Asda drops Nintendo Wii U from its stores The Wii U was launched in November as a high profile overhaul of the group's best-selling Wii player. A month before the launch Nintendo warnedit was suffering from the boom in smartphone gaming and that it would sell the Wii U at a loss initially to encourage sales. Last month Nintendo's top designer Shigeru Miyamoto admitted software developers had struggled with the hardware leap, causing delays in the arrival of key games such as Pikmin 3, Game & Wario and The Wonderful 101. Nintendo also suffered disappointing sales of its 3D handheld Nintendo 3DS console when it launched in February 2011. Asda insisted it was sticking by this product.