The main menu of Game World also provides a tutorial, with manuals and instructions for playing with a Magic Remote or a game pad.

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The dual-sided remote has a touch pad for cursor control on one side and on the other a full keyboard for searching, emails and social media updates.

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The feature that sets the Wii apart from both its competitors and its ancestors is the Wii remote, the device's control pad.

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Nintendo made a surprise announcement when it unveiled Nintendo TVii, a new service that converts the Wii U Game Pad into an impressive television remote.

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Many of the games can be played with LG's Magic Remote or with any third-party game pad.

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NeoTV PRIME comes with a two-sided remote control, featuring a touchpad and directional pad on one side and a full-featured QWERTY keyboard on the other, giving you fast and easy control of all your applications and helping you to effortlessly search across the web, apps and television listings.

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As for the remote, it looks to be a straightforward number pad navigator with a programming guide, all steering your TV through infrared.

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