Poll: Have you ever played a Gamecube game on your Wii?

[Lance Icarus]

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?

 

[Maet]

I just went through Metroid Prime again to get some use out of the damn thing.

 

[thiosk]

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.

 

[Anti213]

I put in Super Smash Melee, even though i have Brawl.

 

[Librarian Mike]

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.

 

[Dommyboy]

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door. One of the best games on the game cube in my opinion

 

[Lance Icarus]

omigod

go to the store and pick up a copy of No More Heros for gods sake.

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.

 

[gamebrain89]

I actually bought GC games to play on my Wii. Specifically Metroid Prime 1 and 2, and SSBM

 

[Graustein]

I actually bought GC games to play on my Wii. Specifically Metroid Prime 1 and 2, and SSBM

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.

 

[The_Deleted]

I assume you need a GC controller to play the games?
I've been very tempted to start getting GC games but Ijust want to make sure I don't look a tit by waving a Wiimote around for no reason.

 

[Twilight_guy]

Every once in a while I feel the need to play one of my old GC games.

 

[GloatingSwine]

13 posts and no-one's mentioned Skies of Arcadia? For shame, Escapist.

 

[perfectimo]

I haven't bought a Wii because my Gamecube hasn't broken yet.

 

[RAWKSTAR]

Played through WindWaker a couple of times on it, also SuperMario Sunshine!
God I love those games!

 

[PureChaos]

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.

 

[Darth Marsden]

I assume you need a GC controller to play the games?
I've been very tempted to start getting GC games but Ijust want to make sure I don't look a tit by waving a Wiimote around for no reason.

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.

 

[TomNook]

Luigi's Mansion is one of best games of that generation.