Sam (He/Him) is the former Managing Editor of DualShockers and is now Senior Reporter at TheGamer. He's been in and around games media for six years now and has held a variety of roles within the ...

The launch of a new console provides a moment of clarity and reality after months of pre-release hype and speculation. The future of the Wii U is still wide open, with much depending on Nintendo's ...

Out of nowhere, the Wii U has received its first firmware update in over two years. This brings the Wii U system to Ver. 5.5.5, supposedly adding "improvements to system stability and usability," ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Nintendo has released a video detailing the machine's upcoming spring system update, which shows improvements to loading the Wii U's system menu when ...

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Nintendo has issued a system software update for the Wii U that will make the console compatible with its Amiibo figurines. The patch notes for Wii U firmware version 5.3.0 were brief, suggesting that ...