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rolltide101x on 06 February 2014
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HylianSwordsman said:
rolltide101x said:
TomaTito said:
rolltide101x said:
Also for you guys with a Wii U can I play a Wii/Virtual Console game on the gamepad without using a tv?

That's one of the weird things of the WiiU. They sell it as an upgrade of the Wii, you get compatible Wii hardware on it... but the Gamepad does not want to play with your Wii. Something as basic as making the Gamepad screen the TV and the Gamepad controls a Classic Controller totally bypassed Nintendo, which is a real shame, because I was also looking forward to that: loading Dr. Mario WiiWare at launch, kicking some ass in Streets of Rage 2 or playing some Xenoblade Chronicles on the gamepad.

In the last update I think you can share the screen and play with your Wiimotes... but Gamepad support should have been available from launch. Still you can buy the few new WiiU VC that play nicely with the Gamepad.

That sucks =/

Quite a few Wii games I missed out on. Playing them on the GamePad wouldve been cool

The entire premise of the Wii involved having a tv and having specifically a Wiimote, not any other controller.  Wii U virtual console games can be played on the gamepad, but why would you expect Wii games, which involve pointing a remote at the screen and moving it, to be playable on something you hold in your hands? It wouldn't make sense for the games to work on the gamepad. The Wii U system comes with a Wii Motionplus wiimote, so why are you complaining? You can play any Wii game on the system, but expecting Wiimote and Nunchuck motion controls to translate into gamepad controls is nothing short of nonsensical. Not many games had classic controller support. Most of the good games involved motion controls that can only be properly done on a Wiimote. But again, they give you one of those with the system. Wishing you could play any other way is wishing you could play a different game. Not trying to be a dick, I'm just saying it literally makes no sense to think of most Wii games being played on a gamepad.

Eh, Pro controller?

http://media.engadget.com/img/product/23/ib5/wii-classic-controller-pro-1y0x-800.jpg

You can spin it anyway you want but it was terrible of Nintendo to not make games that are compatible with the pro controller not work on the gamepad.