No, Because the Wii U had a handheld... WITH A SCREEN and the switch is a handheld WITH A SCREEN. the Wii just had remotes with attachments with... NO SCREEN!!!
i still have my family's Wii U, Minecraft on it is 1.13 ONLY, you cant place item frames on the floor and celling, and the world type is not infinite. but its still fun to play on.
314 dollars? Damn, what about a wii? the wiiu acts like a Wii, so i could get rid of my wii and put the money towards saving up for a VR Headset
Im like 40/50 dollars away from being able to get it sooo it all depends on how much they go for.