Wii U does not play GameCube games. Should it?

7 Comments

  • Jessica - 8 years ago

    They need to play gamecube games. they have an adapter that you buy to plug into the wii u to play these games. that is false advertising. I paid money for this and for new controllers excited to play and could not. You should update this and allow everyone that already purchased a wii u to go in and exchange it for an updated one.

  • gamer - 12 years ago

    i really think that the wii u should because i have a but load of gamecube game that are really fun like the person up there said i need this in my life.

  • MastaChief - 12 years ago

    well i think that the wii-u should play gamecube games because there are so many people out there that still love those old systems... i still love those old gamecube games i still have those old tony hawk undeground games and tony hawk american wasteland... i also still have those old splinter cell games...

  • Kate - 12 years ago

    As long as I still have my Gamecube copy of "Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Master Quest", I will NEED something that plays Gamecube games. I just... I need this in my life.

  • nOhagstroll - 12 years ago

    NO, the WiiU should not be Backwards compatible to gamecube that's why there are so many hackers now that plague the Wii and destroy a really great console's online gameplay because the ports that allow gamecube controllers and it's backwards compatibility have led to the use of hacked Action Replay codes being made and used online..... If you love Gamecube games that much whats wrong with getting them via DLC "nothing" but most don't want that because they really want a back door to hack or exploit...

  • Jack Witherell - 13 years ago

    I think that they should let you play them and you could pay the wii shop channel a small fee to download patches for the wii u that let you use the wii remote to control gamecube games with unique and individual controls. Another idea is to eliminate plug in controllers and build in 4 individually settable wave bird controller ports.

  • VideoGameObsession - 13 years ago

    Well of course as a gamer I would like to see backwards compatibility with the Game Cube, but then again I'd like cartridge slots and bc with the NES, SNES, and N64 too. :P

    Those 13 voters who voted against compatibility.. why? Besides if they didn't want people to expect BC with GC on the Wii-U they should have called it something other than Wii. I still HATE the name. It just sounds like the SKU for the USA model Wii.

    I understand Nintendo's reason for not including GC compatibility... $$MONEY$$ of course.
    How else are they going to sell you Virtual Console GC games if they make them compatible with the discs that you can buy for as cheap as 50cents (used)?

    Remember when Sony released the PS3 and said it would be 100% compatible with the entire history of Sony consoles? Well.. They saw how much revenue was being brought in through Nintendo's Virtual Console and dropped that like a bad habit! (oh wait.. it was cost cutting measure by Sony)... yeah right! :P

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