Nintendo has revealed that it will launch its newest game machine — the Wii U — on Nov. 18. The Japanese gaming giant on Thursday also announced that it will sell the console — which features a tablet ...

For years, the Wii U was largely considered a massive failure. And in a lot of ways, it still is. But as time passed since it was first released in 2012, it became easier to see how the console was ...

Jo Craig (they/them) is a writer on Game Rant from Scotland and has been in the industry for nearly a decade dissecting comic book movie trailers for hours and diving headfirst into horror. They still ...

Nintendo last week announced its intentions to shut down the Wii U and 3DS eShops, the systems’ digital storefronts, in March 2023. This decision was disappointing for hardcore fans who stuck with ...

Nintendo will shut down Nintendo eShop services for Wii U and 3DS on March 27, 2023, the company announced. While this move was previously announced by Nintendo, the specific date in March was not ...

Charming Holiday is a news article writer from the United States who has been working with GameRant since August 2023 and self-publishing since May 2025. He is a former cultural policy advisor who has ...

The launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 has sparked a wave of excitement across the gaming world. The original Switch had already captured the hearts of players, and Nintendo’s sequel offered improved ...

Nintendo will close the online stores for its Wii U console and Nintendo 3DS handheld in “late March 2023,” the company announced Tuesday. After those stores, called the Nintendo eShop, shut down, it ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. It’s the end of an era as games like Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon won’t be playable online starting today. It’s the ...

Nintendo's worst-ever console was awkward to use and didn't even sell a million units. But you can try it today if you're ...

If you want to buy digital games for your Nintendo Wii U or 3DS, you have until March 27, 2023, to do so, Nintendo said Tuesday. Any download codes you have must be redeemed by this date as well.

While the Switch 2 shows that Nintendo learned its lesson with the Wii U, the Wii U itself was a failure. 13.56 million Wii U units were sold throughout the console's lifetime. While that sounds like ...