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    Andrew Yoon posted a new article, Wii U prototype is literally a Wii duct taped together.

    Nintendo's president revealed this early prototype of the Wii U, which literally tapes together two Wii Remotes and a monitor.
    Dec 07, 2012 11:30am PST
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    Andrew Yoon posted a new article, Wii U prototype is literally a Wii duct taped together.

    Nintendo's president revealed this early prototype of the Wii U, which literally tapes together two Wii Remotes and a monitor. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      http://i.imgur.com/xRAg5.jpg : homeboyJimThis person is cool!
      • WTF. This is blowing my mind. : Ivory Moclips
      • http://d22zlbw5ff7yk5.cloudfront.net/images/cm-26804-0507fb967d2d83.gif : EricZBA
    • lol yep. I like my WiiU just fine, but yeah, lol : JohnnyRey
    • Yep, and Wii Fit started with two bathroom scales. : CampKusoge
    • I love seeing prototype Nintendo hardware. I remember reading an issue of Nintendo Power were they showed... : snubble100
    • Oh man, that's great. Also that the Wii U was prototyped on two Wiis, haha. : LoioshDwaggieThis person is cool!
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      "Wii U's equally-underpowered specs" I'd like to know what you're basing that statement on, considerin... : Grape Flavor
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        My bigger issue is that a prototype of the controller - which does basically no processing - is irrelevan... : ConanThis person is cool!
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          I mean, really, doing prototyping with equipment on hand is hardly noteworthy, even if the image is cute. : ConanThis person is cool!
          • This article smelled to me like they're vaguely trying to make Nintendo look foolish but they couldn't fi... : Grape Flavor
      • If you believe the leaked specs the next Xbox is "only" clocked at 1.6gz with one more core than the WiiU... : DerringerThis person is cool!
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        I think he's comparing the Wii U to other current generation consoles that have been on the market for 7+... : SapiensThis person is cool!
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          If he's comparing to the current-gen consoles, then he's certainly wrong, because the Wii U is confirmed ... : Grape Flavor
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            It has more Ram, and a better GPU, but the CPU is awful. This translates into games not looking any bette... : JohnnyRey
            • What? No it doesn't. The two main things that determine graphics quality these days are the GPU and the a... : PlayfulPuppyThis person is cool!