Wii U (Basic Pack) Updates

US retailer cuts price on basic model of Nintendo's latest console by 20 percent; no other retailers follow suit.

Battlefield and FIFA publisher confirms it has no games in development currently for Nintendo's latest console.

Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter says Wii U sales in US down 19 percent from March.

Avalanche Studios may not focus on Nintendo's new console until it gets a higher user base.

Mario maker reportedly looking to smartphone games to help platform return to profitability by offering "professional-use conversion software" to developers.

Satoru Iwata says company must dispel the "misconception" that console is "not powerful enough."

Mario maker reaches out to original Wii owners to say new version is an "entirely new system."

Nintendo reveals worldwide Internet-connected ratio for platform higher than any past hardware; 3DS connected rate in US at 83 percent.

President Satoru Iwata says communicating novelty of system has been a "grand challenge."

Web-based app at beta stage; players cannot post messages and manage user lists at the moment.

Mario maker says it plans to concentrate on releasing "key" first-party games and cutting costs to regain platform momentum.