4+ gamepad support will be their next system's gimmick. :L

Nintendo says it is possible to have two game pads on one Wii U but I honestly don't think they programmed the Wii U or its operating system to handle it. A two gamepad Wii U game would have been a great system seller early on, if not for different NintendoLand game, then NSMB U or some other platformer where you can draw platforms or destroy them.

People who say the controller expense is the reason Nintendo didn't release the Gamepad as a seperate accessory are smoking, Nintendo sold Wii controllers at $50 before they even had the motion plus build into them, they sold Wii Fit with the balance board at about $100, it isn't the expense of the GamePad that they didn't sell more, it is just that they honestly didn't put much thought into the game play aspect of the device compared to its aesthetics and price.

My 8 yr old son loves to play games like "hide and seek" using the asymmetric gameplay aspect of the Wii U-
One of us (or his friends) uses the TV screen and the other the game pad on Lego marvel -

The open world games are great if you have local multiplayer (and/or online) and allow many active imaginations and creative skills to be put into use w asymmetric game play- it really is ashamed Nintendo did not follow through on their promise (or has not so far)

I really don t get it- they never gave the Wii U a chance to succeed- There still does not seem to be a sense of urgency re Nintendo and the Wii U yet- did anyone see the 1 and only VC game released o the Eshop yesterday- I don t even remember the name of it- Iwata said months ago they need to better utilize their catalog (stating the obvious) yet we still can t get more than 1 or 2 VC games released a week on the eshop

in samba de amigo, you can play alone with 2 wiimotes.

If you play with someone, each can play with 2 wii motes(2 persons with 4 wiimotes, 2 to each)

Actually it's Wii U, not WiiU.  See, we're both wrong.

My point is that how many friends are, first of all, even going to own another Wii U?  I never had any friends with a Gamecube, so expecting others to have extra controllers around for my sole benefit wasn't exactly in the cards.  And it's worse the Wii U since even less people own one by comparison.

Inviting people over with a 3DS isn't an issue since everyone and their grandmother has one.  That's not actually making a point.  This argument works against you.

By the way, I went back in time and figured out that you're still wrong.  Sorry.  I know not everyone has a time machine.  But, hey, you can time travel too... just follow your own advice of how to score a second Gamepad.  All you have to do is find a friend with one!  Oh wait, people with time machines are nearly as hard to find as people with Wii Us.  Oops, nevermind.

Considering how much the system is limited due to the one gamepad, I feel 2 gamepads, while cool in concept, would be a bad idea overall. Games that supported might've ending looking like PS2 era games.

I thought it wasn't technically possible to support 2 game pads. Am I wrong?

I can't wait for all the fun that it may bring with it!!! But maybe, it'll be a long time..

Nintendo really should buy ubisoft.. Doing this solves multiple problems..
1. Gives them a western presence
2. Would help with game droughts
3. Gives them multiple exclusives and gamers in the west more incentive to buy nintendo hardware.
4. Would fill the gap for genres nintendo does not produce in
5. Gives them an European and 2nd party presence almost as big as Rare.
6. Gives nintendo a group of people who know how to program HD and could lend a hand in game development of franchises not named mario or zelda

Wii fit u is the only one I know of