Originally Posted by sgaldis Decent price to put a sealed one in my 'collector's closet' to go beside my sealed Gamecube and Red Super Mario Wii.

Do you have a sealed Philips CD-i in that closet along with a sealed copy of Hotel Mario and the three Link/Zelda games? ;-)

What was the slogan? "Its like CD for your television?"

Get this shit somewhere else , unless you want a new one for collectors or u dont care about prices for le wii. Pawnshops/thrift stores or cl you can get it for about 40$ w/ backward compability

Originally Posted by Nintendonly -Not backwards compatible -No more new games coming out for it -Outdated -Better off buying a Wii U which plays all Wii games

if a person hasn't already gotten wii at this point then most likely they won't get a wiiu till it's $70ish too right in like 2018 2019. Cheapest wii u is $230 more.

Originally Posted by haku67 This is an pretty good deal for people who still don't have an Wii yet.

ding ding ding

Went back and checked just in case the console might of been previous version. Small text on bottom of box says "not compatible with GameCube games and accessories"

Originally Posted by Nintendonly -Not backwards compatible -No more new games coming out for it -Outdated -Better off buying a Wii U which plays all Wii games

Yes, because spending $300 is totally comparable to spending $70.

At this point who really gives a crap if A wii can play gamecube games at this point?

I'm guessing these are leftover stocks from the $89 one Wal-Mart had on BF. Is it a white Wii with no games packed in?

Originally Posted by Ashane Perhaps if the Wii-U wasnt total crap, you might have a point. Sadly.... The Wii is, and has been, and will be the perfect console for the kids to stuff in a 8 year old's bedroom.

are you advocating 8 year olds play with their wii's in their bedroom???

Originally Posted by Enuf if a person hasn't already gotten wii at this point then most likely they won't get a wiiu till it's $70ish too right in like 2018 2019. Cheapest wii u is $230 more. ding ding ding

the Wii U wont be $70... they are losing money on every console till u buy ur first game... The Xbox 360 slim STILL goes for about $200 ps3 even more... the Wii U is alot more advanced with more tech involved like the tablet (which im using to post this right now so try doing that on a normal wii...)

Originally Posted by Hemi are you advocating 8 year olds play with their wii's in their bedroom???

Where else would they play with them? In the living room in front of others? In the bathroom where they could get wet? Outside where the colder temperatures would have an adverse effect on the Wii's?

Oh nevermind, I see you're trying to make a joke now.

Originally Posted by gettinmoney662 If not being able to play GameCube games is a knock against the Wii, wouldn't it also be a knock against the WiiU?

Because it's silly to think a console TWO generations removed would play Cube games.

It's as stupid as knocking the 3DS for not playing GBA carts.

At some point the cord has to be cut, and honestly no one should expect GCN playback on Wii U, outside of potential for VC.

Originally Posted by bonesawisready Because it's silly to think a console TWO generations removed would play Cube games. It's as stupid as knocking the 3DS for not playing GBA carts. At some point the cord has to be cut, and honestly no one should expect GCN playback on Wii U, outside of potential for VC.

You didn't understand my point.

If I'm not going to buy a system because it doesn't play Gamecube games, why would I buy another system that doesn't play Gamecube games? If I did, then obviously not playing Gamecube games is not a big deal.

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I'd grab one if it's still soft mod-able

Originally Posted by kayne2000 its a knock against it when the feature was removed for no apparent reason at all.

This. So ridiculous nintendo did that. I bought 2 extra backward compatible wii's as they were phasing them out for cheap. Think they were like 80 or 90 bucks or something like that.

I wouldn't mind getting one for 70 if its not backwards compatible just to mod it for UK games. Can you do that with the newer ones or just the older ones? I just ordered a CE copy of Pandoras Tower recently

Originally Posted by loomis1975 Do you have a sealed Philips CD-i in that closet along with a sealed copy of Hotel Mario and the three Link/Zelda games? ;-) What was the slogan? "Its like CD for your television?"

HAH! holy crap those games were HORRIBLE

Originally Posted by SnoT I'd grab one if it's still soft mod-able

They are. All Wii's are in play for that. They haven't made a system menu version higher than 4.3 so it'll be fine.

Overall the Wii kinda sucked for an overall great game library IMO, but it had a pretty damn good library of RPGs, which is the genre of most games I buy. So overall I felt it was a solid system.

Originally Posted by outunderstars At this point who really gives a crap if A wii can play gamecube games at this point?

because newer models of gamecube didn't support component cables, Sherlock

Originally Posted by Nintendonly -Not backwards compatible -No more new games coming out for it -Outdated -Better off buying a Wii U which plays all Wii games

Hmmmm, $300 vs $70. A person is better off getting whats more affordable for what they want

Originally Posted by Hemi the Wii U wont be $70... they are losing money on every console till u buy ur first game... The Xbox 360 slim STILL goes for about $200 ps3 even more... the Wii U is alot more advanced with more tech involved like the tablet (which im using to post this right now so try doing that on a normal wii...)

Um yes it will. The guy said it would take at least 6-7 years and chances are the Wii U will be able to be purhcased for that cheap by then, especially after Nintendo rolls out its successor

Several Wii games support the Gamecube controller, and I'm not sure all of those support the Classic controller. So for that reason alone it's worth getting a Wii w/backwards compatibility.

Does the Wii U play Gamecube games in Wii mode?

Originally Posted by Mako1215 Does the Wii U play Gamecube games in Wii mode?

No.