No. All games so far feature the GamePad in some way, and it would require a redesign of the greatest proportions.

In addition, removing the Gamepad makes it little more than a HD Wii, which would confuse consumers further.

That's because of faggots like Pachter and shitty developers that hate Nintendo AKA all developers that don't develop for Nintendo platforms, exceptions being Valve and Blizzard.

Santa Monica Studios can suck my ass. And "Epic" more like Shitty Games. And EA. And any fuckface that makes games for Xbox 360 and PS3.

Everyone bitches about how Nintendo should make a Wii HD and they'd buy if there was one and Nintendo makes it and no one buys it.

And lastly, shut up about the Wii U being a failure. It's not. You're on VGChartz. You should be at least smart enough to look up sales of Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii U. If you align their launches, they have both had the same performance sales wise so far. I'd start calling the doom of Nintendo in a year when Wii U hasn't sold 10 million units. And even then, I'm not going to start saying Nintendo is doomed anyway because I'm not a moron. Nintendo will always have money because they are a profitable company, unlike Sony and Microsoft who just throw billions away just to have videogame consoles.

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No.

But I think they should have engineered the WiiU to use the 3DS in lieu of the tablet, in order to save a (lot) of money, then come out with a specific tablet for the WiiU at a later date.

no, the screen is a fulcral part of the system and it doesn't have the same purpose without it.

thats the same as microsoft selling windows without the user interface and stick with lines of code.

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They could try selling WiiU without the gamepad to see if sales improve. A big price cut for the system could happen.

I know, right?  I can't BELIEVE that Santa Monica Studios won't make any games for the Wii U.

The bitterness is strong.

On topic, no, they can't get rid of the gamepad at this point.  However, they should shift emphasis away from the gamepad.  They need to show people that the Wii U is ALSO the Wii 2 and can play all those casual games with the Wiimote just like the Wii.  That might win back some of the casual crowd.  Otherwise, they stand to lose a lot of those people to Microsoft and Kinect 2.0.  You can bet that the 720 will show off motion controls from Day One.

Truth be told, at this point in time of the system's life, it would probably be selling better if it were just a Wii U with a Pro controller.  It would be far cheaper, probably like $199 for the Basic, and it would be easier to understand to most consumers. "Oh, this is the next Nintendo system.  HD graphics, controller like a 360. Cool!"

Game development would probably have also not taken as long, as certain games like Pikmin and others make extraordinary use of the GamePad, and had the developers not had to deal with anything but a standard dual-analog controller, some of these games would probably have been out by now.  Merely speculation, but I think it holds some water.

Now, long-term, that is where merely being an HD Wii with a 360 controller would be a problem.   But right now though, the prohibitive cost that the GamePad is forcing the Wii U to sell at, not to mention most people can't figure out what it is... those are combining to give the Wii U a rough post-launch depression.  Lack of 3D Mario and Mario Kart is not helping, either.

I agree. They should have just released a beefier console with the new Pro controller and enhanced Wii-Mote and allowed devs to choose to create motion control games or games for standard controls.

That would have allowed them to have unique software and share all multiplats with 720 and PS4.

no, I don't want another Gamecube. Wii U Gamepad rocks.