Wii U



"How U will play next."


 * Positive Metacritic Reviews 
 * Neutral Metacritic Reviews 
 * Negative Metacritic Reviews 
 * No Review Listed 
 * Wii U Exclusive

Note: specifies games that have Off TV Play. When necessary, sub-notes should be written beside it (in parenthesis if you wish).

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System Specs & Details
Don't mind how small it looks- it's actually 50% more powerful than the PS3.


 * 2GB of DDR3-1600 RAM, 1GB for it's OS and 1GB for games.
 * Tri-Core 1.25GHz IBM PPC750 based 45nm CPU.
 * AMD Radeon HD 5550 at 550MHz 40nm GPU.
 * Wii U operating system runs on a separate duo core ARM Cortex A8 processor at 1GHz.
 * 8 GB (Basic model, soon discontinued) or 32 GB (deluxe model) internal flash memory. Supports external USB hard drives up to 2TB and SD(HC) cards.
 * Custom Blu-Ray-esc disks (25gb)
 * 2.5/5.0GHz WiFi B/G/N native, supports USB LAN adapters (including wii/(3)ds ones).
 * Gamepad uses a custom made 5.2GHz Wifi N signal, despise this less then the full 5.2 GHz output is used and can be used on a PC viva homebrew.
 * HDMI, Component/D-Terminal, S-video (Japanese & North American models only), SCART (PAL models only) and Composite output.
 * HDMI output displays a limited RGB pallet in Wii U mode when it uses a full YCrCb pallet in Wii mode.
 * Gamepad is always in full RGB mode.
 * Component/D-Terminal output always displays a full color pallet, despise this you can't mix the Component/D-Terminal video out put when using the HDMI output for sound to fix the limited RGB pallet issue that the system has when using HDMI when using surround sound out of the HDMI port at the same time.
 * USB 2.0, four ports: two front and two back.
 * Region Locked
 * Internet not required except for Nintendo Network and game updates (system updates available in all nintendo games).
 * Free Nintendo Network account needed for online play. No fees!
 * Backwards compatible with all Wii games and controllers. Can download NES, SNES, N64, GBA, Wii and DS games from Nintendo E-shop.
 * Game installation optional (mostly in ports)

Spec Sources and More info: Source 1, Source 2, Source 3, Source 4.

Virtual Console
Currently, there are six systems that have VC games on the Wii U as of typing: the NES, the SNES, the N64, the Game Boy Advance, the Nintendo DS, and select Wii games. While some may be turned off by NES games still costing $5 a pop and ask why not just emulate, at the very least the GBA games are well-ported. In addition, the Wii games are very fairly-priced ($10 for the Metroid Prime Trilogy for its first week!), and allow Gamepad play if the Wii Classic Controller could be used to play them. You can find specific game recommendations on their respective pages.