IGN - For months, many gamers have wondered if their Wii games, and transferred Virtual Console and WiiWare software, could be played entirely on Wii U's GamePad, much like New Super Mario Bros. U. Today Nintendo has provided that answer, definitively stating its new controller will not offer that functionality.
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As Nintendo put out a selling point of being able to have others use the TV while one is playing the WiiU, continuing to see the game on the tablet controller.
Most Wii games use normal buttons for playing the game, so I don't see why the games couldn't be played with the WiiU tablet buttons and having the screen on the controller used.
A selling point that won't work with every game. Nice if others want to watch the TV and think you can just play on the tablet controller, but one can't...
Even worse, if not every WiiU game even supports the streaming functionality, it is ultimate failure. So it is just Russian Roulette which game one can play on the tablet controller screen. Nice.
you forget that most wii games also use the wiimote in some way or the other. Its more than just the buttons but also the gyro and pointing at the sensor bar.
I expect the wii-u to play wii games but i do NOT expect it to play the wii games on the tablet. I expect the wii-u games to use the tablet as it was intended. Including the streaming that mika seems to think WONT be used.
you two have no interest in the wii-u so do the rest of us a favor and have no interest in wii-u articles.
As for your other issue regarding games on the gamepad screen, it was never stated that all games would have that function...ever. Every game that supports the function will be clearly marked as such, you're literally complaining for no reason. If a Wii U game uses the Gamepad in tandem with the action on screen - like Zombi U for instance - how would it be possible to have THAT game play on the gamepad screen only when having two screens is fundamental to the games design?
In short, the difference between what you think and the actual workable reality of the hardware and it's features is VAST. I suggest doing some research and thinking before posting, otherwise you make yourself look more than a little foolish.
it is a new console. The unsupported features will be understood and utilized MORE often as time goes on. Not less often.
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@efrerria
you're right. Though it is not necessary to latch on to non problems in order to find fault either.
Both extremes are annoying.
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Oh, wait, it's just Mika. Never mind.
i said it once and i'll say it again. I'd rather games find innovative ways to use the 2nd screen than force streaming into games the way waggle was forced into a lot of wii games. Quite frankly I don't care if MH Tri Ultimate can't stream to the gamepad, because i'd prefer to use that screen to chat, manage weapons, and combine items
are u a she or a he?
either way you need a good butt rape
I would expect this, because it would allow games to be made that use 100% of the graphical resources just for the game and not for streaming to two output devices. Not that streaming to 2 screens will eat that many resources to begin with.
They'd have to patch in new control systems for every single Wii game ever made to allow this to even be a possibility...can't believe that people actually wondered this in terms of Wii software.
Hopefully they will work around this somehow... but the fact that they haven't found a workaround yet is disappointing. I do think wii/VC stuff should be playable on the GP.
Next revelation, wii u's pad doesn't play 3ds games either.
Source: http://www.officialnintendo...