The Wii U Has Been Beaten To The Punch By An… iPad Game

One of the big draws of Nintendo’s new Wii U console is the fact it can stream games to a controller and also use that controller as a secondary screen. While Wii U won’t be out until 2012, though, this iPad game can do it a lot sooner.

Real Racing 2 HD, already one of the most attractive and full-featured games available for download on Apple’s Store, gets a little more fancy in the near future when it adds the ability to play without wires on a TV using the iPad as a controller.

You’ll need something that supports Apple’s AirPlay feature, and will have to wait until iOS 5 is released, but once those two things are in the can you can use the iPad as both a controller and an augmented display.

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    Anthony

    Friday, June 10, 2011 at 7:44 AM

    As soon as I win the lottery I will be able to afford it. Plus, where are the buttons? (Ironically, I am typing this from an itouch but that is neither here nor there).

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    Dissection

    Friday, June 10, 2011 at 8:31 AM

    And just like all Apple products it’ll look fancy, seem fancy but actually be worse than what the competition will offer.

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    SpandexArmstrong

    Friday, June 10, 2011 at 9:00 AM

    Meh, ill wait for the WiiU thank you:)

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    Derp

    Friday, June 10, 2011 at 9:01 AM

    Beaten to the punch? I don’t think so… It’s stated clearly “in the near future”. :/

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      Thom

      Friday, June 10, 2011 at 10:05 AM

      I OS5 comes out in the Spring (US) so it will beat the wiiU to the punch by over a year, yes.

      Will it be as good – I seriously doubt it.

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    Sam

    Friday, June 10, 2011 at 12:11 PM

    An iPhone game called flinders ninjas already featured the ability to flick a ninja star from your phone onto a computer screen. Nintendo’s demo with the ninja star looked almost exactly the same.

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    peter

    Friday, June 10, 2011 at 4:38 PM

    I’m addicted to flinders ninjas. awesome game

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      best

      Friday, June 10, 2011 at 4:47 PM

      Flinders ninja is Ok.. 3MB in size. I usually play it at Flinder’s street station and people look at me weird.

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    Ryan

    Saturday, June 11, 2011 at 1:23 AM

    Annnddd the ps3 had that feature ages ago?

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