June 6th, 2012

There will be support for two, simultaneous GamePads with the Wii U

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Nintendo has confirmed we will be able to use two Wii U GamePads at once. The demos during this week though will be focused on single-GamePad experiences. This is probably because the use of simultaneous controllers is likely a recently added feature to the dev kit.

  • Falcon

    I think that’s a good move. I like how they related it to the old NES

  • http://www.youtube.com/flyinglevel Nick Knack

    nice! reduced frame rate though.

  • adrian12369

    great news. This’ll let you play some hardcore co-op

  • Lv.5 Jacob

    Good. If it only supported one I would have been disappointed.

  • lonedreamer

    I always knew it was only a dream, but i had wish at least 3, so that you could make games like ff:cc for gc

  • sabre230

    Iwata said on the @nintendoamerica twitter feed that when there are two GamePads connected, the framerate will be dropped to 30 fps.

    • Lene

      Which is enough for smooth movement. Not the best, but enough.

  • Tails the Foxhound

    They kept telling you guys. Whatever, I guess plain text will finally shut up naysayers so they can make up some other reason the Wii U won’t succeed.

  • Kamkid

    Y-E-S! Awesome!
    Wait… just two gamepads or two and four other controllers?

  • Lene

    Retard Nintendo-hater reaction forecast:

    wut onli 2 controlerrs lool nintendo sucks u cant evne play 4 players games nintendo is bull sjhit for kidslol my dick is biger that yours fuk you loooooooooooooool

    This is where you recognize real gamers. I will now have a look in non-Nintendo-dedicated websites. Yes, I like to suffer.

  • Captain N

    Best news that came out of the conference was this !! Sad but true.

    • Mariokart8

      i totally agree:(