If you can’t ever stray far from the TV, you may as well stay plugged into it. And yet, the Wii U tablet, despite its limitations, turned out to be secretly revolutionary for Nintendo.

At the 2011 Electronic Entertainment Expo, Nintendo unveiled the Wii U and the new tablet-like controller for the system. Many unknowns still linger about the system's functionality, but one ...

However, the Wii U’s hardware may not improve on gaming performance levels compared to Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s PS3, both current generation consoles.

The Wii U was unveiled back in June at gaming conference E3. The tablet-style controller features a 6.2-inch touchscreen, though only one is usable with each Wii U due to frame rate issues.

Here, the Wii U tablet simply mirrors the game, showing how easy it is to instantly pick up the game if a TV isn't readily available. Overall, we're impressed with the innovative uses of the Wii U ...

Lastly, the new controller design contains Wii U branding. As GamesRadar points out, it's possible some of these changes are specific to developers' console units.

By Ben Gilbert Jun 25, 2015, 9:16 AM PT The Nintendo Wii U tablet-style gamepad Robert Libetti/ Business Insider Nintendo's latest home video game console, the Wii U, is a retail failure.

The Wii U tablet screen can be used to navigate and magnify the image displayed on your TV, which could come in handy for browsing the Web. Nintendo also showed off the ability to play your Wii U ...

If you’re building a quiz game you’re not going to give a s**t about the framerate.” The Wii U is set for final reveal at E3 2012 and is expected to launch during northern summer. Thanks, Play.

Judging from the patent image, players would be able to use the Wii Remote to grab items displayed on the TV screen and drag them over to the tablet controller. In one of the images (which you can ...