Wii U Turns 10 TODAY!

[theRepublic]

Mnementh said:

Well, I bought it on launch, because Nintendo promised a good launch window including Pikmin 3. Little did I know that this "launch window" was a year long. Still, WiiU had many good games... that nearly all now are available on Switch. Xenoblade Chronicles X not, not the bets Xenoblade, but still a great game. Also Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, one of the best MonHuns still. WiiU has great Wii emulation and a HDMI-connector, so it is still my go to way to Wii games. And WiiU had Miiverse, which made for great communities. Yeah, I have fond memories, but overall it was a weak console. But a stepping stone for Switch, because the great games on WiiU while sparse in the lifetime of the console itself really helped Switch have a rounded library pretty early.

I wouldn't even call it emulation.  My understanding is that Wii games run natively on the Wii U hardware.  The way the architecture is, the Wii U can set itself to Wii mode to run games just like they would on the Wii.