Nintendo made the WiiU gamepad because they didnt have a better idea - opinion

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VGKing said:
I completely agree. The Wii U gamepad is in now way as innovative as the Wiimote was back in 2006. We all have tablets, Nintendo was late again.

The Wii U pad is not a tablet. It's a controller with a touch screen. A big difference.