The ability to play a game on the GamePad alone is a tremendous benefit to the Wii U, especially in households with a single TV. Now there's an easy compromise when your significant other starts ...

The Wii U Game Pad is the console's standard controller and comes packed in with the console. The GamePad, which has a touch screen display, is used for ...

While the official specs for the Wii U’s GamePad say that it will operate properly at a distance between 8 inches and a bit more than 26 feet from the console, Polygon found that we could get ...

Nintendo’s Wii felt like a gaming revolution. Unlike its increasingly complex button-riddled competitors, the Wii’s controller was a magic wand. Simply stand and point, it seemed to be … ...

Nintendo have released a new firmware update for the Wii U that allows Wii games to be played on the Wii U GamePad. The catch is that you can’t use the GamePad to control them.

Nintendo spent a good portion of this year's E3 press conference stressing how the touchscreen-equipped GamePad that comes with the Wii U will revolutionize all sorts of familiar gaming ...

However, that doesn't mean we can't get a look at how some of the forthcoming Wii U games will make use of the GamePad controller — a device with a 6.2-inch touchscreen, motion sensor and two ...

In the case of Nintendo's Wii U, it's the unique GamePad with its own display and support for gyroscope input. However, the Steam Deck turns out to be the perfect device to reproduce the GamePad ...

While the Wii U library is far from Nintendo's best work, many of its highlights, such as Super Mario Maker, Splatoon, Nintendo Land, and The Wonderful 101, showcase the GamePad's potential for ...

The Wii U GamePad has been reverse-engineered by the developers behind the Dolphin GameCube/Wii emulator, with the controller's functions completely simulated on PC. When we heard the news on ...

The Wii U's GamePad won't play old Wii games The Wii U's bread and butter is its GamePad. Nintendo thrives on unique novelties, and the tablet-like controller fits the bill.

The Wii U console was a bit of a flop sales-wise, but one of its most intriguing features was its unique gamepad. It has a 6.2-inch, 480p touch screen that can be used in several ways.