The Sad Death of the Wii U 

The Wii U’s biggest problem was first & foremost, people didn’t know it was a new console. They focused so much on the controller that even some hardcore gamers weren’t sure. Wii U was fun and had great games, just terrible marketing

I still remember being in the Times Square Toys "R" Us before it shut down, staring down at a rack of boxed Wii Us sitting in the middle of the Nintendo/Gaming section and thinking "What tf is this? Is it a console??" I remember standing there trying to recall the ads I saw months before and still not being sure if it was an add on, a controller or something else. It's a weirdly vivid memory for me, the florescent blue-purple lights, the twist to my face and the heavy helping of confusion. Then a few years I later learned that the release didn't go over so well and it all made sense. The reason I was so confused was because Nintendo was too. Crazy how hard they missed with the marketing on this one.

In a way I felt the Wii U's lifespan followed a very similar path like Windows 8. Even though they both didn't perform well compared to their predecessors, without their existence (the ideas, framework, etc.) we wouldn't have a strong successor down the line.

Despite all its flaws, the Wii U was one of my favorite gaming consoles of all time Rest in Peace Wii U, you will be missed.

Wii U deserved better, is a special console that has sadly been underrated and has a sad death

Seriously? As soon as I get a Wii U? Screw this I’m modding it

I recently just bought my first Wii U and it was one of the best gaming purchases I've ever made. I've been having so much fun experiencing the titles I missed out on, and even revisiting ones that'd been ported to Switch! It also immediately became my go-to retro console due to it running games from pretty much every Nintendo system before it. I'm happy seeing all the love it's been getting now since the servers died. Long live the Wii U!

I also really enjoyed the wii u. I got it soon after it launched and enjoyed it all the way through it's life. I think it could go down like the game cube. Bad launch and bad lifetime being completely outdone by it's successor. But a great library of games and a really interesting study topic.

Hey, at least we got Xenoblade X and Tropical Freeze. Not to mention Mario Kart 8 is the best selling Switch game. The Wii U was an overall necessary step to get to where we are today. Nintendo knew that the concept of playing console games on a tablet was a good idea.

death of the wii u? nah man my best buddy is still here :D still my favorite console, and i doubt that would change anytime soon

Man, the Wii U was my nostalgia. It’s sad to see the Wii U die. Rest in Peace Wii U, you will be forever missed.

The Wii U was definitely a flawed console and looking back at it it's not a surprise that it failed, but there were a lot of great games for it for sure. As fun as the gamepad can be I think it might have been one of the worst gimmicks for Nintendo possibly the worst one because a lot of games just never really took advantage of the exclusive features of the gamepad and the gamepad really just was a controller in most cases. I remember when I first owned a Wii U back in 2012 and by the way I was the first person in my hometown of Santa Rosa to get a Wii U at Target which actually looking back at it goes to show how unpopular the console was considering how hard it was to get the original Wii at launch, but anyways the Wii U did have some pretty solid games on it. But even back in 2012 I was under the expectation that if I switched the game to play on just the gamepad and not the TV that I could actually take it with me portably. That was something I expected which is not far off from what the switch actually turned out to be. It's too bad that wasn't the case but at least we got the switch now

I remember getting a Wii U back in 2013, when I turned 7. This console introduced me to E3, online communities for games, and the idea of learning about upcoming releases and getting excited. Mario 3D World, Mario Maker, and Mario Kart 8 are probably the first games I ever first learned of from Nintendo's showcases and got excited about, even when their release was nearly or over a year away.

What if every console had a 5-year lifespan? While always on years ending with 0's and 5's. Like Gamecube in 2000, Wii in 2005, and Wii U in 2010. How'd that have been like?

The Wii U was the first console I bought myself in 2016, and I loved every moment of it. The GamePad was the main attraction, but just a few games made full use of it. WaraWara and Inkopolis Plaza made you feel part of a community, and the eShop always had nice music while browsing games.

The Wii U has been one of the core memory I still have with my family. As of last year I had been without family since University Grad. I really saw Wii U as an escape and now playing game with my family brings back so many core memories. Your videos are amazing! Will use on my research project on Consoles!

Im using it as of this moment and it feels more alive than ever (thanks pretendo for reviving the wii u)

WII WILL NEVER FORGET U

Despite its faults, I loved the Wii U, and still do. Nintendo's aesthetic from the launch of the DS to the Wii U was perfect, in my opinion. Playing these consoles is almost blissful in a way. Even though the Switch is a better piece of tech, I get more joy out of my Wii U.

My introduction to the Wii U is the very thing that got me to love it from the start. My friend from around 2015-2016 and I always played Mario Kart 8 over at their house, and I pushed us to try out the online together, and whenever we'd spectate we would find the person running in 1st and cheer them on. Those experiences literally drove me to love mario kart as much as I do today. Hell when I got into Splatoon i said fuck it and got a wii u to play the original game and the wii u mario kart 8.

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I bought a Wii U back in 2013 and i regret the purchase. Did i have fun with it and had a lot of great memories. But since i couod only afford one console. I wish i bought an XOne or PS4 instead. Thinking about the Wii U's launch lineup. New Super Mario Bros U was a pretty terrible idea as a launch title as nothing within NSMBU couldn’t have been done on the Wii.

Rest in peace to all 10 Wii U owners

I decided to get a Wii U for my birthday last year and im happy with it, its the only Nintendo device I own besides a Gameboy Color. While some of the kids at school play on their Switch, I plug in my Wii U and play on it using the Gamepad

You’re so underrated bro! Keep it up man I love the vids

Wii U is essentially the Home Console version of the DS but if they called it "Nintendo U", it could've been sell at least 3 times more than supposed 13 mil.

I refuse to believe the Gamecube did so poorly, it was my first console.

Will my Wii U still work tho? Is it just the online functionality that's gone because I never connected my Wii U to the internet so I never used any online functionality

Bro I have both Nintendo 3Ds and Nintendo WII U to this day💀

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I agree, man! This is an era where nintendo strikes gold here!

R.I.P sweet angel

So glad to see that someone agrees with me about the Wii U being underrated, had SO many good memories with mine

I am really sad RIP Wii U and 3DS

There’s no doubt I love the Wii U it’s sad to see it go but it will always have at least 5 of my top 25 games

wii U playing splatoon 1 was so fun i miss it

Many people will cite one issue as the killing blow, but it wasn't one fatal mistake. The Wii U died to a thousand cuts. With that said, I loved my Wii U, and don't regret buying it. Sadly, my gamepad died, so my Wii U has been shelved for years.

I come here only to scream that Xenoblade X did amazing use of the gamepad, to such point that all the other Xenoblade games are playable on switch except X. And it's a pity because for me it's one of the best optimized (with the free dlc for optimizing loads) and one of the best games in the series and Wii U catalogue

Even though i never owned a Wii U, I agree it's underrated.

The reason the Wii U was a dead console during its run was because Nintendo didn't market the Wii U enough and people thought the Gamepad was an expensive add on to the Wii. I remember when I worked at EBGames (Australian Gamestop) at the time and a woman came in and said that Rayman Legends game didn't work on her son's Wii and I told her that the game was for Wii U Nintendo new console and she was so confused and end up returning the game.

I wish people gave the wii u a chance for me it was a good console for what it was

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Im having a blast having a wii u this 2024,

nahhh the console was bad, pricing and memory was terrible for a console compared to xbox and ps4. switch indeed took those games and made it better on a much better design console.

The Wii U shut down long time ago and the 3DS shut down in 2020… why does it have to shut down AGAIN?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😢

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It's ok the Internet never forgets *NEVER*

Maybe they were using the Wii u as a test for the switch?

I couldn’t really access online because of parental controls

i know i love it too i'm trying to get it but i don't have the money

and the 3DS DIED for its E shop the SAME day.

Nothing but facts all the way through 👌

stand proud wii u you are strong

C'mon dusin't matter that online is gone for these consoles at least we still got single or multi-player

*You could say the console's dead because the battery ran out*

There’s always Cemu with fan run servers. 👍

But those of us that did give it a chance we already know that it was better than the Wii

Still the only place you can play legitimately one of the greatest games of all time, Xenoblade Chronicles X If you missed it, you gotta hop on it.

People just didn't give it a chance I thought it was way better than the Wii well that was Nintendo's fault also they did not market the Wii u right

but I am still playing online mk8 every day, platoon sometimes, look at miiverse, and play ton of Wii U, Wii, gamecube and VC games. if you know how to read and have SD card and USB pen/drive, Wii U is all but dead :D

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Wii U 🥲

I personally like that the Wii u

Miiverse was the best from the Wii U for me 😅

wait um virtual boy

"the wii u is dead" pretendo:

Why doesnt Nintendo just make proper consoles and make these gimmicks optional add ons? Instead of flopping and forcing stuff onto people what they dont want.

Unless you have pretendo

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Sucks my birthday was a bad day for Wii U fans. Good day for me tho😂

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My kids love the Wii U: my eight-year-old in particular thinks that Nintendo Land is one of the best games ever

the Wii U was garbage and no it wasn't juat "bad marketing" that doomed the console the PlayStation 3 had bad marketing yet sold 88 million unites, the Wii U had no games

The Wii U was a terrible console with high resolution 3ds games no wonder why it flopped 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Yeah yeah. Every failed console is somehow akshually a masterpiece. If the Wii U isn't a POS, then tell me how many Nintendo consoles or handhelds you'd take it over, I'll wait.

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2 Wii U videos in a row

2 Wii U videos in a row