How is the backward compatibility of the Wii?

The last Nintendo console I owned was the N64. For some reason unbeknownst to me, I never got around to buying a Gamecube last generation...

Since the Wii is apparently backward compatible with Gamecube hardware and games, I was thinking of picking up a Wii, a Gamecube controller, Gamecube memory card, and a few Gamecube games that I passed on last generation...

With that said, however, I would like to know first what the backward compatibility is like with the Wii.

Can anyone enlighten me? Thank you very much in advance.

It's like owning a GC...........without the GC.Duckman5

Indeed. The Wii is a GC. But also a Wii. :P All GC games works perfectly fine.

It's perfect in that every game and accessory (subtract gba player and the broadband adapter :lol: ) works (the games have a tendency to work even better, for example, where a scratched disk may have given the GameCube problems, the Wii could read it). However, it doesn't let you save GameCube files to the Wii itself, so you have to use GameCube memory cards. Additionally, despite the fact that it would be awesome, you can't use the Wii Classic Controller with GameCube games. It really is basically having both a Wii and a GameCube independent of each other.yodariquo

Thank you yodariquo. I appreciate it.

It's like owning a GC...........without the GC.Duckman5

Not only is it a perfect emulation of the Gamecube, but it's a perfect emulation of the nes, snes, n64, gen, & tg-16....

So it's pretty much the most backwards compatible console EVAR!

Not only is it a perfect emulation of the Gamecube

effthat

It's not emulating the Gamecube.

It's almost perfect, don't buy Phantasy Star Online if you want to play it online. None of the online Gamecube games work online on the Wii.

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Not only is it a perfect emulation of the Gamecube

Jaysonguy

It's not emulating the Gamecube.

It's almost perfect, don't buy Phantasy Star Online if you want to play it online. None of the online Gamecube games work online on the Wii.

This is why we can't have nice things!

The Wii is great with backwards compatibility. All of the two dozen or so games I've tried using have worked perfectly.

http://downloads.khinsider.com/?u=56093

Wherever you go, there you are.

the reason the GC games works so well in the wii is because there are two seperat drives in it one for the GC games and the other for the Wii games...WMDfreeman99

No actually it's only one drive.

[QUOTE="WMDfreeman99"]the reason the GC games works so well in the wii is because there are two seperat drives in it one for the GC games and the other for the Wii games...Duckman5

No actually it's only one drive.

No actually its 2 drive...When i wii stop reading wiigames but i could still play GC games.i called nintendo and they told me that there are two drives in the unit so its not uncommon for only one to got out...This infor came from nintendo them selves.

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[QUOTE="WMDfreeman99"]the reason the GC games works so well in the wii is because there are two seperat drives in it one for the GC games and the other for the Wii games...WMDfreeman99

No actually it's only one drive.

No actually its 2 drive...When i wii stop reading wiigames but i could still play GC games.i called nintendo and they told me that there are two drives in the unit so its not uncommon for only one to got out...This infor came from nintendo them selves.

Then they either misunderstood your question, or you misunderstood their answer.

maybe i did, but i am pretty sure that is what both reps told me over the phone cause i was told that twice

[QUOTE="Duckman5"]It's like owning a GC...........without the GC.GC4ever

Also, get a wavebird for GC games. Totally worth it. 2nd most comfortable controller ever, IMO.

Not only is it a perfect emulation of the Gamecube, but it's a perfect emulation of the nes, snes, n64, gen, & tg-16....

So it's pretty much the most backwards compatible console EVAR!

effthat

Well... Other than the PS3 which is backward compatible with the Playstation and Plastation 2 games. Pretty much the entire Playstation line.

It's perfect in that every game and accessory (subtract gba player and the broadband adapter :lol: ) works (the games have a tendency to work even better, for example, where a scratched disk may have given the GameCube problems, the Wii could read it). yodariquo

Really? I tried playing re4 on my wii, which is not scratched up at all, and I got disc read errors occasionally that I never got while playing on my gamecube. I got a good feeling its because the wii drive isn't quite as fast, since wii games load a little slower than gc games.