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Hi thanks for that. So with a thin ceiling between me an the Wii u, it should be find for upstairs play. I wonder if you can turn the console on/off from the gamepad as well, I guess you could ? This is now looking quite tempting. I've got a very active set of twins, so I play games in short bursts when I can, and not always in the living room, so being able to play console quality games on a handheld device which actually has physical controls is perhaps a winner. cheers Mat

Although the pad is connected via Bluetooth to the console, it's not known 100% if it will work through walls or ceiling at that distance - having said that, my PS3 controller is Bluetooth and travels through walls at a fair distance so I reckon you'll be fine with the Wii U pad. I did read somewhere that the range is about 28 feet but don't quote me on that.

The pad can be used as a TV controller too but many think that this feature will use the infrared side to do that - unfortunately, infrared won't travel through walls.

Like safcalibur said, you need the console on to work the pad - am I right in thinking that you want to turn the console off from the pad when you've finished your gaming? if so, nobody's sure about that until we get our hands on it.

You'll have to act quickly if you want one at launch as stock is running out - it launches 18th November in the US and no doubt a lot of questions will be answered by then. Good luck.

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