Wii U

Wii U is an eighth generation home game console made by Nintendo in 2012. It is the sequel to the Wii and is fully backwards-compatible to it.

About it
The Wii U's controller is a pad with a touchscreen and controls on it. It can play games without using the television. It is called Wii U Gamepad.

Trivia
The console sold 4 million units.

The best-selling game for the console is Nintendo Land at 2 million copies. New Super Mario Bros U is one of the highest rated games for the console.

Playing games on the gamepad without use of the television is called Off-TV Play.

The Wii U has Virtual Console on the Nintendo eShop.

The console can be confusing for younger players as there are two screens, one on the television and one on the gamepad.