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The '''Wii U''' is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 18, 2012 (North America). Featuring a newer PowerPC chip designed by IBM called "Espresso", and an AMD GPU called "Latte". The console also featured a unique 'controller' for the console called the "GamePad", also known as the "DRC".
  
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Wii U used a fully custom 16 bit, Macronix [[Macronix DSP|DSP]] as the co-processor.
  
No dude, you said sodium chloride. Yes it's the same as salt but you could have just said salt instead. In fact, this is iodized table salt. Which in addition to sodium chloride, contains anti-caking agents and potassium iodine, which is added to prevent iodine deficiency. So not only are you being overly pretentious by insisting on using scientific terminology for everyday items, you are factually wrong. Everyone in this town knows you're a boy genius dude. You don't need to say overly large words to sound more intelligent. The fact of the matter is that nobody cares how smart you are. If anything, calling things by their scientific name ironically makes you seem less intelligent and more pompous, especially given how even you can quite possibly incorrectly refer to certain items by their scientific names. I know you're smart enough to be better than this.No dude, you said sodium chloride. Yes it's the same as salt but you could have just said salt instead. In fact, this is iodized table salt. Which in addition to sodium chloride, contains anti-caking agents and potassium iodine, which is added to prevent iodine deficiency. So not only are you being overly pretentious by insisting on using scientific terminology for everyday items, you are factually wrong. Everyone in this town knows you're a boy genius dude. You don't need to say overly large words to sound more intelligent. The fact of the matter is that nobody cares how smart you are. If anything, calling things by their scientific name ironically makes you seem less intelligent and more pompous, especially given how even you can quite possibly incorrectly refer to certain items by their scientific names. I know you're smart enough to be better than this.No dude, you said sodium chloride. Yes it's the same as salt but you could have just said salt instead. In fact, this is iodized table salt. Which in addition to sodium chloride, contains anti-caking agents and potassium iodine, which is added to prevent iodine deficiency. So not only are you being overly pretentious by insisting on using scientific terminology for everyday items, you are factually wrong. Everyone in this town knows you're a boy genius dude. You don't need to say overly large words to sound more intelligent. The fact of the matter is that nobody cares how smart you are. If anything, calling things by their scientific name ironically makes you seem less intelligent and more pompous, especially given how even you can quite possibly incorrectly refer to certain items by their scientific names. I know you're smart enough to be better than this.No dude, you said sodium chloride. Yes it's the same as salt but you could have just said salt instead. In fact, this is iodized table salt. Which in addition to sodium chloride, contains anti-caking agents and potassium iodine, which is added to prevent iodine deficiency. So not only are you being overly pretentious by insisting on using scientific terminology for everyday items, you are factually wrong. Everyone in this town knows you're a boy genius dude. You don't need to say overly large words to sound more intelligent. The fact of the matter is that nobody cares how smart you are. If anything, calling things by their scientific name ironically makes you seem less intelligent and more pompous, especially given how even you can quite possibly incorrectly refer to certain items by their scientific names. I know you're smart enough to be better than this.No dude, you said sodium chloride. Yes it's the same as salt but you could have just said salt instead. In fact, this is iodized table salt. Which in addition to sodium chloride, contains anti-caking agents and potassium iodine, which is added to prevent iodine deficiency. So not only are you being overly pretentious by insisting on using scientific terminology for everyday items, you are factually wrong. Everyone in this town knows you're a boy genius dude. You don't need to say overly large words to sound more intelligent. The fact of the matter is that nobody cares how smart you are. If anything, calling things by their scientific name ironically makes you seem less intelligent and more pompous, especially given how even you can quite possibly incorrectly refer to certain items by their scientific names. I know you're smart enough to be better than this.No dude, you said sodium chloride. Yes it's the same as salt but you could have just said salt instead. In fact, this is iodized table salt. Which in addition to sodium chloride, contains anti-caking agents and potassium iodine, which is added to prevent iodine deficiency. So not only are you being overly pretentious by insisting on using scientific terminology for everyday items, you are factually wrong. Everyone in this town knows you're a boy genius dude. You don't need to say overly large words to sound more intelligent. The fact of the matter is that nobody cares how smart you are. If anything, calling things by their scientific name ironically makes you seem less intelligent and more pompous, especially given how even you can quite possibly incorrectly refer to certain items by their scientific names. I know you're smart enough to be better than this.No dude, you said sodium chloride. Yes it's the same as salt but you could have just said salt instead. In fact, this is iodized table salt. Which in addition to sodium chloride, contains anti-caking agents and potassium iodine, which is added to prevent iodine deficiency. So not only are you being overly pretentious by insisting on using scientific terminology for everyday items, you are factually wrong. Everyone in this town knows you're a boy genius dude. You don't need to say overly large words to sound more intelligent. The fact of the matter is that nobody cares how smart you are. If anything, calling things by their scientific name ironically makes you seem less intelligent and more pompous, especially given how even you can quite possibly incorrectly refer to certain items by their scientific names. I know you're smart enough to be better than this.No dude, you said sodium chloride. Yes it's the same as salt but you could have just said salt instead. In fact, this is iodized table salt. Which in addition to sodium chloride, contains anti-caking agents and potassium iodine, which is added to prevent iodine deficiency. So not only are you being overly pretentious by insisting on using scientific terminology for everyday items, you are factually wrong. Everyone in this town knows you're a boy genius dude. You don't need to say overly large words to sound more intelligent. The fact of the matter is that nobody cares how smart you are. If anything, calling things by their scientific name ironically makes you seem less intelligent and more pompous, especially given how even you can quite possibly incorrectly refer to certain items by their scientific names. I know you're smart enough to be better than this.No dude, you said sodium chloride. Yes it's the same as salt but you could have just said salt instead. In fact, this is iodized table salt. Which in addition to sodium chloride, contains anti-caking agents and potassium iodine, which is added to prevent iodine deficiency. So not only are you being overly pretentious by insisting on using scientific terminology for everyday items, you are factually wrong. Everyone in this town knows you're a boy genius dude. You don't need to say overly large words to sound more intelligent. The fact of the matter is that nobody cares how smart you are. If anything, calling things by their scientific name ironically makes you seem less intelligent and more pompous, especially given how even you can quite possibly incorrectly refer to certain items by their scientific names. I know you're smart enough to be better than this.No dude, you said sodium chloride. Yes it's the same as salt but you could have just said salt instead. In fact, this is iodized table salt. Which in addition to sodium chloride, contains anti-caking agents and potassium iodine, which is added to prevent iodine deficiency. So not only are you being overly pretentious by insisting on using scientific terminology for everyday items, you are factually wrong. Everyone in this town knows you're a boy genius dude. You don't need to say overly large words to sound more intelligent. The fact of the matter is that nobody cares how smart you are. If anything, calling things by their scientific name ironically makes you seem less intelligent and more pompous, especially given how even you can quite possibly incorrectly refer to certain items by their scientific names. I know you're smart enough to be better than this.No dude, you said sodium chloride. Yes it's the same as salt but you could have just said salt instead. In fact, this is iodized table salt. Which in addition to sodium chloride, contains anti-caking agents and potassium iodine, which is added to prevent iodine deficiency. So not only are you being overly pretentious by insisting on using scientific terminology for everyday items, you are factually wrong. Everyone in this town knows you're a boy genius dude. You don't need to say overly large words to sound more intelligent. The fact of the matter is that nobody cares how smart you are. If anything, calling things by their scientific name ironically makes you seem less intelligent and more pompous, especially given how even you can quite possibly incorrectly refer to certain items by their scientific names. I know you're smart enough to be better than this.No dude, you said sodium chloride. Yes it's the same as salt but you could have just said salt instead. In fact, this is iodized table salt. Which in addition to sodium chloride, contains anti-caking agents and potassium iodine, which is added to prevent iodine deficiency. So not only are you being overly pretentious by insisting on using scientific terminology for everyday items, you are factually wrong. Everyone in this town knows you're a boy genius dude. You don't need to say overly large words to sound more intelligent. The fact of the matter is that nobody cares how smart you are. If anything, calling things by their scientific name ironically makes you seem less intelligent and more pompous, especially given how even you can quite possibly incorrectly refer to certain items by their scientific names. I know you're smart enough to be better than this.No dude, you said sodium chloride. Yes it's the same as salt but you could have just said salt instead. In fact, this is iodized table salt. Which in addition to sodium chloride, contains anti-caking agents and potassium iodine, which is added to prevent iodine deficiency. So not only are you being overly pretentious by insisting on using scientific terminology for everyday items, you are factually wrong. Everyone in this town knows you're a boy genius dude. You don't need to say overly large words to sound more intelligent. The fact of the matter is that nobody cares how smart you are. If anything, calling things by their scientific name ironically makes you seem less intelligent and more pompous, especially given how even you can quite possibly incorrectly refer to certain items by their scientific names. I know you're smart enough to be better than this.No dude, you said sodium chloride. Yes it's the same as salt but you could have just said salt instead. In fact, this is iodized table salt. Which in addition to sodium chloride, contains anti-caking agents and potassium iodine, which is added to prevent iodine deficiency. So not only are you being overly pretentious by insisting on using scientific terminology for everyday items, you are factually wrong. Everyone in this town knows you're a boy genius dude. You don't need to say overly large words to sound more intelligent. The fact of the matter is that nobody cares how smart you are. If anything, calling things by their scientific name ironically makes you seem less intelligent and more pompous, especially given how even you can quite possibly incorrectly refer to certain items by their scientific names. I know you're smart enough to be better than this.
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==Wii U PP TestPad==
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Prototype Wii U Pad used for validation testing. Contains a menu allowing access to various test sequences. Mainboard is X11, suggesting this is probably a very late or the last prototype production run.
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Latest revision as of 06:26, 21 December 2024

The Wii U is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 18, 2012 (North America). Featuring a newer PowerPC chip designed by IBM called "Espresso", and an AMD GPU called "Latte". The console also featured a unique 'controller' for the console called the "GamePad", also known as the "DRC".

Wii U used a fully custom 16 bit, Macronix DSP as the co-processor.

Wii U PP TestPad

wiiu testpad (6).jpg
wiiu testpad (2).jpg
wiiu testpad (8).jpg
wiiu testpad (9).jpg

Prototype Wii U Pad used for validation testing. Contains a menu allowing access to various test sequences. Mainboard is X11, suggesting this is probably a very late or the last prototype production run.

wiiu testpad (1).jpg