14 DAY TRIAL // The unique controller of the recently unveiled Nintendo Wii U console is designed to work in the same room as the actual device, according to the company's famous games creator Shigeru Miyamoto.
The Nintendo Wii U's announcement two weeks ago at E3 2011 impressed a lot of people, largely because the new, high definition compatible console has a unique controller with a built-in touchscreen that can display footage from the game, effectively bypassing the regular TV.
As you can imagine, many people began to wonder just how the streaming to the controller works and what range does it have.
Speaking with Kotaku, Nintendo's famous games designer, Shigeru Miyamoto, the father of the Mario and Legend of Zelda franchises, among many more, released a few details about the connection between the controller and the Wii U.
"Without going into the whether or not it is physically possible to use the device throughout your house, the device is designed for you to have your Wii U controller and television in the same room. They are designed to interact with one another."
The current Wii and its Wii Remote allow for a pretty big range of communications, detecting input even from adjacent rooms.
The Wii U controller, at least from the first details released by the Japanese company, uses a patented wireless technology to communicate with the actual console, so, if you don't have really thick walls in your home, it's possible to at least interact with the console from nearby rooms, not just in the actual space where your console is installed.
Until the actual device is launched onto the market, we won't know for sure just how distance affects the actual playing of games on the Wii U and its outlandish controller. Judging by recent rumors, the console is set to be released at the beginning of next year, probably before the start of summer.