Hacker Shows GameCube Games Running In vWii On Wii U

Hacker shows proof of concept of Gamecube games running in vWii on the Wii U, controlled by PS3 controller.

[Indiahouse]

Cool thing

[LOL_WUT]

Nice! Keep up the good work. ;)

[monkeyfox]

Thats one good reason to buy a wiiu. cant think of any others right now...

[yesmynameissumo]

It streams Netflix and plays Wii games for my kids. That's it. I am disappoint.

[3-4-5]

Your narrow minded then.

[IcicleTrepan]

Maybe Nintendo will be shamed into releasing official support? I wonder if the disc drive in a Wii u could mechanically accept a gamecube disc, aren't they much smaller than a normal disc?

[deafdani]

While I don't know for sure, I don't think that would be a problem. The Wii reads Gamecube discs without any issue after all, so I don't see why it would be different for the Wii U.

I believe the Wii U is perfectly capable of running Gamecube games natively, because its components are basically an improved and supercharged version of the Wii's components, which were basically an improvement over Gamecube's components. That's why they have perfect backwards compatibility.

It's my belief that the Wii U currently doesn't support Gamecube games simply because it doesn't have Gamecube controller and memory card ports, because Nintnedo wanted to cut costs. I assume it would be possible for Nintendo to patch the Wii U's firmware so that it recognizes the Pro Controller, or the Gamepad, or the Classic Controller + Wiimote so we can use those as control inputs for Gamecube games.

However, I don't think it's gonna happen. I suspect that, even if possible, it wouldn't rank very high in Nintendo's list of priorities. :P

[herbs]

I'm still baffled by there short sighted decision to not use analog triggers which has been an industry standard since the GameCube. There's a whole generation of revenue they could have resold to there fans with little fuss oh but they excluded analog triggers now games like F-Zero Gx and WaveRace Blue storm will never work unless the games are modified. Honestly I think that this is the dumbest thing Nintendo has ever done saving a couple pennies up font but most likely losing huge in the long run pissing off gamers and developers alike.

[Neonridr]

@herbs, while I would have accepted your answer if you had used simulation based games as your defense. A game like F-Zero has two speeds, stop and go, you don't need to slowly accelerate or very sensitively brake. Arcade style racers do not need analog triggers.

It's a shame that they didn't include it, but there's no reason why a Pro Controller V2 could be released down the road that may have analog triggers. Sure I would have loved them, but it's not the end of the world.

[herbs]

Neonrider you are correct in saying F-zero is a bad example and your right about arcade racers (Most Wanted Wii U is awesome and just as good without them) However WaveRace is in fact a simulation soo your rebutal is null also you are completely missing the point of my statement and cherry picking something irrelevant. Thinking they will revise the pro controller to have analog triggers at this point would be bad for everyone. If Nintendo adds analog triggers to the pro controller down the road they will piss off everyone who already owned one few people would adopt this new standard and developers would not add features to support it when it's just an extra accesorry that a very small % of Wii U owners use. Again your rebuttal is completely unfounded and you have poor grasp of the complexities of the game industry let alone my statement above.

[ceballos77mx]

And he forgot playing on Live.

[TongkatAli]

I would love to use the dualshock on my Wii U, but the gamepad is awesome too.

[nick309]

Thats the reason i mod my consoles, to play old games devs dont put by themselves, not even piracy considering i own what i download :D

[yeahokchief]

i dont see why this is such a big deal.ive got my gamecube upstairs if i want to play gamecube games.

[nick309]

Some people probably sold their cubes . Or maybe like me got em stolen /:

[Dravidian]

little cousin broke my cube. I bought a wii mostly to play my GC collection and Brawl. My collection has expanded since then, but my Wii saw heavy use before I got my Wii U.

[muffinbutton]

could be a fake video who knows

[NioRide]

I don't know, He does have other homebrew videos on his account.

[Indiahouse]

Retro game are now more popular than ever according to me