I know you can turn the gamepad screen off in the menu, possibly for things like the youtube app and netflix, but is there a way to turn it off during a game like NSMBU that doesn't necessarily need it (unless I wanted to do off-tv play of course)? I believe when you go into the options it'll tell you the screen is only off until you hit a button on the controller so... help?
You can just play the game single player with a wiimote if you have one and leave the GamePad in its cradle
I know that is an option but the gamepad is a little more comfortable for me. The d-pad is a little larger than the wiimote's which is a plus, not that I ever had a problem on the original NSMBW. I forget that I don't need the cradle to charge the controller though. After Mario I played some Batman and when the battery indicator flashed, I just moved the ac adapter closer so I could plug n play.
Thanks though. I hope Nintendo can patch this, seems odd to run the game on the gamepad and the tv at once. At least something like batman has inventory and gadgets on the small screen and still gives me the option to play off-screen should I so desire, so I don't mind that it's on. Mario's implementation is just odd. I figured it would be a (lame) course map like in the DS game, but nope.
Quick question to those that have a WiiU AND The Last Story. I know the WiiU upscales Wii games but has anyone tried playing The Last Story on WiiU to see if it helps deal with the slowdown issues the game I heard has. I'm not sure how exactly the WiiU does the emulation but I was thinking that maybe it'll help smooth out the experience and run it at a steady clip.
I wasn't aware the Wii U upscales Wii games. To my knowledge it doesn't.
Nintendo has said it wouldn't but users are reporting differently. I recently bought Xenoblade and haven't opened it yet because Wii U is here, but now that I know it might look a tad better, I'm wondering if I really want to play it on Wii like originally intended..