Nintendo Wii U on sale Nov. 18; what you need to know

Nintendo also will introduce several of its own games for the Wii U, including Super Mario Bros. U, Nintendo Land, and Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge.

Nintendo says 29 of the games will be sold in physical form, the others will be available as digital downloads.

How much real storage space do I get

A lot less than you would expect. The 8GB model offers around a measly 3GB for data storage and game downloads, with the other 5GB reserved for the system, according to Nintendo. The system space on the deluxe model is even bigger taking up 7GB, leaving about 25GB for your personal data.

How does external storage work