The Nintendo Switch's release is just about a month away, and interest is steadily building as that March 3 release date approaches. If you're wondering how the Switch stacks up next to the Wii U and ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. "I think there are a lot of people that are going to have a hard time resisting buying a Wii U once Smash Bros comes out" -- Nintendo's Scott Moffitt ...

One of the main distinguishing features the Wii U has from its predecessor is the gamepad. Nintendo seemed to have decided that two screen gaming was so successful on the DS (and later the 3DS) that ...

Nintendo’s fall lineup is championed by the Wii U, a console scheduled to release Nov. 18. The Lantern had the opportunity to play the pre-production Wii U console Friday in Nintendo’s Mario-themed ...

Gearbox Software president Randy Pitchford is a believer in the Wii U's GamePad controller. Speaking to Joystiq, the executive claimed Nintendo has never made a better input for first-person shooter ...

While the Wii U GamePad could be used to play games without a TV, it wasn't truly a standalone portable: It needed to be in the same vicinity as the main console. (Its games streamed wirelessly from ...

In a video announcement featuring its president, Satoru Iwata, Nintendo showed off the final version of their new Wii U console and controller, along with some new social features like video chat and ...

The Wii U Gamepad will have some limitations to its range depending on your room and house layout, Nintendo has revealed. In the latest Iwata Asks blog post, the Nintendo president discusses the Wii U ...

Most video game fans aren’t using their Wii U consoles as much as they did a few years ago — if they ever bought the system at all — but Nintendo’s underwhelming machine still has a few uses, it seems ...

The Wii U was always in trouble. The press learned this fact as we sat up with our review hardware before the official launch, waiting for Nintendo to release the firmware that would enable anything ...

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The new Nintendo Switch has finally been unveiled and the question on everyone’s lips: Is this a significant enough upgrade compared to the Wii U? Let’s break it down… Note: you can read my Xbox One ...