The Game-pad should cut simply because it doesn't always improve gameplay a lot. there are a huge percentage of gamers, even Nintendo fans like myself, who don't WANT to have to look back and forth from the TV screen to a secondary screen in front of them. that's what has always been nice about Nintendo controllers since th company's birth- comfortable controllers that were very easy to get used to mentally. I think the majority of gamers and Nintnedo fans don't mind clicking the start or select button to visit an in-game map or look through their inventory or whatever else. it's just not necessary. I'm diehard Nintendo simply for how great they've been in the past and the fact that they desperately try to maintain high quality- but for example with the Wii U, I just do not expect people to go out in hordes to buy a system that is probably overpriced and has components that do not make it better for the average gamer. I can understand motion controls from the Wii (as much as I didn't like them), because it was an experience you couldn't find elsewhere. but essentially a tablet with buttons as a controller?
people already have handheld systems and literally big cell phones. just seems kind of forced, and when one considers that Nintendo already seems to be hoping to go in a route to combine their handheld and consoles together integration wise it makes sense. me? not a fan of the gamepad. not short and sweet enough like just a plain controller is
