News has emerged from the latest issue of Game Informer that Virtual Console and WiiWare titles will be transferable from your Wii to your newly owned Wii U console. Clearly this is fantastic news for those of you with a large library of classic Super Nintendo and Nintendo 64 games on your Wii console.
Thanks to those that sent this in.
YUS!
Wonder if I’ll be able to send the ones from my wii which are just installed wads
Hey Captain Falcon, what are you doing here?
Wasn’t this confirmed months ago?
Yes, I believe it’s been reconfirmed in the latest edition of Game Informer.
This is excellent wiiu news . +100 for wiiu , now all we need is confirmation that we can play these VC games on our gamepad’s away from tv using a stand and a wii remote/classic controller
wouldn’t it just be easier to play it on the gamepad?
Maybe, but the more options the better.
For example, the new Zelda should support motion controls for those who loved it (I myself enjoyed them very much)but also standard button controls as an option for people who like that more.
but would it be cooler ??? the gamepad’s buttons may not be mapped out….
But HOW? By SD card or SDHC card? Or some other way?
Either that, or some sort of wireless transfer, like the one the 3DS uses.
Am I the only one who remembers this being announced a while back…?
I like your avatar,it show how ness is alone in life and just looks around for attention XD.
That isn’t the Loch Ness monster.
What do you mean?I l know that already.
Great feature for those who need it, but I don’t since i’m keeping my Wii.
If you are getting a wiiu , why would you keep your wii ??? you can transfer your virtual console games (and presumably save files) over to the wiiu .
If you have a wiiu , the wii is old and useless. I am going to give mine to a charity shop ……
If you have Gamecube games you want to keep using, but don’t have a gamecube, then you should keep your WIi. That’s what I’m doing anyway.
Me too :) . i have a black gamecube with a zelda insert disc .
I said that I don’t have a GameCube, that’s why I’ll keep my Wii. Didn’t you say you weren’t keeping yours?
my bad , my wii is going . and my wiiu and gamecube are staying :)
I keep all of my systems as a collection. I’ve got my NES, SNES, N64, and GC lined up in my Nintedo section. My Wii will join them when it’s time comes, it’s part of history
umm maybe because he wants to keep his wii i still have my snes
Im keeping mine so I can play gamecube games. But it will be in the way…
Awesome news! It would be an EPIC BLAST to play Virtual Console games from Nintendo and Sega game systems of old.
hey shitface how is life being ugly?
Asshole Anonymous Aeolus… Go back to your basement, dwell there, and get your ass raped!
is that what your dad did to you as a child?
Awesome. HOW?
Thin air ….. and black magic aka wireless technology
In fact I may be incorrect , it may require some sort of SD card , I dont know . Maybe you just press the ‘suck the wii’s brains’ button and it sucks the wii’s brains …
I’m thinking you’ll use a channel like the dsi transfer tool. Hopefully it’s not limited by times like the 3ds if it is I better start downloading wads
how will it be done though?
Ok so I can play Wii U, Wii, Old games from NES SNES N64 and so on, but NOT GAMECUBE? dafuq..
Well Gamecube games will probably start being out on the WiiU VC.
If this happens, and they release Metal Arms: Glitch in the System, I will joy-puke my face off.XD
Same for if they release Lost Kingdoms 1 and 2.
It’s likely coming to the eShop.
GameCube games will be available to download from the eShop later on the system launch -_-
There’s obviously going to be GC games on Wii U’s virtual console.
There is a possibility it will have selected GameCube titles on the Virtual Console for the U. Be patient.
i like how people keep telling this guy the same thing over and over again
Do what i do , get rid of your wii (unless you ae a collector) and Have your gamecube and wiiu next to each other .
or you can just keep your wii and use it for backwards compatability .
But Gamecube games will be available on the Eshop . Hopefully in HD . Maybe (likely) they will put WiiHD games on Eshop , would be awesome. And gamecube games that you can play on the gamepad…..
wait, you can play your wii games on the Wii U?
Yes, you can play all your Wii games on Wii U as well as use all the peripherals.
Sickr, you’re my angel!
OMG, god have heard my prayers! Now I can play DKCR and Skyward sword!!! I love Nintendo even more now!
An it will play the compatable wii games in 480p , which makes wii games more sharp and colorfull .
I know right?
People have NO right to judge the Wii’s graphics without using the component cable . I know not all games are compatable with it. But i recently compared skyward sword using normal wii cables and Composite 480p cables. and the difference is remarkable , the colors come to life , much much less visible jaggies and bloom lighting and particle’s are much more visible .
The game looked 100% better with the wii composite/component cable …….
but it aint HDMI on the Wii and you know it :P i have component plug ins on my old ass tube TV but I cant even be arsed to get them for my Wii. My PS3 and Xbox use composite cabels too. Once I have a HDTV ill get HDMI cables for my Wii U (if it has that) and for my PS3 and 360.
On the console, yes. Duno about the gamepads screen though…
I think we find out how the transfers done sometime during one of those nintendo things tommorw
Rejoice anyone?
Hallelujah, Long live Nintendo!
My Wii broke a few months ago. Hopefully this is done through the club Nintendo accounts, because I linked my to the my Wii like a month before it went down.
Now, can you transfer save datas from the Wii to the WiiU?
This I would like to know.
This is very welcome news. Now if only Nintendo could find a way to do the same with the 3DS. Though I already own them on my Wii I had to re-buy Super Mario Bros, Punch-Out, The Legend of Zelda and Metroid for the convenience of having them on another Nintendo product.
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!
Hmm, I wonder if people who obtained VC games illegally will be able to transfer them.
Hackers will get through that easy the wii is very vulnerable,installing wads then install the channel to send it to Wii U if the wii u can detect if the wii is hacked or not the hackers can get through that by making the wii look like it’s not hacked.If a system update is required they would do what they usually do, patch it.
Can we play them on the gamepad
My body=ready
I am very happy about this, at least Nintendo had made sure to keep content like WiiWare and VC games transferable :D
This is all great, but what is the actual process? Do we need both the Wii and Wii U for the transfer? What about game saves of online games which for some stupid reason aren’t transferable? Guess we’ll find out tomorrow!
It was inevitable, but this means I’ll probably have to buy a classic controller if there’s no compatibility with the pro controller.
hi there i have a big problem with this is my wii cornal failing sooo i will lose 1/3 vertual console games i cant acess becuase the os is failing i am losing blocks as i speak my wii be 100% useless buy the time wii u comes out i cant recover my games i cant use my wii much longer
Well then! maybe I shall get a Wii U at launch since ill have a decent amount of games to play on it :D