Wii U

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Manufacturer		Nintendo
Type		Home Console
Release date(s)		November 18, 2012 November 30, 2012 November 30, 2012 December 8, 2012
Discontinued		January 31, 2017
Media		Wii U Optical Disc, Digital download
Input		Wii U GamePad Wii Remote Wii Classic Controller Wii U Pro Controller Nintendo GameCube Controller
Predecessor		Wii
Successor		Nintendo Switch

The Wii U is a game console developed by Nintendo. Released in 2012, the Wii U is a successor to the Wii and was part of the eighth generation of video game consoles, and competed primarily with Sony's PlayStation 4 and Microsoft's Xbox One. One Animal Crossing game was released on the Wii U: Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival. Additionally, a free social application, Animal Crossing Plaza, was released, Animal Crossing: Wild World was re-released on the Virtual Console, and Animal Crossing crossover content is featured in Nintendo Land and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

The Wii U sold a total of 13.56 million units, and is often considered by many media outlets as a commercial failure. It was discontinued in January 2017, and shared its last first-party game, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, with its successor, the Nintendo Switch, on March 3, 2017.

Animal Crossing-related games

Wii U games

Game	Image	Release date(s)
Nintendo Land		November 18, 2012 November 30, 2012 November 30, 2012 December 8, 2012
Animal Crossing Plaza		August 7, 2013 August 7, 2013 August 8, 2013
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U		November 21, 2014 November 28, 2014 November 29, 2014 December 6, 2014
Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival	100px	November 13, 2015 November 20, 2015 November 21, 2015 November 21, 2015

Virtual Console

Game	Image	Release date(s)
Animal Crossing: Wild World		November 19, 2015 November 19, 2015 July 27, 2016 October 13, 2016

Backwards compatibility

Game	Image	Release date(s)	Available By
Super Smash Bros. Brawl		January 31, 2008 March 9, 2008 June 26, 2008 June 27, 2008	Wii Disc
Animal Crossing: City Folk		November 16, 2008 November 17, 2008 December 4, 2008 December 5, 2008	Wii Disc

Appearances in the Animal Crossing series

• A Wii U furniture item appears in Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo. Interacting with it allows the player to play Desert Island Escape.

Gallery

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  The console

External links

Wii U on other wikis

• Bulbapedia
• Fire Emblem Wiki
• F-Zero Wiki
• Inkipedia
• Lylat Wiki
• Metroid Wiki
• NintendoWiki
• Pikipedia
• SmashWiki
• Starfy Wiki
• Super Mario Wiki
• WikiBound
• StrategyWiki
• Wikipedia
• WiKirby
• Zelda Wiki

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