The Wii was a brilliant console despite its last-gen graphics and waggle for one reason: it expanded gaming and simplified the complexities of the modern controller's analog sticks, buttons and triggers with intuitive motion-control. The Wii made mom, dad, grandma and grandpa see they too could enjoy gaming; that the pass-time wasn't just for the so-called "core" gamer. With the Wii, Nintendo touted that gaming could appeal to everyone. Nintendo's strategy with the Wii U might sound cheesy — "Together, Better" — but is the Wii U and its tablet-esque controller turning its back on the very casual gamers it embraced with the Wii? I have reason to believe so.

Now that Nintendo's already peeled back the curtain on the Wii U and Wii U GamePad, what will the company announce at its E3 press conference tomorrow morning? Japanese newspaper Nikkei is reporting that Nintendo is going to grow its 3DS handheld with larger screens. Pricing for the Wii U in Japan is also outlined.

We're gearing up for E3 in a few weeks and a few new deets on Nintendo's Wii U are starting to leak. Rumor has it that Nintendo will join Sony and Microsoft by providing gamers with limited cloud storage on the Nintendo Network.

With all the talk about the Sony and Microsoft's next-gen consoles, little has been unearthed about Nintendo's upcoming Wii U. Originally believed to be more powerful than a PS3 and Xbox 360, reports from developers now suggest that Wii U games might not be as pretty as current-gen graphics.