Need Memory Card to Play Gamecube games?

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#1 mezztro113
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Do you need a memory card to play the Gamecube games on the Wii or does it save to the Wii's memory?
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#2 XBL_Crimson_Ice
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yeah i had to shell out 25 for like the 1k+ memory card and i never played a single GC i own since the wii came out :X im going to start WW again tomorrow though and get some use out of that giant card
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#3 mezztro113
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Thanks. WW was the game I was going to pick up and was wondering if I need the memory card to go with it. Appreciate the quick response.
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#4 Jaysonguy
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You don't need a memory card for Wii games.
The Wii has it's own memory inside.

You need a Gamecube memory card and controller for Gamecube games though
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#5 XBL_Crimson_Ice
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lol i picked up super mario, metoid prime and sunshine and all 3 arent opened yet i bought them before the wii cameo ut :\
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#6 mezztro113
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Yea, was only asking about the Wii. Thanks for the follow up though Jay.
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#7 BonesNFG
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I wonder why nintendo didn't make it possible to save GC games on the wii?
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#8 Psy236
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I wonder why nintendo didn't make it possible to save GC games on the wii? BonesNFG
probably figured that most ppl who plan to play GC games already had a GC, games, and a memory card. I had a GC, controllers, games, and memory cards, but I don't know where any of it is. I'm going to my parent's storage either tomorrow or friday and hopefully I'll find some controllers, games, and a memory card in there. altho I have a feeling I'll find controllers, games, but no memory card and I'll have to go buy one :(.
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#9 gooflee
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I wonder why nintendo didn't make it possible to save GC games on the wii? BonesNFG
Probably to save memory for Wii related things, cheaper to use existing hardware, and no need to have to create a driver to redirect game saves and praying that a bug occurs because there is no way to test every game save mechanism.
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#10 BonesNFG
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That didn't stop sony or microsoft from making a hardrive that you can save previous system made games on
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#11 Jaysonguy
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It's a hardware issue not a software issue.
The Wii basically turns into a Gamecube when you play the Gamecube games, the only way you can stop it is a hard restart. This is the same reason the Wiimote/C l a s s i c controller wont work when you play a Gamecube game.

If you wanted the Gamecube game to be played on the Wii itself I doubt the hardware would be strong enough to do it.
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#12 gooflee
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That didn't stop sony or microsoft from making a hardrive that you can save previous system made games onBonesNFG
I don't think Microsoft should be looked as a model for backward compatibility.
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#13 DTbikerider9
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I bought MP a controller anda memory card allfor acout 20$ used the memory card was like 10$
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#14 Warfust
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Still need one for GC games, though the only one of those I have been playing is Paper Mario...