• Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    The Wii: Two GameCube glued together with funky remote controllers

    The Wii U: Two Wii glued together with a funky remote controller… With a screen!

    You can play GameCube games on the Wii U via USB by hacking the Wii part of the console, Nintendo just had a little bit more work to do to make it natively compatible…

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      6 months ago

      Nah, the Wii wasn’t even two GC glued together. It was really just an overlocked GC. When you play GC games on Wii, the hardware clocks down and the Wii becomes a gamecube.

      The reason why the Wii U can do that as well, is because in adition to it’s own hardware, all the necessary Wii hardware is also on board. It’s less a Wii mode than a built in Wii.