When you play Local Battles in the game, one player has to use the Wii U GamePad while the other player can use a controller on the TV screen. Unfortunately, this comes with an issue in that the game's frame rate drops from a locked 60fps down to a locked 30fps to accomodate the increase in game rendering for two separate perspectives. There is a hidden mode, however, which will negate that loss. This is the LAN Battle mode LAN Battle allows for you to connect two different Wii U consoles with two different copies of the game in order to play locally without the frame rate drop. This is essential for players in competitions as every frame counts. LAN Battle mode is not actually found in the usual game mode options. Instead, on the title screen, you have to hold down L, R and Down on the D-Pad and press Start in order for the mode to activate. Both players in the LAN mode will need to select the same game options. Controller settings can only be selected as you go into it. If you wish to change controller, you have to return to the title screen. For the duration of LAN mode, all Playable Characters & Support Pokémon are available for play, regardless of if they have been unlocked in the main game. There are three different ways to go about LAN Battles. There are three different methods to achieve this, each allowing for different methods of play. They each of their own requirements in both hardware and software configurations.Two require entire networks while the third is a Wii U to Wii U connection. The requirements for each are as follows Connection A Connection B Connection C 2 Wii Us

2 Pieces of Software

2 TVs*

2 Wii U LAN Adapters

2 Straight LAN Cables

1 Router 2 Wii Us

2 Pieces of Software

2 TVs*

1 Wireless Router 2 Wii Us

2 Pieces of Software

2 TVs*

2 Wii U LAN Adapters

1 Crossover LAN Cable * Can be substituted for the Wii U GamePad display