Article updated: 11/16/2012 12:18 PM

Nintendo seeks to shake up gaming again with Wii U

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Reggie Fils-Aime, president and chief operating officer of Nintendo of America, discusses the upcoming Wii U gaming console in New York. Much like the iPad, the curvey GamePad for the new Wii U features a touch-screen that can be manipulated with the simple tap or swipe of a finger. The gaming console will start at $300 and go on sale in the U.S. on Sunday, Nov. 18.

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Pete Wentz, left, and guests play Nintendo's Wii U during E3 in Los Angeles in June.

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Nintendo is releasing 23 games Sunday to coincide with the release of the new Wii U.

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It can scan zombies, replace a TV remote, open a window into virtual worlds and shoot ninja stars across a living room. It's the Wii U GamePad, the 10-by-5-inch touchscreen controller for the successor to the Wii out Sunday, Nov. 18. Much like the iPad, the GamePad features a touchscreen that can be manipulated with the swipe of a finger, but it's surrounded by the kinds of buttons, bumpers, thumbsticks and triggers that are traditionally found on a modern-day game controller.