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Shakedown Hawaii Wii and Wii U Physical Releases in 2020

Shakedown Hawaii Wii and Wii U Physical Releases in 2020

Sun 28-06-2020 10:10 | Nintendo Wii News
VBlank Entertainment came out with a surprise announcement – Shakedown Hawaii is coming physically to Wii and Wii U in 2020. Shakedown Hawaii for Wii will go on sale on July 9, 2020 at 1pm...
The Wonderful 101 Remastered Wii U vs Nintendo Switch comparison

The Wonderful 101 Remastered Wii U vs Nintendo Switch comparison

Tue 12-05-2020 20:10 | Nintendo Wii U News
Thanks to the team at GameXplain, we now have a side-by-side comparison for The Wonderful 101 Remastered of both Wii U and Nintendo Switch running simultaneously. There aren’t many performance differences – but there are...
Hulu service ends early

Hulu service ends early

Tue 05-05-2020 16:24 | Nintendo Wii U News
The Hulu app on the Wii U has met a premature end in Japan. The service was scheduled to be discontinued on 24th July. Hulu on #WiiU in Japan met an undignified end yesterday. Service...
Youtube – WiiU Browser support ending soon

Youtube – WiiU Browser support ending soon

Sat 22-02-2020 12:25 | Nintendo Wii U News
Sad news for those of you out there who are still using your WiiU to watch videos on Youtube. Players who try to access Youtube on their WiiU web browser will receive a notification that...
Shakedown: Hawaii coming?

Shakedown: Hawaii coming?

Sat 25-01-2020 18:46 | Nintendo Wii U News
Apparently Shakedown: Hawaii could be making its way to Wii U. Yeah you read that right the Wii U/ The game was released for Nintendo Switch last year. But the ESRB rated it for the...
Possible Wii U ports still to come to Switch

Possible Wii U ports still to come to Switch

Mon 13-01-2020 21:34 | Nintendo Wii U News
Digital Foundry released a video showing how some Wii U games could look like if they are ported to Nintendo Switch. Some of the games shown in the video include Super Mario 3D World, The...
Yoshi’s Woolly World – Composer shares unused tracks

Yoshi’s Woolly World – Composer shares unused tracks

Sat 21-12-2019 21:42 | Nintendo Wii U News
Tomoya Tomita, composer for Yoshi’s Woolly World, uploaded several unused musical tracks from the game. These 13 tracks were never used in the final release for unknown reasons, but thanks to Tomita you can now...
Shovel Knight: King Of Cards updates already available!

Shovel Knight: King Of Cards updates already available!

Fri 13-12-2019 18:37 | Nintendo 3DS News
Yacht Club Games announced free updates for Shovel Knight on Nintendo 3DS and Wii U are actually already available now. The studio has confirmed this.  So great news for Shovel Knight owners on both platforms....
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove update delayed in some regions

Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove update delayed in some regions

Tue 10-12-2019 16:42 | Nintendo Wii U News
Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove is updating today with the new DLCs King Of Cards and Shovel Knight Showdown. Unfortunately, not every platform will be receiving the update on the planned date, despite Yacht Club’s best...
Reggie – Wii U was indeed a failure

Reggie – Wii U was indeed a failure

Sat 26-10-2019 10:13 | Nintendo Wii U News
During former Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime’s lecture at Cornell, Reggie briefly touched on the Wii U and Nintendo Switch. The Wii U, Nintendo’s home console before the successful Nintendo Switch, was seen as...
3DS + Wii U eShop; Credit card payments stopping next week

3DS + Wii U eShop; Credit card payments stopping next week

Wed 28-08-2019 19:02 | Nintendo Wii U News
Nintendo announced a very important news regarding the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U Nintendo eShop. Starting September 2019, the Nintendo eShop on both platforms will stop accepting credit card and debit card payments. In short...
Surprise – Version 5.5.4 Update

Surprise – Version 5.5.4 Update

Sat 29-06-2019 18:40 | Nintendo Wii U News
It’s been 2 years since the release of the Nintendo Switch, it looks like Nintendo hasn’t completely forgotten about what came before it. Version 5.5.4 The Wii U just received an unexpected update to version...
Luigi’s Mansion 3 – Originally early development for Wii U

Luigi’s Mansion 3 – Originally early development for Wii U

Thu 20-06-2019 21:11 | Nintendo Wii U News
Kotaku caught up with Nintendo’s Yoshihito Ikebata and Kensuke Tanabe to talk about Luigi’s Mansion 3 which is being developed by Next Level Games. The two developers explained to the site that the game was...
New Super Mario Bros. U – Cut Content

New Super Mario Bros. U – Cut Content

Wed 24-04-2019 12:13 | Nintendo Wii U News
Earlier this year, Nintendo ported New Super Mario Bros. U from Wii U to Nintendo Switch as New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe. The original Wii U game had tons of cut content that never...
Limited Run Games finally taking on Axiom Verge

Limited Run Games finally taking on Axiom Verge

Mon 18-03-2019 18:52 | Nintendo Wii U News
After months of silence and legal turmoil Limited Run Games finally revealed their one and only Wii U release, Axiom Verge! The company will be distributing Axiom Verge: Multiverse Edition for Nintendo’s Wii U console....
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe graphics comparison

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe graphics comparison

Tue 25-12-2018 22:00 | Nintendo Wii U News
GameXplain got the honors to check out New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe on the Nintendo Switch, so they have decided to release a graphics comparison video for it. The video compares New Super Mario...
Official Wii U Facebook Page is closing

Official Wii U Facebook Page is closing

Thu 08-11-2018 09:30 | Nintendo Wii U News
Nintendo has announced it is closing down its official Wii U page on November 9, 2018.The company thanks everyone for being part of their Wii U journey. This shouldn’t come as a surprise as the...