I don't understand why the gamers are upset with this. I mean if you wanted a wii with gamecube support and all that wouldn't you have bought it already? Wii has been pretty cheap as of late. I mean this bundle is targeting casual gamers who don't care about the gamecube at all. Thats like saying people who bought the ps2 in 2007 got it to play PSX games.

It is way too late in the Wii life for people to complain about disabled backwards compatibility. Whoever wanted a Wii that really wanted one could have gotten it way before now. This bundle was made for people who want to play WII games not people who want to play games from over 5 years ago.

And make it gold colored,and I think there will be demand for it, Ocarina of time 3DS is selling well, and I reckon a bundle with wii sports and wii sports resort shall help.

For me, it's not about what we would get, but that Nintendo is taking features away for other people.

I will buy it and keep it sealed, just to add it to my collection.

i will still use my Wii, i have to many virtual console games to give it away.

Well it seems to be happening quite often lately. Sony removed PS2 BC from the PS3, Nintendo removed the GBA slot when the DSi released, Sony is removing Wi-fi from that new PSP model (Europe only?), and now Ninty with this no GC BC Wii. Microsoft hasn't added any new xbox 1 games to the BC list in a long time, but they haven't taken anything off there either.

Actually it seems like the "new" Wii measures exactly the same as the original Wii and has ports and buttons in the same places. The only difference is that it'll remove the GC compatibility.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-08-23-new-wii-same-size-as-current-model

While you can argue it's doable because most people didn't use them, it still feels like a cheap troll.

Customer: "Hello, is this Nintendo customer service?"

Nintendo: "Yes it is, how can we help you?"

Customer: "Hey, I just purchased a Wii along with Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros. and I am confused about on thing."

Nintendo: "And that would be?"

Customer: "How do I use the Gamecube controller? The back of the boxes say that I can use them for these two games but I can't figure out how."



Everyone knows Gamecube MKWii > Wiimote MKWii. Same goes for Smash Bros.

Anyways, will these games get redesigns on their boxes too to avoid confusion?

Yes, I know most GC compatible games use the Classic Controller so the issue isn't THAT bad, but I never really liked the Classic controller and am too cheap to buy a CCPro.

Well the way that they justify this is when you originally buy a console or handheld, they know perfectly well there is not a ton of games out for it.  So what do they do?  Release a console that is compatible with past games, of course.  You then have hundreds of games at your disposal, plus any new games.

Well, as the console matures, there begins to be a LOT of games on the new console.  There is really no reason to include backwards compatibility any longer, as people should have no issue finding plenty of games that will appeal to them.

I still care for GC compatibility.

Yeah I thought about it too. We are lucky CCs doesn't plug directly into the console through GC ports (even though their wireless is downright cheap). Otherwise I can't help but agree with Rol about Nintendo coming very close to self-sabotage at times.