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Just In Time for the Holidays, Nintendo Wii U Gets Its US Release
YokimaSun writes "Nintendo has today fired the first salvo in the next-gen console wars with the U.S. release of their Wii U console, which is massively more powerful than the Nintendo Wii and also the PS3/Xbox 360 (so they claim). Yet again Nintendo has done a world first and released a gamepad which is also a tablet and should provide us with games that stretch the boundaries even more. Wii games are compatible with the console, as is the Wii remote. The Wii U comes in 2 SKUs: a 32GB Deluxe package, and an 8GB Basics pack. The games lineup is a strong one, with games such as New Super Mario Bros U, Arkham City Armoured Edition, Assassins Creed 3, Call of Duty Black Ops 2, Sonic AllStars Racing, Nintendo Land, Tank Tank Tank, ScribbleNauts Unlimited, Epic Mickey 2 The Power of Two, ESPN Sports Connection, DarkSiders 2, Rabbids Land, Mass Effect 3, Ninja Gaiden 3 Razors Edge, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Wipeout 3 and Just Dance 4 all available on launch day."
Some people have been suggesting that Nintendo might pull out of the hardware (at least non-portable console) market entirely if the Wii U doesn't go over well. I am one who would very much not want to see that. Hopefully this console goes over well, even if it doesn't make the grand entrance that we saw with the original Wii.
And yes, I do still play my original Wii. I even bought a new game for it this week.
Damn_registrars has no butt-hole. Damn_registrars has no use for a butt-hole.
Wii is barely a current gen console. It's a gamecube with a motion controller and white case.
I'm trying to determine how anyone could read that as implying coincidence.
After all, it's Nintendo--a company that simply refuses to let go of its, "Super Mario plus other cartoony games," forumula. Why would any other software shop take their platform seriously when Nintendo itself does not.
They're not going to just let go of Mario. That's the best selling video game franchise in the world.
Hundreds of millions of sales sounds pretty serious to me.
My Wii is hooked up to the TV, right next to the PS2.
Consoles don't get worse over time. There are games for the PS2 that you haven't yet played that are better than most anything on the 360.
Just bite the bullet and get a Harmony One or (if you need to control devices outside line-of-site) the Harmony 900.
I have two (for different media centers) and bought my dad one as well. Haven't had to reprogram any of them since the initial installation more than a year ago.
You don't appreciate physical buttons on your remote until you lose them all.
Wow look at the prices on those things. $199 for the Harmony One, and $349 for the Harmony 900. Those are new console prices for controllers with less features than new console controllers. I wonder if Logitech is hobbling its IPad and Android apps on purpose. So it can keep selling these overpriced pieces of plastic.
Consoles don't get worse over time.
Any user of Other OS Installer for PlayStation 3 would like a word with you. So would anyone who can't play online with strangers due to DNAS -103 errors or the termination of Xbox Live service for original Xbox games.