E3 2011: Nintendo Wii U: Official Specs Released

We may not have seen it during the actual conference, but not long after we were given the first glimpse of the actual console that would accompany the touch-screen controller we saw during the conference.

One important thing to note is that the WiiU is fully compatible with all Wii games and peripherals, controllers and controller apendages. The box itself looks less like the stylised Wii-shape we’ve been used to, and much closer to a DVD-player/Digital TV box.

At time of writing, nothing is confirmed for Gamecube backwards compatability. If we here more on this we shall report back in the coming days as the E3 progresses.

It is certainly Wii-esque in the button department, but make no mistake, this is a much higher-grade console than what we have seen in the past two generation from Nintendo. There is still plenty of time for more information to come through. For a full list of the specs please visit Source