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.
damnit!!
EDIT: - Always the bridesmaid, never the bride.. I've been 2nd so many times.. I just want to finish this damn quest already!
Why.
Typical Nintendo.
This be some buuuulsheet.
@pocketfudge said:
It's typical everyone at this point. Nintendo is far from the only company to do this.
What a missed chance.
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 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?
Come October I will be able to play them on my PC upscaled... so sure, keep it up Nintendo!
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.
No, they just make lazy 'Wii' ports of GameCube games.
man, fuck that. another reason to not spend money on nintendo
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.
@Brendan said:
QFT, though I can definitely agree with everyone else that this particular instance is kind of dumb.
I'm sure the reason they did this is to keep the cost down. I'm not really sure how consoles do that anyway. But there again, Nintendo does like to repackage games. Super Mario Galaxy HD with both SMG 1&2 on the disk would sell like hotcakes.
@Burb said:
A winner is not you.
So the Wii U is basically a HDMI cable for your standard Wii....