One of the several Wii U demonstrations at E3 2011 is a game called Battle Mii--a third-person shooter with a slight twist that makes interesting use of the new system's tablet-based controls, as well ...

Ross Miller and Chris Grant revisit the Wii U’s E3 2011 demos including Chase Mii, Battle Mii, and the Legend of Zelda HD experience. Still fun, still not final hardware. Ross Miller and Chris Grant ...

At its E3 2011 press conference Nintendo unveiled its next home console, the Wii U, coming in 2012. The system's unique controller, which features a 6.2-inch screen, accelerometer, gyroscope, rumble, ...

The Wii kept Miis at a distance, at first. Titles like the first Wii Sports established the world of Miis as a separate, segregated Nintendo world with its own unique cast of customizable characters - ...

Asynchronous multiplayer is another gameplay idea the Wii U controller introduces as seen in Battle Mii, but when I played the tech demo I started with the Wii remote. I controlled a Mii outfitted in ...

(This article comes courtesy of N-Sider, a site for well-adjusted Nintendo fans. N-Sider has served the Nintendo community for more than a decade.) I finally got my shot at trying out Wii U yesterday ...

The new Wii U console will debut in 2012. It combines motion control with a touchscreen game controller. Nintendo says "it will change the way we play games". Jeff is CNET Editor at Large and a host ...

If there was one thing conspicuously absent from Nintendo's press conference at E3 2011 it was a new Metroid game for Wii U or 3DS. Heck, even Pikmin for Wii U was mentioned at a round table event ...

I played Nintendo’s Wii U earlier this week, the exciting successor to the Wii that not only plays a lot like the Wii—now with a new, unique twist—but a console that plays nicely with the Wii ...

We’re thrown into a futuristic space battle during our hands-on look at Battle Mii for Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U console. Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your ...