The console isn't portable, of course ... as well as accessing the Wii U's social hub, Miiverse. Most trains and buses now have power supplies on hand, so it's possible, as demonstrated, to ...

the Wii U was considered to be fashioned into another portable console early on. The revelation of the Wii U controller nearly being a standalone portable that worked with the base console comes ...

The hack turns a broken Wii U GamePad into a portable console The Wii U GamePad is meant to be a controller for the Wii U with the feature to use it as a display for the console and play without ...

Switch isn’t your typical game console, but instead doubles as a portable, tablet-like gaming ... The company had similar goals with its Wii U game console, which features a game pad with ...

Ever since Nintendo first revealed its new home console, Wii U, at its E3 2011 press conference ... or even a brand new portable. It turns out that was almost the case.

Nintendo unveiled Thursday that the new console would launch in the U.S. on Nov. 18 ... Nintendo since the 2006 launch of the Wii. It follows the portable 3DS, whose sales have failed to match ...

you might be tempted to think the half-portable, half-home console was merely a flash of inspiration that saved the company. But actually, the Wii U's rocky lifespan and clunky hardware design ...

This is a big step up from the Wii U's tablet, which required proximity to the console; with the Switch, the console can transform into a battery-powered touchscreen tablet that's 100% portable.

The GamePad also had a very limited battery life and could only stream games from the Wii U console on the same network, meaning that it wasn't a truly portable system. Nintendo didn't even allow ...

a truly portable device that could also seamlessly connect to a television. There was no confusion to be had; the Switch’s tablet-like controller is the console. Because the Wii U was so ...

The portable console also had a robust lineup of online exclusive titles, like Pushmo and BoxBoy!. The Wii U, on the other hand, never quite found a significant audience and is largely considered ...