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Best-selling Wii U Game
This is a list of video games for the Wii U video game console that have sold or shipped at least one million copies. The best-selling game on the Wii U is ''Mario Kart 8''. First released in Japan on May 29, 2014, it went on to sell over 8.4 million units worldwide. There are a total of 20 Wii U games on this list which are confirmed to have sold or shipped at least one million units. Of these, 14 were developed by internal Nintendo development divisions. All of them were published in one or more regions by Nintendo. By March 31, 2024, over 103.60million total copies of games had been sold for the Wii U. List Notes References External links Nintendo IR Information - Wii U Software {{DEFAULTSORT:Best-selling Wii U video games Wii U The Wii U ( ) is a home video game console developed by Nintendo as the successor to the Wii. Released in late 2012, it is the first eighth-generation video game console and competed with Microsoft's Xbox One and Sony's PlaySt ...
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Wii U Console And Gamepad
The Wii ( ) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was released on November 19, 2006, in North America, and in December 2006 for most other regions of the world. It is Nintendo's fifth major home game console, following the GameCube, and is a seventh generation of video game consoles, seventh-generation console alongside Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata directed the development of the Wii with a strategy focused on appealing to a broader audience through innovative gameplay, rather than competing with Microsoft and Sony on raw computational power. Shigeru Miyamoto and Genyo Takeda led the project, which was initially codenamed Revolution. The result was a console that emphasized new forms of interaction, particularly through its wireless controller, the Wii Remote, which featured Motion controller, motion-tracking controls and could Gesture recognition, recognize gestur ...
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Splatoon (video Game)
is a 2015 third-person shooter video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii U. The game centers around Inkling (Splatoon), Inklings—cephalopodic lifeforms that can transform between humanoid and cephalopod forms and frequently engage in turf wars with each other and use a variety of weapons that produce and shoot ink while in their humanoid forms or swim and hide in surfaces covered in their own ink while in their cephalopodic forms. ''Splatoon'' features several different game modes, including four-on-four online multiplayer and a single player campaign. ''Splatoon'' was developed by Nintendo's Entertainment Analysis & Development division, and originated from a competitive multiplayer ink-based territory control game, which was later expanded to include squid and the ability to swim through ink. The concept was created by lead programmer Shintaro Sato, who had previously worked on games in the ''Animal Crossing'' franchise. The development team for ''Splatoon' ...
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Nintendo EPD
abbreviated Nintendo EPD, is the largest division within the Japanese video game company Nintendo. The division focuses on developing and producing video games, mobile apps, and other related entertainment software for the company. Nintendo EPD was established in September 2015 after merging their Entertainment Analysis & Development and Software Planning & Development divisions. History The division was created on September 16, 2015, after the consolidation of two of Nintendo's former software divisions, Entertainment Analysis & Development (EAD) and Software Planning & Development (SPD), as part of a company-wide organizational restructure under Nintendo's newly appointed president, Tatsumi Kimishima. The division assumed both of its predecessors' roles, focusing on the development of games and software for Nintendo platforms and mobile devices; it also manages and licenses the company's various intellectual properties, alongside producing and supervising developme ...
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Breath Of The Wild
is a 2017 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo. Set at the end of the ''Zelda'' timeline, the player controls an amnesiac Link as he sets out to save Princess Zelda and prevent Calamity Ganon from destroying the world. Players explore the open world of Hyrule while they collect items and complete objectives such as puzzles and side quests. ''Breath of the Wild'' world is unstructured and encourages exploration and experimentation; the story can be completed in a nonlinear fashion. Initially planned as a 2015 Wii U exclusive, ''Breath of the Wild'' released on March 3, 2017, for the Wii U and Nintendo Switch; an enhanced edition released on June 5, 2025 for Nintendo Switch 2. Development lasted five years, commencing immediately after the release of '' The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword'' in 2011. Led by director Hidemaro Fujibayashi and producer Eiji Aonuma, Nintendo sought to rethink '' Zelda'' conventions and introduced elements such as detailed chemi ...
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Wii Party U
''Wii Party U'' is a party video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii U in 2013. It was announced in a January 2013 Nintendo Direct, and later detailed at E3 2013 and the October 2013 Nintendo Direct. It is the sequel to the 2010 Wii game ''Wii Party''. Gameplay ''Wii Party U'' is a multiplayer video game consisting of a standard board game with mini-games, similar to ''Mario Party''. Over 80 different new mini-games are available. Multiple people can play mini-games using the Wii U GamePad. ''Wii Party U'' also includes a new accessory, a stand for the Wii U GamePad to allow support for the tabletop games. "House Party" games also return from ''Wii Party'', and focus on various implementations of the Wii U GamePad and Wii Remotes amongst a group of people. There are four different types of party modes. The first is the TV Party, which can include up to 4 players that use the Wii Remotes and the Wii U GamePad on the television. This mode is a boardgame with eac ...
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Retro Studios
Retro Studios, Inc. is an American video game developer and subsidiary of Nintendo based in Austin, Texas. The studio is best known for its work on the '' Metroid Prime'' and ''Donkey Kong'' series and has contributed to several other Nintendo-developed projects, such as '' Mario Kart 7''. Retro was founded on September 21, 1998, as an alliance between Nintendo and Iguana Entertainment founder Jeff Spangenberg, hoping to create games for the upcoming GameCube aiming at an older demographic. The company began work on four games, all of which were canceled once Retro focused their resources on ''Metroid Prime'', the first ''Metroid'' game developed outside Japan. The success of ''Metroid Prime'' led Retro to work on three sequels and later to become involved with reviving the ''Donkey Kong'' series with '' Donkey Kong Country Returns''. History 1998–2002: Founding and ''Metroid Prime'' Retro Studios was founded on September 21, 1998, as an alliance between Nintendo and indus ...
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Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association
Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association (CESA) is a Japanese organization that was established in 1996 to "promote the computer entertainment industry ..with the aim of contributing to the strengthening of Japanese industry as well as to the further enrichment of people's lifestyles." It organizes the annual Tokyo Game Show, Japan Game Awards and Computer Entertainment Developers Conference (CEDEC). CESA is located in Tokyo, Japan. The current () chairman of CESA is Haruhiro Tsujimoto, the president of Capcom. The Managing Director is Tsutomu Masuda.CESA新会長に、セガゲームス会長の岡村秀樹氏が就任
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Tropical Freeze
''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' is a 2014 platform game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the Wii U console. The fifth installment in the Donkey Kong#Donkey Kong Country Returns, ''Donkey Kong Country'' series, ''Tropical Freeze'' is a direct sequel to the 2010 Wii game ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' and was released in February 2014. An enhanced Video game port, port for the Nintendo Switch was released in May 2018. In ''Tropical Freeze'', Donkey Kong (character), Donkey Kong and his family must venture across five islands to save their home, Donkey Kong Island, after it is frozen over by the villainous List of Donkey Kong characters#Snowmads, Snowmads—a group of invaders from the northern seas, who attacked the island on Donkey Kong's birthday. Like its predecessor, the game received generally positive reviews. Praise was directed at the level design, gameplay, and soundtrack, although its high level of difficulty received more mixed opinions. ...
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