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Seems that only one Wii U GamePad is supported at a time
Coming from a VB interview with Ubisoft's Xavier Poix...
GamesBeat: How many players can you get on the Wii U at once? Is it four or is it two…?
Poix: On the controller it’s just the one. One person. But you can still play with the four Wiimotes if you have four. So it adds up to five players.
GamesBeat: Did that seem like it was a disadvantage at first, because only one’s got the tablet?
Poix: I don’t think so. Because what the asymmetrical gameplay can bring… People are playing, we know from… Even if we built some games for four players, mainly you play with one or you play with two. So at least with one controller, you don’t still have just one player… It’s really a revolution in terms of gameplay. It’s not one against the other or one with the other, it’s, I’m doing something very different from my partner, but still we’re in the same world and the same game. That’s something really interesting. It’s not a disadvantage. And the best of all the games that are on the iPhone or other mobile games, tactical stuff, are brought… It’s stuff you couldn’t do before in the console market, obviously. Now you have this new layer that’s been added, it’s really cool.
Full interview here
GamesBeat: How many players can you get on the Wii U at once? Is it four or is it two…?
Poix: On the controller it’s just the one. One person. But you can still play with the four Wiimotes if you have four. So it adds up to five players.
GamesBeat: Did that seem like it was a disadvantage at first, because only one’s got the tablet?
Poix: I don’t think so. Because what the asymmetrical gameplay can bring… People are playing, we know from… Even if we built some games for four players, mainly you play with one or you play with two. So at least with one controller, you don’t still have just one player… It’s really a revolution in terms of gameplay. It’s not one against the other or one with the other, it’s, I’m doing something very different from my partner, but still we’re in the same world and the same game. That’s something really interesting. It’s not a disadvantage. And the best of all the games that are on the iPhone or other mobile games, tactical stuff, are brought… It’s stuff you couldn’t do before in the console market, obviously. Now you have this new layer that’s been added, it’s really cool.