Wii U

The Wii U (codenamed Project Café), otherwise stated as the Wii 2 or Wii HD is an upcoming home video game console by Nintendo, and the direct successor to the Nintendo Wii. The system is expected to be released in the 2012 holiday season and was unveiled during Nintendo's press conference at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2011 on the morning of June 7, 2011. The console has been described as belonging to a new eighth generation.

The Wii U is the first Nintendo console to produce 1080p high-definition graphics, and features a new controller, known as the Wii U GamePad, with an embedded touchscreen. The main feature of the GamePad allows a player to continue a gaming session by displaying the game even when the television is off. The system will be fully backwards compatible with Wii, and Wii U games can support compatibility with Wii peripherals, such as the Wii Remote and Wii Balance Board. However, it will not be backward compatible with Nintendo GameCube media. Pikmin 3 has been confirmed to be a game to be released on the Wii U.

Controllers
The Wii U GamePad has a wide variety of things to offer for players. In the middle is the touchscreen. Users can use their fingers or the included stylus to do things on the touchscreen. On the right of the touchscreen, players have the A, B, X and Y buttons, as well as the + and - buttons, and an analog stick. To the left, there is the D-pad, and another analog stick. Both analog sticks can be pushed down, serving as additional buttons. Down at the bottom, there is the Home button, then the Power button, and a new TV button, which allows the Wii U to become the television's controller. The backside has a total of four triggers: L, R, ZL, and ZR. Above the touchscreen are a video camera, microphone, volume control, and a headphone jack. Below are speakers for users to listen to. The Wii U GamePad has been shown in two different colors, which are white and black.



If players do not feel comfortable playing on the GamePad, there is another controller available for players, known as the Wii U Pro Controller. The Pro Controller is highly reminiscent of the Wii's Classic Controller: dual analog sticks, A, B, X, Y buttons, a D-pad, L, R, ZL, ZR triggers, Start & Select, Home, and Power buttons. Unlike the Classic Controller, however, there is no cord, giving it the freedom to move about. Since it does not have the touchscreen like the GamePad does, not all games may be able to support the Pro Controller as an alternative to the GamePad. Like the GamePad, there are two colors for the Pro Controller; black and white.

Canon

 * Pikmin 3
 * Unnamed Super Smash Bros. title

Fanon

 * Pikmin: Back in Action
 * Pikmin: Connection of the Worlds
 * Pikspore
 * Pikmin:Doomed Time
 * Pikmin: The War of the Pikmin Planet
 * Pikmin: New World