Since the Wii U released in 2012, fans have been clamoring for a way to play their old GameCube favorites on the new system. Many speculated that after the release of Wind Waker HD, we would begin to see GameCube games show up on the Nintendo eShop as virtual console releases. So far, that hasn’t been the case. Because of how long it’s taken Nintendo to acknowledge that GameCube games are something fans want, a homebrew effort has sprung up around getting GameCube games to work on the Wii U.
Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."
A new list goes over eight of the the most useless amiibo, ranging from the Shadow Mewtwo card to the Qbby figure.
VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "10 years. It’s been almost 10 years since the last mainline release in the Mario Kart series. Mario Kart 8 came out for the Wii U in 2014 and became the best-selling game for the system by a sizeable margin, and later pulled the same magic trick on the Nintendo Switch under the stage name Deluxe. All in all, it's sold nearly 70 million copies over the last decade and is still selling like hot cakes to this day, so it’s no wonder Nintendo has been in no rush to replace it. However, with rumors of a new system being just around the corner, and reports a few years back that a new Mario Kart is indeed under way, it seems the era of 8 might very well be drawing to a close. It’s an exciting prospect to be sure, but after two Nintendo systems with Mario Kart 8 at their heart, a lot of questions remain about how Nintendo will choose to follow it up."
I hope they just keep building on Mario Kart 8; Add a track-creation tool, and probably open it up to more Nintendo IPs with new tracks and characters, so Metroid, Punch Out, Starfox, Animal Crossing, etc etc.
there wont be a new one until the switch 2 comes out.
nintendo needs their bangers early on
I don't like hacking or homebrew, but that's pretty awesome. Nintendo fans deserve better treatment, and Nintendo just won't listen. Proves how stubborn that company really is with their home console releases
if you have a decent PC just play them on the Dolphin Emulator in higher res graphics. way better IMO
I don't get why GameCube backwards compatibility doesn't work out of the box. The Wii is an up-clocked GC and the Wii U is based of its predecessors architecture.
And that's the point the above poster was trying to make. It COULD play GC games but they chose not to for whatever reason. Quick and obvious answer is for potential remakes and digital rereleases, but in reality, that shouldn't matter.
Maybe this will get nintendo to pull a finger out a release Mario Sunshine, Luigi's mansion and F-Zero GX amongst others please as we had rumours of back at last E3 we've got wii games now even tho we can just put those discs in the console anyway, come on Nintendo N64 and Gamecube games... go!!