Nintendo Halts All Wii U Console Production in Japan

Nintendo decided to immediately stop all production of the Wii U console in Japan.

This information was obtained from the official Nintendo Japan website page where the details of the console model read the words “Production End”. However, the console had previously been produced for the last two periods before it was finally discontinued, which means the console is no longer made and marks the end of the heyday of the 2017 Wii U console.

In addition, in Nintendo Japan’s financial report that was announced yesterday, it also officially stated that the Wii U console had stopped production in Japan and that later the console would come in two versions, namely a bundle version with the Splatoon game with Wii U 32 GB and a Wii U version. Deluxe 32GB.

Previously, Nintendo had announced its plan to stop production of the Wii U in November 2016, where the production stop of the console will begin at the end of 2016. So Nintendo can focus on its newest product, the Nintendo Switch, which was officially announced some time ago.

Well, the Wii U console itself was first launched in 2012 and managed to become the best-selling console in the Japanese region because it has different advantages from competing consoles. Wii U was created by Wii U for marketing targets for children and adults, which of course still provides the comfort of playing with exclusive games created by Nintendo.

Although the Wii U has sold well in Japan, the fact is that worldwide sales of the Wii U have lost to the previous generation, the Wii. Where the Wii U only managed to sell as many as 13.6 million units while the Wii has sold 101 million.

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