This might have already been answered somewhere (and if it has, I apologize), but is the remote-play feature common across all games or just something devs allow? Because while, in theory, this sounds like a cool idea, it could also be seriously limiting in terms of what the wiipad (or whatever it's called) can do.  
 
Imagine that the wiipad does something unique for some new game (we'll just assume Mario) that could not be done with any other controller. Great! Exciting! But then when you go to remote-play the game would be on your screen, meaning whatever unique function it was doing is now gone; the way you played this new Mario game would have to fundamentally change when the number of screens and/or inputs drops. 
 
I'm sure there is some work around for this, but it seems to me that the only way to keep the game from breaking in remote-play is to just make the content on the screen something superfluous and redundant. It has to be accessible/doable from within the game itself. Thus, I'm worried it'll mostly just be stats, maps, etc that end up being on that screen and not necessarily anything incredibly unique unless they program the game to work in two different ways (which, in terms of ports, will likely not happen). 
 
If anyone can think of an easier solution to this problem, I'd love to hear it.

Yeah, that occurred to me, too. I can't really think of an easy solution. Maybe using two of the controllers? That would just be weird, and you'd have to like mount one up or something.

I don't think any of us can answer that, seeing how none of us work for Nintendo and the console hasn't been released.

I have also thought of this. Hopefully this limitation will prevent designers from randomly shoehorning the thing into gameplay.

The Wii U is ramping up to be even more of a clusterfuck then the WIi was for developers. There's the issue you mentioned, plus the necessity to design around two completely different control schemes - one of which has always been completely terrible - and make them work in tandem for X more years. Nintendo screwed up by again creating something that only they know how to properly utilize.

I don't think this'll be any good at all until I can play a game to see it used well for myself. The trailer doesn't convince me, really.

Do you think 3rd parties are going to develop "special stuff" for the new controller's screen?  I can't really see 3rd parties wanting to spend the time/resources on developing something that only one console can use on cross platform games.  I know they are developing some stuff special for Kinect but a lot of the voice stuff can easily be done w/ a headset rather than Kinect.

I imagine most of these games will only implement facile things like menus using the screen. I would bet there isn't going to be any serious support from 3rd parties on any special features simply because it wouldn't behoove them to do the extra work.

 If anyone can think of an easier solution to this problem, I'd love to hear it.

The Wii U is ramping up to be even more of a clusterfuck then the WIi was for developers. There's the issue you mentioned, plus the necessity to design around two completely different control schemes - one of which has always been completely terrible - and make them work in tandem for X more years. Nintendo screwed up by again creating something that only they know how to properly utilize.

@Akrid said:

The Wii U is ramping up to be even more of a clusterfuck then the WIi was for developers. There's the issue you mentioned, plus the necessity to design around two completely different control schemes - one of which has always been completely terrible - and make them work in tandem for X more years. Nintendo screwed up by again creating something that only they know how to properly utilize.

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@Hardgamer said:

@ryanwho said:

@Akrid said:

The Wii U is ramping up to be even more of a clusterfuck then the WIi was for developers. There's the issue you mentioned, plus the necessity to design around two completely different control schemes - one of which has always been completely terrible - and make them work in tandem for X more years. Nintendo screwed up by again creating something that only they know how to properly utilize.

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The Wii wasn't a clusterfuck for anyone, least of all developers.

Half the Nintendo presser was third parties talking about their interest in the tech, and Akrid pulls a "Sony shot themselves in the foot" level angry gamer rant with no substance in reality. Really, Wii U just came out and already you're positive the third parties can't use it and won't use it? You a telepath or what?

@Akrid said:

@SeriouslyNow: I'm not sure either of us knows what the other is talking about. I sure don't. Just because it was successful does not mean it wasn't a clusterfuck. It was a mess in that many developers took a long time to figure out how to leverage motion controls in the best way possible.

It wasn't anything close to clusterfuck. It took time for third party devs to settle into developing for motion controls when the majority of them had put all their eggs in the xbox basket. That wasn't Nintendo's doing or fault. There was no mess. There was just a gamble on motion controls which Nintendo took and third party devs didn't - it worked out for Nintendo and third party devs are now lining up to suck deeply of the Nintendo cock - or did you miss their wet lips flapping at the Wii-U launch?