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Yeah, they are a pain to find, which is why I just went online to find one.
Even though most of my matches are local, I can't really say the same. I'm going wired and very much looking forward to not having games randomly drop me when my opponent is within arms' reach.
Well, I had a 360 arcade, so u had to go out and get the wi-fi adapter for it.
Yeah, I had to use a 3rd party device. I don't think Nintendo even makes their own brand Ethernet adapters.
I have a question though. If you plug in the GC adapter to a USB hub, will there be input lag?
I use the classic controller to a USB adapter (mayflash one) then to my iMac. Almost the same setup as the GC controller to USB adapter to WiiU. I don't notice any input lag. I'm no pro but I would assume there would be a lot less input lag because it's all wired. Still would be a little because of the adapter and cable, but would it be noticeable? Probably not.(This is my non pro opinion, feel to prove me wrong if I am wrong).
Yeah but how often will you be playing with 8 people? If that's all the time, then internet play isn't as important imo. If you're more likely to be playing 4 player, I'd invest in one for sure. Amazon sells them for $10. The official Nintendo ones are hard to find and overpriced.
There are Nintendo branded ethernet adapters, but they discontinued them. You may be lucky enough to find one on ebay or playasia, but the third party $10 ones work just as well, I use one and have had no problems whatsoever. The really stupid thing is that Sakurai specifically shows the Nintendo branded ethernet adapter and suggests buying one in one of the Smash-related directs (I think it was the April direct) and then Nintendo doesn't offer it for sale.
If there is, it can't be any worse than the input lag from using a wireless controller solution like the gamepad/controller pro/or wiimote + classic controller. It seems everyone I've heard who has played Smash U prefers the GC option.
I will test this out, since I have a usb hub. But I'll have to wait until next week to test it out.
Nope. That thing's like $80. I have it tethered to my laptop which gets WiFi. Problem is my laptop is pretty much broken cuz it would take 20 minutes to boot up properly.
You can't do 8 players online anyway, so you wouldn't ever need to have all those things connected at the same time.
Ah. Well that sucks. When I bought one, they were much cheaper.
2.0. Nintendo ain't going to put 3.0 in the Wii U because Nintendo is dumb. Then again, most Ethernet adapters tend to also use USB 2.0 from some of the more common ones you will find, so it is not like having a 3.0 port would matter. It would help if they did have at least one though for external hard drives.
Bummer, I was hoping maybe they would do 3.0, but with Nintendo I wasn't expecting it. Thanks for the quick reply.
It's understandable though, considering the fact that Wi-Fi is much more convenient.
I would say being able to have playable matches is worth plugging in a cable though, especially on smashboards.
Yeah, but like many have stated here, not many people have their wii u's and their modem/router in a convenient spot to use a wired connection.
