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Wii U controller is officially the Wii U GamePad

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Satoru Iwata has revealed the final name of the Wii U controller in the Pre E3 Nintendo Direct episode.

It’s now called the the Wii U GamePad and the name harkens back to the NES controller.

Iwata also showed off the final version of the controller, we’d already seen most of it but now we’ve got Nintendo’s big boss to run through the new features.

First thing, the analogue sticks are in and they are indeed clickable just like on your other consoles. On top there are two sets of shoulder buttons as well. Other new features include grips on the back just like on the nunchuck, nice and hand shaped.

There is also a new TV button which will allow the use of the Wii U GamePad to control the TV, but also allow you use the Wii U independently of the TV. The position of the sticks and the D-Pad have also been moved slightly since E3 last year.

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3 Comments
  • June 4, 2012 at 10:03 am

    Great idea to add the analogue sticks! It shows that Nintendo were listening to the complaints about the circle pads 😀

  • Davegibbon
    June 5, 2012 at 6:33 am

    Is it just me or have Nntendo seriously turned things around with these per-E3 announcements? I was sure that I wasn’t interested in buying a WiiU but now…

  • Xpisto
    June 5, 2012 at 2:49 pm

    Far out i was convinced back then i was gonna buy one now i want three! jokes but it is really a complex peice of hardware. I love how nintendo added a gaming control i hope it suites the upcoming Super smash bros game. there are a lot of things that i like on this but my one negative would be the video chat i wonder if it will be like chat roulette……….. i hope there are some restrictions for that.

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