Wii U GamePads Will Not Be Sold Separately In North American Retailers. Update: Replacements Will Be Issued For A Fee

[Viper1]

osed125 said:

Viper1 said:
Developers working on launch window games didn't receive the ability to program for2 GamePads until well into development. So because the games initially cannot support 2 GamePads, NOA will not sacrifice their allotment of console packaged GamePads for retail units that can't even be used yet.

It still weird why the GamePad will be sold in Japan, if there are no games that support 2 controllers atm why sell them over there? Maybe Nintendo is afraid the casual gamers in America will buy the controller thinking it's just an add-on for the original Wii and they are doing this just to save them future problems.

Who knows their thinking on it in Japan.   Perhaps they are closer to getting a dual GamePad capable game than the US is.