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"Wii U will be capable of displaying in 3D, according to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. Iwata referenced the possibility of 3D support for the Wii U in a recent interview with Mercury News. &amp;quot;If you are going to connect Wii U with a home TV capable of displaying 3D images, technologically, yes, it is going to be possible, but that&amp;#039;s not the area we are focusing on,&amp;quot; Iwata said. &amp;quot;When it comes to the home console, it depends upon the availability of 3D TV sets at home, which, unfortunately, is not expanding enough. And rather than pouring a lot of energy into that kind of area, with the Wii U we&amp;#039;d like to focus more on each Wii U owner being able to have an equal opportunity to enjoy it.&amp;quot; Nintendo made similar comments regarding the Wii and HD TV support in 2006. The lack of HD began to hurt the system later in its life cycle as developers couldn&amp;#039;t port HD games to the system as easily.  Having 3D functionality built into the Wii U would enable Nintendo to future-proof the system as 3D TV sales increase and the first line of glasses-free TVs begin to release over the next few years.  The Wii U is said to be 50% more powerful than current systems like the PS3 and Xbox 360, though Wii U will not support DVD or Blu-Ray movie playback. The Wii U will be available worldwide in 2012. &amp;gt; Full Wii U coverage "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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