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The Wii U (/ ˌ w iː ˈ j uː / WEE YOO) is a home video game console developed by Nintendo as the successor to the Wii. [6] Released in late 2012, [7] it is the first eighth-generation video game console [8] [9] and competed with Microsoft's Xbox One and Sony's PlayStation 4.
The list is sorted by game titles, their developer(s), publisher(s), released for and release date by Japanese, North American, Australian, and European respectively. The game title without a region abbreviation in superior letters is a North American title, it may be shared in another region if there is no secondary title with matching region ...
The Wii U was released on November 18, 2012 as a direct successor to the Wii, and the first entry in the eighth generation of home video game consoles. The Wii U's distinguishing hardware feature is the GamePad , a tablet -like controller which contains a touchscreen that wirelessly streams a video output from the console.
During an interview with Forbes, Nintendo of America COO Reggie Fils-Aime said that its much-awaited Wii U console will not arrive until after April 1 of next year. When asked about how Nintendo plans
Nintendo had anticipated the Wii U would sell similarly to the Wii, but it ended up selling worse than the GameCube and became Nintendo's least successful home console to date. [54] Nintendo officially discontinued the Wii U on January 31, 2017, due to its commercial failure, to make way for its second competitor, the Nintendo Switch, released ...
The Xbox One version was launched on September 1, 2016 worldwide. [2] The Windows, OS X, and Linux versions, initially planned for release at the same time as the Xbox One release, were postponed to September 27, 2016. [3] The game is planned to be the first volume of an Earthlock trilogy. The Wii U version was released on September 7, 2017 in ...
When the Wii U was released, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, a fan of Wii Sports, emailed Eguchi requesting for the game to be made playable for the Wii U. [1] There were two main reasons why a remake for Wii Sports was made was because they wanted to see Wii Sports utilize the Wii U GamePad and the Wii Remote Plus, a traditional Wii Remote ...
The best-selling game on the Wii U is Mario Kart 8. First released in Japan on May 29, 2014, it went on to sell over 8.4 million units worldwide. There are a total of 20 Wii U games on this list which are confirmed to have sold or shipped at least one million units. Of these, 14 were developed by internal Nintendo development divisions.