Internet Required for Wii U?

[A.rae]

do you have to have iternet for the wii u? i don't have it for my 3ds or wii. i want a wii u but i heard you have to have internet so do you? if you do can you use an ethernet cable or does it have to be wireless?

 

[Vaati101]

Internet isn't really required to play the Wii U, but alot of features won't be accessible to you like Miiverse etc since they do require an internet connection. Nintendo mainly encourage people to use a wireless connection, I don't think you can connect to the internet with a ethernet cable because there isn't a ethernet port on the Wii U. Apparently you can get USB ethernet cables, but I don't know if that will work.