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Izo on 20 November 2012

Me and my ladyfriend were trying to play NSMBU with the gamepad and a wii mote, but it only lets you use the gamepad to play (not the boost mode) if your single player. Is there anyway to get around this and what if you wanted to play with 2 gamepads, is that possible?



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osed125 on 20 November 2012

No game at launch uses 2 gamepads, although the system supports two at the same time.



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Mad55 on 20 November 2012

It's crazy that if your doing more that single player the one with the gamepad has to do boost mode.



Panama on 20 November 2012

Does the Wii U Pro controller work with the game? Getting my Wii U on the 30th so I'm just curious.



NightDragon83 on 20 November 2012

So wait.. .you can't play 2-player or more simultaneously with the game pad and Wiimote, you have to have at least 2 Wiimotes or pro controllers?

Man... the choices Nintendo makes are mind-boggling. I'm glad I skipped out on the Wii U at launch.



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superchunk on 21 November 2012

no, you're forced to use the gamepad as a helper once you have more than one player. so you'd have use wiimotes.



wfz on 21 November 2012
RolStoppable said:
superchunk said:
no, you're forced to use the gamepad as a helper once you have more than one player. so you'd have use wiimotes.

I see, messing up the NSMB2 co-op mode wasn't enough for Nintendo. So essentially, people have to choose three player mode to play two player mode without the Gamepad.

Incorrect, but I'm curious enough to boot up the system to check.

My friends and I played 4 player multiplayer with 4 wii remotes, and there was no mythical 5th player. You have the option when you start if you want a gamepad user or not.

*checking*

 

EDIT: When you select multiplayer, it simply asks you how many remote players there are (1-4) and it informs you that you can enable "Boost Mode" any time you'd like (that's the gamepad play).

EDIT2: So what superchunk was trying to say was that you cannot use the gamepad as a regular controller in multiplayer. If the gamepad IS being used, it is forced to be a helper. Don't you dare spin this into something negative.



sethnintendo on 21 November 2012

Is it just me or is that a confusing question? The thread title and the question in op just confuses me.

edit - okay I suppose he just wanted to know if there was 2 gamepad support which there isn't yet



wfz on 21 November 2012
RolStoppable said:
wfz said:

Incorrect, but I'm curious enough to boot up the system to check.

My friends and I played 4 player multiplayer with 4 wii remotes, and there was no mythical 5th player. You have the option when you start if you want a gamepad user or not.

*checking*

Okay, that's good to know.

But I think what the OP is asking is this: "I only have a Gamepad and one Wiimote, how can I play two player mode without the Gamepad user being restricted to touchscreen help?"

I was only responding to your specific question. To answer the OP's, there doesn't appear to be a way to use one or more gamepads in multiplayer play for "regular" control. You'll need wii remotes for every player. 



Izo on 21 November 2012
RolStoppable said:
wfz said:

Incorrect, but I'm curious enough to boot up the system to check.

My friends and I played 4 player multiplayer with 4 wii remotes, and there was no mythical 5th player. You have the option when you start if you want a gamepad user or not.

*checking*

Okay, that's good to know.

But I think what the OP is asking is this: "I only have a Gamepad and one Wiimote, how can I play two player mode without the Gamepad user being restricted to touchscreen help?"

That is exactly what I am saying. I have plenty of Wii Motes but it is kinda lame that two or more players turns the gamepad into a boost only.