Yes |
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68.5% (76) |
No |
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9.9% (11) |
I still use my Gamecube |
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8.1% (9) |
I don't own a Wii |
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13.5% (15) |
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Muckraker  Posts: 339 Joined: 12 Oct 2007     | |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1239 Joined: 31 Jul 2008    | I just went through Metroid Prime again to get some use out of the damn thing. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3010 Joined: 18 Sep 2008     | omigod go to the store and pick up a copy of No More Heros for gods sake. To answer your actual question, yes, my gamecube disks work perfectly in the wii. Best backwards compatibility in the business. |
BANNED  Posts: 2994 Joined: 3 Jan 2008    | I will when I buy some gamecube games. Also Tales of Symphonia 2 on Wii User was banned for: Somali Islamist Group Bans Videogames. (Permanent) |
Anonymous Source  Posts: 7 Joined: 9 Nov 2008    | I put in Super Smash Melee, even though i have Brawl. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 700 Joined: 16 May 2008     | Of course. There are lots of good Gamecube games. I wish I had a wireless GC controller though. I have to sit on the floor when I play. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3127 Joined: 20 Jul 2008    | Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. One of the best games on the game cube in my opinion |
Muckraker Posts: 339 Joined: 12 Oct 2007 |
Funny story, I wanted to buy it at Blockbuster a few weeks ago and my friend snatches it and says "I found your Christmas gift." So in due time I will be playing that wonderfully bloody nerd game. Beam swords FTW. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 719 Joined: 29 May 2008   | I actually bought GC games to play on my Wii. Specifically Metroid Prime 1 and 2, and SSBM |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2244 Joined: 15 Jun 2008  |
I hear they're remaking the Metroid Primes for Wii. In other news, yes, I've played WarioWare. The only reason I haven't played any other GC games on it is that I've played all my GC games to death and have a large collection of Wii games to occupy me. I'll get round to playing Metroid Prime again one day. |
BANNED  Posts: 6317 Joined: 29 Nov 2007    | I actually play more GC games (and SBCG4AP) on my Wii then Wii games. User was banned for: The hypocrisy is KILLING me.. (Permanent) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1810 Joined: 28 Aug 2008 | I assume you need a GC controller to play the games? |
BANNED  Posts: 4378 Joined: 21 Aug 2008     | All of you need to play Eternal Darkness. It's the only thing I play on the Wii really :\ User was banned for: Microsoft and the World Domination of Gaming&Communication. (Permanent) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2767 Joined: 24 Nov 2008   | Every once in a while I feel the need to play one of my old GC games. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4075 Joined: 10 Nov 2007    | 13 posts and no-one's mentioned Skies of Arcadia? For shame, Escapist. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 931 Joined: 17 Sep 2008   | I haven't bought a Wii because my Gamecube hasn't broken yet. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1763 Joined: 5 Jun 2008    | Played through WindWaker a couple of times on it, also SuperMario Sunshine! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2526 Joined: 16 Aug 2008   | i play GC games on my wii all the time. i dont get new games that ofter so i play the ones i do have to death and as 2/3 of my game repertoire are GC games, i mostly play GC games. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 401 Joined: 12 Sep 2008   |
Yeah, or a Classic Controller, but they're useless for GC games. Grab a Wavebird - it's wireless and matches the colour of the Wii. I've played many a GC game on my Wii, though I haven't done so in a while. I've gone back to my PS2 as of late. When I'm bored of that, I'm sure I'll get more use out of my Wii. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 983 Joined: 21 Feb 2008  | Luigi's Mansion is one of best games of that generation. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3536 Joined: 7 Oct 2008   | Gotcha Force forever! |
BANNED  Posts: 2505 Joined: 19 Aug 2008 |
I did the same thing about a month ago. User was banned for: Poll: Round 5 - Field of Four - (1) Turbine vs (1) Nintendo. (Permanent) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1179 Joined: 29 Oct 2008 |
I would consider this Sideways compatibility. I play Killer 7 because the gamecube controller setup is sweet. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 779 Joined: 9 Apr 2008  | Too many :) Prince of persia. All the resi games, mario sunshine and luigis mansion. The prime series (though I tend to play prime more than echoes). Most of the zelda games (managed to get hold of the all in one box with the nes/snes/n64 games) and just random odd selections like hitman 2 and killer 7. Backwards compatibility is good. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 90 Joined: 6 Sep 2008   | metroid prime. :D |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4032 Joined: 23 Apr 2008     | I pop in a Gamecube game once a week. This week, I'm gonna play Eternal Darkness. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 103 Joined: 16 Jul 2008  |
"Luigi's Mansion" was the first game I got for my GameCube, and it is still very enjoyable. I have yet to find a decent racing game beyond the absolute best one, "Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2", GC version which I still play on the Wii (unless you count "Diddy Kong Racing" for the N64, which was freakin' awesome). |
Pulitzer Laureate Posts: 779 Joined: 9 Apr 2008 |
Try F-zero GX. Now that is a good racing game, if you can keep up with the sheer near epileptic inducting amounts of stuff that comes at you from the background. |
Paperboy Posts: 42 Joined: 27 Aug 2008 |
True that. I am occasionally drafted in as player two Super Mario Galaxy, but I can do that while doing something else, like reading a book. In another room. Other than that, if the dust ever comes off that thing, it's to play a cube game. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2102 Joined: 8 Nov 2008  | Used to play SSBM but after I have brawl no point, wouldn't having F-ZERO but no-one sells GC games anymore. |
Muckraker  Posts: 250 Joined: 9 Oct 2008 | well out shere bordume and since I have not bouth a NHL games Since NHL 2005, on the game cube i've been poping it in allmost every day to play the season. But dis is out of a bit of desperation. P.S. Go Sens Go |
Beat Writer  Posts: 206 Joined: 2 Apr 2008  |
Indeed. Eternal Darkness is a wonderful game. I remember when they originally planned it for release on the N64. |
Senior Editor  Posts: 2808 Joined: 9 Jan 2007    | Phantasy Star Online, Paper Mario, Resident Evil...I still have a GameCube, actually, but it's so much more convenient to just pop a game in the Wii. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 780 Joined: 14 May 2008   | SSBM, because if I want to play Brawl I'll just turn on slow-mo in Melee. Also because Doc is my main. |
Muckraker  Posts: 262 Joined: 4 Dec 2008  | I own more Gamecube games than Wii games. And more often than not I actually get more enjoyment out of my Gamecube games. I play Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, Wind Waker and Skies of Arcadia on fairly regular basis. |
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Every so often I'll sit down determined to play a game, but I just can't choose one from my Wii collection. I've played Brawl to death and all it's single player trophies, The Force Unleashed has lost all replay value, and Smackdown vs Raw 2008 sucked and I want to watch it burn. That's usually when I decided to dip into the good ol' Gamecube collection. Maybe a little Tales of Symphonia, maybe some Day of Reckoning 2.
I know backwards compatibility usefulness tends to kind of phase out after a console has had some time to build up it's collection and we're two years out from when the Wii was released. I'm curious to know how many people still take advantage of the backwards compatibility and played a Gamecube game on the Wii recently (for those who want a time frame, lets say in the last couple of months). So, have you popped in one of those tiny little discs into your Wii?