The Nintendo Wii U tablet-style controller will not be sold separately from it new HD console?

[gumby_trucker]

richardhutnik said:

gumby_trucker said:
so much for more crystal chronicles, or four-swords games...
Why wasn't this just released as an add-on for the Wii again??

Because the system it is attached to needs to process the video for it, and output it.  Also, Nintendo needs a high def entry into the home console arena to be competitive.  This controller is just a differentiator.  I still see that the 3DS will be an option as a controller for the Wii U, and also will still be an option for fully individual screen play.

I agree that it is technically impossible to do this with Wii (unless the tablet itself was doing some of the processing), but to me the whole proposition doesn't offer enough for me to actually think about it as a new console experience. It's essentially a Wii with HD graphics and a UDraw that I can play alone with the TV off.

I don't care about HD graphics (in fact I considered SD a facilitator to innovation), and the new system is casting aside features I loved like pointer functionality, split controllers and gamecube b/c.