Wii U
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| Manufacturer | Nintendo | ||||||||
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| Type | Home Console | ||||||||
| Release date(s) |  November 18, 2012 November 30, 2012 November 30, 2012 December 8, 2012
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| Discontinued |  January 31, 2017[1]
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| Media | Wii U Optical Disc, Digital download | ||||||||
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| Predecessor | Wii | ||||||||
| Successor | Nintendo Switch | ||||||||
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The Wii U[nb 1] is a game console developed by Nintendo. Released in 2012, the Wii U is a successor to the Wii and was part of the eighth generation of video game consoles, and competed primarily with Sony's PlayStation 4 and Microsoft's Xbox One. One Animal Crossing game was released on the Wii U: Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival. Additionally, a free social application, Animal Crossing Plaza, was released, Animal Crossing: Wild World was re-released on the Virtual Console, and Animal Crossing crossover content is featured in Nintendo Land and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
The Wii U sold a total of 13.56 million units[2], and is often considered by many media outlets as a commercial failure. It was discontinued in January 2017,[1] and shared its last first-party game, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, with its successor, the Nintendo Switch, on March 3, 2017.
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Wii U games[edit]
| Game | Image | Release date(s) |
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| Nintendo Land |  |
November 18, 2012 November 30, 2012 November 30, 2012 December 8, 2012
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| Animal Crossing Plaza |  |
August 7, 2013 August 7, 2013 August 8, 2013
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| Super Smash Bros. for Wii U |  |
November 21, 2014 November 28, 2014 November 29, 2014 December 6, 2014
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| Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival |  |
November 13, 2015 November 20, 2015 November 21, 2015 November 21, 2015
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Virtual Console[edit]
| Game | Image | Release date(s) |
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| Animal Crossing: Wild World |  |
November 19, 2015 November 19, 2015 July 27, 2016 October 13, 2016
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Backwards compatibility[edit]
| Game | Image | Release date(s) | Available By |
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| Super Smash Bros. Brawl |  |
January 31, 2008 March 9, 2008 June 26, 2008 June 27, 2008 |
Wii Disc |
| Animal Crossing: City Folk |  |
November 16, 2008 November 17, 2008 December 4, 2008 December 5, 2008 |
Wii Disc |
Appearances in the Animal Crossing series[edit]
- A Wii U furniture item appears in Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo. Interacting with it allows the player to play Desert Island Escape.
Gallery[edit]
The controller
The console
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Allegra Frank (January 31, 2017). "Final Wii U models discontinued in Japan". Retrieved February 23, 2020.
- ↑ Nintendo. "Dedicated Video Game Sales Units". nintendo.co.jp.
External links[edit]
| Wii U on other wikis |
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| • Bulbapedia • Fire Emblem Wiki • F-Zero Wiki • Inkipedia • Lylat Wiki • Metroid Wiki • NintendoWiki • Pikipedia • SmashWiki • Starfy Wiki • Super Mario Wiki • WikiBound • StrategyWiki • Wikipedia • WiKirby • Zelda Wiki |
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