I bet it's because it was recently announced that the Mario Maker 1 servers would be shutting down. There's a group called Team 0% that is trying to finish every unfinished level in Mario Maker. There's a push in the community to get everyone to help. I wouldn't be surprised if this person bought a Wii U to help.
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that thing i so getting homebrewed.
This has to be old or a reseller
Yeah, if I could buy one still mint in the box MSRP I would do it today