Wii U

Nintendo Wii U Showcase: The Best Games, Videos And Screenshots

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 17.05.2013 | UK Tech

Nintendo's Wii U had a rough time in 2013 once the launch buzz died down. With falling sales and diminished excitement, it's time for Nintendo to ...

Wii U Update Improves Loading Times 'By A Third'

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 26.04.2013 | UK Tech

Nintendo has released a critical update for its Wii U console which will improve loading times and bring a number of new features. Sluggish perform...

Nintendo Pulls Out Of Big E3 Launch For New Games

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 25.04.2013 | UK Tech

Nintendo has announced it's leaving E3 to Sony and Microsoft, and will instead unveil its next line-up of games at a separate event for media. Whil...

Nintendo Makes A Small Profit As Console Sales Slow To A Halt

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 24.04.2013 | UK Tech

Nintendo has announced another tough year, reporting falls in sales and a stuttering launch for its new Wii U console. The Japanese gaming giant sa...

Nintendo Shows Off Wii U Speed Boost In Pre-Update Video

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 27.03.2013 | UK Tech

Nintendo has unveiled footage of the Wii U's improved loading times after a planned update is applied to the system. The new console has lately bee...

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'Lego City Undercover': A Masterpiece With Missing Bricks

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Rundle | Posted 14.03.2013 | UK Tech

Lego City Undercover (Wii U) is a funny, well-crafted and varied open-world take on the now classic Lego games formula, let down by long loading times...

'It's Smaller Than The Original Wii!'

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 28.04.2013 | UK Tech

Nintendo has announced it will release a low-cost, miniature version of the original Wii console in the UK. The red and back Wii Mini console...

WATCH: This Is What Console Announcements Used To Look Like...

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 21.04.2013 | UK Tech

Sony will unveil the PlayStation 4 later today - and it will do it live, on the internet, to an audience of millions. There will be HD show-reels, ...

Wii U Sales 'Collapse' Reports Gamasutra

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 16.04.2013 | UK Tech

Nintendo has a problem. According to the gaming website Gamasutra, the Japanese gaming giant sold "well under" 100,000 Wii U consoles in January. ...

WATCH: Mario Kart, 3D Mario And Zelda Coming To Wii U

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 25.03.2013 | UK Tech

Nintendo has announced new versions of Super Mario, Mario Kart and Zelda for the Wii U. The Japanese gaming giant confirmed that it is working on a...

NIntendo In Dramatic Reorganisation

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 18.03.2013 | UK Tech

Nintendo will dramatically reorganise its business by merging its handheld and console divisions, it has emerged. The Japanese gaming giant wants t...

Wii U Needs Three Hours Of Updates Before It Can Be Used

SWNS | Posted 22.02.2013 | UK Tech

Millions of children face misery this Christmas morning after the makers of a new games console admitted it needs three hours worth of updates before ...

Nintendo: Wii U Update Coming To Fix Slow Menus

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 18.02.2013 | UK Tech

Nintendo's new Wii U console has had a pretty good reception since its release last month - and we gave it a great review ourselves. But it's been ...

7 Must-Buy Nintendo Wii U Add-Ons

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 12.02.2013 | UK Tech

Nintendo's new Wii U console has divided opinion pretty evenly since its release last month - and with its creative/odd (delete as applicable) touchsc...

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Wii U UK Review: Nintendo's New Console Is An Ode To Joy

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Rundle | Posted 13.12.2012 | UK Tech

Almost everything about Nintendo's Wii U, the Japanese gaming giant's new home console, makes absolutely no sense. It's a wacky, stream-of-c...

WATCH: History Of Nintendo Retold In Beautiful Animation

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 05.02.2013 | UK Tech

Are you still waiting for your Wii U? Several members of staff here at HuffPost are still waiting for theirs. We know - we feel this way too. But t...

Wii U: Brain Over Brawn?

Will Porter | Posted 02.02.2013 | UK Tech
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Although I don't doubt that the Wii U will not sell as many units as the Wii, I will suggest it won't be gathering dust. When the Wii 3 comes Nintendo will have raised a generation with their design ethos of gameplay over graphics, brain over brawn.

Nintendo 'Sells Out' Wii U Consoles In UK

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 02.02.2013 | UK Tech

Nintendo's Wii U has had a successful UK launch, figures have suggested. According to industry magazine MCV, the new console sold 40k units in its ...

Nintendo Wii U Games Fail To Crack UK Top 10

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 01.02.2013 | UK Tech

Nintendo's quirky new Wii U console might have been received warmly by reviewers, but it might not have made the impact on the charts that Nintendo wa...

Wii U Reviews Round-Up: What's The Verdict On Nintendo's Console?

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 30.11.2012 | UK Tech

Nintendo's new Wii U console has been released in the UK - and as the first new home system since 2006, excitement is predictably high. But outside...

Nintendo Wii U Launched In UK (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 29.01.2013 | UK Tech

Nintendo has launched the Wii U in the UK - the first major home console launch since 2006. Fans waited until midnight outside HMV's Oxford Street ...

Nintendo Apologises For Wii U - Before It's Even Launched

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 28.01.2013 | UK Tech

Nintendo has apologised for its new console - a day before it's released in the UK. The company's president Satoru Iwata told IGN that he was "very...

Wii Mini: Nintendo Confirms Release Of Cut-Price Console

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 27.01.2013 | UK Tech

Nintendo has confirmed it will release a cut-price version of its Wii Console - despite being only days away from the UK release of the next-generatio...

Wii U Release UK: What's New? Is It Good? And How To Buy One

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 27.11.2012 | UK Tech

Nintendo releases its newest console, the Wii U, on Friday 30 November in the UK - but will you actually be able to buy one? And should you even tr...

Nintendo Wii Mini Leaked: Pictures Suggest December Launch

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 27.01.2013 | UK Tech

Nintendo is apparently preparing to launch a redesigned 'mini' Wii console - just days before releasing its new Wii U in the UK. According to an im...