V. Amoleo

I'm aware of the politics involved but it doesn't change the fact that they're over priced. Valve, Microsoft and Sony get around the issue by having regular sales. I was hoping DLC wouldn't be affected because you'd still need the game to use it. Bah. Will have to factor that into my future decisions about which platform to purchase a game on.

This is really a stupid decision. As long as they don't apply it to DLC I'm guessing I won't really be affected though. There's no way I'm paying the prices they're asking.

Yeah, the SNES controller is the best thing on there. One of my favourite purchases in general if I'm honest. I loved being able to play Super Metroid properly again.

Zavvi still hasn't dispatched my copy I've had it pre-ordered since it was announced. Looks like there's no chance of being within the first 10,000 to register it.

Are you keeping the weapons in your pack or in your quick-select slots? I was keeping mine in my quick-select so perhaps that's why I've not been able to retrieve them.

I wonder if we'll get a bit of TVii info for the EU Direct.

You have to manually click on a bed to save in a safe house. You are forced into combat at points. You can elect to avoid some zombies though by running or being careful. I haven't played the game for very long (also been playing lots of Sonic Racing Transformed) but I would say combat isn't a huge part of the game. You will probably die a lot. You lose your stats (e.g. how good you are at shooting a pistol) and equipment. You can retrieve some of your equipment (my previous characters tend to lose their weapons) from your zombified previous character but not your stats. The survivor you save with will be the one you play as when you load the game.

There's a bed in every area I think plus there's the manhole covers you can use to get back to the safe house to save.

Some pretty bad frame rate issues in the area with the lightning. I hope it's restricted to that area only. The animations are starting to get on my nerves now. You hit a zombie and can't guarantee where they'll end up being thrown due to it.

My ZombiU code worked today. So you might want to try yours again!

ZombiU is shredding my nerves. Got me jumping at every noise I hear in the game. The game does have a few imperfections though. Attacking zombies on stairs leads to some weird animations for example.

Multiplayer with one player on the gamepad and one on the screen really is amazing. Rather surprisingly, out of the four games I've currently got (NSMB U, Sonic Racing, ZombiU and Nintendo Land) it's the one I've played the most.

I wonder why they're making us wait until January. I just thought they wouldn't start sending the codes out until then.

The Wii U Gamepad AC adapter says 230V-50Hz on the bottom. Update: The Wii U AC adapter says the same.

My ZombiU code also said it was expired.

I almost messed up big time yesterday. After getting home from the gig suitably drunk I decided it best to update my Wii U. It was taking ages, as expected, so I decided to leave it running over night. I then forgot that the Wii U was plugged into an extension which was plugged into a timer plug which kills all the power at night. Thankfully all was okay but it was a bit of a panic this morning when it dawned on me what I'd done! I'm really happy with the Wii U at the moment. I've not noticed any of the long load times that people were moaning about and that was my biggest worry about the OS.

Like @Serebii said, the tracking codes from ShopTo don't work. I can confirm this because mine still isn't working and the delivery has arrived.

I've just been informed that my Wii U has arrived. Woop! Will only have ten minutes to see it today though between leaving work and going to Fozzy + SOiL gig

I've had terrible trouble with them in the past and I really didn't want to pre-order the Wii U with them (but did because the deal was so good ). I was hoping they'd changed over the past two years since I last used them. It doesn't sound like they have though. Be careful if you cancel your pre-paid order because the small print says they'll only refund you in credit or charge you a fee to get the money back.

For anybody waiting on Tesco Direct. They've just dispatched my Sonic Racing. Looks like I won't be playing it over the weekend! At least they've actually dispatched it. I'm still waiting for Zavvi to dispatch Tekken U.

Don't get me excited like that! May have had a little run around the tiny office I'm in over it.

My tracking number still isn't active so it's looking like Friday for me.

Anybody had games dispatched from Tesco Direct? I'm still waiting on them sending Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed.

Zavvi are still yet to post my order of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 U. I've used them in the past and they were pretty good. I don't think you'd receive it by Friday now though. I'm out until early hours of Friday so I'd need to arrange for someone to be in tomorrow. So I could have done with knowing today. Still says 'Not Found'

My TNT tracking number still hasn't activated.