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[Samurai_Heart]

Whooot Wii on gamepad

 

[Malvingt2]

Xenoblade Chronicles on the GamePad, that's cool.

OMG!!

 

[Iacobellis]

Wait... So you can play any Wii game on the GamePad? ANY?

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

Off-TV play for Wii games... okay, so I'm buying one of these things for Christmas. This is definitely happening. That's actually pretty much what I expected of the Wii U day one.

 

[jts]

Holy crap.

NINTENDO DELIVERED!!!!!!!!!111111111111111

I WILL PLAY WIND WAKER NOW

ON MY GAMEPAD

SUCKS FOR YOU HD VERSION SUCKAZZZZZZ

 

[Zenaku]

Seems headsets are supported too, for Wii U chat.

EDIT: Seems that with Wii games, the gamepad only acts as a screen.

You still need to use a Wiimote to play.

 

[Moze]

Downloading now. I need this update

 

[TAS]

NIN-TEN-DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

 

[Whogie]

Oh shit. Guess the first thing I'll try is the Wii Mode.

(And my homebrew!)

 

[NateDrake]

Wait....we can play Wii games with the GamePAD as the controller!!!?!?!?!?!?!

 

[Kunan]

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/support/system_update/index.html

Japanese page updated.

Wii games have Off TV play and surround sound baby!

Holy shit NICE!!

 

[-Horizon-]

-USB Keyboard
-Wii Off TV Play
-Surround Sound support for Wii games
-Access Friend's List from Wii U menu directly
-Upload screens taken when pausing the game directly to blogs and forums using the browser.

:O

 

[Dead Prince]

No one finished to test? Lol

 

[jmizzal]

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/support/system_update/index.html

Japanese page updated.

Wii games have Off TV play and surround sound baby!

megaton, I will buy some old Wii games now

 

[Vyse The Legend]

Mine is installing now. I will try Xenoblade first!

 

[hatchx]

I hope I can map 'waggle' to one of the buttons so I can play Mario Galaxy!


w00-w0000000t!

 

[UNCMark]

Do Wii U owners not like their TVs?

 

[VanWinkle]

This Wii mode Off-TV is amazing, but it would be even more amazing if the gamepad controls can emulate the Classic Controller Pro (or whatever it's called). I wonder if that will happen (probably not).

 

[PhoenixDawn]

holy fuck off-TV wii games, this is a god damn game changer. BRB going to find a copy of Xenoblade RIGHT NOW!

 

[TriangularDuck]

Let's not get too excited, that wording seems to imply that the off-screen play will be similar to playing Pikmin 3 on the Gamepad with the remote/nunchuk. Still awesome, and I'd like to be proven wrong.

 

[ThatsMytrunks]

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/support/system_update/index.html

Japanese page updated.

Wii games have Off TV play and surround sound baby!

Oh good lord let me emulate the Wii Pad as a classic or gamecube controller and let me play Xenoblade Chronicles in bed with this shit.

Edit: and sonic colors hnnngh

 

[ZedIndyLil]

Doesn't this make it pointless to rebuy all your VC games now?

 

[JavyOO7]

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/support/system_update/index.html

Japanese page updated.

Wii games have Off TV play and surround sound baby!

Holy fak.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

HOLY SHIT! YESSSS, YES DAMNIT!

 

[GJS]

Wait....we can play Wii games with the GamePAD as the controller!!!?!?!?!?!?!

No, the footnote on the page specifically says you have to use the wiimote to play wii games on the gamepad.

 

[metsallica]

We can finally do stereo audio from the AV out with HDMI!

 

[foxuzamaki]

-USB Keyboard
-Wii Off TV Play
-Surround Sound support for Wii games
-Access Friend's List from Wii U menu directly
-Upload screens taken when pausing the game directly to blogs and forums using the browser.

My heart

 

[ratcliffja]

Holy crap.

NINTENDO DELIVERED!!!!!!!!!111111111111111

I WILL PLAY WIND WAKER NOW

ON MY GAMEPAD

SUCKS FOR YOU HD VERSION SUCKAZZZZZZ

Do you have some Wii version of Wind Waker I'm unaware of?

 

[RPGamer92]

Holy fuck, so I can play SMG1+2 on Gamepad? Megafuckington if true.

 

[Strider]

The question is: Can I use GamePad to control the Wii game?

This

 

[ASTROID2]

OMG!!!!!!!!! Best update EVER!!!

 

[noobasuar]

Fuck me if all or most Wii games can be mapped to the gamepad.

 

[Darryl]

wii games on gamepad would be huge to me

 

[HamPster PamPster]

The number of Wii games I can play on the gamepad without needing some other controller better be greater than zero

Start updating those titles and throwing them onto the eShop Nintendo!

 

[aidan]

Wii games on Gamepad means Wii Virtual Console games on the gamepad, right?

 

[JetBlackPanda]

Wait wii games with game pad support?? Fuck me Nintendo you glorious bastards

 

[schuelma]

No, the footnote on the page specifically says you have to use the wiimote to play wii games on the gamepad.

Damn. So not quite so awesome.

 

[catabarez]

Wow this is significant.

 

[The Main Event]

Holy mother update!!!

 

[GulAtiCa]

Holy crap? I can output image to Wii games to WiiU pad? Megaton indeed!

 

[jackal27]

The question is: Can I use GamePad to control the Wii game?

There is absolutely no way.

 

[hatchx]

This Wii mode Off-TV is amazing, but it would be even more amazing if the gamepad controls can emulate the Classic Controller Pro (or whatever it's called). I wonder if that will happen (probably not).

I don't see why it wouldn't.

Hopefully they map in some kind of way to play games like Galaxy and DKCR. That might require a patch. I guess we'll know it mere minutes.


MERE MINUTES!

 

[Brofield]

Wii on the gamepad is gonna look perfect, that perfect resolution!

...holy shit Wii games actually will look pretty damn nice on the gamepad...

Fuck it's gonna be a long ass wait till Friday when I finally get back to my Wii U at home.

 

[superpickleman]

Holy crap.

NINTENDO DELIVERED!!!!!!!!!111111111111111

I WILL PLAY WIND WAKER NOW

ON MY GAMEPAD

SUCKS FOR YOU HD VERSION SUCKAZZZZZZ

It still doesn't support GameCube games.

 

[equippedwithtowel]

-USB Keyboard
-Wii Off TV Play
-Surround Sound support for Wii games (Dolby Pro Logic II)
-Access Friend's List from Wii U menu directly
-Upload screens taken when pausing the game directly to blogs and forums using the browser.
-Option to receive automatically downloaded software from Nintendo.
-Wii U Chat via headset connected to the Game Pad
-View PDFs on the Browser.

The real megaton.

Gaf will never be the same

 

[DidntKnowJack]

4 minutes left...

 

[Surfheart]

How the hell would you play pointer based Wii games on the GamePad though?

 

[ZedIndyLil]

Let's not get too excited, that wording seems to imply that the off-screen play will be similar to playing Pikmin 3 on the Gamepad with the remote/nunchuk. Still awesome, and I'd like to be proven wrong.

This is a good point.

 

[jbug617]

Holy fuck, so I can play SMG1+2 on Gamepad? Megafuckington if true.

I hope so.

 

[DaBoss]

It says you need to use a Wiimote for the Wii Off-TV Play according to Google translate.