Each Nintendo hardware has its thing: For the Wii, it's motion controls; for the 3DS, it's 3D; and for the Wii U, it's a tablet-like controller. Dubbed the Wii U GamePad, that controller was almost killed off.

"Sometime during that final discussion we almost gave up on the idea of the additional screen," Iwata recently … » 6/14/12 7:10am 6/14/12 7:10am

While Nintendo is making a big deal about the Wii U supporting two Wii U GamePads, don't get excited just yet. » 6/05/12 6:48pm 6/05/12 6:48pm