Wii U

The Wii U is the eighth-generation home video game console released by Nintendo in 2012. The console is the direct successor to the Wii. It was announced during Nintendo's conference at E3 2011, primarily describing the features of the GamePad, a device with a touch screen, camera, and motion controls.
It's called Wii U to reflect the intention of the console to be a singleplayer and multiplayer console at the same time, since "Wii" stands for "we", reflecting the multiplayer, and "U" stands for "you", reflecting the singleplayer.
The Wii U launched in late 2012 with an 8 GB white model called "Basic Set" and a 32 GB black model called "Deluxe Set". The console also came with support for an SD card and two external hard drives, which could be used to both store games as well as data packs for disc games that can be used to improve load times.
Unlike the predecessor, the Wii, the Wii U undersold by a lot compared to 's and 's . Nintendo representatives had projected sales figures of 100 million for the console, yet it only sold 13.56 million units. Often cited reasons include confusing marketing, few third-party titles, the complicated GamePad and the console itself being excessively expensive. It was discontinued in Europe on October 1, 2016, in North America on November 10, 2016, and finally in Japan on January 31, 2017. The Nintendo Switch, released in March 3, 2017, had outsold the Wii U after nine months of its release.
==Features==
===Gamepad===
The Wii U Gamepad is the main controller of the Wii U and the reason why the codename of the Wii U is Project Café, the Gamepad has so many functions that there was the joke between Nintendo employees that the Wii U could also prepare Cafés. The main features and functions are: being able to press the sticks, camera, microphone, gyroscope, a stereo speaker, sensor strip, rumble system, accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, universal TV controller, NFC, among others.
The Wii U Gamepad allows asymmetric gameplay with the TV (displays a totally diferent image from the TV), symmetric gameplay and even playing with no need of TV, although not all games allow that. Xenoblade Chronicles X allows all three.
===Services===
* Miiverse, discontinued on November 7, 2017
* Nintendo Network, shut down on April 8, 2024
* Internet browsing
* TV Remote
* Near Field Communication (NFC)
* Nintendo eShop
* Video chat (using front-facing camera)
==Xeno series==
* Xenoblade Chronicles X
* Xenoblade Chronicles (eShop re-release)
===Games with Xeno series content===
The following list displays Wii U games in chronological order that reference the Xeno series in any way.
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==Gallery==
===System===
Wii U.jpg|The Wii U with its gamepad
Wii U Gamepad.jpg|The Wii U Gamepad
Wii U with TV.jpg|The Gamepad displaying what the TV does
Gamepad FrontierNav.png|The Gamepad showing Xenoblade Chronicles X's FrontierNav
Wii U and Gamepad.jpg|The Gamepad and the TV displaying an asymmetric image with Nintendo Land
Wii U and Gamepad alt.jpg|The Gamepad and the TV displaying a symmetric image with Mario Kart 8
===Other===
Wii U HOME Menu.png|The HOME Menu displayed on the Gamepad
Wii U TV HOME Menu.jpg|The HOME Menu displayed on the TV
Xenoblade X Wii U console bundle box.jpg|The Xenoblade Chronicles X Wii U Premium Pack, as sold in the United Kingdom.
Wii U Basic Set.jpg|The Wii U Basic Set
Wii U Deluxe Set.jpg|The Wii U Deluxe Set
Miiverse menu.png|The main menu of Miiverse
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