modern HDD's are designed for this anyways.If its an enclosure that Starts automaticaly with the console then thats the perfect Setup.
If I recall correctly, cycling a drive(on and off) tends to wear down the drive more than keeping it on. It was in some write-up by the guy who created Spinrite back in the day.Not really, but they Power down if Not used recently so thats ok.
Except it is a Server hdd. Then you are right.
... which is the default (1 hour spotpass)That can well be correct if you would cycle the drive on and of often
I wonder how much space every Wii U game would take up. And how much only the "good" Wii U games would require. Would it even be one terabyte?
Good to know, thanks.I'm EUR/PAL console, I have installed every single EUR/PAL game with some additional US region games that have not been released for EUR/PAL, so a total of just over 171 games.
Total space taken up is just a little over 1.2TB of my 2TB drive.
So to install only the good games, 1TB is plenty.
Just be aware that the WiiU will only allow you to install a total of 300 games at any one time, that's including the system apps like Mii Maker, I have gone crazy and decided to install every eShop/VC/etc.
I didn't know about the 300 game limit until I did a huge batch install and let finish, then a realised some games didn't install or missing, did a quick google search, 300 is the magic number.
Good to know, thanks.
Just curious, got a list of which games you decided to keep, and which didn't make the list of 300?
How well does swapping out HDDs work? I assume you can't hot swap.Probably He just has 2 or 3 harddrives for the games.
, hit the ZR button while in a DS VC title and goto Screen Settings... plenty setups there, can also switch hands and add screen smoothing, sorted!i have a 750GB drive i bought for $10 on CL and i can't imagine i would ever be able to fill it
like poster above said VC games but i was surprised to find out how crap DS VC is are they serious with this ? i wish there was a way to mod these so that the TV is the top screen and the gamepad is the bottom screen for DS VC, the secrens are the size of a postage stamp
Game & Wario isn't shovelware. I mean, it's by no means a great game, Nintendoland was far more fleshed out and fun, it's more like Wii Play really. Some of the minigames are rather fun and you can get hours of enjoyment out of the multiplayer mode. It's worth keeping around just for the Pictionary clone really.Word of advice: Getting over 500GB for the WiiU is a bad idea. Not because it's bad for the system, but because there aren't 439GB of good games on the WiiU. You'll only hit 439GB if you add shovelware like Game and Wario, Wii Party U, Devil's Third, Crap indie games, etc.
Also get a Y cable or just make your own.