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RIP Wii U: Nintendo’s glorious, quirky failure

By Olivia Wilson
In Culture
14 Min Read
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In late January it was announced that Nintendo had ceased production of the Wii U console. The follow-up machine to the hugely successful Wii had sold fewer than 15m units worldwide since its launch in 2012. PlayStation 4 sold more in a year. Wii sold more than 100m in its lifetime. What happened? How did Nintendo, one of the oldest and most respected companies in the video game industry, get it...

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Nintendo just dropped a host of upcoming 3DS games from Mario to Zelda and Pokémon

By Adeline Darrow
In Culture
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Nintendo didn’t have much of a showing at this year’s E3 or Gamescom, choosing to focus on the upcoming The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – the Wii U’s swan song – rather than on the mysterious NX console or the existing Nintendo 3DS. That changed with today’s Nintendo Direct broadcast, which was entirely focused on the plucky handheld. Nintendo unveiled...

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