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Nintendo ceases production of the Wii U this week

Goodnight, sweet prince

Nintendo ceases production of the Wii U this week
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Sad times ahead, ladies and gents, as Nintendo will officially be making its final Wii U consoles this week. Whether that's surprising to you, I think we can all give Nintendo a 'District 12' sign of appreciation as they (apparently) close the line this coming Friday.

A post by Eurogamer, and its mysterious but trustworthy sources, stated that as of September Nintendo has sold 13.36 million Wii U units worldwide and is unlikely to shift much more. As such they've decided to quit while they're ahead and look to the future, closing the lid on the semi-successful Wii U for the last time.

Now that the Switch has been confirmed it'll be all systems go in an attempt to appropriately market and reveal the hybrid console, and avoid a disappointed flump like they received with the Wii U. I guess we'll have to wait until January 13th to see what else Nintendo has in store for us.

If you've been 'umm'ing and 'ahh'ing for the past four years about getting a Wii U, now's your chance – not that there won't be a variety of them floating about on eBay in the years to come.

Emily Sowden
Emily Sowden
Emily is Pocket Gamer's News Editor and writes about all kinds of game-related things. She needs coffee to function and begrudgingly loves her Switch more than she lets on.