Would backwards compatibility with the Wii be a must have for nintendos next gen

In your opinion, would it be something you would really want to have on Nintendos Next system?

i think it'd be really nice if They could put that in their.

It probly will have BWC in some way shape or form.

No I already have a Wii, I don't need a second

B/C should be standard. There's no reason why Nintendo's next wouldn't be able to play GC and Wii games.MAILER_DAEMON

Backward compatability is always important. Saves quite a bit on space.

It should be backwards compatible with the Wii and GC discs. In addition to that, it should also render Wii games in 1080p natively (No upscaled doesn't count as its not the same thing or anywhere near as good.) Youtube videos showing them look absolutely amazing, and those people use weak PC hardware thats worse than the rumored specs. No reason it shouldn't be 1080p Wii compatible.

B/C should be standard. There's no reason why Nintendo's next wouldn't be able to play GC and Wii games.MAILER_DAEMON

B/C should be standard. There's no reason why Nintendo's next wouldn't be able to play GC and Wii games.MAILER_DAEMON

So you want Nintendo to keeo 11 year old tech around? Wii bc I understand but this is pushing it

Yes it should have BC, in one form or another.

I think it needs to be bc for wii but not necessarily gc as those games could potentially be purchased through a new version of the VC.

I would like it to be backwards compatible but it's not a must, i have 2 wii's for my wii games anyway.

Not a must but would be nice to have it too.

I definitely want backwards compatibility.

Yes, but we would also need a brand new wiimote or it would be for nothing.

B/C should be standard. There's no reason why Nintendo's next wouldn't be able to play GC and Wii games.MAILER_DAEMON

I completely agree!

We don't have a Wii or a Gamecube (only had a Gamecube for a short time) We would love to be able to play all those awesome Wii and Gamecube titles on our WiiU, while we wait for a good bit of WiiU games!

I find it to not only be a good business strategy, but Also a good consumer strategy!

It's been confirmed that the Wii-U will be backwards compatible with Wii games, but I don't think they mentioned it being backwards compatible with Gamecube games. Don't the Gamecube and Wii use almost the same hardware? Meaning that if the Wii-U can play Wii games, shoudn't it also be able to play Gamecube games?

Backwards compatibilty should be standard with all consoles!

[QUOTE="MAILER_DAEMON"]B/C should be standard. There's no reason why Nintendo's next wouldn't be able to play GC and Wii games.LaytonsCat

So you want Nintendo to keeo 11 year old tech around? Wii bc I understand but this is pushing it

It already was stated it was....

It already was stated it was....

Master_Of_Fools

Check the date of this thread boy.

Was from before the confrence thank you, I'm not stupid.

I'm sure I saw on an IGN video that it was backwards compatible with GameCube and Wii. Now we know for sure it is with Wii, but it'd be nice if it was with GameCube too. I don't have a GameCube anymore, but I do have GameCube games. If the Wii U can play them, I could get rid of the Wii for a trade in bonus of some sort, and have more space. The only things I have on it are Brawl data, Mario Kart Wii data, Miis, and Super Mario Galaxy data which I never beat, and then sold for some reason. I need to buy that back...

I guess it would be nice if they had data transfer too, though. I wish I could save game data to the SD card... If I can, please tell me how. But I had thought that only games such as VC and WiiWare could be put on it.

EDIT: I did a little looking around, and I found many reports of GC games being backwords compatible. I just bing'd "cafe gamecubecompatibility" and it did the trick. Please note though, that while most are reliable and there are many reports, Nintendo themselves have not actually stated this yet.

I think it is a must.

I got about 200$ worth of DLC on my Wii. Would like to transfer that over to the new console. ( NES , SNES , N64 Games )

I got about 200$ worth of DLC on my Wii. Would like to transfer that over to the new console. ( NES , SNES , N64 Games )

Vambran

You can store those on an SD card, and I also heard that most if not all of them will work on the Wii U, like the DSiWare. SD cards aren't very expensive, and if you are running out of room, they are pretty nifty to have. Assuming you don't have one already.