At 3:00 AM EST, Nintendo of Japan presented a Nintendo Direct Video to detail the price, date and other specifics of the successor to the immensely popular Wii home console.
Japanese Launch:
Sunday, December 8th, 2012.
Models:
| Basic | Premium |
| 8 GB internal storage | 32 GB internal storage |
| Console | Console |
| Console AC Adapter | Console AC Adapter |
| GamePad | GamePad |
| GamePad AC Adapter | GamePad AC Adapter |
| HDMI cable | HDMI cable |
| White | Black |
| Console Stand | |
| GamePad Stand | |
| GamePad Charging Dock |
Price:
Basic – 26,250 Yen
Premium – 31,500 Yen
Other details:
RAM: 1 GB Main RAM + 1 GB System RAM = 2 GB total RAM.
-Games will have access to the 1 GB of Main RAM while the OS has access to the 1 GB of System RAM.
-This allows you to play a game and run the full web browser, all at 1080p, at the same time.
Game Media: 25 GB per layer. 22.5 GB/s transfer rate.
-Approximately equal to a 5x speed Blu-ray disc.
Power Consumption: Total system power up to 75 watts.
-40 watts for average usage.
Other Prices:
GamePad – 13,440 Yen
Pro Controller – 5,040 Yen
Charge and Play stand – 1,890 Yen
GamePad Stand 315 yen
New Super Mario Bros. U – 5,985 Yen
Nintendo Land – 4,935 Yen
Nintendo Network Premium:
-10% back on all digital purchases.
-Premium model only
-Valid through December 2014.
Other Information:
-First Mario title to launch with home console since Super Mario 64.
-Latency between Wii U and GamePad is very low.
-All Virtual Console and WiiWare games can be transferred to the Wii U.
