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[Vinn]

I have been watching the WiiU concept vid and I think that the baseball and gold is wii sports... it looks like it (exept for whats on the new controller), tell my what you think.

[AMAC]

I haven't actually seen the video yet. I think that Wii backwards compatiblity is almost certain for the Wii U. Gamecube games are a possibility, but Nintendo comsoles/handhelds tend to only be backwards compatible with only the previous console. If it isn't backwards compatible with Gamecube games I reckon they'll appear on the Virtual Console.

[Caius Casshern Sins]

It is hard to say if gamecube is supportedby the wii u but wii games should be granted.

[AMAC]

Apparently, the Wii U doesn't support the Gamecube controller. Assuming this is true, it's pretty much certain that the Wii U won't be backwards compatible with Gamecube Games.

Source: http://www.nintendow....com/news/26632

[rob_shadows]

Yeah, Wii U is not bc with gamecube it's been confirmed. However, it's likely that GC games will at some point be on the Wii U's virtual console so it doesn't really matter. If anything it will be an improvement not having to use the gamecube's horrible controller.

[Elric]

All of the wii controllers and the gamecube controller will be able to be used. As for games, they might put gamecube games on virtual consoles or the store.they will have for sure, wii games.

[Jikayaki]

All of the wii controllers and the gamecube controller will be able to be used. As for games, they might put gamecube games on virtual consoles or the store.they will have for sure, wii games.

GameCube controllers are out a long with GameCube backwards compatibility. The Wii U is merely backwards compatible with Wii. This mostly is because the ports for GameCube controllers and memory cards has been removed.

[Hamez]

I don't really mind not having the GameCube games compatible. I can probably get about $150 out of my old GameCube games, controllers, and accessories.

[Roy]

Wii yes.

Gamecube no.

[Camcam281]

And I am perfectly fine with that, because I still own a gamecube, so I am all good with only Wii games

[AWB]

Yeah, Wii U is not bc with gamecube it's been confirmed. However, it's likely that GC games will at some point be on the Wii U's virtual console so it doesn't really matter. If anything it will be an improvement not having to use the gamecube's horrible controller.

I think you are the 2% of people that actually think that. The GameCube was the best controller in terms of comfort.

[CUD]

I think you are the 2% of people that actually think that. The GameCube was the best controller in terms of comfort.

Agreed, the Gamecube controller is great.

[Moop]

I don't really care how backwards compatible it is... I don't play my Wii at all anymore (with the exception of Brawl) and it doesn't affect me whatsoever if I can't play it on the WiiU... (lol rant)

[MaskMidget]

Frankly, it doesn't bother me not having Gamecube compatibility

[Feld0]

Ten Internet bucks say GameCube games will come to the Virtual Console.

[TheSparrow87]

Ten Internet bucks say GameCube games will come to the Virtual Console.

Yeh, that's my guess. It would be strange to not have it on there tbh. There's even non-nintendo stuff on it.

[Hamez]

Ten Internet bucks say GameCube games will come to the Virtual Console.

But file size is a bit of an issue. The GameCube disc capacity is 1.5 GB. You won't get a whole lot of content on an SD card, but an external hard drive will work. I have a 250GB external hard drive, but I have it hooked up to a computer. If there was some way to have the Wii U have access to my home computer network, then I can connect to it.

Plus the download times will take forever!

[The Lonely Koopa]

But file size is a bit of an issue. The GameCube disc capacity is 1.5 GB. You won't get a whole lot of content on an SD card, but an external hard drive will work. I have a 250GB external hard drive, but I have it hooked up to a computer. If there was some way to have the Wii U have access to my home computer network, then I can connect to it.

Plus the download times will take forever!

While hopefully you can play games while you download like with the xbox.

[Feld0]

But file size is a bit of an issue. The GameCube disc capacity is 1.5 GB. You won't get a whole lot of content on an SD card, but an external hard drive will work. I have a 250GB external hard drive, but I have it hooked up to a computer. If there was some way to have the Wii U have access to my home computer network, then I can connect to it.

Plus the download times will take forever!

Plug an external hard drive in, and the file size problem is solved. My local Future Shop sells 3 TB USB HDD's for $180 apiece.

As for download times, there are ways they could be minimized and made less of a problem. For one, even though a GCN disc has a capacity of 1.4 GB, not all games actually used all of the space. So not all games will necessarily be a 1.4 GB download.

Second, if Nintendo has a download queue that allows the game to download in the background, then I see no problem with initiating the download of say, Super Mario Sunshine, and gaming away for an hour until it finishes. There are no technical restrictions to prevent this, and the Wii U could simply pop up a little notification when it's done.

[Oni-Link]

Gamecube Games in VC? i Hope this happens.