so about a year ago the gamepad and power supply cord for my WiiU was stolen(along with a bunch of other things). Now Im starting to look into using my wiiu again. I try to find these two products. I found the supply cord on nintendos online store. The Gamepad however is more difficult to find. I only see them on ebay or amazon for an insane price. Paying that much for a used gamepad seems a bit ridiculous. Really for right now, Im just looking to play smash brother.
So my question today is, can I use my WiiU without the gamepad?
Like can I buy a pro controller and operate it with that? I also remember being able to boot the wiiU with the power button on the system and choosing a game with the wiimote. Im not too worried about using gamepad for updates and stuff cause I have friends with WiiUs who can let me borrow their gamepad just for the updates. It's been so long and I just really want to Play my WiiU.