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Home console released in 2012

This console featured the Wii U GamePad, a controller with a screen built into it. The best games on this system made creative use of the console's controller. It was also the first Nintendo console built for HD graphics.
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Cafe CAT-DEV

The Cafe Tool for Development (CAT-DEV) developer system is the basic Wii U development kit. It connects to a host computer over a network to facilitate application development, with the computer providing file system emulation. This means that the application that is being developed and its associated files can be generated and maintained on the computer. The CAT-DEV has a bridge which transparently routes all file input/output requests to the computer, making it unnecessary to burn an optical disc or install content on the internal storage of the CAT-DEV. This dev kit comes with the Cafe DRC-DK-MP Gamepad, a Wii Remote Plus, a HDMI cable, a stereo AV cable and a USB to RS-232 cable (only outside of Japan).



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Cafe CAT-R Reader

The CAT-R development system is a Wii U development system equipped with an optical disc drive, and lacking the same debug output the CAT-DEV system has. Connecting the DRC-DK MP GamePad and the Wii Remote can be done with this system either with wires or with wireless. The CAT-R is the Wii U development hardware that is used for final debugging. Because it uses a CPU exclusively for development tools, it cannot be used with retail versions of applications. The CAT-R has 2 GB of main memory, which is the same as standard retail Wii U Consoles. The CAT-R also has 32 GB of NAND memory, which is the same as the Wii U premium model. The CAT-R cannot boot into Wii U Compatibility Mode and does not support the CEC feature of HDMI.



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Cafe DRC-DK-MP Gamepad

The DRC-DK-MP is a development version of the Wii U GamePad, easily identified by a protrusion at the top. The front of the DRC-DK-MP is white and the rear is matcha green. Both wired and wireless connections to the CAT-DEV and CAT-R Reader are supported, and it has development software pre-installed, which can be changed to the region of your choice. The DRC-DK-MP comes bundled with a Wii U GamePad AC Adapter and a coaxial cable.



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Cafe DRC-DK-TV Gamepad

The DRC-DK-TV is a development version of the Wii U GamePad; notably different from the standard GamePad and DRC-DK-MP due to its protruding bottom which has additional ports for connecting a coaxial cable, a Wii U AC Adapter and a HDMI cable. This allows the DRC-DK-TV to output to a TV or similar display through an HDMI connection, though only coaxial wire connections to the CAT-DEV and the CAT-R Reader are supported. The DRC-DK-TV also has development software pre-installed, and can be changed to the region of your choice. The front of the DRC-DK-TV is white and the rear is matcha green. The DRC-DK-TV comes bundled with a Wii U AC Adapter, a HDMI cable, a coaxial cable and an audio cable.



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Cafe CAT-R Disc


An optical disc that contains Wii U developer software and work-in-progress games. They're incompatible with a standard Wii U.







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"Red CAT-R"


The Wii U development kit lacks a real name but is colloquially called a "Red CAT-R", due to its similar design to the Cafe CAT-R Reader, although it lacks ports for a wired Wii U Gamepad. This device was discovered in documents sent from Nintendo to Anatel, the National Telecommunications Agency of Brazil. The documents describe this device as basically a Wii U with slightly different firmware, and photos of it can be found alongside specifications for Brazilian Wii U consoles and gamepads (see here). The description of it being similar to the base console, but with different firmware, is very similar to how Nintendo describes debug units like the various Nintendo 3DS "panda" units and the Switch's EDEV, HDEV and ADEV units, likely meaning that this dev kit is also simply used for debugging.


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"Red Gamepad"


This accompanying Gamepad lacks a real name, but was similarly found in documents sent from Nintendo to Anatel. The documents once again describe this gamepad as being the same as the regular Wii U Gamepad, but with slightly different firmware, and photos of it can be found alongside specifications for Brazilian Wii U consoles and gamepads (see here). Judging from the colour, it's probably to be used with the "Red CAT-R" (seen above) as a Gamepad used for debugging.


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