GenGAME writes: "One thing I don’t think Nintendo’s making clear enough is that Wii U is 100% backward compatible with Wii. I mean, sure, they’ve said a few times that you’ll be able to play Wii games on Wii U or use all your Wii Remotes, Nunchuks, and Classic Controllers – but what they’ve been leaving out is that for Wii U, backward compatibility means that Wii U literally comes with a Wii inside it.
"The system’s “Wii Mode,” which you’ll need to boot up to play all your old Wii, WiiWare, and Virtual Console games, actually runs an emulated version of the Wii Home Menu operating system, complete with the original channel-style setup, Mii Maker, Wii Shop Channel, and so on. This puts it a step ahead of Nintendo’s other emulation modes, which don’t actually do anything except run games – not that there would have been much else to do anyway."
Question does it run also gamecube?
So does that mean that the first generation ps3 is 3 console in one??? It could play psone, ps2, and ps3 games.
Wii homebrew emulators forever!!
How long is the boot up for this mode? Seamless i hope cuz thats pretty awesome to keep the nostalgia there
I'd rather pay less and not get a Wii built in.
Or they could have it run the Wii games in a mode that isn't just 1-1 replicating the original console and run the games better.
At least we can hack it though.