Wii U - Timeline
Monday4th Jun 2018
News Guitar Hero Live's Interactive Music Channel GHTV Will Switch Off In December
The show's over
Well, we knew this was going to happen eventually. A relatively lukewarm reception from critics and a far from stratospheric performance in terms of sales saw the 'return' of rhythm action games in 2015 fail to reignite the phenomenon the genre became in the mid '00s. Guitar Hero Live at least tried to do something a little different...
Friday1st Jun 2018
News June's European My Nintendo Rewards Include ARMS, Mario, Zelda And More
Celebrating ARMS' one year anniversary
On 16th June 2017, Nintendo's latest bright and bold creation ARMS punched its way onto the Switch, introducing a rather different take on the fighting genre. Now, to celebrate its upcoming anniversary, My Nintendo has released a bunch of ARMS-based rewards alongside the usual game discounts. The ARMS...
Monday28th May 2018
News Exploring Ubisoft's Unreleased Wii U Game, Know Your Friends
With Game History Secrets
Ubisoft were big supporters of Nintendo during the Wii era which continued during the launch window for Wii U, however after sales of the system quickly dropped away the relationship between the two companies also cooled. This was further demonstrated by an infamous situation where Ubisoft had a completed, ready for...
Wednesday23rd May 2018
News Grab Yourself Some Free Indie Gems With The Latest European My Nintendo Rewards
SteamWorld Dig! Runbow! Teslagrad!
A new wave of rewards have been added to the European My Nintendo website, celebrating some of the 3DS and Wii U's best indie titles with free download offers. Of course, by "free" we mean "you'll have to spend some of those Gold Points you've been earning", but these offers do seem pretty tasty to us this time...
Monday21st May 2018
Random Play Your Wii U Anytime, Anywhere With This Fan-Made Playable Coat
Yes, really...
We've seen a whole host of weird and wonderful fan-made things over the years here at Nintendo Life, and this latest invention is certain to kickstart the week in the best way possible. Introducing the Wii U Gaming Coat. Created by My Mate VINCE, this coat allows you to take your precious Wii U anywhere you like, giving you the...
Wednesday16th May 2018
News The Latest European My Nintendo Rewards Include Discounts On Kirby And Wave Race 64
Dr. Mario! Advance Wars! BOXBOY!
A collection of new rewards have gone live on the European My Nintendo website, giving fans the chance to spend their hard earned coins on discounts for various Wii U and 3DS titles. This time around sees a celebration of some HAL Laboratory 3DS favourites, a splattering of love for some Doctor-based puzzle...
Thursday26th Apr 2018
News Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Is The Best-Selling Zelda Game Of All Time, Kind Of
Only if you don't count remasters
Nintendo has revealed that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has sold 8.48 million copies on Switch and 1.5 million copies on Wii U, giving a combined total of almost ten million units worldwide. This makes it the best-selling Zelda outing of all time - but only if you don't include remasters. The...
Tuesday24th Apr 2018
News You Can Now Play As Final Fantasy XV Characters In Minecraft For Switch And Wii U
The more the merrier
Minecraft is becoming a pretty nifty way to see your favourite characters from rival platforms have a presence on the latest Nintendo hardware; back in January we saw Banjo-Kazooie return to our screens (albeit in blocky form), and we recently found out that playing the game on Switch can net you Xbox
Saturday21st Apr 2018
News PlatinumGames Wants The Wonderful 101 On Switch
"So anybody who would buy that, please clap..."
The Wonderful 101 was one of the Wii U's most unique and enjoyable exclusives, but the commercial failure of the console meant it didn't reach as many people as it should have done. PlatinumGames' Atsushi Inaba and Hideki Kamiya want to change that by releasing the game on Switch, and during a talk...
Tuesday17th Apr 2018
News Nintendo's Online Services Are Down For Russian Users As Officials Block Telegram Messenger
Collateral damage?
Russian telecommunications regulator Roskomnadzor may have gone a tad overboard while complying with court order to block Telegram messenger in the country. In an attempt to block servers used to circumvent the ban, Roskomnadzor blacklisted several million addresses used by Google’s and Amazon’s cloud platforms, thus...
Wednesday11th Apr 2018
News Shadow Archery Is A Brand New Game For Wii U, And It Will Launch For Free
The Wii U lives!
Just when you thought the poor Wii U was well and truly finished, enjoying its early retirement sipping margaritas on the balcony of a Spanish villa somewhere, indie developer Ultra Dolphin Revolution has called the console back into action. Shadow Archery is an endless arcade-style light gun shooter inspired by 8-bit games of...
Friday6th Apr 2018
News New Discounts And Strategy Guides Have Gone Live On My Nintendo Rewards In Europe
Mario Galaxy! Kirby! F-Zero!
Love it or hate it, the My Nintendo rewards system is still in full swing, and it has now added a selection of new goodies for European fans to spend their points on including game discounts, a new 3DS theme, and starter strategy guides for some of the Switch's top games. It's worth remembering that you can now spend...
Wednesday21st Mar 2018
News Aqua Moto Racing Utopia Is Finally Ready For Release On Wii U
Four years and a Switch release later
Zordix Games has revealed that Aqua Moto Racing Utopia is now complete and ready for release on Wii U, and that the game will be available on the console's eShop "soon". Aqua Moto Racing Utopia has had a very interesting few years indeed. We initially heard about the game being developed for Wii U way back in...
Monday26th Feb 2018
News Super Mario Odyssey Was Always Planned To Be Released On Switch
Not destined for Wii U
It is no secret that the development process for games as large and beautiful as Super Mario Odyssey takes time, and with the last 3D Mario game Super Mario 3D World being released back in 2013, the development for Odyssey will have been well underway during the Wii U's active lifetime. As such, it would make sense to...
Friday23rd Feb 2018
News Netflix Gets An Update, But Not On The Console You Were Perhaps Expecting
Time to make the Switch, surely?
After a year on sale, it's incredible to think that we still don't have Netflix on Switch, despite assurances (and rumours) that the popular streaming service is coming. The portable nature of the console would make it perfect for mobile movie watching, but at the present moment in time it doesn't seem like...
Monday5th Feb 2018
Video Feast Your Eyes on Bayonetta 2 on Switch Compared to Wii U
Climax for your console
Bayonetta 2 may once have been a Wii U exclusive, but all of that is about to change with the unsurprising re-release of this excellent game on Nintendo's latest machine. It's still sporting a 720p resolution just as the original did, but various little details here and there have been improved to make it shine brighter than...
Monday29th Jan 2018
News Eiji Aonuma Says Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Is "Maybe The Most Fun" He's Had Making Games
"The people who made this game didn’t have troubled faces"
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was one of 2017's video game highlights, giving millions of players hours upon hours of top-quality adventuring in a new-look version of Hyrule. It would seem that Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma had almost as much enjoyment making the game as we...
Wednesday24th Jan 2018
News Wind Waker HD's Dormant Speedrunning Community Revived By Newly-Discovered Glitch
A link to the credits
While speedrunning Super Mario Odyssey may be the flave of the month at the moment - especially with that skin-exposed Nipple% movement trying to strip Mario - one game used to be a real favourite among Nintendo-loving speedrunners. Sadly, the whole Wind Waker HD speedrun ran out of steam last year when a newly discovered...
News Freedom Planet On The Wii U Just Got A Sizable Update
The Wii U is sure to bounce back now
At this point in time, Nintendo has cleanly put the Wii U behind it, and most developers have followed it in abandoning ship. Apart from those few indie studios that made promises long ago to bring their games to the Wii U, the console is all but dead. Still, every now and then, there’s some notable activity...
Monday22nd Jan 2018
News New My Nintendo Discounts Go Live In Europe
Mario Golf! Chibi-Robo! Wonderful 101!
A host of new discounts have gone live on the My Nintendo site in Europe. As usual, we're looking at 3DS and Wii U content here. All of these discounts are active until April 1st. No fooling. 3DS Discounts 20% Discount on Mario Golf: World Tour (Nintendo eShop): 250 Platinum Points 30% Discount on...
Sunday14th Jan 2018
News Alas, The World's Best Smash Bros. For Wii U Player Is Retiring
From ZeRo to zero
If you're a fan of the Super Smash Bros. series (or at least it's Wii U instalment), there's a great chance you would've come across Gonzalo 'ZeRo' Barrios – a highly talented player in the Smash Bros. competitive scene and the world's best when the franchise's Wii U outing is concerned. Barrios has won dozens of...
Friday12th Jan 2018
Feature Killer Apps We Really Want To See On Nintendo Switch
Appy days
Less than a year into its life cycle and it's safe to say Nintendo's hybrid console is going from strength to strength. Its library of games is expanding and with a new online infrastructure set to arrive sometime in 2018, the handheld/tabletop wonder is set to mega evolve yet again. There is, however, one glaring omission in Nintendo's...
Thursday11th Jan 2018
Nintendo Download 11th January (North America)
The Escapists 2, Super Meat Boy and more
Following a relatively quiet week for digital releases, the virtual floodgates have flung themselves open as a deluge of exciting new software roars onto the North American eShop. And there are some big names making themselves known, too. We've got the excellent The Escapists 2 bringing its jail-hopping...
News The Creator Of BioShock Applauds Nintendo For "Setting Zelda On Fire"
"It’s a link to our past, but not a repeat of it"
Ken Levine has been responsible for some truly incredible video games over the years; BioShock remains a modern classic and his earlier work at Looking Glass Technologies - where he contributed to Thief and System Shock 2 - is equally beloved. Levine is currently working on an unannounced...
Sunday7th Jan 2018
News Nintendo Switch Has Already Surpassed Wii U's Lifetime Sales In Japan
Another milestone checked off
As reported in Famitsu earlier in the week - and picked up on by Twitter user Nibel yesterday morning - Nintendo Switch has officially passed the lifetime sales of Wii U in Japan. According to the latest issue's figures, Nintendo Switch has now sold 3,407,158 console units, surpassing the lifetime sales of its...
Saturday6th Jan 2018
Soapbox Switch's Rampant Success Is Proof Positive That You Should Never Write Off Nintendo
Wii U was a necessary step towards a superior console
Soapbox features enable our individual writers to voice their own opinions on hot topics, opinions that may not necessarily be the voice of the site. In today's edition, editor Dom recalls Nintendo's darker days, how it was written off during Wii U's era and how Switch typifies its independent...
Tuesday2nd Jan 2018
News Amazon's 2017 Best Selling Games List Topped By Nintendo Titles
There's even a Wii U game in there!
Amazon has released its 2017 video game best sellers list and the top three titles are all on Switch, amazingly. Super Mario Odyssey is number one, with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Zelda: Breath of the Wild following up in second and third position respectively. Elsewhere, Splatoon 2 is number 7 while&#
Tuesday26th Dec 2017
Feature Memorable Games of 2017 - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
A mammoth adventure I will never forget
In this series of features Nintendo Life writers will share thoughts on their most memorable games of 2017. This first article by Dave Letcavage focuses on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on both Switch and Wii U. Later entries will also focus on lesser known games that have entertained and enthralled...
Wednesday20th Dec 2017
News Switch Set To Overtake Wii U In Japan After Less Than A Year On Sale
230,000 consoles sold in the last week alone
The Switch is close to surpassing the total lifetime sales of the Wii U in Japan after less than a year on sale, according to Famitsu. Last week, Nintendo's console sold 230,000 units in Japan, bringing its total in that region to 2,988,399 units. It launched on March 3rd this year. At the last count,...
Tuesday19th Dec 2017
News Euro My Nintendo Rewards Include Wii U And 3DS Discounts, But Nothing For Switch Owners
Tennis! Parties! Zeldas! Golden Suns!
A host of seasonable rewards have just gone live on the European My Nintendo site, with a focus on Wii U and 3DS titles. On Wii U, we've got the following offers: Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash - 20 percent off (£31.99 / €39.99) Mario Sports Mix - 30 percent off (£12.59 / €13.99) Wii Party U - 30...
