Nintendo has removed the WiiU website from Nintendo.com, along with all 7th Gen (Wii, WiiWare, DS, DSWare) games

[daybreak]

Credit to BowzasaurusRex on Reddit for finding both.

The WiiU page was originally located here: https://www.nintendo.com/wiiu/what-is-wiiu/

All 7th Gen games have been removed from the Game Guide (WiiU titles are still listed): https://www.nintendo.com/games/game-guide/

 

[vestan]

End of an Era...

Rest in Power, King.

 

[requiem]

 

[Sub Boss]

Weird, but ok they want to focus on Switch

 

[ZeroX]

What is WiiU?

 

[SpokkX]

Hope this means the whole wiiu lib will get ported

 

[Jonneh]

It's like it never happened

 

[darkside]

end of an error

 

[Ceadeus]

It is sad, wiiu was awesome, i do miss miiverse, menu music and the eshop. Switch is barebone af

 

[Eolz]

Well that's pretty shitty, especially considering how good the Japanese website has been at archiving old Nintendo websites.

edit: check their hardware page for example.

 

[harz-marz]

 

[Deleted member 51691]

Good night, sweet prince

 

[Shoichi]

pouring one out for the WiiU
RIP the original Tablet-Home Console System
your memory will live on in the successor you brought to the world, the Switch

 

[Sagadego17]

wii u fine, but ignoring their greats DS and WII? why??

 

[Deleted member 3017]

Buh bye

 

[delete12345]

Well that's pretty shitty, especially considering how good the Japanese website has been at archiving old Nintendo websites.

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They were archiving things until a new president takes the helm, I think. It's like going from Heisei era to Reiwa era. Don't quote me.

 

[KtotheRoc]

 

[Big G]

I guess it makes sense. If they are removing Wii games anyway, might as well take down the site for its add-on.

 

[Deleted member 11637]

For a failing console, Nintendo did right by the Wii U for several years; the Switch is just the correct execution of many of the Wii U's failed experiments. It's Nintendo's Dreamcast.

 

[Deleted member 42484]

Now we won't be able to easily compare the prices when WiiU ports cost more on Switch.

 

[Son Lamar]

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Photoshop reggie's face on thor and its sold

 

[MPrza]

Man, what a truly terrible console the Wii u was. I know it had some great games, but the console itself felt like an incomplete, rushed product. RIP.

 

[Dust]

WiiU

Click to shrink...

 

[L Thammy]

Meanwhile, the websites for Battle Clash, Metal Combat, and Custom Robo v2 are still up. I think it means something.

 

[Okabe]

What is WiiU?

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[ffdgh]

Wii U? Is that a Wii acceasory or something?

 

[Hucast]

Wii who?

 

[daybreak]

EDIT: Screw it, just gonna add the image to the OP.

 

[neroxyr]

Hope this means I'll not get wiiU discounts for my bday. It has sucked since the dawn of times.

 

[L Thammy]

Hope this means the whole wiiu lib will get ported

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Honestly, everyone focuses on the Wii U library, but I think the Wii library had a lot of games that deserve a second life. Pandora's Tower, Zangeki no Reginleiv, Sin & Punishment 2, The Last Story. Even some third party stuff like Fragile Dreams.

 

[Herb Alpert]

"you didn't see anything"
*weirdly waves his hands while slowly walking out of the room *

 

[swift-darius]

then why does mynintendo keep pushing garbage wii u discounts on me, YEARS AFTER THE NEW CONSOLE RELEASED

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oh my GOD

 

[Tom Nook]

RIP :(

 

[JB2448]

http://wii.com/ now redirects to https://www.nintendo.com/switch/ when you select North America.

 

[Necron]

It was all just a dream.

 

[stan423321]

The games database on the UK website seems unaffected.

 

[Miles]

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"What does this image have to do with anything? Is it the expression or.. oh GOD, oh wow."

Took me a bit lol.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

It's like it never happened

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Like what never happened?

 

[Kouriozan]

Wii U had amazing 1st party, a shame it bombed that hard.

 

[Deleted member 48897]

With nearly full Wii compatibility and some clever implementations for GameCube compatibility, I'm deeply glad I own one of these things. While the Switch is obviously better I'm deeply glad that Nintendo has a console that fits nearly every major use case up to that point. And it's a great emulation box in general too.

 

[Professor Beef]

It was all just a dream.

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I used to read Nintendo Power magazine

 

[I Wanna Be The Guy]

Wii U's lineup was so good that Switch is still leeching off of it.

 

[Kouriozan]

With nearly full Wii compatibility and some clever implementations for GameCube compatibility, I'm deeply glad I own one of these things. While the Switch is obviously better I'm deeply glad that Nintendo has a console that fits nearly every major use case up to that point. And it's a great emulation box in general too.

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I'm using it for my Gamecube emulation and it's a fantastic console for retro gaming, indeed.

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

I mean, it's only time they removed that stuff. Wii is over 12 years old now and it along with it's peripherals like the Wii U haven't been available new for a while...

 

[ASaiyan]

Wii U officially never happened.

Let us no more speak of it.

 

[Kingpin Rogers]

Shame the Wii U is never gonna have it's dreamcast redemption arc. We all know it deserved it.

 

[Andri]

Dont worry.

WiiU will live on in the Whining of salty people everytime a WiiU port gets announced for Switch.

 

[Adam802]

I dont miss the wii u

ive written nintendo off for over a decade since the wii, dont even own a switch yet. Dont know if nintendo can win me back honestly.

 

[maximumzero]

Wii/Wiiware and DS/DSiWare makes sense since both of those storefronts are closed, but it's way too soon for the Wii U stuff to start disappearing.

Edit: Oh the games are still in the guide, misread the OP. That's fine. Makes sense for the Wii U website to disappear since those aren't being sold new in stores anymore.

 

[Lakershead22]

As long as Pikmin 3 continues to be exclusive on Wii U ..... I'll like it better than the Switch lol