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Wii U VC photos suggest dual GamePad play, classic & pro controller support
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yep. nothing to see here.
Garou
Member
It was always planned to sell separate Wii U Gamepads, this is not news. Japan already has pricing up too:
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/accessories/index.html
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/accessories/index.html
uncertain what that actually means.
While it does not preclude the possibility of using another Wii U Gamepad, the word "this" in that context certainly does not imply there can be more than one Wii U Gamepad.
That's a Wii Classic Controller Pro, not a WiiU Pro Controller.
It's just showing the button remapping options that are in Virtual Console.
And it's a huge leap of logic to think the first picture means that its showing multiple Gamepad players. Like in Nintendoland, you can swap around which player is on the Gamepad, and which are on the Wiimote(s). That's how I read it. Just selecting which player will use the Gamepad.
Slow news day at VG247. They're obviously just filling time until the next Orbis leak.
Haunted
Member
Selling them separately is no guarantee to have two supported at the same time.It was always planned to sell separate Wii U Gamepads, this is not news. Japan already has pricing up too:
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/accessories/index.html
Iwata (iirc) said they're looking into supporting more than one per WiiU, but nothing was set in stone last I heard.
polyh3dron
Banned
It supports all Wii and Wii U controllers therefore all that hard work warrants charging for an upgrade.
Garou
Member
The japanese in that pic says that they will start selling separate controllers when later in 2013 they introduce Wii U software that makes use of 2 controllers.
It does, VG247 is just retarded and passing it off as news. There's no hints of anything, it already works as it's supposed to.
Cymbal Head
Banned
Four gamepad support for Kirby GBA. Each pad runs at 15fps.
Haven't gotten my WiiU yet, but would a community require any effort to make? Judging by the fact it uses the title screen as the image, this very well seems like something they could just generate automatically for every game.
Cymbal Head
Banned
Iwata specifically mentioned this in the ND, IIRC.
Oni Link 666
Member
1. The manual says "Only one Wii U GamePad can be used.".
2. You can use both the Wii U Pro controller and Wii Classic Controllers.
3. You can even use the Wii TVC arcade stick.
4. Wiimotes also work.
You can also switch between controllers pretty sealessly. I started playing on the GamePad, turned on a pro controller and continued playing with that. I also unplugged my arcade stick from a Wiimote and continued playing with the Wiimote without problems. You can also plug your CC back into the Wiimote and continue playing with no problems or simply pick the GamePad back up and continue playing on that.
2. You can use both the Wii U Pro controller and Wii Classic Controllers.
3. You can even use the Wii TVC arcade stick.
4. Wiimotes also work.
You can also switch between controllers pretty sealessly. I started playing on the GamePad, turned on a pro controller and continued playing with that. I also unplugged my arcade stick from a Wiimote and continued playing with the Wiimote without problems. You can also plug your CC back into the Wiimote and continue playing with no problems or simply pick the GamePad back up and continue playing on that.
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
I think, dual/multiple Gamepad support is quite likely.
I mean, GBA games are coming to Wii U VC, right?
Of course, maybe one is just using the TV and the other one can use a Gamepad...
I mean, GBA games are coming to Wii U VC, right?
Of course, maybe one is just using the TV and the other one can use a Gamepad...
Baleoce
Member
aah ok, gotcha. Actually quite excited to get Super Metroid for 30p whenever it's out.
My one criticism though, is I wish they would have custom borders (graphics or at least some colour), seen as all the games are 4:3. Black borders make it feel isolated. Would be nice to spice it up a bit. Kind of like what the GBA player on the Game Cube would let you do.
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
As I said: GBA games are coming. Would be awesome if two people could have their seperate screens this way, you know.
DeuceGamer
Member
It would be nice on some local multi-player games. Just trying to think but a couple of games off the top of my head is Contra, Street Fighter, etc.... Each player could have their own screen while you could still keep the TV free for TV, Movies, etc...
Hi guys -
Just to clear this up:
NO DUAL GamePad Support for Wii U VC Games - it's just controller switching.
That image going round has been misinterpreted - we tested this with Balloon Flight - it's in place so a user can change the controller port for the GamePad.
We tried it with a regular Wii Remote - you can't assign Wii Remotes to player two, so we had to force the GamePad to be player two instead:
http://www.cubed3.com/news/17989/1/no-dual-gamepads-for-wii-u-virtual-console.html
Thanks,
jbc3
Just to clear this up:
NO DUAL GamePad Support for Wii U VC Games - it's just controller switching.
That image going round has been misinterpreted - we tested this with Balloon Flight - it's in place so a user can change the controller port for the GamePad.
We tried it with a regular Wii Remote - you can't assign Wii Remotes to player two, so we had to force the GamePad to be player two instead:
http://www.cubed3.com/news/17989/1/no-dual-gamepads-for-wii-u-virtual-console.html
Thanks,
jbc3
Nostremitus
Member
I was mistaken.
No, it's not. It's permanent.
Mysterious
Banned
Reggie confirmed dual-Gamepad support in the future at the E3 2012 Press Conference, as did Iwata at the pre-E3 Nintendo Direct.
Nostremitus
Member
I recall this as well, but the framerate on each gamepad would be dropped to 30fps due to the streaming tech.