#November2012

Nintendo charging extra to change channels with the Wii U gamepad. Infinite lulz.

Hey man! The Nintendo Wii isn’t just a late entrance into the HD game. It isn’t just an extravagant joke of a controller. It can also be used to watch television. In a pretty rad twist of synergy, Nintendo lets you use their tablet-controller-thing to change the channels. For a cost! God knows they haven’t already sliced you for an excessive device already. Now you have to pay more to unlock all of its capabilities.

The fee isn’t a ridiculous sum, but the premise itself is absurd.

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