Gamecube games on Wii U Virtual Console?

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From a magazine called Retro Gamer:

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http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2012/10/rumour_gamecube_coming_to_wii_u_virtual_console

Is this for real? Or just speculation?
 
...Sounds a bit right. The current Wiis being sold no longer supports GC games, controllers, or memory cards. It's like how the 3DS no longer supports GBA games anymore either, only through VC atm, which they still haven't released to the public just yet..
 
If they cant be played on the gamepad i'm gonna be SO MAD
 
I really hope this happends I missed out on the gamecube and the Wii I already like that you can still play wii games but if gamecube games will be playable through the VC that would just be perfect for me.
 
Is this so? Hm... I hope. Even Reggie.


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"Nintendo Life reports that earlier this month company exec Amber Mcollom said, “GameCube discs will not be compatible with Wii U, but a number of the games that were playable on GameCube can be downloaded from WiiWare.”[/background][/font]​
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But then nothing further was said on the matter, until now.[/background][/font]​
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Nintendo Life added that Reggie Fils-Aime was cornered by Kotaku on the same subject recently, and he apparently said with a smile and a wink, “That is a great question. And personally I would love for that to happen, but we have nothing to announce right now.”"[/background][/font]​
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It would make sense for them to have GameCube titles on the Wii U VC. If for some reason they don't....guess I'll just have to hold on to my Wii and make sure it'll last me for a while.
 
What? Why can't it just read all 3? PS3 can read PS2 and PS1 games. Why can't the Wii U play Wii and GC games too?
 
How long would it take to download a GameCube virtual console game, I'm wondering... would it be compressed or something or would users be downloading a full 4GB. I know they can scrub the ISOs when it comes with the illegal business, and that can include just the bare essentials, but still, it comes out to around 1GB minimum for a game.

Great to see anyway. Total backwards compatibility would be awesome but hey, can't have it all I guess.
 
Dark Young Link said:
What? Why can't it just read all 3? PS3 can read PS2 and PS1 games. Why can't the Wii U play Wii and GC games too?
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The funny thing is the later models actually KNOW the disc is PS2 but despite beiung able to make virtual memory cards and knowing the format they can't play it. Mine's like that.

I thought Nintendo had already said it wasn't backwards compatible with GC but some titles where coming out on the VC. Ah well. I don't mind, so long as I can play Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door. And yes I'm willing to buy that for the WiiU VC if necessary. Double Dash, Melee and even Kirby Air Ride would also be great, not to mention the two Pokémon games if they could (although lack of GBA connectivity, but hey the adventure seems fun although I have never cleared the first and haven't played the second), a few Zelda games...

So yeah. Hopefully. And I'm willing to re-purchase a few of them.
 
Why the hell doesn't this support n64 cartridges? I am so mad Nintendo doesn't allow us to play all of our old games on one system. Where would I plug my NES games in?!
 
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