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Mass Effect 3 for Wii U has "Off TV Play"
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Jawmuncher
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Considering how well this thread has received, this'll honestly be one of the bigger features for the wiiU that games will really need to support.
Everyone seems to be in agreement that being able to play that game on the screen anywhere in the house, beats using the screen as basically a bottom of a 3DS.
Fess
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They probably think most people see this as a bonus, not a system/game selling functionality, and with all the work getting the touch interface good it seems logical to focus on that.
I was being facetious with a hint of sarcasm.
The GamePad being able to do this is an innovation.
The reason for it being there isn't to just add a second screen to game, its there for developers to utilize it in anyway they want. Nintendo made that pretty clear.
Jawmuncher
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With that said I hope devs can somehow make it to where the game will utilize the screen for additional gameplay pruposes. However at the same time the game can be played without the need for it as well.
Much like how the GBA and Gamecube functionality was.
Smiles and Cries
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lets hope this gamepad has to range for all the toilet humor that would come to the MiiVerse
"Damn you Koopa! I'm taking a shit hold your flame balls!"
"Damn you Koopa! I'm taking a shit hold your flame balls!"
Mihael Mello Keehl
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What? You had a wet dream?
Because you might want to play in bed, play while taking a shit, play while your family wants to watch tv or a movie...
We don't know about Zombi U. They could offer a lesser experience as if the game was on a console with no second screen for the times you want to switch play to the GamePad only. Not sure they'll bother because this game is meant to showcase the dual screen play, however other games could do it.
People (not saying you) should stop trying to make it out to be bad that we have options, and bad if a feature can't be Applied to every game.
Glad to see people into this. I remember after this E3 so many were down on it. Insisting that Nintendo was going after the couple that can't communicate market. If this is built in the way it should be like in the main menu when you turn the console on WITHOUT switching TV inputs this will be one of those moments where people in the future will ask how we ever lived without it. It's too bad not every game will support it. That is a big downside into making this one of those "it just works" features like Live and Achievements have been. This combined with those "leaked" XboxNext set-top box features are my dream boxes.
Mithos
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Romancing in Mass Effect 3 just went to a whole new level, Special Edition incoming, includes gamepad condom.
Tali not Talia *sheesh*
;P ;P ;P
ColdBlooder
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Nintendos wireless controllers, up to this day, always had impressive range. Would be weird if they would fuck it up now...
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H_Prestige
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Only good feature of the system. And it's not even mandatory.
Jaded Alyx
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Would be stupid if it was.
KillerTravis
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Probably because of how easy it is to implement it, they didn't though it was a big deal.
EatinOlives
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It's nice to have the option, but I can never see myself using it.
Exactly.
Also, not every game needs to "innovate" by using two screens. There's also options of having the game running on the pad, while still using the touch screen in inventive ways. Two screens is a tool but even if it's not utilized well by a game, streaming is a damn nice feature.
More footage from GT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOcKiYSR2J8&feature=player_embedded
You can use the touchscreen to move your squadmates, which is pretty neat, I've been hoping for such an implementation of the touchscreen since the Wii U was announced.
You can use the touchscreen to move your squadmates, which is pretty neat, I've been hoping for such an implementation of the touchscreen since the Wii U was announced.