WiiU to only support 1 tablet controller?? Miyamoto speaks...

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kitler53 said:

HappySqurriel said:
I suspect that this is one of those things where consumer reaction will change their opinion ...

While I doubt we will see 4 controller support, I don't think they would have too many problems supporting a second controller.

split screen is hard enough for a lot of developers to pull off.  rendering 5 screens would be really computationally expensive i would imagine.  so while i can understand nintendo's decision -- i can't say that i'm happy about it.

After giving it another thought, I can't think of a situation where both the TV and all the controller screens would have to show a complex scene. Surely the controller screens will only show auxiliary information, or else they're all the player should be looking at (in which case the TV can show just some simple information or a mix of all the screens, which are already being rendered anyway).

Imagine a Mario Kart for the Wii U for example, everyone would be focusing on their own screen and the TV doesn't need to have its own render. This might make the 4 controller renders feasible, assuming they don't have a really high resolution.

It really looks like local multiplayer could be the killer app for this controller, people really need to pressure Nintendo on this.