I don't know but one thing is for sure. Wii need to have a talk with U.

 

Gamepads die/get broken. If you really want to be able to run Wii U games well into the future, get as many of those as you reasonable can. If the Wii U ever gets collectible in the future, that will be the one component that is hard to find in good working condition.

It may be the best way to run (on one system) GC, Wii and Wii U games, but since there are few Wii U exclusive anymore, most of us just go with a Wii with component cables. The picture is slightly better for Wii/GC games than via the Wii U's HDMI, there's no compatibility issues, and there are actual Gamecube ports on our older Wiis. None of the Wii U exclusive appeal to me at all nor does that tablet, so I'll be skipping that generation entirely. If the Wii U had been able to properly upscale Wii games (like Dolphin) I would have bought one on launch day. But the fact is that my 2007 Wii with component cables (and 480p fix) gives better output for Wii games than your Wii U via HDMI. You obviously want to play Wii U games and so your decision is easy too. But get more gamepads to ensure your Wii U experience well into the future.

 

Right now I own 4 Wii U consoles (2 boxed; all hacked by using a DS game) and 8 Wii U gamepads (all of them in 9/10 or 9.5/10 condition; bought at ebay at 55-60€ each a couple of years ago). As well as 5 Wii U pro controllers, 3 GC controller adapters, 4 GC gamepads, 1 LAN adapter and 9 Wiimote plus controllers (I have more stuff but I think it's enough). All of them original. I found another preowned boxed Wii U in good condition with 5 games (Splatoon, Mario Kart, Angry Birds Star Wars, Fifa13 and Wii Party U) for 90€ so I will probably buy it today and sell the games. I hope to get back at least 20€. The Wii U is going to be my last system and I'm already a retro player. I have 90+ Wii U and 90+ GC retail games I'm playing slowly (last month I completed Star Fox Adventures and RE Code: Veronica).

 

I sold mine after having fun with it, retro gaming is kinda overrated anyway.

 

Wait, Wii U are real?
I only thought it was a joke prob made by Nintendo to play with us.

 

I only have 1. I don't see the need to stockpile/hoard Wii U's incase I need them. If I need one in the near future, I'll get one then. I mean, they aren't in short supply, there are 13 million of them out there.

I do think it was an underrated system though.

Wii U... retro? What? I get that it can play retro games, but the system is not "retro". That system came out only 7 years ago.

 

Actually Nintendo only produced like (rumoured) 20 mio of the WiiU dude- and about 14 mio were sold (maybe now 15 mio). That means: 5-7 millions left since most people don`t sell it. If these 5-7 mio are gone (might happen in next 3-5 years). They are gone. NIntendo stopped producing WiiUs long ago. And the fabs also stopped producing WiiU-chips many years even before Nintendo stopped producing more WiiUs.

and like i said: i am buying another 3 next year alone. Lol. That means i will own SIX then.

And i´ll order some more touchscreen-replacements as well. Since that´s the only thing which i damage on my gamepads with too much pressure. lol. I scratch them. It takes 5 years though to scratch such a touchscreen, if you don´t abuse it.

So yeah. In my case i found out, it happened because some tiny sand-particle from the ground got on the gamepad and i smeared it on without even seeing it. Shame.

But like i said: Nothing lasts forever. Buy a replacement-part for 5-10$ and go on playing.

But the WiiU for me isn´t just a gaming-machine. It will replace my working-machines dude. I am aiming for much more interesting stuff doing with it in the near future.

And this is why i need 3 more.

And it´s also good to order some cheap Wifi-gamepad-chips as well, since i heard, they can fail to operate after 3-5 years as well.

Depending on your Wifi-usage of the WiiU. I don`t use Wifi, so i´m not that affected. I use the simple Lan-adapter combined with PowerLan which i got like 10 years ago (no, not the PowerLan, only the Lan-adapter of Wii) from the Wii.

 

xD 32? That sounds like in old days "WiiU is just 20 gamecubes-duck-taped together" (or Wiis). Maybe he tried to do that?

or maybe he´s just storing it for...well. "bad days"? To be able to play locally together. As you know: If you use Nintendon´t now you can play with many Wiis together. Or with PCs. Or with Gamecubes or WiiUs.