The fact that they realise that it's a no brainer to have that feature and they didn't include it, but will later, doesn't speak well on Nintendo's part. That's all I'm saying. Because you do not make a console with the capabilities of the Wii U and just leave out, to add later, a very desired feature of the console.

(1) Whatever VC they have planned for the Wii U, should have been available at launch, again, this is a no brainer, just like the system being able to use at least two Gamepads. (2) The latter feature is built in, so why something as 'simple' a a new, reused, or even stiched-up VC for the Gamepad couldn't be included at launch is beyond me. (3) So six months later we're all suppose to be excited that the Wii U can finally play VC games on the Gamepad?

Yes there maybe a lot of factors why they didn't impliment the feature, (4) but I believe that none would be significant enough to justify not including the feature at launch, while hoping to release it in the near future. Maybe they are not being lazy, maybe there're just being Nintendo! And we all know what that means

(1) OK, so they should just have delayed the entire Wii U launch until they had the VC ready?  Would you prefer that instead?  Or maybe a half assed VC system that hasn't been thoroughly tested yet?  That better?

(2) Simple?  Please, code up the emulators for us right now so we can show Nintendo how simple it is.

(3) 3DS gained VC in under 4 months.    And by all, you only mean the small percentage of total console owners that will buy it between launch and implementation.   If you are so damn hell bent on this being an issue, wait 3-4 months before you buy yours.

(4) Meaning you have no idea why it's not there at launch so you're going to make baseless claims and just make up stuff.

It is a desirable feature but I don't think that it was a break-it-or-make-it feature, because the mass audiences are less concerned with playing their VC games on their gamepad than we would think. Nintendo would not be thinking "Hey, what's a feature we want and why would we not include it during launch?" but they would think, "Hey, what's a feature we want, and why should we absolutely include it for launch?" And they decided many things. And other things didn't make the cut. FFS, not even Wii TVii made the cut, and that's AFTER Reggie said it would *shakes fist* On the other hand, nobody ever ever promised that VC would be playable from the screen. Nobody.

In terms of straight pay-off, it seems that more time + resources would need to go into this feature than would pay-off in the short run (having the feature ready for launch.) I don't think this feature is as easy to implement as people think it is, because it's simply different than any infrastructure that Nintendo has right now. It would require more programming, and they were probably knee deep just trying to get the most important parts of Wii U up and running. And let's be honest, this is not one of the most important possible features of Wii U, even if some of us are begging for it (myself included.)

Sorry, I'm still trying to get over no VC games on the Gamepad. But I agree with you.

(1) Dude, they've been designing the Wii U for YEARS, and the ultimate focus is playing games on the gamepad. With that being true, VC games on the gamepad should have been figured out a long time ago, if the selling point of the Wii U is games on the Gamepad. You trying to tell me its taken Nintendo since the inception of the Wii U to try and figure out how to get VC on the Gampad, and somehow they just can't get it done? Or are you saying they though about it yesterday and didn't have time to do it right before launch?

(2) I don't have to, Nintendo has already done this many times and knows how to do it. Why they haven't done it for the Wii U is the million dollar question.

(3) Not having VC games on the Gampad is not a deal breaker for me - it's just a major disappointment. So I will be picking-up my Wii U tomorrow!

(4) I'm not making stuff up, I'm having an opinion, based on the fact that you cannot play VC games on the Gamepad at launch. My 'claims' are no more baseless than yours that try to justify why the feature was left out.

(1) So they've been working on this problem specifically since the console's inception?  So I understand you completely, you are saying that the entirety of Nintendo console designers have worked on this problem since day 1, worked on it this entire time and still haven't figured out how to do it?

(2) They've done this many times before?   They've rewritten 11 emullators to bypass a host OS sandbox to enable GamePad gameplay?  If I recall correctly, no Wii VC games had access to any of the Wii's higher system functions.  No IR or motion gestures, no nun-chuck, no balance board, no online, etc....   3DS VC...no 3D, no second screen.  So they don't have a history of doing what you suggest at all.

(1) So they've been working on this problem specifically since the console's inception?  So I understand you completely, you are saying that the entirety of Nintendo console designers have worked on this problem since day 1, worked on it this entire time and still haven't figured out how to do it?

(2) They've done this many times before?   They've rewritten 11 emullators to bypass a host OS sandbox to enable GamePad gameplay?  If I recall correctly, no Wii VC games had access to any of the Wii's higher system functions.  No IR or motion gestures, no nun-chuck, no balance board, no online, etc....   3DS VC...no 3D, no second screen.  So they don't have a history of doing what you suggest at all.

"On February 4, 2011, Sega announced that a Virtual Console release of Puyo Puyo, released in Japan in Spring 2011, is the first Virtual Console to feature Wi-Fi support for online multiplayer."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Console

"Details are slim at this point, but Capcom Unity announced yesterday that the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive version of Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers will be coming to Nintendo's Virtual Console ecosystem sometime in the future. No word on pricing or availability, but we do know that the port will feature online play, which, believe it or not, actually existed in the original release in the form of XBAND compatibility."

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/12/super-street-fighter-ii-coming-to-virtual-console-with-online-mu/

"So far, so similar to the SNES release, but the real unique selling point here is the online play, a first for any Virtual Console game outside Japan (the arcade version of Puyo Puyo was the first online VC game, but was Japan-only.) Getting online is easy — a pop-up menu before the title screen gives you the option — and you can choose to battle a stranger or a friend, as long as you swap those Friend Codes of course.

It's all very basic, with no communication or names displayed; unless playing a friend you never know who you're playing against, and that takes some of the magic away from the experience. You can play the same opponent immediately after a fight, but there's no way to add them to a rivals list or even thank them for a good game. Connect, fight, disconnect; it's all rather soulless. Thankfully the online play is mostly smooth, though we did hit a few rough patches. Sadly as this is 50Hz that pretty much rules out cross-continent online play, so you won't be able to settle transatlantic grudges when the game hits North America."

http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/vc/super_street_fighter_ii_megadrive