Well as I was thinking of how Nintendo is moving more and more towards co-op in their games and they appear to be headed more online as well. I began thinking of how Nintendo since SNES/N64 has been the leader of local multiplayer and before online came in they were the king of all things multiplayer.

I then began thinking about the WiiU and its control scheme and how it will be used for multiplayer and I realized that the mixture of the tablet controllers and the Wiimotes will indeed change the way we play multiplayer games in fact it could create whole new experiences that can't happen on other platforms. If you think of all the online and local multiplayer capabilities the new diverse control schemes add the opportunities are endless!

One tablet three Wiimotes, games like tag will work great. One user is infected and needs to tag other users it used to be you could look at the split screen and know exactly where the enemy is. Now the guy with the WiiU controller can sneak up on you, work as a team with the other two player to evade him. This could be used in all kinds of games and genre's from FPS to party games to strategy.

Two WiiU controllers and two Wiimotes, A game like Pikmin would work amazingly well four player with two players having their tablet controllers to move around while the other two can't see their opponents. Team based game play could be escalated and used in amazing ways. This too could apply to almost every genre of multiplayer game.

Two tablets and four Wiimotes, I know Nintendo hasn't talked about this yet but with two tablets whats to say you couldn't play six player local multiplayer? Giving games three on three local play or two on four etc...etc...etc....

Then of course their is the good old four player split screen.

Or online play with two tablets and four Wiimotes or any combination the developer chooses.Or even throw in classic controllers into the mix to make games even more unique. Imagine a 6 player game with two tablets, two wiimotes and two classic controllers all being used in different ways giving each team a different advantage in combat and game play!

Think of all the new experiences Nintendo can provide multiplayer by combining and mixing up these control schemes. From RTS to MMO to FPS. The WiiU will be able to do every genre existing and even create new genre's both local multiplayer and online. Can you think of multiplayer experiences that could be done on WiiU and not on any other platform due to the mixture of tablet and motion controls?

The opportunities for new multiplayer experiences are endless!

this just in, it won't revolutionize multiplayer

Let me disagree, the Wii Remote already did it, when everybody in the industry was talking about how this gen whuld strongly focused on-line multiplayer, the Wii Remote just proved that what people really want is local multiplayer.

Also compared to the Wii Remote the Wii Pad is a steep back.

I'm not talking just the tablet. We already know Nintendo said the Wiimote and Tablet will be the primary controllers. Using multiple different controllers on a single game let alone single device and if you throw in the classic controller you have so many options and variables that could no doubt make the WiiU games so unique that never in the past or on any other console could you have those experiances. Also lets not forget Nintendo also showed the tablet and Wiimote can be used as a single control device as well.

The options for local multiplayer are endless on WiiU and online multiplayer will still be unique and fresh compared to the competition (Unless Sony reveals some new awesome control device)

Is that possible (or is that what they're planning ..)

I thought the max on Wii was 4, but if you had a balance board then 3 wii motes + the BB.

Did Nintendo finally say 2 tablets are useable? Or rather did they say how many can be used?

well, it can only re-revolutionize!

A publisher releasing an online Texas Holdem Poker game using video chat so that we can see our opponent's poker faces on launch day would have a licence to print money. Gone will be the days of pressing buttons to adjust an onscreen avatar's features when you'll have the opportunity to see the real thing. Instant Win covered with Awesome Sauce.

Officially no, multiple credible outlets report sources within Nintendo indicating a second tablet is going to be usable. Nintendo initially confirmed a single tablet would be usable but while they gave reasons for only a single tablet they did hint that more tablets could be possible. Though of course nothing official has been confirmed!

I'll just stick this up here