Me, I don't care if the pad was removed or not. Remove the forced function out of the system. The thing is with me. Having so many damn controllers needed for the system really got me fed up. I need the Pro for MK8, the Wii remote for Pikmin (forced map on pad is the only use). And half the system functions for the pad. I DON'T want all this junk out everywhere. Everything should support everything. Without forced limitation.
What I like to happen is all system functions like options not need the pad. A option to set what screen boots were. I want the channel buttons to be on my TV and the Miiverse stuff on the pad at start up. ALA DS' GBA screen choice. And why is the MK8 map only able to be moved to the TV, with the GAMEPAD. And not my Pro controller? All that does is make me mad and just ignore the map anyway.