Yeah, the pad is pretty important in Pikmin 3, it would be extremely hard to seperate the two.
Some games would be eaiser than others, like Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros. But I think people who don't own a WiiU tend not to understand how important the pad is. And thats a lot of Nintendo's fault with their horrible marketing for such a great system.
Systems I own: Switch, Wii U, Wii, N64, Retron 5 for my Ness, SNES, Genesis, Gameboy line games, Dreamcast, PS2, New 3DS.







