Just imagine they strike a deal with Robio and bring ANGRY BIRDS to that touch screen controller.
The Wii U has a touch-screen tablet controller called GamePad and a TV-watching feature called TVii.
With it, the console's touch-screen GamePad controller becomes a remote control for your TV and set-top box.
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Sensing this shift, Nintendo is gearing up for their newest installment, the Wii U due out next year, which has a touch screen motion-sensitive controller.
The high-definition Wii U system is available in two versions in the Americas, and each comes with a touch-screen Wii U GamePad controller.
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In the center console is the very appealing touch-screen navigation and audio controller, which will synch up with your phone and play your music library wirelessly through the bright, fearsome Fender audio system.
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Not only is there a built in controller and a touch-screen on the Vita, it also has a rear touchpad which allows players in Tearaway to poke their fingers up into the gameworld itself.
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For one thing, touch screen gaming is a poor replacement for a controller.
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Mobile gaming is a vibrant and exciting space and we don't see controller-based games replacing touch screen games, we expect them to enhance and enlarge the smart device gaming experience to include the living room experience.
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The center stack is dominated by the 8-inch touch screen, above a gloss-black panel with the rotary controller for the Sony sound system (there's a smaller LCD between the gauges in the instrument cluster).
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