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

[d21lewis]

oniyide said:

Viper1 said:

DaRev said:

wow, gone are the days when you bought a console and it worked for life. No need for software updates or anything, and certainly no RROD issues.

If I was to chose one, I would say Nintendo is being lazy in not including the VC feature for the GP. Because I don't think getting that done is rocket science.

Lazy.   I'll never get why gamers like to use this word when referring to something not implemented and they don't understand why.

It's like the fall back line for everything.

I think for some when they see a feature not being ready out the box, although the feature has been on another console for years...they kinda come to that conclusion not saying they are right.

I honestly don't see this as a big deal.  I mean, it could be argued that the Wii was a Gamecube with some added features.  It had flawless BC but that's kind of rare outside of a portable console.  My 360 NEVER got 100% backwards compatibility.  The PS3 lost backwards compatibility and still never got it back.  Even my Vita has PS1 and PSP games that I own and am still waiting for the ability to play.  The Wii U will have BC and we're pissed that we can't use it on the controller?  Instead of being grateful we have the ability at all to play our Wii games and use our Wii accessories (PS2 controllers and Xbox 1 controllers didn't work on the current gen consoles), we're pissed that we don't get additional functionality.

Such is the gamer and their sense of entitlement.

(and I see that you are saying "for some" and not yourself.  I'm not coming at you in particular.)