Hitman: Absolution is one of the biggest video game releases of recent times and the Nintendo Wii U is the newest HD video games console. People with the newest console want to play the newest big games. Hitman HD Trilogy collects the previous entries in the series together in one place with updated HD graphics: aside from filling in the back story for newcomers to the franchise it's important to note that Hitman 2 was released on a previous Nintendo console.