Nintendo now selling standalone Wii U GamePad in Japan

25 Nov 2015

Steve Wright

Nintendo has begun to sell the Wii U GamePad as a standalone item in Japan.

The announcement was made on Nintendo’s official website. Translated by Kotaku, the standalone GamePad is said to cost 12,800 yen, or approximately $145 AUD.

The standalone price is currently cheaper than the fee Nintendo charges to replace a broken GamePad — that cost is currently $140 USD, or $195 AUD.

Nintendo hasn’t announced plans to introduce the standalone GamePad to western shores (or stores).

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.