Does anyone still own a Wii U?
Nintendo has shut down all future Wii U repairs citing a lack of replacement parts.
“The period for retaining repair parts as stipulated in the repair service regulations has expired, so as soon as the current stock of parts is depleted, repair services will end,” Nintendo said in a simple service notice.
The Wii U — Nintendo’s predecessor to the Switch — is now listed as no longer eligible for repair on Nintendo’s end-of-life service page.
Not quite a Switch and not quite a bowling machine Wii, the Wii U launched in late 2012 and featured a gamepad complete with a 6.2″ touchscreen. It never fully captured our attention, but we sure loved it back in January 2015.
Perhaps most notably, the Wii U launched a popular Nintendo franchise in Splatoon.
“Those who want to give a decidedly different shooter a try, or are simply starved for Wii U content should definitely pick this one up,” I said of the shooter back in the day.
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