Your Wii Games Won't Be Upscaled On Wii U

Everytime more news about the wiiu comes out the less I want it.

No unified online.

More powerful than 360/pc but less powerful than my 3 year old 600$ pc :(

No wii upscaling

No gamecube support

Guess I'm sitting the wiiu out or buying it to play 2-3 games I thought were awesome (silent hill/boom blox) and then selling it like I did with the wii.

man, fuck that. another reason to not spend money on nintendo

@pocketfudge said:

How else are they going to try to resell you HD versions of the same crap you've already bought? Typical Nintendo.

It's typical everyone at this point. Nintendo is far from the only company to do this.

The fact that you can do this via emulation on the PC means that there are few reasons Nintendo couldn't have included it. Many of the higher-res textures are already on disc.

Come October I will be able to play them on my PC upscaled... so sure, keep it up Nintendo!

What the crap? Hasn't the emulation scene established that first-party Wii games have better textures on the disc? Why is Nintendo never going to use them?

This is the same company that released the ROM for Super Mario All-Stars on a Wii disc. Can't say I'm too surprised but appreciate the confirmation on the new system.

Thanks Patrick!

What a missed chance.

@pocketfudge said:

How else are they going to try to resell you HD versions of the same crap you've already bought? Typical Nintendo.

It's typical everyone at this point. Nintendo is far from the only company to do this.

This be some buuuulsheet.

How else are they going to try to resell you HD versions of the same crap you've already bought? 
 
Typical Nintendo.

Why.

damnit!!

EDIT: - Always the bridesmaid, never the bride.. I've been 2nd so many times.. I just want to finish this damn quest already!

Quest complete?  Sucks that Wii games will still look like crap.

Wii hardware was capable of playing GameCube discs, but that won't be possible in Wii U. Since it's compatible with Wii remotes and accesories, it'll obviously play Wii discs, but the question is whether Nintendo will alter the look of those Wii games with the more powerful Wii U.

The answer is no, based on a conversation I had yesterday with Mark Franklin, head of Nintendo's public relations. Pop in a Wii disc, the games will play like they did on the Wii.

No upscaling or texture filtering, unfortunately.

Ah well. The dream of effortlessly getting Super Mario Galaxy 2 in HD has been shot down.