The Wii U has been met with plenty of hype and skepticism. Here are my first impressions of Nintendo's brand new console. I set off on Sunday morning to purchase a brand new Wii U console. My first ...

Part 1 of this two-part series looks at Nintendo’s transition from market leader to also-ran at the hands of rivals Sony and Microsoft, as well as Nintendo’s plan to regain the top spot with a new ...

Some have wondered whether Wii's backwards compatibility supports the Game Boy to GameCube link cable. We tested the connectivity functionality in Square Enix's Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles and ...

Okay, okay, I know what you're thinking…where was Part 1? Well, enough people had to send in their Wii's due to the Brawl problem, so a lot of you experienced "Part 1" for yourselves. Sadly, in my ...

In the take-no-prisoners environment of the video game console industry, Nintendo was not so long ago considered an also-ran. The video game console pioneer and one-time market leader had been ...

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While the Wii U is backwards compatible with Wii games, it is not backwards compatible out of the box. A firmware update adds Miiverse, the Internet Browser, and the ability to play Wii games. Wii ...