All Wii U Deluxe Set owners who purchase digital content for Wii U, including downloadable games in the Nintendo eShop for Wii U and download codes sold at select retail stores, will earn points with a value equivalent to approximately 10 percent of the Nintendo eShop list price of each purchase.
Virtual Console for Wii U: A spring system update will add Virtual Console software to the Nintendo eShop for Wii U. The service will launch right after the spring update and will include a selection of NES and Super NES games, with Game Boy Advance games to be added in the future.
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It's being reported that Wal-Mart will not have its usual demo station for the Nintendo Wii for simple safety concerns over the fling-fests that could inevitably ensue.
Potentially, Nintendo could be ushering in a new era in gaming, doing for 3D displays what the Nintendo Wii did for motion controls.
Super Mario is on His Way: The Nintendo EAD Tokyo Software Development team that created the Super Mario Galaxy games for Wii and Super Mario 3D Land for Nintendo 3DS is working on a new 3D Mario action game for Wii U. The game is scheduled to be playable at this year's E3.
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Nintendo needs for the Wii to stop being so far removed from traditional consoles.
Iwata says somewhat immodestly that "one of the reasons we believe this is the time for Nintendo to launch the Wii U is it's going to be important for the world, " adding that its "focus is on how we can make our new console different" than its competitors.
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The companies kiosks will include games for the Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360 and Sony Playstation 3.
Dominating the room is a massive 18 ft-by-5 ft video screen, perfect for mass Nintendo Wii competitions.
Opening up the box for the Nintendo Wii, you see a cute white contraption, not much bigger than an old VHS tape.
Early on, some industry analysts predicted trouble for Nintendo : The Wii had a relatively pokey processor, it lacked a hard drive, its controls were unusual.
As shown by a slow start for Nintendo's Wii U, gamers base a lot of their decisions about which console to buy on the games that are available for it.
If anything, PETA proved their "console-cred" on their blog, stating that they usually side with gamers against anti-videogame mogul Jack Thompson, who most recently condemned Wendy's for releasing Nintendo Wii toys.
WildCharge and the licensees of its technology have developed replacement back covers for a number of popular devices, including Motorola's RAZR phones and video-game controllers for the Nintendo Wii and the Sony PlayStation 3.
In 2010 they released more titles than they had in the previous two decades, including Doctor Who: The Adventure Games, a downloadable PC adventure, and Doctor Who: Return to Earth, for the Nintendo Wii.
It's been a sore spot for Nintendo gamers for some time now, and the Wii U was the company's chance to make amends -- except it didn't.
As video game blog Kotaku reported back in November, Microsoft and Nintendo have rolled out new ecologically friendly cases for games found on their Nintendo Wii and X-Box 360 consoles.
Received codes must be exchanged for Nintendo eShop credit on Wii U or Nintendo 3DS by June 30, 2015.
It's sold by Nintendo as an accessory for the Wii console and used in skiing, fitness and other video games.
Jack Tretton, head of Sony's U.S. videogame business, said expanding the types of games available for the Wii U will be good for the Nintendo.
As for the Wii, Nintendo did announce that it would launch the console in China in 2008 (and iQue even obtained the CCC in December 2007), but that never happened after it failed to get the other authorities' approval.
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It didn't take long for console warriors, fanboys and a brutal media to take aim at Nintendo's Wii U. The fledgling system was relentlessly teased for its name (seemingly even sillier than that of its predecessor) and a list of specifications certain to be outdone by its competitors.
Whereas Nintendo uses motion-sensing controllers for the Wii, and Kinect uses only a camera and no controllers, PlayStation Move uses both camera and controller.
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One Sterling Heights, MI location which held midnight launches for the original Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo 3DS and dozens of individual video games said that it may not hold a midnight launch for Wii U because it did not receive many units.
Nintendo TVii is scheduled for arrival on North American Wii U consoles at some point today, but it's lacking a few key features Nintendo promised when the service was first revealed back in September.
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In 2006, it created a market for motion-sensitive gaming with the Nintendo Wii.
Nintendo used backwards compatibility as a hyping point for the Wii.
Sensing this shift, Nintendo is gearing up for their newest installment, the Wii U due out next year, which has a touch screen motion-sensitive controller.
Satoru Iwata believes they need to focus on the sorts of first party titles which draw people to Nintendo, and also acknowledges that the marketing for the Wii U has been abysmal.
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Opening up the social games that are popular on the iPhone and iPod touch to an audience in the living room could let Apple make a grab for the casual gamers that make the Nintendo Wii so popular.
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