Wii U GamePad needs to be inside eight meters for best performance
The Wii U GamePad does have a limited wireless range. You won’t be able to take the controller outside and continue playing.
According to Nintendo’s Bill Trinen, the GamePad’s connectivity quality will deteriorate past eight meters, or 24 feet.
“There is. And it’s… Of course, when we’re generally giving limits on things like that, and I think the same thing can be said for the Nintendo 3DS battery life… We tend to be more conservative, because we’re looking at it from a performance perspective. What, really, is the range where you’re going to get the best performance out of that? And you’re going to get the best performance within a range of about… They had a very precise number at one point. In meters it’s like eight meters. In feet it’s about 24 feet. That’s for best performance.”
