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Ten years ago today, Nintendo released the Wii U—an awkward but endearing console with a tablet-like game controller. Although it sold poorly compared to its smash-hit predecessor, Nintendo’s quirky ...

While the Switch 2 shows that Nintendo learned its lesson with the Wii U, the Wii U itself was a failure. 13.56 million Wii U units were sold throughout the console's lifetime. While that sounds like ...

It’s not hard to see where the problem comes from. Nintendo has always favoured first-party games and its own cheaper, if quirky, technology, making it all but impossible to play the latest ...

It's no secret that the Wii U era was a bit of a rough patch for Nintendo. Coming fresh off of the incredible success of the Wii, the Japanese video game company decided to attempt to ride that wave ...

The Wii U’s GamePad was the precursor to the Nintendo Switch. For instance, you could access your in-game inventory or map on the Wii U GamePad without interrupting your session, allowing you to stay ...

The Nintendo Wii U emulator Cemu just got a new experimental update for Android. Based on our testing, it runs many games at full speed, but only on powerful devices. This is the first official alpha ...

Low sales of the Wii U weren't the only reason Nintendo decided to not offer dual GamePad support on its somewhat underwhelming console. The decision was also due to a general lack of suitable games ...

Eagle eyed Pokémon Master and Nintendo Life contributor Joe Merrick has spotted that Nintendo are now selling a solo GamePad for the first time in Japan. While we've come to accept that the Wii U will ...

This is a tale of controllers: the Wii U GamePad and the Wii U Pro Controller. For years, Nintendo gamers have wanted a hardcore game controller like those that come with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony ...

It will be possible for players to turn their TV sets on and off with the peripheral, eliminating the need to have both the controller and TV remote to hand. Nintendo previously demonstrated how the ...