So you Want to Buy a Nintendo Wii U

The Nintendo Wii was an amazing success and Nintendo hoped to ride that momentum with the Wii U and well, they missed. The Wii U sold only 13.5 million units worldwide and was replaced unceremoniously by the Nintendo Switch.
This is a buyers guide for the Nintendo Wii U. I don't go into current prices in this video but you can check out the companion video in Retronomics a series of mine that follows price trends in video games.
Let me know what you would like to see in future So you Want to Buy series

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
02:33 What is required for the Basic Nintendo Wii U experience?
03:57 Nintendo Wii U Controllers
05:51 Nintendo Wii U Memory Options
07:00 Nintendo Wii U AV Cables
08:17 Nintendo Wii U Variations
09:34 Nintendo Wii U Accessories
10:15 Nintendo Wii U Games
11:30 Nintendo Wii U Modifications
12:29 Nintendo Wii U Alternatives
13:18 Outro

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[cheesemanzombie]

As a wii u owner since launch, I'm still waiting for the rest of the world to realise its true potential :^(

[martianwoodpecker]

Its going to be interesting to see how this system is received by the collecting scene. While most of the first party games were ported to Switch, they are often arguably better on Wii U since they had gamepad specific features that were compromised for the ports.

[tl]

Just bought a Wii U. Way better than I thought. I have been playing it way more than my switch. Yoshi's Wolly World is the shit. Also cool to play all my old Wii games.

[WindowsAurora]

Modding a wii u with aroma allows you to remove region locking from everything including gamepads and also if you mod your wii u you can also mod your wii mode wii

[opj]

Somewhere online is a video of Breath of the Wild playing on the Wii U with the game using the game pad for map and inventory while the main game was being played on the TV at the same time....something that the Switch could not do. They disabled this feature when the game came out on the Wii U. Also Thomas Happ who created Axiom Virge said the best way to play the game was on the Wii U as it uses both the TV for the game and the gamepad for the map. This is the only version of the game that has this feature.

[nubatman]

I plan on modding one of my Wii U systems eventually. I usually prefer systems being stock, but I always like what the mod scene brings (like RetroArch to unnecessary consoles).

[christopheramaro]

Why arent there more subs to this channel!! Great stuff!

[Qwerty]

The Wii U also outputs RGB, especially useful for european folks with old CRTs. Old games look amazing with it.

[ogre]

This video makes me very excited for the Switch U.

[Septer_Sever]

That Voultar video just barely came out, so you're obviously on top of things! Now, I'm looking for a bricked console I can bring back to life...

[ryanstewart]

The Gamecube controller also works on MarioKart and is my preferred way to play. The Game Pads Bluetooth chip WILL die (not if, when) and is easy to replace, but is increasingly difficult to find. If you find that you are getting more communication error messages and are having to move closer and closer, this is what is happening. I understand the concern regarding the memory degradation, but the fix seems easy; turn your Wii U on every couple months, play some Ducktales, and you should be fine but the Bluetooth issue is more of a hardware issue and there are only so many replacement chips out there.
Also, get an external hard drive that is independently powered (ie has an AC plug) or you may end up bricking your system - those types are getting harder to locate as they are out dated tech so get one now.

[SuperNicktendo]

Also if you enjoy podcasts, I have one on my second channel Super Nicktendo Freemium which is linked in the description.

[GitDatPC]

Ooh, Wii U, I look just like Buddy Holly 🤓 I just ordered an Infinity edition from Canada 🇨🇦 Hopefully everything works properly. Mainly got it for Mario Party games

[hunt]

Must have games are The Legend of Zelda Wind Waker/Twilight Princess, Xenoblade Chronicles X, Paper Mario Color Splash, Pikmin 3, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, and Splatoon! There's a bunch of other games but the main ones are on the Switch such as The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild, New Super Mario Bros, Super Mario 3D World, Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze, and etc! Honestly a lot of the games are completely different compared to Switch because of the game pad, a game like Pikmin 3 is so much better to play on the Wii U.

[austinblack]

Back in December I was in my local dollar general and they were selling old games and I saw a blue case which is only Wii U games and I bought as it was 4 bucks and it was just dance 2017

[mikedl]

The Wii U Pro controller is my favorite modern controller

[Lunanights]

Well there is an on going series called Silver Falls. A told of 6-8 games on the 3DS, Wii U, and Switch. Created by 1 person (expect some errors) is amazing series with each game with its own unique playing style. You like Game Boy color? Got you Silver Falls Galaxy Bound Curse (GBC), you like adventure? We got you Silver Falls 3 Down Stars (3DS), you like old school atari stlye? We got you Silver Falls Undertakers. You like first person horror/ light gun mode? We got you Silver Falls White inside it's Umbra (W.I.I.U). This is a small portion of great games to pick up ASAP!! also Newly developed 2 in 1 games Silver Falls Gaiden DDD

[thatssomegoodpie]

I really hope the modding community can find an easy fix for that NAND flash corruption issue.

[mmnnab]

Are Metroid Prime 2 and 3 still available on the Wii U Store?

[jay-jayz]

You forgot to mention that you can use a 3ds as a controller for the Wii U