@aaronsullivan Well you always make me laugh, so thanks.

I think this confirms NX is a Wii U 2 that can finally handle 2 Gamepads. And 4DS will be allowed to work as a Gamepad for all games, not just SSBU. So sort of 4 Gamepads, like Nintneod did way back when with Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles. Only they've forgotten Link cables and the Gameboy Player were a thing. (I know they weren't related, but I want 3DS games on my Wii U.)

There's your NX set-up, way back in 2003. Only no cables on NX.

NX will be $300 w/o a Gamepad in late 2016. B/c w/ these. 4DS will function as one in early 2017 for those who want to wait.

To be quite honest, I would have sworn these released in 2012 in Japan. My family had an hour car ride on Sunday were all we did was talk about Wii U's failure and NX's future. I told them Gamepads sold separatly in Japan in 2012 when Bill Trinnen was talking up the dual Gmaepad games to come the following year.

http://www.1up.com/news/bill-trinen-interview-eshop-miiverse-wii-u-online?pager.offset=1

"1UP: I think, during the Japanese press conference earlier this morning, they had announced a price for the GamePad if you wanted to buy an additional one. That wasn't mentioned here.

BT: You're right, that wasn't mentioned, and the reason we didn't mention it is that, in the launch window titles, none of those are going to support dual GamePads. The launch window is all going to be single-GamePad. The dual-GamePad functionality, we expect to start seeing that in games sometime next year. Our feeling is, we're not going to sell another GamePad if you don't have something to use it with. We'll make that available as an additional accessory when there's content to support it.

1UP: Which games in Japan are supporting it?

BT: That I don't know. I don't think that they've announced any that are. I think they're just announcing that's going to be the price when it eventually goes on sale. I don't know that they announced a date for when it will be available."

Apparently Gamepad in Japan had a price, guess that's where I got confused.

http://www.polygon.com/gaming/2012/9/18/3350940/replacement-wii-u-gamepads-available-for-a-fee

Wii U will go down in history for me a the only home conosle (that I'm aware of) to only support 1 controller. The fact that Nintneod kept talking up dua GMapeads but the Wii U is too underpowered to support them - which I believe to be true - just shows how messed up they are in the HD generation. They built a console based on dual Gamepad games but built a console too weak to support that idea.

And that's why NX is coming sooner rather than later. I bet someday some Youtubers will find the code for Zombi2 w/ 2 Gamepad support. Ubisoft is on record saying they don't make games without sequel potential. Nintneod has said dual Gamepads were coming. I'm betting Zombi2 was planned as 2 player on 2 Gamepads. Spaltoon will have it. Maybe even Starfox 2. Trick is to sell the Gampeads as stand-alone 4DS and let them offload some of the processing, like cloud computing.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/07/ubisoft_will_only_make_games_that_can_be_turned_into_franchises