While the Wii U library is far from Nintendo's best work, many of its highlights, such as Super Mario Maker, Splatoon, Nintendo Land, and The Wonderful 101, showcase the GamePad's potential for ...

The Nintendo Switch's release is just about a month away, and interest is steadily building as that March 3 release date approaches. If you're wondering how the Switch stacks up next to the Wii U ...

The Nintendo Switch looks amazing.The entire console appears to have been shrunken down to the size of the Wii U’s GamePad controller. And while the Switch doesn’t come out until next year ...

The Nintendo Wii U was a direct successor to the Wii. The Nintendo Switch attempts to break new ground. It’s not a living room console with a gamepad that has a display.

The Wii U forced games to pick and choose their features — if you wanted your title to be playable entirely on the GamePad, for example, you couldn’t exploit the potential for dual-screen play.

Check out more Nintendo Switch news and coverage. Check out our comparison photos sizing up the Switch to the Wii U GamePad, along with details on the console's price, release date, preorders ...

Look at when Nintendo revealed the Wii U at E3 in 2011: They focused so heavily on the GamePad controller that they didn’t bother to actually show off the Wii U console, which can only be seen ...

The Wii U GamePad is uglier than you remember it. While the Nintendo Switch is set to begin its North American tour, well, today, I guess, we got some hands-on time with the tablet/console hybrid ...

The Switch 2 Pro Controller is an upgraded gamepad for Nintendo's console with smooth analog sticks, programmable rear ...

Okay, perhaps the idea of Nintendo making the Switch 2 even slightly like a Wii U is a stretch. Instead, let's imagine that the company is planning to finally bring DS and 3DS games to its Online ...

Images: Nintendo. The main difference here, of course, is that the Wii U GamePad can't be taken on the go — or at least not beyond the relatively short wireless range of the console.