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Nintendo has officially stopped production of the Wii U in Japan.
The news comes via the company’s official Japanese website, which lists both the Splatoon Wii U and Premium Wii U models as having their production halted.
We previously reported that Wii U production would be ending soon in Japan, and now we’ve gotten confirmation several months later.
The Wii U initially launched in Japan on December 8th, 2012.
Mr0303
January 31, 2017 at 2:16 pmNot surprising. I expected them to end it after the NS launched, but I suppose they want to cut as many costs as possible.
Heresy Hammer
January 31, 2017 at 2:31 pmAnd the homebrew has only just begun.
Ruggarell
January 31, 2017 at 2:40 pmPS3 – Released in 2006, still in production
Wii U – Released in 2012, production has ended already
This shit is too hilarious. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/6bd1a616cd70cfdc754c75fe81a6e2f3a5fb8d8cd34d82ecf320954b24ec4283.png
kunuri
January 31, 2017 at 3:02 pmThe king is dead; long live the king.
rBeowulf
January 31, 2017 at 3:29 pmF.
DrearierSpider
January 31, 2017 at 3:35 pmA grave worth pissing on.
Uncle Ocelot
January 31, 2017 at 3:36 pmI’m honestly surprised it didn’t already happen.
Lucky
January 31, 2017 at 4:01 pmA good time as any to start hacking the thing, I suppose.
AR7777
January 31, 2017 at 4:26 pmRIP Nintendo’s Saturn
Malcolm_Ecks
January 31, 2017 at 5:29 pmThere were rumors this was supposed to happen end of last year. Likely delayed to appease investor confidence.
Nagato
January 31, 2017 at 5:37 pmDoubt it; it’s not nearly popular enough for a decent homebrew scene to take off on, not when there’s bigger devices that would be significantly easier to work with.
InfectedAI
January 31, 2017 at 6:11 pmI think the unique hardware could attract people wanting to do things on it you can’t on other consoles. If only Nintendo hadn’t screwed it up in so many ways. The Switch will probably make similar mistakes.
chaoguy
January 31, 2017 at 8:03 pmGet it in the second-hand or bargain bins for cheap later on.
While the library is limited, the cheaper you can get it, the more it’ll be worth it for the 2 or 3 decent games it had.
I’d recommend Bayo 2 and… Erm…
AuraMaster DX (austin9568)
January 31, 2017 at 8:50 pmSay hello to your replacement https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e1fa377a3cdfe9f9575e50441c9cc81b67d9f791c887002f0fdf375ed818488d.png https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/ba148beefab0a4132a2e84ba1d891f9071f242e922654797bef8061a7003670c.jpg
AuraMaster DX (austin9568)
January 31, 2017 at 8:55 pmSay hello to your new replacement
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/332b61380862ea9b7b9260a5e322deff7e047edccf55e6f84c727adf3b19f5bc.jpg
David Curry
January 31, 2017 at 9:13 pmAn insult to Saturn, aside from a couple decent Platinum titles
David Curry
January 31, 2017 at 9:15 pmAnd Wonderful 101. And…. uh
TheOnceAndFutureKing
January 31, 2017 at 9:43 pmToo bad the price hasnt been slashed due to the overpriced tablet
totenglocke
January 31, 2017 at 10:12 pmI haven’t seen a new PS3 in about two years, only refurbs. Where are these new ones?
scemar
February 1, 2017 at 12:35 amgood riddance you terrible little monster
you abomination
I could have told them it was a bad idea for free and I’m glad it’s over
I’m still salty over having to spend $140 for a replacement gamepad because nintendo couldn’t be bothered to make the system’s interface function without it, I didn’t even need it for any of my games
scemar
February 1, 2017 at 12:36 amat least the new thing has a justification for the screen, the system is in there, it’s portable, it offers something of value for its gimmick
the wiiu offered= ?
scemar
February 1, 2017 at 12:36 amemulation will get there soon anyway
Clicks Clacks
February 1, 2017 at 3:27 amFree online play?
…
:,(
Clicks Clacks
February 1, 2017 at 3:38 amI just realized I bought more games for my Vita than I did for my Wii U.
Fuck, I got more games for my god damned Virtual Boy as a kid than I did for my Wii U.
What a miserable failure of a system it was for me, and now I won’t even have free online play to look forward to with the Switch.
Ruggarell
February 1, 2017 at 8:37 amProduction still has not ended. You can find brand new PS3s around the world.
gwadahunter2222
February 1, 2017 at 3:02 pmMore Vita has been sold than Wii U
AR7777
February 1, 2017 at 9:19 pmCertainly, I said saturn since some people call it nintendo’s dreamcast which is a bigger insult lol
David Curry
February 1, 2017 at 9:40 pmWiiU is Nintendo’s 32X.
Joe
February 1, 2017 at 11:26 pmNo, that would be Virtual Boy. The Wii U had a bunch of quality first party titles but no 3rd party support, so it’s very much a Dreamcast.
Joe
February 1, 2017 at 11:32 pmKnock the Wii U all you want, in Xenoblade Chronicles X it still had the best JRPG to be released in the last 10 years. I judge that by how many hours I’ve sunk into the game (over 750), and I’m still far from bored. No other single player game I’ve ever played has come close to giving me that entertainment value. Not even Skyrim. It more than paid for the system many times over.
Captain Vidya
February 2, 2017 at 1:10 pmTropical Dong.
Juan Manuel M. Suárez
February 2, 2017 at 3:01 pmArgentina is full of them, so is Europe~.
Juan Manuel M. Suárez
February 2, 2017 at 3:04 pmA bunch is an overstatement. It certainly got a decent amount of First Party titles, moreso compared to its competition in the same timespan, but the DC not only had a lot more both in terms of quantity and quality, it achieved that in only two years~.
Calling it a Dreamcast truly is an insult to Sega’s console~.