Nintendont homebrew allows GameCube games on Wii U

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.

[MetroidFREAK21]

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

[Qrphe]

>I don't like homebrew, but that's pretty awesome

The whole point of homebrew is being awesome

[MetroidFREAK21]

It's true, I don't really approve hacking or modding a console. But adding GC support to Wii U is awesome...

[jholden3249]

"Fans deserve better"

So unless Nintendo makes a console the plays every single generation on one single machine, fans are being cheated? It's a Wii U- it plays Wii U games. Want GameCube? Buy a GameCube. The fact it plays Wii games is already an added bonus. Of course, just proves how stubborn fans are that no matter what Nintendo does, they always bitch and complain that it's not enough.

Nintendo hardware
Not ONLY do you get access to Wii U games, you get access to Wii games as well.

All other hardware
Only get access to current gen

Fans
"Nintendo is so stubborn, it should play everything"

EDIT
Found this old post of mine in a Google search. I would like to add that I am very much interested in past catalogs and took no issue modding my vWii to play GameCube from SD. 256gb SD filled with all 67 GC games in my library and some Wii games like Fatal Frame IV English Translation (don't care about normal Wii since I can play my discs).

Games upscale to 1080p and honestly look so sharp that when I play Wii games, it feels like GC was the Wii and the Wii is the GC.

So ya, do what you gotta do to play the games you love. Just, don't expect official BC. Not to say Ninty couldn't have sold a few GC on VC (they should have) but we are truly blessed to have access to as many platforms as we do at this point. Wii U and Wii catalogs plus most of the top NES, SNES, N64, GBA and DS as virtual console. That's a decent spread.

[jayzablade]

Unfortunately we live in a self entitled era where everyone expects everything for nothing....I agree wholeheartedly with your post!
I still have my NES, SNES, 64, GC and Wii along with my U...if I want retro, I play it, if I don't have it, I emulate it (like fuck am I paying £50 for Turtles In Time!!)

[thehobbyist]

The Gamecube is over a decade old. And the Wii is following closely in it's trail. Anybody who wants BC for a 14 year old console. Fight me.

[Activemessiah]

Nintendo are the only ones who do backward compatibility anyway... Sony decided to cash in on it and MS even with their VCR sized machine can't play 360 games... so who's not listening?

[Geekman]

You act like every Nintendo console needs to play every game from every gen. Theyve got stuff besides VC going on, dude.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

Get back to me when the PS4 and XBone do something that allows you to play past gen games natively.
THEN we'll talk about who's being stubborn and which fans deserve better treatment.

[randomass171]

Technically there is PS Now on PS4, but I see what you mean. I think there is potential in game streaming but I agree native gameplay will probably always be best. I still have my big ol PS3 as well as my slim PS2 and PS1, so backwards compatibility has never been an issue for me.

[TomahawkX]

if you have a decent PC just play them on the Dolphin Emulator in higher res graphics. way better IMO

[Qrphe]

This would be the best solution if it wasn't for breaking compatibility with most games.

[eworthington0]

I just put nintendont on my original wii and it's awesome.
Better than dios mios only because the audio isn't cut out and you can play with classic pro.
The subtitles lag quite a bit in some games.

[smoothdude]

It is funny because playing Nintendo Games on the Dolphin Emulator is much better than playing on their consoles. Playing Mario Galaxy without having to use the wii-mote is awesome!!

[Gamer777]

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.

[DragoonsScaleLegends]

I'm not sure if the Wii U can read or actually accept GameCube discs and there are no ports for a GameCube controller. It's not a software or hardware issue but a weird Nintendo not caring enough issue.

[Gamer777]

It sounds like Nintendo left GC compatibility out intentionally.

[RosweeSon]

There gamecube adapters that's surely with a patch could allow use with Virtual console games but the Wii U will not run the gamecube games like the original Wii did but it's still plays the old Wii games so that's 2 console generations covered in one console ;)

[Qrphe]

That GC disk drive isn't being made anymore, even the Wii has stopped production meaning that whatever equipment, locations, contracts were being used to produce this one component are long gone. It would cost a lot more than couple of bucks per console to include a feature that most would not use anyway.

[Qrphe]

> It sounds like Nintendo left GC compatibility out intentionally.

You're implying it was supposed to be part of the console to begin with. Even the tiniest of addons adds up quite a bit to the manufacturing costs of a console. Be grateful they added Wii-backwards compatibility.

[DragoonsScaleLegends]

No when console makers like Nintendo are designing their new console they think about all kinds of things like if they are going to support their previous console. It would have been no more than a dollar or two to add the mini disc components inside the Wii U disc drive which they decided not to add unlike what they did in all of the Wiis. They already released GameCube controller adapters so they didn't need to add GameCube ports to the Wii U. Wii compatibility sucks since you can't just play them from the Wii U screen and has no support for the Wii U gamepad or pro controller, the only way to get these features is to re-buy the Wii games from Nintendo when they slowly re-release a few of them.

[thehobbyist]

Similar architecture =/= easy emulation or backwards compatibility

Original Xbox is similar to PC architecture but where's the emulator for that? Hell, the 360 doesn't even cover all Original Xbox games.

[Intranquill]

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.

[thehobbyist]

Maybe it has to do with the fact that the Gamecube is almost 15 years old.

No, that can't be it.

[RosweeSon]

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!!

[optimus]

I thought i read somewhere that the wiiU came with a homebrew channel and nintendo didn't mind what you did with it... ah well...
as far as backwards compatibility goes. it has been proven that gamers are a fickle bunch and although they ask for it they eventually end up not using it. as was the case with the ps3 eventually removing it and the 360 only having a short list for it...even when you develop a small device specifically for backwards compatibility such is the playstation tv which hasn't been selling as well as expected because there just isn't a high demand to play old games...a demand; yes. A high demand; no.

Sure the initial demand is there from early adopters of new systems but once the nostalgia wares off they rarely go back to those old games and begin to demand NEW games for their NEW system. game companies just can't win either way.

personally, i'm all for it if it's something that can be done with ease and without consequence.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

There just isn't a high demand?
Last I checked, BC-PS3's are worth a good bit still, if you can find any that still work.

PSTV isn't working out because it's not native BC.
Native BC is what gamers value.

It's the same for PSNow; streaming and rental services, where you never actually get to keep the games you purchase, regardless of connection to the net or a service provider, will never be a superior option, when compared to a system that allows you to continue enjoying the collection you've already got in addition to new games.

IMO, every system should have native BC with their most recent past generation, and that's a trend that should have started with the PS2 and stayed a permanent industry trend.

We build a collection because we love those games and like coming back to them.
Having a new system to continue playing our old games on prolongs their life-span beyond that of the hardware they were born to play on.
That's not a negative.

Native BC support for gens before the most recent past-gen should be a bonus, not an expectation.

[IQUITN4G]

I'd be deliriously happy to play F-Zero gx again or better still how about Nintendo pull their finger out and gift us another one