Can someone explain why I can't play Virtual Console games on the Wii U Gamepad?

[noname2200]

fordy said:

That's why I'm suggesting they don't take the easy way out and PORT emulators, rather remake them to work native to WiiU.

I know, and I'm saying that they're looking into it, but that doing so will mean once again tinkering and testing with the emulator for each and every game, which takes time and (more importantly) money.