ferret1094 on 08 February 2008
The Wii is just a souped up Gamecube. Nintendo have said it themselves: http://uk.wii.ign.com/articles/726/726749p1.html
Excerpt:
"The machine is based on GC," said Miyamoto. "We'll be upgrading the development tools, but GameCube code can be used for the most part as is. In that sense, I believe that it would be good to remake GameCube games for Wii, and that some titles would become better with the change to the Wii remote controller."
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You're making the assumption that people think that's a negative thing. I certainly don't. It's an over-powered Gamecube with motion controls and a few extra features, and it's awesome 
