NEW YORK – NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 18, 2012--Photos From Midnight Wii U Launch at Nintendo World in New York City Nov. 17, 2012 are available on Business Wire's Website and AP PhotoExpress.
In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, consumers lined up outside Nintendo World in New York to be among the first in the world to buy Nintendo's newest home console, Wii U, which went on sale at midnight on Nov. 18, 2012. Wii U comes packaged with the Wii U GamePad, a controller with a 6.2-inch touch screen that redefines how people interact with their games, their TVs and one another. Photo Credit: Anders Krusberg/AP Images for Nintendo of America
Photo #1: In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, consumers lined up outside Nintendo World in New York to be among the first in the world to buy Nintendo’s newest home console, Wii U, which went on sale at midnight on Nov. 18, 2012. Wii U comes packaged with the Wii U GamePad, a controller with a 6.2-inch touch screen that redefines how people interact with their games, their TVs and one another. Photo Credit: Anders Krusberg/AP Images for Nintendo of America
Photo #2: In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America’s president and COO, leads a crowd of fans in a countdown to the midnight launch of Wii U at Nintendo World in New York on Nov. 18, 2012. Wii U is set to change the way people interact with their games, their TVs and each other. Photo Credit: Anders Krusberg/AP Images for Nintendo of America
Photo #3: In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aime, president and COO of Nintendo of America, presents the first Wii U sold in the world to Isaiah Triforce Johnson of Brooklyn, NY, minutes after midnight at the official launch event at Nintendo World in New York on Nov. 18, 2012. Photo Credit: Anders Krusberg/AP Images for Nintendo of America
Photo #4: In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, a fan purchases one of the first Wii U systems in the world at the midnight launch event at Nintendo World in New York on Nov. 18, 2012. Wii U is set to change the way people interact with their games, their TVs and each other. Photo Credit: Anders Krusberg/AP Images for Nintendo of America
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