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do not employ the GamePad in a meaningful way. Crossley also called the GamePad a "chubby and clumsy touch-screen controller". He also criticized the Off-TV Play feature for being "not a system seller" stating that "most people will not use it with any regularity, and only a few will swear by it."
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view of a scenario in a game. The screen can also be used to play a game strictly on the GamePad screen without the use of a television display. Conversely, non-gaming functions can be assigned to it as well, such as using it as a television remote.
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to check on the console's status without needing to use the television. Its operation as a supplemental display was also inspired by similar displays found at
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screen is as welcome as it was necessary for the Wii U version of multi-screen gaming to work."
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516:$ 108) It released online on November 24, 2015. In 2013,
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heavily criticized the controller, comparing it to the
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