Wii U Games to Focus on Single GamePad Usage First

<p>Wii U titles releasing around the same time as the Wii U will focus primarily on using just one GamePad&comma; despite it being said at E3 that the Wii U will support up to two GamePads&period; The reason for this according to Reggie Fils-Aime&comma; President of Nintendo of America&comma; is that developers will need to manage how one GamePad will respond to the game for asymmetric play before introducing the third screen of the second GamePad &lpar;your TV &plus; first GamePad &plus; second GamePad &equals; 3 screens&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He stated to <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamasutra&period;com&sol;view&sol;news&sol;172190&sol;Nintendos&lowbar;FilsAime&lowbar;outlines&lowbar;Wii&lowbar;Us&lowbar;dual&lowbar;GamePad&lowbar;plans&lowbar;value&lowbar;proposition&period;php&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;feedburner&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;feed&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;Feed&percnt;3A&plus;GamasutraNews&plus;&percnt;28Gamasutra&plus;News&percnt;29">Gamasutra<&sol;a>&comma; &&num;8220&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s going to be well after launch for those game experiences to come to life&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Asymmetric gameplay is going to be the next major step forward&comma; just like active play was when we launched the Wii&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Fils-Aime continued&period; &&num;8220&semi;We think that&&num;8217&semi;s where developers will focus first&comma; then there will be multiple experiences that have two GamePads&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He went on to say&colon; &&num;8220&semi;There&&num;8217&semi;s a lot of things that can be done&period; I&&num;8217&semi;ve already gotten letters from Pokemon fans wishing we would do something with it&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Regarding a price for the console&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;computerandvideogames&period;com&sol;352878&sol;nintendo-wii-u-launch-price-will-pleasantly-surprise-people&sol;">CVG<&sol;a> noted Fils-Aime as saying last week that users will be &&num;8220&semi;pleasantly surprised&&num;8221&semi; by it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;computerandvideogames&period;com&sol;353463&sol;wii-u-titles-wont-support-two-gamepads-until-well-after-launch&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;