Japan getting Wii U gamepad steering wheel for MK8

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Einsam_Delphin said:

V-r0cK said:

t3mporary_126 said:

My wii U is mainly just for local partying, and my fam and friends i play with rarely play enough games to justify them purchasing a controller just for one game (MK).

Guess you'll just be missing out on an amazing game then!

That's what somebody said to me about Mario Kart for the Wii so I ended up buying a copy; but in the end it just wasn't for me and my friends so we ended up playing MK for the SNES, N64 and GC instead.  I'm sure MK8 will be a fantastic game like every other MK but it's not likely my friends and I can enjoy it with the same controls as the Wii version when playing 4 player local.  Do let me know if Nintendo does have a D-pad option for the Wiimote and thanks for your input =)