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Review: Nintendo Wii U blows up dual-screen gaming

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Associated Press/June 5, 2012 An attendee plays a video game using Nintendo's Wii U controller at E3 2012 in Los Angeles.

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It's the touch screen that really makes the difference. In some cases, it houses functions that are typically relegated to a game's pause screen. In others, it allows a group of people playing the same game together to have different experiences depending on the controller used. Nintendo Co. calls this "asymmetric gaming."