Is the Wii U able to play gamecube and regular Wii games?

The title of this post is the one thing i'm most interessted in as far as the Wii U is concerned.

Does anyone know if the Wii U is backwards compatible with both Gamecube and Wii games?

Gamecube discs, no, Wii discs, yes.

Gamecube discs, no, Wii discs, yes.

WreckEm711

specifically the resident evil remake and re 0 games?

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Gamecube discs, no, Wii discs, yes.

buccomatic

specifically the resident evil remake and re 0 games?

Right now, as others said, the Wii U cannot play GameCube games, so, right now, you're probably best finding an actual GameCube and the games as many people got rid of their systems when the Wii was released.Stinger78

No, the best bet is to find a Wii that has backward compatibility.

That's the cheapest way to play Gamecube game with component cables.

Gamecube games, no

Wii games, however, are backwards compatible (most likely via software emulation to keep costs down).

[QUOTE="Stinger78"]Right now, as others said, the Wii U cannot play GameCube games, so, right now, you're probably best finding an actual GameCube and the games as many people got rid of their systems when the Wii was released.Jaysonguy

No, the best bet is to find a Wii that has backward compatibility.

That's the cheapest way to play Gamecube game with component cables.

What Jaysonguy said, I agree with him for once. If you can find a BC Wii, you can enjoy Wii and GCN games on it.

GC games are probably gonna be best played on the gamepad since they will be displayed in native res (the ones that support 480p, I think most 1st party games do). They'll look amazing on that small screen.

Wii-U makes me so angry.

(I'll never let SW know I'm buying one)

If the system can play games from the hard drive, why wouldn't it be able to play them straight from a disc? Is Nintendo trying to force people to download them, or do the mini-discs pose a problem?

If the system can play games from the hard drive, why wouldn't it be able to play them straight from a disc? Is Nintendo trying to force people to download them, or do the mini-discs pose a problem?

Bubble_Man

The mini-discs will kill its disc drive by getting stuck in there :P

GC games are probably gonna be best played on the gamepad since they will be displayed in native res (the ones that support 480p, I think most 1st party games do). They'll look amazing on that small screen.

SuperFlakeman

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[QUOTE="WreckEm711"]

Gamecube discs, no, Wii discs, yes.

Anima_Artista

specifically the resident evil remake and re 0 games?

GC games are probably gonna be best played on the gamepad since they will be displayed in native res (the ones that support 480p, I think most 1st party games do). They'll look amazing on that small screen.

SuperFlakeman

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GC games are probably gonna be best played on the gamepad since they will be displayed in native res (the ones that support 480p, I think most 1st party games do). They'll look amazing on that small screen.

BrunoBRS

black bars!

haha

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GC games are probably gonna be best played on the gamepad since they will be displayed in native res (the ones that support 480p, I think most 1st party games do). They'll look amazing on that small screen.

VideoGameFan99

Yeah but there should be a 1:1 mode in the correct aspect ratio so it's fine, like DS games on 3DS XL.