This is something of an apology. On March 27, 2023, Nintendo ended up cutting off the ability to redeem 3DS and Wii U eShop download codes for things like games and videos early. As a result, it ...

Wii games will be available for download and play on the Nintendo Wii U beginning this month — avoiding the hassle of the changeover to Wii mode — Nintendo announced this morning. The downloadable ...

The 3DS and the Wii U were home to a lot of brilliant titles during their lifespan. They bought us the likes of Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Super Smash Bros, and hours’ worth of competitive fun. But as ...

In February of 2006, former Nintendo of America marketing vice president Perrin Kaplan laid out Nintendo's forthcoming console generation with a strategy the company had dubbed "blue ocean." The blue ...

Last month, when a combination of overly stringent DRM and aging hardware trapped $400+ of my purchased downloadable games on my old Wii, I promised I would give an update on the results of Nintendo's ...

The Wii U will be an offline machine when it leaves stores the day Nintendo's new console goes on sale. All Wii U consoles will require downloading a patch to add ...

There is still so much about the Wii U that we don't even know yet, and Nintendo has done a great job at keeping the system shrouded in mystery. However, everyone figured that is was only a matter of ...

Nintendo will shut down the Wii Shop channel on January 30th, 2019, marking the end of an era for the service that first came online for Wii consoles in December 2006. The shutdown will happen ...

Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Wii U Edition will be available both at retail and as a download in the Wii U eShop, Namco Bandai has revealed. The fighting game will be sold both at retail and as a download ...

Andrew Webster is an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew joined The Verge in 2012, writing over 4,000 stories. We knew Nintendo was ...