The system's backwards compatibility with Wii peripherals also ensures a wide variety of gameplay possibilities for all kinds of games. The latter is supposed to function as a seamless online community that makes it easier to discover what games people are actually playing and offers simpler ways to share stuff from within games and to communicate with other players around the globe. The former introduces a focus on asymmetric gameplay in local multiplayer games which means the different players doing very different things in a game depending on which controller they use as well as more involved experiences and interactions in single player games with added functionality not previously possible.

Its core hooks are the integrated second screen in the Wii U GamePad and their online social hub called Miiverse. In keeping with their design philosophy, the Wii U is not a system focused on high-end horsepower but instead a new take on gaming interfaces and online integration with efficiently designed hardware. The Nintendo Wii U is the company's sixth home console since the original Nintendo Entertainment System and follows the hugely successful Wii.

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