Wii U doesn't upscale Wii games or play GameCube games

by Steve Watts, Jun 09, 2011 1:30pm PDT

Related Topics – GameCube, Nintendo, wii, E3 2011, Wii U

We're still slowly getting more droplets of details on the Wii U, including its backwards compatibility options. It will support Wii games and can sync with the Wii remotes, but that support doesn't include upscaling. Giant Bomb reports that Nintendo head of public relations Mark Franklin confirmed it yesterday.

Franklin also confirmed that the Wii U won't play GameCube games. This seemed likely, since we'd seen no indication that the system even has the necessary controller ports, but it's nice to know for sure.

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The Wii U won't upscale original Wii games, or play GameCube games, according to Nintendo head of public relations Mark Franklin.

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- Aww shucks. : NastyJack
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  Why? Seriously, why? Who has seen Super Mario Galaxy 2 upscaled on Dolphin? Would that not be a system... : deadhorse
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  Ah, I thought I read that it played GC games. :-( : atom519
  - There was question as to how far back it would go, and none of the pictures we've see of it had controlle... : one random winner
- Anybody else think Nintendo is kind of dropping the ball with the Ling Ling? : AgentPothead
- Excitement...dwindling I mean, I'm still excited, but it's a little disappointing to hear some of the ... : PointlesS76
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  So the one good thing about having gamecube controller ports was that you could you plug in a wired contr... : EnhancedInterrogator
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  No Wii Upscaling. No GameCube Support. Oh... and at the moment, it only supports ONE new controller. ... : darthfusion
  - Upscaling could, theoretically anyways, be added later with a firmware update, I'm really hoping on that ... : one random winner
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  Don't care about Gamecube games really. Bit of a bummer that there are no GCN controller ports for Smash ... : Zek
  - Classic Controller works just as well : one random winner
- I was really hoping to see Windwaker at 810x1080 (yes, I don't force games into widescreen that weren't d... : RaptorII
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  Does anyone else think Nintendo's gearing up for adding 'Cube games to a Virtual Console-type service? I ... : David Craddock
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    Vendor lock-in and forcing customers to re-buy their game collection is THE FUTURE!! Watch Microsoft and Sony announce zero backwards-compatibility support when the PS4 and XBox 720 launch in 2 to 3 years.
    
    Jun 09, 2011 3:54pm PDT
    
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    Vendor lock-in and forcing customers to re-buy their game collection is THE FUTURE!! Watch Microsoft and... : the archvile
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      It really is, actually. It is another move towards digital. Personally I'd rather have a digital library ... : gnoleb
      
      Well, if Steam and GOG showed me anything it's if you make it cheap enough, add compatibilities, and let ... : RaptorII
    - My positive spin on this is: The less compatible it is with the old shit, the more likely it is that t... : imbackbaby
  - Still though, I'm not gonna check my GC library but I imagine there will be titles missing due to licensi... : ghost in my shell
- WHAT THE FUCK NINTENDO AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH : PixelPie
- Why do it for free when you can have a "Wii Classics" line at 20 dollars a game that will be upscaled. ... : grabbie
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  Didn't they say all Wii accessories would work? Is a GameCube controller not a Wii accessory? : TroZ
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    The controller might work. But not the games. : gnoleb
    - I am pretty sure if there is no GameCube support than there won't be any GameCube controller ports either... : ovrlrd
  - not really. and emulating this stuff isn't easy. Especially if you want 100% compatibility. Sure ... : chickdigger802
  - Not really : Slowtreme
  - A GCN controller is a GCN accessory : Sailor of Fortune
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  They should just put the Dolphin Emulator in there. I would seriously buy the Wii U for that reason alone... : fauljosh
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    ... still would look as good as on a beefy PC though :-) : apocreg
    - ...woundNT :-) : apocreg
  - There's no need for that... if the hardware is capable of running Wii titles there's exactly zero reason ... : Toraz Chryx
- That's sucked news. :[ I will go for the Playstation Vita! : commanderxp90

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