Update: Nope, it just works with Smash Bros.
Update: Nintendo confirmed that the GameCube Controller Adapter will only work with Super Smash Bros. on Wii U. The original story is still below, even if it is just kind of a bummer now.
The upcoming GameCube Controller Adapter will be backwards compatible with all games that support the Wii U Pro Controller and Classic Controller.
According to the description on Nintendo's UK online store, not only will the adapter be compatible with Pro/Classic controller games, but also games through the Wii Mode on Wii U, as well as the Wii itself, if you happen to own a Wii without the GameCube ports.
Nintendo announced the Wii U GameCube Controller Adapter a few weeks before E3 as a means for hardcore Super Smash Bros. players to play the upcoming Wii U release to play with their preferred controller, but this is the first confirmation that it's compatible with something other than Smash Bros.
You get the feeling that Nintendo's out-to-lunch luddite attitude is only reflective of a segment of their management and that there are some very hip people within Nintendo.
And yet Sakurai can convince Nintendo that it's worthwhile to spend time, and thus Nintendo's money, on stuff like this that at least 90% of the target audience wouldn't use or would even notice was available.
Will this work with the Wii Mini? Does the Wii Mini even have USB ports?Based on photos posted online, the Wii Mini has one USB port, so I'd wager the answer is no, given the adapter uses two USB connections, unless the second USB cable is only for GameCube controller ports three and four or something.
GameCube Controller Adapter for Wii U is compatible with Wii U and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U specifically - it is not compatible with any other Wii U software," a Nintendo UK spokesperson has told Eurogamer.
"The adapter is also not compatible with Wii and we apologise for any confusion."
damn it Ian you opened your mouth and they fixed it.
I think you're discounting the fact that Nintendo is looking to rake in money when I buy 5+ new GameCube controllers. Iwata wants profits, and by-george making us all buy controller tech from 2001 at full-price will bring him his profits.If this were fully about profit, wouldn't Nintendo be releasing USB GameCube controllers instead of an adapter that allows us to use controllers we already have?
It's really impressive how awfully they handled this. Get people's hopes up and then go back on it completely.This pretty much sums up the Wii U in general, m i rite? ;)
Johnny has a dog?I just assumed that Jonny lived alone in an easy to maintain apartment where his double life of Podcast Extraordinare and Rocket Scientist would let him leave at a moments notice to where he was needed most.
I always assumed he was more of a cat person.
Guess that GC VC for WiiU is still a dream.I don't see why this can't still happen, this device just isn't compatible with anything that's already released but it might be used for future games/services.
Guess that GC VC for WiiU is still a dream.I don't see why this can't still happen, this device just isn't compatible with anything that's already released but it might be used for future games/services.