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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 Wii U is the first Nintendo console to support HD graphics.
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The Wii U is Nintendo's sixth home video game console. It is the successor to the Wii.
The Wii U is Nintendo's sixth home video game console and their first to use 1080p high-definition graphics. The Wii U has a new controller with a touchscreen, which allows the player to continue playing a game by showing the game even when the television is off.
This is a list of Virtual Console games that were available on Wii U in North America. These releases take advantage of the console's unique features, such as Off TV Play with the Wii U GamePad and posting to Miiverse.
Title [3]Publisher [3]Developer (s) [3]Release Date [3][4]January 23, 2013March 20, 2013April 17, 2013April 26, 2013- History
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Development
The Wii U was proceeded by the very successful Nintendo Wii. One gamepad prototype was essentially a screen with two wiimotes attached to it. Concerns were raised over potential forced child labor in the production of Wii U systems in 2012. Nintendo President Satoru Iwata sketched the idea for Amiibo while riding a bullet train (Shinkansen) to Tokyo in the later part of 2013.
Stagnation
By January 2013 the Wii U had notably poor market performance in the United States, having only sold between 50,000 and 59,000 consoles.Nintendo reported much lower sales of the Wii U then expected in 2014, leading to financial worries. In 2015, Nintendo Amiibo sales were very high. In 2015, Nintendo withdrew from the Brazilian market.
Legacy
Production of the Wii U ended in January of 2017.13.56 million Wii U consoles and 103.21 million Wii U games were sold over the course of the system. The Wii U was succeeded by the Nintendo Switch, and eventually many Wii U exclusives were ported to that console. In 2020 some sought out older Wii U consoles due to shortages of the Nintendo Switch during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Compute
The Wii U is powered by a three core 32-bit IBM Power-PC 750 CPU clocked at 1.243125 gigahertz and produced on a 45 nanometer SOI process. This is complemented by an AMD Radeon GPU clocked at 549.999755 megahertz, which is similar to the AMD RV770 GPU series (HD 4000) and built on a 40 nanometer process supporting up to 1080p output. The GPU has 320 stream processors, 16 texture mapping units, and eight render output units. Both processors have access to 4 gigabytes of shared DDR3-1600 RAM wi...
Console Hardware
As the wireless gamepad is a critical part of the Wii U, the system sports a relatively feature rich radio suite. The Wii U supports 2.4 gigahertz Wi-Fi b/g/n.The Wii U has an additional Wi-Fi N controller to Miracast to the GamePad. The Wii U has an optical disk reader which uses 25 gigabyte capacity disks with rounded edges and has read speeds of up to 22 megabytes a second.These are essentially non-standard Blu-Ray disks, and as with previous disc based Nintendo consoles, the drive is inca...
GamePad
The GamePad has a 6.2" LCD with a resolution of 854 by 480 pixels and a resistive touch screen that does not support multi-touch. The GamePad has an NFC radio built in to use Amiibo. The GamePad has an IR remote to control television sets. The Wii U could technically support two gamepads, though this was not pursued in practice.
Nintendo Wii U
1. A Wii U console from the front 2. A Wii U console from the back
Wii U Controllers
1. The Wii U Gamepad 2. The Wii U Pro controller. 3. The Wii U Pro controller, showing triggers.
Technology
1. The Wii U CPU (Smaller package) and GPU (Larger package). 2. Clearer illustration of the same. 3. Illustration of the processor with heat spreader.
The Wii U operating system also known internally as Cafe OS[3] is the official firmware version and system software for the Nintendo 's Wii U home video game console. Nintendo maintains the Wii U's systemwide features and applications by offering system software updates via the Internet.
This is a list of video games for the Wii U video game console that have sold or shipped at least one million copies. 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 ...
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