[Rumor] Nintendo working on a cartrige to stream content from the Wii U to 3DS
Editor's Note: As cool an idea as this is, I'm not totally buying it. Sure the Wii U GamePad is essentially a bigger (although more advanced) DS and the 3DS is capable of processing some great visuals but I'm not sure it can handle the task of being a GamePad. Does the 3DS have the graphical capabilities needed to play Wii U games? Could the resolution settings of the Wii U games be downgraded when played on the 3DS hardware? I don't know. Using the 3DS as basic control for the Wii U on the other hand, is something I'd find more believable and a great idea within itself.
I do like the idea of a second GamePad and this would surely give people who already own a 3DS a nice, cheaper alternative to buying a separate controller. So hopefully there's some truth to this and Nintendo can somehow pull it off.
A new rumor has emerged from the French Nintendo fansite Nintendo-Master.com, which speculates that in the future, the 3DS could become a Wii U tablet of sorts, thanks to a cartridge add-on that Nintendo-Master's sources say is "currently in development"!
This cartridge will allow a sort of streaming similar to the Wii U and the GamePad and it will allow the 3DS to be a controller for your Wii U. Unfortunately, only those who bought the Circle Pad Pro accessory will be able to use this feature, if this "product" becomes a reality.
Wii Daily U thinks this Nintendo DS cartridge patent image Siliconera dug up a couple of years ago could be an early prototype of this rumored 3DS add-on:
WUD suggests a receiver capable of transferring data between the Wii U and 3DS could fit inside this cart.
What do you think about this?
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luciferwilliams8552
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gameguy
i would perfer this to be like a 3ds Wii u player. like the Gameboy player for gamecube. i was hoping this day was coming
UchihaPower
Sounds kinda lame. They should have just released the XL with 2 analog sticks.
Ashlynx
It should definitely be the other way round, make 3ds games playable on the Wiiu
RedPunk
I wish it was a smaller model with 2 analog sticks
werdman24
A nice thought, though it is missing a couple of shoulder buttons. If this rumor is true, I'm sure Nintendo will figure out a work-around.
Sean Hinz
Now it just needs a second analog stick...
stuff4fun
It seems I'm not the only one that wants 3DS/DS games to be played on the Wii U. To be truthful, I just want that to play Kid Icarus: Uprising, so that when I actually play multiplayer, all of the people on 3DS get pissed as hell
JzillaMerida
I only want to have a way to play 3DS/DS games on the Wii U. That was the Gamecube's best feature.
yggdra324
I have feeling this is backwards, and from mistranslation, or mislead information, its a cartridge that lets you plug DS/3DS game in it and play game on the TV and gamepad.