Do you hear that thud? That’s potentially the sound of the last nail in Wii U’s coffin, hammered down by the recent 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:announcement of the Nintendo Switch. Nintendo is to be ending production on the Wii U this week. And, despite several sources stating a similar thing, Nintendo . Alth༒ough the company has admitted it will “greatly reduce the amount of Wii U systems produced and shipped.” 

With that in mind, let's take a look b🐻ack at its four-year lifespan and how peo💯ple are reacting to the news that the console could well be Resting in Peace. 

In hind🏅sight, all the signs were there. Especially this foreboding one:

But before I dive into the reaction to ꦏthe announcement, here’s a brief history of the Wii U. Remember this trailer from way back in 2011?

A brief history of the Wii U

The Wii U was unveiled at E3 in 2011, 𓄧and was released in stores a year and a half later in November 2012. The focus was largely on the new GamePad, a handheld controller which had a touchscreen, HD graphics, and could be projected onto the TV. The touchscreen meant the GamePad could be played as a portable videogame system if you didn’t want to use a TV, but this innovation came with some issues. 

To start off reviews were lukewarm, with some slating the short battery life on the GamePad and its feeble touchscreen, which required fingers to stab the screen instead of using an effortless stroke like users were used to with other touchscreen products.&n🍌bsp;

The announcement of the Wii U Pro controller in E3 2012 quelled some complaints about the GamePad, but it took a while for reviews to recommend ꦑthe Wii U to gamers. 

confessed they found it “difficult to figure out exactly what Nintendo is trying to do with the the Wii U”, and we wrote that “EA, Konami, and Capcom seem completely꧂ uninterested in supporting the Wii U”, as publishers like Activision and Warner Bros. Interactive had begun to back off from releasing their own games on the console. After almost two years’ worth of console updates, finally recommended that people should buy it. 

It took some time, but the amount of decent games available on the Wii U - Shovel Knight, ZombiU, Super Smash Bros., Splatoon, The🎐 Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD, Pikmin 3 - eventually made the Wii U a worthwhile purchase.

How people have reacted to the death of the Wii U

Well, sales fi💙gures don't lie, and you ca🌱n’t deny that the Wii U has been tripping over its laces as of late. 

The reaction on Twitter has been ent🍃ertaining to say the least. Some are already making comparisons to the Switch. 

And this won’t be a gif I’🗹ll forget in a hurry.

Amidst𝓰 the inevitable Switch remarks are also those who are genuinely sad that the Wii U w🐬ill be with us no longer. 

Some are already predicting that𝓰 we’ll remember the Wii U at𓂃 its best, thanks to the forgiving light of nostalgia. 

For those of you who are already getting their sights set on collecting every game for the Wii꧙ U, a user over at has provided a visual checklist of everything released on the Wii U ever. 

So goodnight, sweet prince. Let’s 𒉰hope the Switch is remembered as fondly as you.