Ever since Nintendo first revealed its new home console, Wii U, at its E3 2011 press conference, there has been some confusion. Since the company didn't show off the system itself, many walked ...

We never thought we'd see a Wii U treated as a portable system, but that's exactly what's happened with a keen Japanese gamer — importing a system ahead of time clearly wasn't enough on its own.

The revelation of the Wii U controller nearly being a standalone portable that worked with the base console comes by way of Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. He noted that the subject was discussed ...

Ever think that the Wii U controller looks a lot like a bulky handheld gaming device? Nintendo thought the exact same thing, and at one point they thought about making the controller just that.

The Wii U GamePad is meant to be a controller for the Wii U with the feature to use it as a display for the console and play without using a TV — but at the end of the day, all of the actual ...

After many successful years, Nintendo is shaking up the way it makes video game consoles, bringing its portable and home console teams under one roof. How will this change the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS?

Nintendo considered making the Wii U's tablet-sized controller a separate portable system. The device simply streams content from the Wii U base unit, but Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told ...

Ultimately, the Nintendo Switch was everything players wanted the Wii U to be: a truly portable device that could also seamlessly connect to a television. There was no confusion to be had; the ...

It's obvious in the Wii U's bulbous tablet that Nintendo had portable dreams. They just needed to find the right timing. First, a device like the Switch could and probably has undercut Nintendo's ...

Both devices allow for portable play, but the Wii U required people to be tethered to a bulky console. The Switch, on the other hand, is the (not bulky) console. Nintendo’s smash hybrid has sold ...