Nintendo Wii U

Also known as Project Cafe

Manufacturer

Nintendo

Type

Home console

Generation

8th generation

Released (North America)

Nov 18, 2012

Released (Japan)

Dec 8, 2012

Released (Europe)

Nov 30, 2012

Launch price

$299.99 (Basic) / $349.99 (Deluxe)

Discontinued

2017

Units sold

13.56 million

About the Nintendo Wii U

Nintendo Wii U games by the numbers

Loose prices across 217 priced games

Most valuable Nintendo Wii U games

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1

Devil's Third $213.31 loose

2

Zelda Wind Waker HD [Limited Edition] $210.00 loose

3

Zelda Twilight Princess HD [amiibo Bundle] $133.29 loose

4

Axiom Verge Multiverse Edition $113.76 loose

5

Zelda Twilight Princess HD $110.89 loose

6

Skylanders SuperChargers: Dark Edition Starter Pack $94.46 loose

7

Super Smash Bros. [Controller Bundle] $92.53 loose

8

The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 $87.87 loose

9

Game & Wario $69.54 loose

10

Xenoblade Chronicles X [Special Edition] $67.50 loose

11

Wii Sports Club $64.99 loose

12

Guitar Hero Live [2 Pack Bundle] $64.48 loose

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Most valuable sealed Nintendo Wii U games

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1

Hyrule Warriors [Limited Edition] $3,170.88 new

2

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes [Walmart Edition] $1,100.00 new

3

Mario Kart 8 [Limited Edition] $1,000.00 new

4

Skylanders Trap Team Starter Pack [Color Alive] $354.82 new

5

LEGO Jurassic World [Target Edition] $322.00 new

6

Zelda Wind Waker HD [Limited Edition] $320.81 new

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Top rated Nintendo Wii U games

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1

Zelda Wind Waker HD 90/100 rating

2

Bayonetta 2 89/100 rating

3

Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut 89/100 rating

4

Super Mario 3D World 89/100 rating

5

Mario Kart 8 89/100 rating

6

Shovel Knight 87/100 rating

7

Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition 86/100 rating

8

Super Mario Maker 85/100 rating

9

Zelda Twilight Princess HD 85/100 rating

10

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze 85/100 rating

11

New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U 84/100 rating

12

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag 84/100 rating

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Most listed on eBay right now

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1

Super Smash Bros. 1,230 listings

2

Mario Kart 8 1,178 listings

3

Super Mario 3D World 998 listings

4

Super Mario Maker 846 listings

5

Nintendo Land 771 listings

6

Pokken Tournament 573 listings

7

New Super Mario Bros. U 514 listings

8

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze 507 listings

9

Splatoon 424 listings

10

Mario Party 10 421 listings

11

Zelda Wind Waker HD 380 listings

12

Zelda Breath of the Wild 361 listings

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Nintendo Wii U games by release year

By each game's original release year, so ports count under the year the game first came out.

Hardware specs

CPU

1,24 GHz Tri-Core IBM PowerPC ''Espresso''

Graphics

550 MHz AMD Radeon ''Latte''

Memory

2 GB DDR3 @ 1600MHz

Sound

5,1 Linear PCM, Dolby Surround (Wii mode)

Media

Wii U and Wii optical discs.

Storage

8 GB internal flash (Basic), 32 GB internal flash (Deluxe). USB mass storage device, SD/SDHC Card

Resolutions

480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p

Video output

Composite, S-Video, YPbPr component, RGB SCART, D-Terminal, HDMI

Connectivity

Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g/n. Bluetooth 4,0 and 4x USB 2,0

Online

Nintendo Network

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Game values from PriceCharting market data. Hardware specs and revisions from IGDB.