Nintendo put its upcoming on display for the world to see at E3 2012, and the next generation has begun to take form. Â The touchscreen tablet controller has plenty of functionality when it comes down to gameplay features.
One function that will not be coming to the Wii U tablet is multi-touch. Â Due to Nintendo’s cost cutting measures, and usability issues, Reggie Fils-Aime explains the rationale behind no multi-touch in the controller in a recent interview with Kotaku.
“When we went through the building of this and, given some of the functionality, we thought that single-touch was a more appropriate option, especially when you’ve got other button configurations.” Â Apparently Reggie demonstrated to Kotaku that in-order for proper multi-touch functionality to be implemented, it would require the player to put the controller down to use it in that manner.
In the same interview, Fils-Aime explained the expanding world of online-functionality and friend codes in the Wii U.
