Wii U Virtual Console Planned, Will Allow GamePad-Only Play

By Chris Holzworth, Editorial Intern
Posted on January 9, 2013 AT 12:26pm

An unnamed Nintendo rep claims a Virtual Console for Wii U is in development, with plans to allow Virtual Console games to be played solely on the GamePad.

“We are moving ahead with development of Virtual Console for Wii U, and we plan to make it so you can play it on the Wii U GamePad alone,” the Nintendo of America rep told Kotaku’s Jason Schreier.

This quote appears in an editorial of Schreier’s that ran yesterday.

Currently, the Wii U only plays Virtual Console games transferred over from a Wii. It does not possess its own Virtual Console. The option to play classic games on the GamePad would definitely fall in line with Nintendo’s Wii U marketing, however, which sells the system as something that can still be played even when Mom wants the television for herself.

Source: Kotaku

Chris Holzworth has wanted to report on and critique games all his life. He first cut his teeth writing for enthusiast sites such as RPGFan, then took a break from gaming to study English, creative writing, and linguistics at Rutgers University. Started out as EGM's obligatory east coast correspondent before selling out and moving to the west coast. Chris is particularly keen on examining narrative structure, character development, and writing in video games. Frequently opens mouth, inserts foot, often where twittery things happen: @chrisholzworth. Meet the rest of the crew.

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