Possible Wii U Gamepad Capture Card?

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Possible Wii U Gamepad Capture Card?

Post by Grylvak » Mon Feb 04, 2013 5:23 am

Do you think it would be possible to even do a capture card for the Wii U Gamepad?

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Re: Possible Wii U Gamepad Capture Card?

Post by loopy » Mon Feb 04, 2013 6:22 am

Yeah, it's possible. I picked up a WiiU a while ago to get a look inside. There's a lot more space inside compared to 3DS, which is nice. It should be easier to do a pass-thru design similar to the DS board making installation easier.

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Re: Possible Wii U Gamepad Capture Card?

Post by MKGirlism » Mon Feb 04, 2013 2:59 pm

Great thing, buying a new GamePad is currently not even possible.

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Post by KkahluaHero » Fri Feb 22, 2013 5:53 am

You are most certainly a very innovative genius, if you created a capture device for the Wii U gamepad that would just be incredible, for many people would just attach a Go Pro to it and record.

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Re: Possible Wii U Gamepad Capture Card?

Post by Shawn » Wed Aug 07, 2013 6:17 pm

How much would you charge for to install one if you ever made them?

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Re: Possible Wii U Gamepad Capture Card?

Post by dragon_blade » Wed Aug 07, 2013 7:41 pm

Can you not just get an elgato capture card or something like that ?

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Re: Possible Wii U Gamepad Capture Card?

Post by MithrilMonarch » Wed Aug 07, 2013 7:48 pm

What's displayed on the television yet is not always the same as what is displayed on the Wii U gamepad.

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Re: Possible Wii U Gamepad Capture Card?

Post by raphael » Wed Aug 07, 2013 7:51 pm

Exactly, and the gamepad doesn't have AV out ports. You must have been thinking about the main console.

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Re: Possible Wii U Gamepad Capture Card?

Post by MKGirlism » Fri Aug 09, 2013 3:28 pm

Depending on game, you can play games with 2 different Screens, games with a cloned Screen, games with TV off, or even games with GamePad screen off.
There are currently no games that fall under the last category, but Nintendo still allows that.

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Re: Possible Wii U Gamepad Capture Card?

Post by MithrilMonarch » Fri Aug 09, 2013 4:26 pm

A good example would be Wind Waker HD. The gamepad will become the menu, and in a Let's Play/Walkthrough/Playthrough that only shows the main footage, nobody will know what's happening on the gamepad. It's like if you were to play a DS/3DS game and only show the top screen.

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