Remember the Wii U, the Nintendo home console that launched 10 years ago today? Avid video game fans probably do, but you might not if you’re part of the select group known as “most people,” because ...

Nintendo’s past with gaming consoles and its success and failure story are quite unstable. Wii and the failure of the Wii U have been somewhat of a half-season for Nintendo. Hence, it is still quite ...

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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 ...

With one eye on the Christmas turkey and another on the waistband, now seems like the perfect time to get acquainted with the latest entry in Nintendo's popular Wii Fit series. What to Read Next ...

Nintendo has restored online play for Splatoon and Mario Kart 8 on Wii U, and apologised to fans after taking the servers offline for five months to fix a security exploit. “In March 2023, Nintendo ...

Nintendo confirmed it will widely shut down online services for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U games in April 2024, which will be just over a year after it discontinued the Nintendo eShop on those systems.

Nintendo will discontinue online service for 3DS and Wii U consoles in April 2024, the company announced in a recent blog. After this point, the 3DS Pokémon storage app Pokémon Bank will be the only ...