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Forums - Nintendo - PSA: The Wii U GamePad is NOT a tablet controller

Well it can do a lot more things than a normal tablet device, but in the end it's just a tablet controller, of course that doesn't mean it's a bad thing



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Nintendo didn't even know what to call it, so they just called it the New Controller.

But what I gathered is that this Is an article/rant from a possible grammar nazi about the proper use of the word "tablet"



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Ninty doesnt even call it a tablet, but i know there will be some fools that will buy one thinking it is



U controller's new design is gamepady, last years was definitely more tablety.



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The name is Wii-U Gamepad.... We will call it upad.. or the upad..

Simpel and easy.. Hey.. it's my turn.. give me the upad... see.. :)



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looks like a tablet and a controller at the same time

both terms are fine by me



Of Coarse the wii pad it's not a tablet. It doesn't work independent of the console. We knew this already.