So, the Wii is the only system that can pull off 100% backwards compatability?

[QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="Carmilla31"]If the PS3 was 50% backwards it would still have more good games then the Wii at 100%.Carmilla31

Sorry, but I think Metroid Prime is a lot better than those two.

[QUOTE="jonesy1911"][QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="Carmilla31"]If the PS3 was 50% backwards it would still have more good games then the Wii at 100%.Jandurin

I've played Oblivion.  I prefer Metroid Prime, but that's because I like action games for than I like RPGs.

[QUOTE="flazzle"][QUOTE="Gears360"]by the way nintendo stole sony idea of backward compatibility, damn robbersGears360

[QUOTE="mushroomscout89"][QUOTE="ChopperDave1"]97% backwards compatability isn't back if you ask me. You've still got thousands of PS2 games to playGears360

[QUOTE="Gears360"][QUOTE="flazzle"][QUOTE="Gears360"]by the way nintendo stole sony idea of backward compatibility, damn robbersflazzle

[QUOTE="Gears360"][QUOTE="mushroomscout89"][QUOTE="ChopperDave1"]97% backwards compatability isn't back if you ask me. You've still got thousands of PS2 games to playmushroomscout89

actually , there was a Nes to Snes converter (saw it on a gamepro magazine years ago) but it was from a third party, cause nintendo never cared about BCGears360

[QUOTE="Carmilla31"]If the PS3 was 50% backwards it would still have more good games then the Wii at 100%.Jandurin

God of War..............Gow of War 2.............etc........

[QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="Carmilla31"]If the PS3 was 50% backwards it would still have more good games then the Wii at 100%.Ericvon71

God of War..............Gow of War 2.............etc........

actually , there was a Nes to Snes converter (saw it on a gamepro magazine years ago) but it was from a third party, cause nintendo never cared about BCGears360

Never cared?  All the Gameboys were backwards-compatible.

If the PS3 was 50% backwards it would still have more good games then the Wii at 100%.Carmilla31

[QUOTE="Danm_999"]Technically the PC has 100% backwards compatibility too, so the Wii would be one of two systems.Jandurin

[QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="Danm_999"]Technically the PC has 100% backwards compatibility too, so the Wii would be one of two systems.Tylendal

Because Nintendo doesn't screw it's fanbase over on a yearly basis. Sony and MS both do something stupid at least once a year. Ninty just sits in the back doing whatever they need to.fatzombiepigeon

Technically the PC has 100% backwards compatibility too, so the Wii would be one of two systems.Danm_999

[QUOTE="fatzombiepigeon"]Because Nintendo doesn't screw it's fanbase over on a yearly basis. Sony and MS both do something stupid at least once a year. Ninty just sits in the back doing whatever they need to.flazzle

[QUOTE="Tylendal"][QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="Danm_999"]Technically the PC has 100% backwards compatibility too, so the Wii would be one of two systems.Jandurin

The worst part is that both MS and Sony don't really care much about making sure 100% of the games will work eventually. Sony went as far as to say that once consumers play PS3 games they won't even want to play old PS2 games! talk about screwing over your fanbase...VideoGameGuy

I just find it rather.... dissapointing how the 360 and PS3 are the only consoles this gen that can't play all of their predecessor's past games.  The 360 only plays SELECT games, the PS3 only plays about 97% of all PS2 and PS1 games, and, yet, the Wii plays every single one of your Gamecube games.

 Isn't it rather funny how lemmings and cows constantly say that the Wii's hardware is inferior, when their consoles can't even play old Xbox games or PS2 games?

 I mean, seriously, people, backwards compatability is EXPECTED nowadays.  And it seems that since Microsoft and Sony are putting the blame for a lack of true backwards compatability on their new hardware, the Wii, due to its rather old software, is still beating Microsoft and Sony in an area that no Nintendo console has ever featured.

 Well, so much for "Amazing hardware"... Sony and Microsoft can't even manage to emulate all thier previous successes on to thier system. :(

princeofshapeir

I guess it is the only console with 100% backward Combatibility.

[QUOTE="VideoGameGuy"]The worst part is that both MS and Sony don't really care much about making sure 100% of the games will work eventually. Sony went as far as to say that once consumers play PS3 games they won't even want to play old PS2 games! talk about screwing over your fanbase...mahjustin

Well, they need to license their games first. It's not that the games won't work. It's that you can't just put any old ROM on Virtual Console for people to buy. They need permission from their creators to sell them.

[QUOTE="Gears360"]by the way nintendo stole sony idea of backward compatibility, damn robbersflazzle

I think you will find that backward compatibility is something Nintendo have wanted to do for years, but its a bit difficult when half your machines have cartridges (which dont get enough credit in my opinion). The gameboy player add on was a step in the right direction though.

[QUOTE="mahjustin"][QUOTE="VideoGameGuy"]The worst part is that both MS and Sony don't really care much about making sure 100% of the games will work eventually. Sony went as far as to say that once consumers play PS3 games they won't even want to play old PS2 games! talk about screwing over your fanbase...Willy105

Well, they need to license their games first. It's not that the games won't work. It's that you can't just put any old ROM on Virtual Console for people to buy. They need permission from their creators to sell them.

[QUOTE="flazzle"][QUOTE="fatzombiepigeon"]Because Nintendo doesn't screw it's fanbase over on a yearly basis. Sony and MS both do something stupid at least once a year. Ninty just sits in the back doing whatever they need to.donalbane

 I call sticking with Cartridge and not to disc stupid (N64).

 I call going with its own smaller format for a disc and not something larger like a dvd stupid (GC).

 I call not building true momentum and not much of a plan (with slow release of hit games) and not leveraging major characters stupid (GC).

Nintendo is not flawless

Granny won't be using the wireless features, she'll be playing Wii Sports, Big Brain Academy and Wii Music.

Besides, those things nintendo did helped them a lot.

It would be impossible to play Zelda 64 with a loading screen every few minutes.

It would be horrible playing Smash Bros. on DVD, thanks to 20 second load times. Gamecube disk load in only 3 seconds.

Actually keeping hit games at bay makes the games better. "A delayed game is eventually good, a bad game is bad forever" -Shigeru Miyamoto

They are not flawless, but they do think ahead.

[QUOTE="Willy105"]

[QUOTE="mahjustin"][QUOTE="VideoGameGuy"]The worst part is that both MS and Sony don't really care much about making sure 100% of the games will work eventually. Sony went as far as to say that once consumers play PS3 games they won't even want to play old PS2 games! talk about screwing over your fanbase...mahjustin

Well, they need to license their games first. It's not that the games won't work. It's that you can't just put any old ROM on Virtual Console for people to buy. They need permission from their creators to sell them.

Playing an old game on a new system is the definition of backwards compatibility. Doesn't matter what format they are on.

Any way you put it is backwards compatibility. It does suck that you can't play the original versions of your old cartrigate games, but at least you can still PLAY them.

yeah its pretty pathetic, this bloody emulator we euros have on the ps3 is absolute crap, gta vice city runs like crap and its all blurry with jags and it's says on the damn site it runs PERFECTLY, god damn... I'd expect more from so called NEXT GEN, this is the future god damnit and a simple game runs like turd.UndyingVayne

Be nice.

At least it's still playable.

[QUOTE="Carmilla31"]If the PS3 was 50% backwards it would still have more good games then the Wii at 100%.Rhubarb9

 and don't forget about all the PSone games........If I could find the orginal Warhawk or the first Colony Wars, its nice know that they would work on my PS3(US)..........

[QUOTE="UndyingVayne"]yeah its pretty pathetic, this bloody emulator we euros have on the ps3 is absolute crap, gta vice city runs like crap and its all blurry with jags and it's says on the damn site it runs PERFECTLY, god damn... I'd expect more from so called NEXT GEN, this is the future god damnit and a simple game runs like turd.Willy105

Be nice.

At least it's still playable.

For over $800 US, it had better be more than just "playable". 

I guarantee that the Wii isn't 100% b/c.

I guarantee that the Wii isn't 100% b/c.

purplemidgets

[QUOTE="Rhubarb9"][QUOTE="Carmilla31"]If the PS3 was 50% backwards it would still have more good games then the Wii at 100%.Afrikanxl

 and don't forget about all the PSone games........If I could find the orginal Warhawk or the first Colony Wars, its nice know that they would work on my PS3(US)..........

...They could've used low end new architechture, gotten near 360/PS3 visuals, and still sold it for $250...Lazy_Boy88

What a ridiculous statement. Of course the Wii is best at backwards compatibility, it is directly using Gamecube architechture. Which is extremely bad since there's hardly anything on GC and using 6 year old hardware limits it terribly. They could've used low end new architechture, gotten near 360/PS3 visuals, and still sold it for $250. Instead everybody is paying more than a Gamecube cost at launch 6 years ago for the same damned hardware and a motion controller.Lazy_Boy88

Uh, it is with the GameCube.Tristam22

Not even the PS2 was 100% b/c. The Wii may have a high % for it's b/c, but I highly doubt it's 100 

[QUOTE="Gears360"]by the way nintendo stole sony idea of backward compatibility, damn robbersflazzle

LOL. GameBoy Color. 

[QUOTE="flazzle"][QUOTE="Gears360"]by the way nintendo stole sony idea of backward compatibility, damn robbersSamurai_Xavier

LOL. GameBoy Color. 

Technically the PC has 100% backwards compatibility too, so the Wii would be one of two systems.Danm_999