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"The Wii U&amp;#039;s midnight launch has been captured in pictures. More than 200 people queued to get hold of a Wii U from HMV&amp;#039;s Oxford Street store at midnight last night, including 25-year-old Azizur &amp;#039;Izzy&amp;#039; Rahman, who was first in line.  Sharing a tent with three friends, Rahman started queuing on Saturday, November 24. He secured the first Wii U after besting his friends at a game of Mario Kart. Describing his week-long wait as tough but fun, Rahman said: &amp;quot;We all grew up playing Nintendo, which is why we didn&amp;#039;t want to miss out on tonight&amp;#039;s official launch, and we just thought it would be fun to try to get to the front of the queue and enjoy the experience. &amp;quot;We knew that only one of us could be the very first in line, so before we arrived we had a game of Mario Kart to settle it, and I won.&amp;quot; He added: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s been tough camping out in the rain and the cold, but it&amp;#039;s been a laugh and it&amp;#039;s also given us a chance to play loads on our 3DS handhelds and it&amp;#039;s also given us the time to do some more games coding for our new business.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Wii U: Everything you need to know about Nintendo&amp;#039;s new console &amp;gt; Wii U: Almost half of Digital Spy readers not interested in new console   Available now in Europe and North America, the Wii U comes in a basic and premium edition, as well as a ZombiU bundle exclusively in Europe. A day-one system update is needed to access its online features, including Miiverse, Wii U Chat, a dedicated Internet Browser and the Nintendo eShop. The eShop will launch with five games, as well as two demos. To celebrate the launch of the console, Nintendo will discount a number of eShop games for a limited period of time. &amp;gt; Read Digital Spy&amp;#039;s New Super Mario Bros U review &amp;gt; &amp;#039;Nintendo Land&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;New Super Mario Bros U&amp;#039; review round-up Watch Digital Spy go hands-on with the Wii U below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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