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Wii U GamePad Plus: Could It Be Coming?

Ryan Johnson | GoozerNation

Nintendo made an interesting design choice only allowing a single GamePad to be used with the machine at a time. While not everyone has the funds to go out and buy four more pads, it certainly makes one wonder if there was anything else behind the reasoning. Nintendo has a habit of upgrading their equipment, most notably with the recent WiiMotionPlus. Could we see a GamePad Plus in the Wii U's future?

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Nintentional24769d ago

if they did release an upgraded gamepad, all I would really want is a higher resolution screen.

Samus HD4768d ago

i would want multi-touch

1upgamer994769d ago

Nintendo stated MONTHS and MONTHS ago, that a second gamepad would be able to connect to the console in the future, but no games would support it right of the bat.

RyanDJ4769d ago

True, but that till doesn't eliminate the possibility of an upgrade/delay tactic.

TheUndertaker854769d ago

Not entirely true...

"Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime said that Wii U can support at least two controllers. This was confirmed by the 2012 E3 Conference. However, Japanese honcho Satoru Iwata clarified that while the Wii U could technically support more than one controller, it would be too expensive to sell the touchscreen controller separately and that developers would assume only one touchscreen controller per console (Source: Engadget).

Also in a tweet from Nintendo Japan, having 2 controllers will reduce the resolution of the output on the T.V screen to 720p 30fps, regardless of game.

Naturally, the Wii U will allow more than one player by way of multiple Wii Remote controllers, as well as games that can be played online"

They'd rather look at the 3DS being used as a controller over the WiiU Gamepad. The reason why should be obvious. One can power itself. The other can't.

http://www.ign.com/wikis/wi...

lilbroRx4769d ago (Edited 4769d ago )

The resolution and fps thing are cannot be true, because frame rate is not set in stone nor is resolution.

What resolution you can get and what frame rate you can get depends on how much of your resource pool is in use.

They can make a game at 2160p and 500 FPS is they wanted but it would be an extremely small scale, simplistic game. Its all a matter of how they choose to design it.

Just as how Kamiya said that the reason Wonderful 101 is not 1080p is because he cares about frame rate more than looks. Running a game at 1080p 30 FPS is the same as running it at 720p 60 FPS resource wise.

DOMination-4769d ago

What happens if you break a WiiU gamepad btw? I notice you can't seem to buy new ones anywhere?

The only thing from the list that sounds good is the multi touch (I hear the battery for these things are actually pretty good, so don't see why you'd need a better one but.. I don't have first hand experience so maybe I heard wrong?) so I don't think a gamepad+ will be on the horizon just yet.

WeAreLegion4769d ago

A customer broke his Wii U game pad a few weeks ago. I told him to call Nintendo about it. They send you a box to ship your current game pad in and send you a new/refurbished one, in return. :) It's covered under the one year warranty. I'm so glad I got the three year warranty.

DOMination-4769d ago

Thanks for the reply. It's good to know that Nintendo will cover that. I wonder what will happen come November when those one year warranties start to run out though? I would have thought you would be able to buy them by now, but maybe they are waiting for software that supports a second one per console to start selling them.

MNGamer-N4768d ago

How in the hell did he break it? I got a 5 year old and a 2 year old banging on mine, dropping it, stepping on it etc, and it's holding up pretty good.

WeAreLegion4768d ago

Honestly, I don't know how he broke it. I'm more concerned about the people who bring in their Wii U with yellow stains and tons of cat hair on them. I hate retail.

MasterCornholio4769d ago (Edited 4769d ago )

Well the answer to that is easy. All you have to do is order the controller from Nintendo and they will give you one for 150$. However be careful where you order it from since the controllers are region locked to the console. Which means if you get one from Japan it wont work with an American Wii U.

Anyways i expect that in the future Nintendo will release an improved Wii U gamepad with a better screen and superior battery life.

@WeAreLegion

Really? Sounds like a pretty good warranty since they covered the destruction of the controller at the hands of the customer.

WeAreLegion4769d ago

It depends what happens. If it stops working for some reason, it's on them. Even if a button or two breaks, they got it. If you break it in half...they'll sue you for insubordination.

TheUndertaker854769d ago

If under warranty still it is possible to get a replacement. If you're asking for down the line though,

"GamePads are currently only sold as standalones in Japan, where they retail for 13,440 Yen / $160.(Excluding Taxes) A replacement GamePad ordered from Nintendo (to replace a broken one) currently goes for $140. To repair one outside of Warranty costs $90."

http://www.ign.com/wikis/wi...

If a Gamepad+ is in the works expect it to have some sort of innards to decrease the work load on the system. If that happens also expect a higher price, probably in the ballpark of other tablets currently on the market.

MilkMan4769d ago

I love the console, but the sensitivity on the gamepad NEEDS to be addressed and there are no native control settings to adjust them. This blows monkey ballz.

Other than that, its quite good.

Ron_Danger4769d ago

If they did, it would follow what theyve been doing for years: release a product, wait a year or 2, and release a slightly better version for the same price. Gameboy Advanced to whatever that flip screen model was called, DS to DSi, 3DS to 3DSXL, Wii mote to Wii mote +

Not trolling, just stating facts.

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U.S. patent examiner rejects Nintendo’s summoning characters patent as obvious: non-final ruling

The rejection is non-final (and even when such rejections are labeled as “final”, the process is far from over, given that there can be, at minimum, an appeal to the Federal Circuit).

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Relientk7756d ago (Edited 56d ago )

Good, as they should! A game mechanic like that shouldn't be locked behind a patent, and Nintendo didn't invent it either.

PRIMORDUS55d ago (Edited 55d ago )

Nintendo wants to keep wasting money on bullshit lawsuits, real smart in this economy. They should put that money aside for other game projects. On the other hand, I don't care if they waste it all either, and they are screwed in the future maybe that will teach them a lesson.

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Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs

Nintendo filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of International Trade.

Nintendo of America is suing the United States government over the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump put in place last year, according to a complaint filed Friday in the U.S. Court of International Trade and obtained by Aftermath.

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Deathdeliverer81d ago

Well dayum lol. Old agent orange pissing off every industry and nation.

0hMyGandhi80d ago

The fact that you have ANY disagrees will forever baffle me. And to the (apparent) MAGA contingent that exists on this website, enjoy your 8-9 dollar gas.

AuraAbjure79d ago (Edited 79d ago )

Yes, they had better be pissed after Trump told them the way they rip off the USA is over.

EveryPlatformGamer81d ago

LOL I read this on gaff, will they refund the money back to the gamers? highly unlikely. Didn't they just raise prices and pass it onto the gamers? Only Nintendo would send out the Ninjas to the US government.

-Foxtrot80d ago

That’s what I was thinking, imagine them winning hypothetically, getting a s**t load of money back which they would have lost if they hadn’t raised their prices and it’s business as normal.

It would just mean people paid more for no reason since they got the money back anyway.

Outside_ofthe_Box80d ago (Edited 80d ago )

A lot of companies partially passed the cost to consumers instead of all of it. They would still have to at least pay that back to gamers, but we know that won't happen. What's also sad is that prices won't come back down after the initial hike caused by tariffs.

People didn't understand the full repercussions of tariffs. That alone should have cost him the presidency if people knew it was a permanent price hike for consumers

Inverno80d ago

The people should sue these companies for having to over pay cause of these tariffs.

Eonjay80d ago

Naw they should sue the government for forcing the tax to begin with. No one reasonably expects these companies to absorb the taxes. Many smaller companies tried and were shut down or faced to increase prices to try to maintain their business. The tariffs effect everyone.

Inverno79d ago

I meant it mostly as a joke cause we all know the costs of these tariffs were passed onto the consumer. But it's seems no matter how vocal we are here in the states our "representatives" don't seem to care enough to represent us. And things are about to get worse.

Killer2020UK79d ago

The companies were doing what the law required then to do, the tariffs however were illegally implemented. Usually it's criminals we punish, you seem to have different ideas 🤷‍♂️

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