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it has been sold out everywhere but inside this big box i have a wii u we actually had to get our reviews team in new york to overnight us one of the three that they got because i could not buy this thing anywhere let's check it out okay it's pretty heavy oh we you ok so the set does come with the actual console and then of course the big headline the game controller the big difference between the deluxe and the basic models is fifty dollars for one but mainly console storage the deluxe has 32 gigs of on-board storage whereas the basic only has eight and then you get a couple of stands for your consoles and things like that so tidy your overall I gotta say 450 bucks probably worth the upgrade get this out of here good job packing it back up guys to thoroughly liters nope ok so the first thing I'm gonna get out here is the gamepad controller you get like your own little tablet it's already been well loved by the guys to New York see and then the actual consoles here pretty small and tidy up to say not a bad addition to your home theater cabinet they're definitely well some of the super slim models now of this PlayStation so for small but it's a good size there we go let's see what we have in the box now the guys in New York did warn me that there is one cable missing from this box the hdmi cable that's a pretty important one but it is good to know that the wii u ships with an hdmi cable which it should because that is one in addition to the gamepad one of the big headlines about the wii u is that the we finally gets HD catches up with the xbox 360 and the playstation okay so inside the box we have our power cable here nice good sized brick and then of course the motion sensor bar that goes on top of your TV or somewhere else so that it can seem moving around and then it looks like it comes with a couple of games maybe just one Nintendo land to get you used to using the controller with things and that is pretty much it for the box alright let's find out some of the specs let's start with the actual console Nintendo's not saying much about what processor is powering the wii u so we'll move straight to connectivity we know there are four USB 2.0 ports two in the front and two in the back it has component video output and also composite s-video and one hdmi output it has built-in Wi-Fi and there's an SD card slot on the front for loading and media now let's move on to the gamepad controller this has a six point two inch 16 by nine touchscreen display the resolution is not great this is definitely not meant to be a media viewing tablet 854 x 480 pixels the pad itself weighs about a pound and it is 10.2 inches wide it has a front facing camera a headphone jack an IR port for controlling the TVs and the cable boxes and the wii and it even has an NFC chip although I don't know what you do with it at this stage of the game there's no question that Nintendo Wii U is an innovative game system I like the idea of integrating some sort of a tablet a little bit of second screen action happening here in terms of the units I don't know why you wouldn't spend the 50 bucks and get the deluxe model so that you have just a few more accessories and of course more storage now that said our reviews have found that the gamepad is clunky it's a little bit hard to use and it's a little confusing to figure out why you'd want to Plus even though this finally lets the we catch up to the Xbox in terms of all those media streaming connections Nintendo's TV e streaming system didn't ship at launch and in fact was delayed until after people had already bought the unit my initial sense is that this console is a little bit of a mess I might hold off to see whether some of those features start to roll in once they do it's probably a pretty good by Nintendo has great brand affinity so it's not like people aren't going to buy it it's great for the kids three hundred dollars for the basic model or 350 for the one you probably want to buy if you do want to buy it make sure you read our full cnet review first