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[LordOfLore]

Kotaku.

Last fall, Kotaku reported Wii U production was slated to end “soon” for Japan. And today, we can say it’s officially finished.

The announcement was made on Nintendo Japan’s website under the Wii U hardware section. (Note that these are the only two versions of the Wii U currently available.)

The website states that Wii U production has ended, but specifically notes for this is domestically for Japan (日本国内 or Nihon kokunai, which means “within Japan”).

Kotaku reached out to Nintendo of America for comment, but did not hear back prior to publication.

 

[Deft Beck]

Collectors, you have your new Game Boy Micro.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

Collectors, you have your new Game Boy Micro.

Macro.

 

[GZ!]

I was always wondering if there are like any, Japan only Wii U exclusives which are held in high regard, just like that Zangeki no Reginleiv Wii game.

 

[LordOfLore]

Collectors, you have your new Game Boy Micro.

Pretty much.

 

[Tadaima]

The hardware is already sold out in various locations, such as Bic Camera.

Be sure to check Amazon.co.jp, as Bic (and perhaps some other retailers) have a habit of offloading their leftover stock via the Marketplace rather than doing deep discounts in-store.

 

[cw_sasuke]

Good Night Sweet Prince....

 

[Peltz]

End of an era.

 

[DSFan1970]

A sad day.

 

[duckroll]

A little over 4 years on the market in Japan. RIP.

End of an era.

Don't think it was much of an era lol.

 

[Mikey Jr.]

And so ends that.

 

[Lancelot]

 

[Blastoise]

WiiU comes in, WiiU goes out. You can't explain that.

 

[The Hermit]

It will be THE backwards compatibility system for me. From GameCube to WiiU.

Unless the switch is powerful enough to emulate that.

 

[SargerusBR]

Just curious, did the Dreamcast stopped production in a shorter timeframe?

 

[depths20XX]

Just curious, did the Dreamcast stopped production in a shorter timeframe?

Yes, it came out in 98 and stopped production in 01. Still extremely easy and cheap to find one.

 

[duckroll]

Just curious, did the Dreamcast stopped production in a shorter timeframe?

Yes. The Dreamcast didn't even last 3 years.

It will be THE backwards compatibility system for me. From GameCube to WiiU.

Unless the switch is powerful enough to emulate that.

Doesn't matter whether it can emulate anything or not, it has no disc drive.

 

[Betty]

Yes. The Dreamcast didn't even last 3 years.

What a 3 years though, 2 Sonic Adventures, 2 Shenmue's, glorious.

 

[BGBW]

Collectors, you have your new Game Boy Micro.

A black model, a white model and the WW GamePad.

Boy, what a collector's piece!

 

[Mr. Pointy]

Sayonara, DS XXL.

 

[duckroll]

What a 3 years though, 2 Sonic Adventures, 2 Shenmue's, glorious.

Pretty much Capcom's entire active arcade catalog in those years, as perfect home ports for the first time ever.

 

[depths20XX]

What a 3 years though, 2 Sonic Adventures, 2 Shenmue's, glorious.

Ehh, lol

 

[Kresnik258]

It will be THE backwards compatibility system for me. From GameCube to WiiU.

Unless the switch is powerful enough to emulate that.

WiiU can play GameCube games?

That's a good point actually. I may prefer this as a backwards-compatible system to Wii if so. Maybe I should grab one.

 

[KennyLinder]

It will be THE backwards compatibility system for me. From GameCube to WiiU.

Unless the switch is powerful enough to emulate that.

Hold on? It plays GameCube discs? WTF.

 

[Lazaro]

I don't think Wii U can read GameCube discs but with homebrew it can play Gamecube dumps via SD or USB.

EDIT: Also Triforce Arcade games if you have that kind of money for those dumps.

 

[Living the Dream]

WiiU can play GameCube games?

That's a good point actually. I may prefer this as a backwards-compatible system to Wii if so. Maybe I should grab one.

Hold on? It plays GameCube discs? WTF.

Yall are way behind. Wii U can play Wii U, Wii, GameCube, N64, SNES, NES, GB, GBC, GBA, and a whole slew of other systems.

 

[Datschge]

Hold on? It plays GameCube discs? WTF.

Not the discs, but it can natively run rips of them through homebrew.

 

[LordOcidax]

A little over 4 years on the market in Japan. RIP.



Don't think it was much of an era lol.

In terms of games, totally yes.

 

[BigEmil]

Too soon :/

 

[SURGEdude]

Not the discs, but it can natively run rips of them through homebrew.

Yeah Nintendon't will be the primary use for my going forward. Having all my GC, Wii, and soon Wii U games on one hard drive will be marvelous.

 

[alienator]

So glad i impulse bought a Zelda themed wii-u with the windwanker remake.

Im gonna be rich in 5-10 years on ebay.

 

[Dimitri LH]

Man.....you deserved better. The console is up there with the Dreamcast in terms of favorites for me.

 

[CouchMaster]

WiiU can play GameCube games?

WiiU can play nearly all Nintendo games from all systems.

 

[dragonyeuw]

End of an era.

Which era would that be?

 

[The_Intruder]

 

[Ban Puncher]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7tYFiuwyas

 

[Skeletos311]

It had some great games, but they made all the Nintendo mistakes with it.

 

[Zodzilla]

Love my Wii U. When used in conjunction with VC, Wii compatibility, and Nintendont (with the official GameCube controller adapter), this is hands down the ultimate Nintendo console.

 

[EmiPrime]

The Wii U will always have a place under my TV, the ability to play the last 16 years of Nintendo home console games natively guarantees that.

 

[hoserx]

The Wii U will always have a place under my TV, the ability to play the last 16 years of Nintendo home console games natively guarantees that.

Wait what? How are you playing gamecube games natively?

(edit: custom firmware probably, not fully awake)

 

[viHuGi]

Who still remembers Project Cafe threads back in the day?

Still think this Console was badly advertised by Nintendo and had much more potential.

 

[mrmickfran]

Collectors, you have your new Game Boy Micro.

Just saw the prices for it, holy shit.

 

[Neoxon]

Better stock up on Wii Us, Smash 4 tournament organizers (& Pokkén, if it ends up winning the EVO donation drive). Though with Smash 4 rumored to be Switch-bound, this may not be an issue for long.

But yeah, thanks for the fun, Wii U. You may have been a failure, but you gave us some great games.

 

[-Stranger-]

I only just bought a Wii U i'm super lttp.

RIP Wii U

I'm enjoying Bayonetta 2 and i just bought Tokyo Mirage Sessions.

 

[Danthrax]

Better stock up on Wii Us, Smash 4 tournament organizers (& Pokkén, if it ends up winning the EVO donation drive). Though with Smash 4 rumored to be Switch-bound, this may not be an issue for long.

Unless the Switch doesn't support the GameCube adaptor because "that doesn't suit a portable system." Oh, the outcry when that happens...

 

[sixteen-bit]

end of an era, thanks for the memories

will they have a Wii eUlogy?

 

[LambdaTeos]

*hugs wii u*

 

[Neoxon]

Unless the Switch doesn't support the GameCube adaptor because "that doesn't suit a portable system." Oh, the outcry when that happens...

Like how an arcade stick or an Ethernet adapter wouldn't fit a portable system?

I wouldn't worry about the GameCube Adapter being supported. Nintendo may make some questionable decisions, but they aren't that dumb.

 

[TheDinoman]

I also honestly wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo made some Gamecube shaped JoyCons along the way.

Only issue is, it wouldn't really fit on the JoyCon grips we currently have. So they'd have to make a new version to accommodate it.

 

[Inuhanyou]

Good riddance.

Hopefully the Switch better serves the gaming community