Hands On: The Nintendo Wii U

One of the first things I was told when I ducked into one of Nintendo's suites to play with the Wii U was what they wouldn't tell me. Price, release date, technical specs, games in development -- all of these were taboo topics that would be (and were) met with a gentle dismissal if I broached the subject. Great. With that load lifted, I picked up the Wii U controller and dove in.

Nintendo's Wii U might not be called the Wii U

After suffering a mountain of confusion and complaints, Nintendo appears to be ready to re-brand its next-generation console entirely. read more

Nintendo promises splashy launch for NFC-toting Wii U

Nintendo’s Wii U will have NFC functionality and digital download support, president Iwata Satoru has confirmed, promising a better splash for the next-gen console having “learned a bitter lesson from the launch of the Nintendo 3DS.” Speaking to investors and analysts after revealing dire financial results for the last quarter, Satoru revealed that NFC short-range wireless had been added to [...]

Rumor: Wii U 'Twice As Powerful' As Xbox 360

Here we go again. Unverified rumors about next generation consoles continue to drip out. We still don't have the official hardware specs of the Wii U. Nintendo hasn't released them yet since unveiling the console last June. Speculation about what's under its hood continues to surface, however,  as developers begin to create titles for it. Today, a report from UK-based website Develop cites one ...

Wii U Name May Soon Change

The Wii U was a weird name to begin with, even though it kind of made sense ("We, You"), and now it looks like Nintendo might be ready to ditch it entirely.The Wii successor was first unveiled at...