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Unless you go through the '80s](http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/pinel-and-pinels-80s-arcade-cabinet-fits-squarely-into-the-futur/)-style "becoming super cool" montage, the other app stores won't respect you. Nintendo seems to be in this mindset, as a source has stated that it's creating an app store for its upcoming Wii U controller that goes "far beyond" the online stores the company currently provides for its DSi and Wii consoles. According to *The Daily*, the [new gaming system](http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/07/the-wiiu-nintendos-next-console/), which is set to launch in the second half of 2012, will be able to use apps that operate on the [controller](http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/16/usb-biofeedback-game-controller-lets-you-play-mario-with-your-gu/) itself, much like iOS and Android-based tablets. In other news, Nintendo has also vowed to buy each of its employees a [cheetah](http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/14/mechanical-cheetah-comin-atcha/) with the Wii U app store profits.
Nintendo plans improved app store for Wii U, looks to serve Apple and Google in dance-off originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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