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[Wii U] The last hurrah before the NeXt generation arrives.

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  • DirtyDirty Registered User regular
    Big Classy wrote: »
    Any way to play twin snakes on wii u?

    Let me just save you some time and list the Gamecube games that can be played on Wii U.

    Some titles were released for Wii under the "New Play Control" banner. They can also be played on Wii U, which is backwards compatible with Wii games. They consist of the following:

    Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
    Mario Power Tennis
    Metroid Prime: Trilogy
    Pikmin
    Pikmin 2

    Two Zelda games were remastered specifically for Wii U. They consist of the following:

    The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
    The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD

    The Wii U is otherwise not compatible with Gamecube games and does not support Gamecube emulation.

    Funny that in the interest of saving time, you post a wall of text instead the real one syllable answer to his question: No. And then you proceed to get your own list wrong.

  • Big ClassyBig Classy Registered User regular
    I appreciate the help, despite the answer being depressing. Though, I forgot I had Dolphin downloaded on the laptop. Fingers crossed laptop can handle the game.

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  • Ivan HungerIvan Hunger Registered User regular
    edited September 2016
    Dirty wrote: »
    Big Classy wrote: »
    Any way to play twin snakes on wii u?

    Let me just save you some time and list the Gamecube games that can be played on Wii U.

    Some titles were released for Wii under the "New Play Control" banner. They can also be played on Wii U, which is backwards compatible with Wii games. They consist of the following:

    Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
    Mario Power Tennis
    Metroid Prime: Trilogy
    Pikmin
    Pikmin 2

    Two Zelda games were remastered specifically for Wii U. They consist of the following:

    The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
    The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD

    The Wii U is otherwise not compatible with Gamecube games and does not support Gamecube emulation.

    Funny that in the interest of saving time, you post a wall of text instead the real one syllable answer to his question: No. And then you proceed to get your own list wrong.

    This is the second time he's asked if a Gamecube can be played on Wii U. By just listing all the Gamecube games that can be played on Wii U, I can at least save him, if not time, the trouble of asking about more games in the future.

    I'll admit I didn't know about Resident Evil 4 though.

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  • DirtyDirty Registered User regular
    Didn't know he was making a habit of it. Well I hope you got through to him.

  • RehabRehab Registered User regular
    But I can play my N64 cartridges on the Wii U right?

    . . . right?

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    Rehab wrote: »
    But I can play my N64 cartridges on the Wii U right?

    . . . right?

    They're called TAPES. Get it right.

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  • Big ClassyBig Classy Registered User regular
    Dirty wrote: »
    Big Classy wrote: »
    Any way to play twin snakes on wii u?

    Let me just save you some time and list the Gamecube games that can be played on Wii U.

    Some titles were released for Wii under the "New Play Control" banner. They can also be played on Wii U, which is backwards compatible with Wii games. They consist of the following:

    Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
    Mario Power Tennis
    Metroid Prime: Trilogy
    Pikmin
    Pikmin 2

    Two Zelda games were remastered specifically for Wii U. They consist of the following:

    The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
    The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD

    The Wii U is otherwise not compatible with Gamecube games and does not support Gamecube emulation.

    Funny that in the interest of saving time, you post a wall of text instead the real one syllable answer to his question: No. And then you proceed to get your own list wrong.

    This is the second time he's asked if a Gamecube can be played on Wii U. By just listing all the Gamecube games that can be played on Wii U, I can at least save him, if not time, the trouble of asking about more games in the future.

    I'll admit I didn't know about Resident Evil 4 though.

    Eh not quite what I was asking. I figured I'd they remade some GC games they might have done Twin Snakes.

  • Ivan HungerIvan Hunger Registered User regular
    That was a typo. I meant to say Gamecube games. I didn't mean to imply that you were trying to play a console on another console.

  • Big ClassyBig Classy Registered User regular
    Either way, the list is appreciated :+1:

  • AbsoluteZeroAbsoluteZero The new film by Quentin Koopantino Registered User regular
    The sad thing is the Wii U hardware can run Gamecube games. It probably wouldn't have taken much more than Nintendo making the disc drive compatible with GCN discs to read the data. But for whatever reason they declined to do so.

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  • BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    I know the WIIU can play WII games because that menu is so alien and clunky to use to play them

  • Death of RatsDeath of Rats Registered User regular
    The sad thing is the Wii U hardware can run Gamecube games. It probably wouldn't have taken much more than Nintendo making the disc drive compatible with GCN discs to read the data. But for whatever reason they declined to do so.

    If the Wii would have had digital download of GC games the Wii U would have GC emulation. The only thing that stops the Wii mode of the Wii U from playing gamecube games is no way to get the game on the Wii U. If you hack it it runs them exactly as the Wii did.

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  • agoajagoaj Top Tier One FearRegistered User regular
    Rehab wrote: »
    But I can play my N64 cartridges on the Wii U right?

    . . . right?

    They're called TAPES. Get it right.

    Only if you rewound them.

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    The sad thing is the Wii U hardware can run Gamecube games. It probably wouldn't have taken much more than Nintendo making the disc drive compatible with GCN discs to read the data. But for whatever reason they declined to do so.

    If the Wii would have had digital download of GC games the Wii U would have GC emulation. The only thing that stops the Wii mode of the Wii U from playing gamecube games is no way to get the game on the Wii U. If you hack it it runs them exactly as the Wii did.

    Unlike with Wii they would've had to include emulation of the memory cards and do some messing around to get the controls working. For example IIRC hardware past Cube doesn't have pressure sensitive triggers. Though of course they released that Smash Cube controller adapter a while back, but it didn't have a wide release because it was only ever intended for use with Smash.

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  • MolybdenumMolybdenum Registered User regular
    It is possible to play GCN titles on a WiiU, and we have a mod-approved post in an older WiiU thread about installing and using the homebrew software required to do so.


    Post Here.

    I haven't tried it myself, so I can't speak to how smoothly it all runs.

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  • Big ClassyBig Classy Registered User regular
    That's neat but also a lot of work.

  • AbsoluteZeroAbsoluteZero The new film by Quentin Koopantino Registered User regular
    And I'd imagine if it hasn't been patched by Nintendo already, it will be. More work than it's worth to have Nintendo block it by flipping a switch somewhere.

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  • Death of RatsDeath of Rats Registered User regular
    edited September 2016
    And I'd imagine if it hasn't been patched by Nintendo already, it will be. More work than it's worth to have Nintendo block it by flipping a switch somewhere.

    Highly doubt it considering that post is over 3 years old.

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited September 2016
    There was a thread at NeoGAF just a couple days ago about how all you need now to hack a Wii U is an SD card. You go to a certain website in the browser and click a thing.

    But I don't feel the need to do anything like that, I personally don't want to risk a console ban or something, even if it's completely safe.

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  • DirtyDirty Registered User regular
    Good online integration is the best counter for hacking, IMO. I've heard both the WiiU and Vita have been cracked wide open, but like Sporky said, I don't want to risk my console getting banned. I still play Splatoon MP sometimes, and in the off-chance that any software transfers from WiiU to NX the way some transferred from Wii to WiiU, I want to be able to easily do that.

    But once I no longer need to keep the WiiU connected to the internet, then all bets are off.

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  • The WolfmanThe Wolfman Registered User regular
    I don't even understand the point of that guide to begin with. Step 1 is:

    1. Transfer your GC games to a hard drive using a backwards compatible Wii.

    If I have to do that as the very first step... I'd sooner just play the game on the BC Wii to begin with.

    Or to put another way, the effort to set all this up is greater than the effort to just plug in the old console.

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  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    My library is 100% playable on my Wii U with only a small change. I take the disc out the box and begin to insert it in the Wii U. But just before that happens, I move my arm 8" to the right and place it in the Gamecube instead. Fire up the system and enjoy! NO MODS REQUIRED!

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  • ecco the dolphinecco the dolphin Registered User regular
    MNC Dover wrote: »
    My library is 100% playable on my Wii U with only a small change. I take the disc out the box and begin to insert it in the Wii U. But just before that happens, I move my arm 8" to the right and place it in the Gamecube instead. Fire up the system and enjoy! NO MODS REQUIRED!

    Tried to reproduce here locally, but ended up putting the Gamecube disc into my PS3.

    Now I can't get the disc back out.

    Halp!

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  • Dark Raven XDark Raven X Laugh hard, run fast, be kindRegistered User regular
    Dirty wrote: »
    Good online integration is the best counter for hacking, IMO. I've heard both the WiiU and Vita have been cracked wide open, but like Sporky said, I don't want to risk my console getting banned. I still play Splatoon MP sometimes, and in the off-chance that any software transfers from WiiU to NX the way some transferred from Wii to WiiU, I want to be able to easily do that.

    But once I no longer need to keep the WiiU connected to the internet, then all bets are off.

    woah. both the Vita and Wii U were 'nope, not hackable' for like, 4 years. What changed?

    doesn't seem like either is particularly conducive to piracy tho. they both require repeating the hack every time you power the console on.

    Oh brilliant
  • MolybdenumMolybdenum Registered User regular
    The solution linked there isn't the latest-greatest in GCN playability anymore, but anything else is very likely verboten here because it doesn't share the - let's call it Ownership Verification - that the Devolution guy included.

    Other, DRM-blind solutions would obviously be a little more friendly to get up and running. For me the potential upsides are more to do with having a guaranteed way to play my many GCN games when the hard copies give out on me.

    My WindWaker disc is too scratched to read on either of the GCNs behind me, and I've already lost a few saves to a failed mad catz memory stick. Getting all that on an easily-backed-up HDD is peace of mind even if, yes, I can just pop the disc in my cube with no mods. That isn't the only concern though - there's currently no screen in my place with component inputs; everything is HDMI.

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  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    MNC Dover wrote: »
    My library is 100% playable on my Wii U with only a small change. I take the disc out the box and begin to insert it in the Wii U. But just before that happens, I move my arm 8" to the right and place it in the Gamecube instead. Fire up the system and enjoy! NO MODS REQUIRED!

    Tried to reproduce here locally, but ended up putting the Gamecube disc into my PS3.

    Now I can't get the disc back out.

    Halp!

    Sorry, but Sony killed all backwards compatibility in the PS3 relatively early in the life-cycle.

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  • Mr_GrinchMr_Grinch Registered User regular
    edited September 2016
    Dirty wrote: »
    Good online integration is the best counter for hacking, IMO. I've heard both the WiiU and Vita have been cracked wide open, but like Sporky said, I don't want to risk my console getting banned. I still play Splatoon MP sometimes, and in the off-chance that any software transfers from WiiU to NX the way some transferred from Wii to WiiU, I want to be able to easily do that.

    But once I no longer need to keep the WiiU connected to the internet, then all bets are off.

    woah. both the Vita and Wii U were 'nope, not hackable' for like, 4 years. What changed?

    doesn't seem like either is particularly conducive to piracy tho. they both require repeating the hack every time you power the console on.

    I've got Henkaku (the Vita hack) running on my Vita. I ran it once and have never switched it off. Given the Vita runs in a low power mode unless you either specifically turn it off or it runs out of charge, it's actually not much of a limitation.

    That said, I've no intention of using it for piracy, I already buy/have bought so many Vita games. I'm using it for that other thing we're not really meant to talk about on the boards, and for that it's wonderful. I'm thankful that for now Sony don't appear to be banning as it means I can still purchase and download stuff from the PSN.

    I'm actually getting my Gamecube back off a friend soon, it's one I swapped the case out on too so I'm quite looking forward to seeing it again!

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  • DirtyDirty Registered User regular
    I imagine hacking the Vita and PSTV also comes in handy for whitelisting certain games that refuse to transfer/boot. I see nothing unethical about that.

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  • MolybdenumMolybdenum Registered User regular
    Remeber friends: it is not what we see as unethical, it is what Tube sees as unethical ....

    and so, back to Wii U. I had more or less thought I was done buying games for the thing, but an alarming number of late-comer titles have popped up as "huh, I might actually buy that" recently. Steamworld Collection (Heist+Dig on one disc), of course Darksiders : Warmastered, new shantae, Stardew Valley.

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  • borschevskyborschevsky Registered User regular
    Molybdenum wrote: »
    Darksiders : Warmastered
    I think you mean Dirtsiders
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  • HallowedFaithHallowedFaith Call me Cloud. Registered User regular
    edited September 2016
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  • Darth_MogsDarth_Mogs Registered User regular
    The first rule of NX is you do not talk about NX.

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  • Ivan HungerIvan Hunger Registered User regular
    Well, that confirms nothing except that Nintendo is annoyed with everybody bugging them all the time.

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  • AxenAxen My avatar is Excalibur. Yes, the sword.Registered User regular
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  • MolybdenumMolybdenum Registered User regular
    Somebody give me some reference framework here. Is there any precedent for going this long after public announcement of a console without releasing, you know, any details whatsoever? At least, in cases where the console wasn't entirely vaporware...

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  • SageinaRageSageinaRage Registered User regular
    I thought there hadn't been a public announcement yet.

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  • vagrant_windsvagrant_winds Overworked Mysterious Eldritch Horror Hunter XX Registered User regular
    The sad thing is the Wii U hardware can run Gamecube games. It probably wouldn't have taken much more than Nintendo making the disc drive compatible with GCN discs to read the data. But for whatever reason they declined to do so.

    If the Wii would have had digital download of GC games the Wii U would have GC emulation. The only thing that stops the Wii mode of the Wii U from playing gamecube games is no way to get the game on the Wii U. If you hack it it runs them exactly as the Wii did.

    Unlike with Wii they would've had to include emulation of the memory cards and do some messing around to get the controls working. For example IIRC hardware past Cube doesn't have pressure sensitive triggers. Though of course they released that Smash Cube controller adapter a while back, but it didn't have a wide release because it was only ever intended for use with Smash.

    Thankfully there's an even better 3rd party Gamecube adapter, that's also cheaper, and that has a switch to make it work on PC as well.

    And seriously. Hackers got Gamecube games running on Nintendo's own software with Gamecube controllers via the adaptor no sweat. All the software is already there. Nintendo just chose to not include the Gamecube-reading disc drive.

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited September 2016
    And the memory card slots. Honestly I'm not sure how they will handle official GC and Wii emulation in the future. They don't seem to want users to have to learn a different memory management interface. Other VC games are of the type that just saved to the cartridge, and thus far the Wii BC is literally an entire Wii so all the memory management there is the same as ever. Cube is in a unique position. I wonder if they'd just try to simulate one infinitely large memory card, rather than coming up with some interface for swapping virtual cards around.

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  • vagrant_windsvagrant_winds Overworked Mysterious Eldritch Horror Hunter XX Registered User regular
    And the memory card slots. Honestly I'm not sure how they will handle official GC and Wii emulation in the future. They don't seem to want users to have to learn a different memory management interface. Other VC games are of the type that just saved to the cartridge, and thus far the Wii BC is literally an entire Wii so all the memory management there is the same as ever. Cube is in a unique position. I wonder if they'd just try to simulate one infinitely large memory card, rather than coming up with some interface for swapping virtual cards around.

    Infinite large memory cards might potentially lead to bugs in various games? Though they could patch them individually if there's any problems, since they'd be releasing via virtual console. They'll probably just use game-specefic virtual memory cards like the PS3 does for PS2 games on the PSN.

    PS3s do the 'infinitely creatable virtual memory cards' thing and you virtually slot them into Slot 1 or 2 for PS1/PS2 backwards compatibility through discs (and PS1 PSN games). Though the officially released PS2 PSN games use their own individual memory cards dedicated and locked to only that game that auto-mounts.

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  • AxenAxen My avatar is Excalibur. Yes, the sword.Registered User regular
    Molybdenum wrote: »
    Somebody give me some reference framework here. Is there any precedent for going this long after public announcement of a console without releasing, you know, any details whatsoever? At least, in cases where the console wasn't entirely vaporware...

    In the case of the PS4 and Xbone it looks like a little less than 10-12 months from announcement to stores. February to November 2013 for PS4 and May to November 2013 for Xbone.

    Mind you these are from the official announcement date to release. Which technically Nintendo hasn't had an official announcement.

    However, the weird thing with this is that usually companies completely deny any existence of something until the official announcement. With Nintendo though they themselves have already acknowledged it, hell they even talked about a few launch titles for it. So it's a bit of an unusual situation.

    If we believe the rumor of a March 2017 release date then this would surely be one of the shortest "from official announcement to release" cycles around. But, if you count last E3 (or rather the Nintendo Direct during that time) as the "official" announcement, then the cycle time lines up with the PS4's and Xbone's.

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