Nintendo Says No to Multi-touch for Wii U

<p>Reggie Fils-Aime&comma; President of Nintendo of America openly stated that there will be no multi-touch features for the Wii U&period; Speaking to <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;kotaku&period;com&sol;5917363&sol;better-friend-codes-achievements-and-more-nintendo-answers-our-burning-wii-u-questions">Kotaku<&sol;a>&comma; he stated&comma; &&num;8220&semi;When we went through the building of this and&comma; given some of the functionality&comma; we thought that single-touch was a more appropriate option&comma; especially when you&&num;8217&semi;ve got other button configurations&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To demonstrate his point further&comma; he left the Wii U GamePad on his lap and attempted to show off what multi-touch would look when using the screen&comma; asking &&num;8220&semi;Is this really the way you want to play a game&quest; I don&&num;8217&semi;t think so&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In response to a question regarding its inclusion for the sake of allowing the option of it for consumers&comma; he went on to say &&num;8220&semi;There&&num;8217&semi;s a cost to it&period; Again&comma; we envision this as a controller that you&&num;8217&semi;re putting in your hands and you&&num;8217&semi;re doing a two-screen experience&period; The concept of putting it in your lap to do multi-touch for us just feels unwieldy&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;computerandvideogames&period;com&sol;353292&sol;multi-touch-for-wii-u-would-feel-unwieldy-says-nintendos-fils-aime&sol;&quest;cid&equals;OTC-RSS&amp&semi;attr&equals;CVG-General-RSS&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;dlvr&period;it&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;twitter">CVG<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;