The wii games made available on the wii u eshop work with the game pad.

How to play wii games on wii u gamepad. The games that aren't designed to use both, yes, you can play just on the pad. Desert_santa 9 years ago #5. Some homebrew applications have been updated to support it.

The gamepad sends the controls to the console, and the console sends. I believe i read something about this at one point, but cannot find anything on it. Is it possible to play wii games on the wii u gamepad, using the wii u's gamepad?

You can’t access the settings though, and some games have to be played with the gamepad, there’s not a lot, but. For wii u on the wii u, a gamefaqs message board topic titled wii games on the wiiu gamepad. The wii u is fully backwards compatible with nintendo wii games, but did you know you can use all of the wii motion features on the wii u game pad?

Yes….it’s not fun to do so though, but you can get by. Insert an sd card or sdhc. The gamepad has little processing power on its own, and simply communicates with the wii u wirelessly.

It seems like it would be difficult. As reported by gamespot, any steam deck users wishing to play wii u games on their systems will first need to download the designated cemu emulation software, then enable. Learn how to play your gamecube games on your wii u as if they were virtual console games on your gamepad or with real gamecube controllers!

Others you need both because of the mechanics of the game. Check the in game options menu. Some games are designed to use both screens.