According to a reliable source on Twitter, an early version of Grand Theft Auto V was prototyped on the Wii U. Of course, Rockstar Games never released a Wii U version of the game, but during the initial stages of development when the company was still figuring out which platforms to target, the Wii U was considered.
Received a tip a while back that GTA was prototyped for Wii U briefly. A reliable source, who will probably have me killed for saying this.
— Tamaki (@Doctor_Cupcakes) March 27, 2015
Several factors likely prevented Rockstar from releasing a Wii U copy of the game, including the low install base compared to the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. The game is now available on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 and it just became available on PC a few weeks ago, so it’s likely development was focused on bringing the game to the new generation of consoles, rather than porting the game to have backwards compatibility with the Wii U.
Would you have played the game if it was made available on Wii U?