CAT-R
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The CAT-R (Codename: WUT-002) is a game development console produced by Nintendo for the Wii U. The console itself looks like a regular Wii U with the exception of the front panel being green. The included Wii U GamePad is also green on the back. The console has a Bluetooth connector and two DRC (Wii U GamePad) connectors on the backside of the main unit. The unit is also able to switch between a wired and wireless mode for the BT and GamePad connections. This unit is the 'test kit' Wii U development unit (the equivalent to the Wii's RVT-R Reader or the GameCube's NR Reader, intended as a low-cost option for game testing as well as a general-purpose development solution for indie studios. The other Wii U development kit is the CAT-DEV.
Front view of the main CAT-R Unit. The front is green in color, similar to the RVT-R Reader.
Back view of the main CAT-R Unit. There are two connections for GamePads and one for Bluetooth devices
Bottom view of the main CAT-R Unit. There are two switches for changing the Bluetooth and GamePad connections between wired and wireless mode
Top view of the CAT-R GamePad. Besides the top connector for wired connections, it is no different then a standard Wii U GamePad
Back side of the tablet
The initial menu screen of the CAT-R unit. On the main menu are multiple debug programs as well as the Wii U's default programs
The CAT-R unit running NOFT, a program that explores the SD card and allows for debugging and writing. This specific CAT-R unit contains an unreleased game called "Dungeon Rats"
Anatel Cafe Reader
There are pictures (coming from FCC Filings) of a "CAT-R with a red panel" stored alongside the filings of a Brazillian Wii-U. This is generally referred to as the "Anatel Cafe Reader" (Product Code: WUT-011). Next to no information is known about this device besides that in the FCC filings. Some have speculated that this is the equivalent to the RVT-H Reader for the Wii, where games can be stored on a hard drive, rather than loaded through a disk. Similar to the kiosk unit "CAT-SES" which was a Kiosk Wii-U which allowed storing demos on the hard drive. However, this is based entirely on the similar coloring, and there is no info to show that this does have an internal dard disk.
Front view of the Anatel Cafe Reader from the FCC Filings. The front is red in color similar to the RVT-H Reader.
Back view of the Anatel Cafe Reader from the FCC Filings. Interestingly it does not contain wired connections for the gamepad.
Side view of the Anatel Cafe Reader from the FCC Filings.
Side view of the Anatel Cafe Reader from the FCC Filings.
