If you're a Wii U owner and were excited for this accessory then drop all of the excitement because Nintendo stated that it only works for Super Smash Bros. and that's it. Yeah, very disappointing because they had us believe it'd work for games on the Wii Mode and Wii U.
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Source: http://store.nintendo.co.uk/wii-u-accessories/gamecube-controller-adapter-for-wii-u/11028551.html
I've still got the Smash Bundle on pre-order and hope that Nintendo takes back this BS and makes the adapter work with Wii U games at least, because for Super Smash Bros. only that's almost pointless (except for the sake of hardcore Smashers and that it's wired so no lag between the controller and console).
So sad to see something with so much potential is being wasted like this. Classic Nintendo!
Can you just use a regular Wii adaptor that plugs into the Wiimote??
Quote from: L___E___T on October 08, 2014, 07:07:34 am
Can you just use a regular Wii adaptor that plugs into the Wiimote??
You're thinking about the other controllers which have the NGC design to it and they plug in to the Wiimote, these are wired and connect to the adapter.
So you can't use something that plugs directly into the wiimote?
Quote from: L___E___T on October 08, 2014, 10:23:30 am
So you can't use something that plugs directly into the wiimote?
You can but this specific adapter has slashed away all of the hype it had before Nintendo revealed it'd only play SSB.
It is still absolutely hilarious to me what is considered to be the best controller for Nintendo's party game button masher is a controller older than most call of duty fanboys.
You'd think this would be alarming to Nintendo, yet most games on their consoles still continue to use bizarre, non-traditional control schemes because "innovation" triumphs common sense.
I love the way nintendo used to be, back in the 90s and through the first part of the 2000's. but why is that they get a free pass with this kind of thing?
Imagine for the an Xbox One exclusive remake of Halo 1 Microsoft announced "and now you'll be able to use the original Xbox controllers with it if you buy this new dongle! it will be the best way of playing this game! Oh but you can't use the dongle to play anything but this one game. $40 please!"
The sad thing is that this will sell outrageously well ANYWAY.
The problem is that the console for the controller (Gamecube) almost bankrupted Nintendo while the consoles with non-traditional controllers (DS, Wii) was huge successes.
Now Wii U seems to be an exception to that. The adapter is only sold because Smash Bros fans will complain if they don't release one.
Mayflash makes an adapter that makes the cube controller work like a classic controller. I got one but haven't tried it yet.
People are now being sceptical as to if this really is true, I mean, who really trusts Nintendo of UK over NoJ, NoA or NoE? We've got to wait until Nintendo of Japan, Nintendo of America or Nintendo of Europe make a statement to know for sure if it actually only plays Smash Bros. (seems to be really odd to make a device to only play 1 game).
Anyway, I've been thinking and I might get the PDP Wii U Mario controller that plus to the Wiimote and I've got a "wired" Wiimote so it'll always stay active without ruining my gaming due to running out of charge.
I wouldn't mind them just making this the official controller for Wii U. Gamecube controller is and always has been amazing.
tappybot, that's really naive.
Also, why wouldn't it work for Wii Mode on the Wii U? You could use it with the Nintendon't GC Loader.
Anyways, I have no issues with the actual Wii U controller, it's fine, I play Mario 3D world with it. I'd probably play a lot of games with the GCN controller though if I had the adapter.
Quote from: maxellnormalbias on October 11, 2014, 08:38:35 pm
tappybot, that's really naive.
Also, why wouldn't it work for Wii Mode on the Wii U? You could use it with the Nintendon't GC Loader.
Anyways, I have no issues with the actual Wii U controller, it's fine, I play Mario 3D world with it. I'd probably play a lot of games with the GCN controller though if I had the adapter.
Well, seeing that this is Nintendo of UK and not Nintendo of Japan/America/Europe it's possible that they were trying to cover up the real details so perhaps Nintendo is actually going to make the NGC adapter compatible with the Wii U games and Wii Mode too. I'd love to play Wii games with my NGC controller again but this time upscaled to 1080p or 720p (Brawl looked great on the Wii U).
I hope the Adapter will work on Wii U VC Game also
Quote from: MarioMania on October 13, 2014, 09:48:36 pm
I hope the Adapter will work on Wii U VC Game also
Hopefully it does.
Now that a rep from PDP confirmed me via email that their PDP Wii U controllers only have digital triggers I'm no longer interested in getting one.
At lease make it work with Mario Kart 8
L, LZ, R, RZ is mainly for Shooting Weaponds/Drifting
The first time I picked up Mario Kart 8 I had my finger pressing on ZR but turned out it was A to speed up and sadly there aren't any "Settings" menu for MK8 so I never got around to change it but it works out fine so not too much of an issue. I do recall playing Mario Kart Wii with the ZR trigger which was a lot nicer but the AI was really cheap and unfair. :(
Quote from: FamicomRetroGamer on October 14, 2014, 10:56:57 am
Quote from: MarioMania on October 13, 2014, 09:48:36 pm
I hope the Adapter will work on Wii U VC Game also
Hopefully it does.
Now that a rep from PDP confirmed me via email that their PDP Wii U controllers only have digital triggers I'm no longer interested in getting one.
I wonder if the normal reproduced GC controllers for Wii U are going to have analogue L/R and rumble. Since Nintendo seems to avoid that on new controllers ever since that patent trouble rose up. If so I'm not interested in that either. No use if I can't play my Gamecube games that rely on it with it.
This. I'm going to switch back to the Wii if the Wii U adapter doesn't support analog rumble in the older controllers (OR the newer ones, since I only have 2 gamecube pads, not 4).
Reckon this works as well?
http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00OB5UOOW/miki800-22/ref=nosim/
Spoiler
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raphnet makes an adapter for gc controllers to wii remotes.
The PDP/Hori NGC-alike controllers are plugged to the Wiimotes.
Also, the PDP/Hori controllers only have digital triggers. :'(
I am very pissed about Nintendo's decision to do this. I love the GC controller and--call me stubborn--I don't think you need any other controller to play a Nintendo game.
The Wii U Pro controller's layout is nice, but Nintendo knows that if they made this adapter work with every game, it would just completely throw off the sales of its other controllers since people already own GC controllers.
It's quite cheeky. Maybe there's a way to modify standard controllers so that the Wii U can read / talk to them,?
Yeah with the GC Controller to Classic Controller adapter from Raphnet that Famiac mentioned. But they would work like Classic Controllers, so it won't work in games that doesn't support that of course.
Quote from: nintendodork on October 24, 2014, 12:02:15 am
I am very pissed about Nintendo's decision to do this. I love the GC controller and--call me stubborn--I don't think you need any other controller to play a Nintendo game.
The Wii U Pro controller's layout is nice, but Nintendo knows that if they made this adapter work with every game, it would just completely throw off the sales of its other controllers since people already own GC controllers.
It's probably the most ergonomic controller in existence but it isn't good for most 64 and Super Famicom games, because of the button layout differences.
Another solution to this dumb problem that shouldn't even be a problem in the first place is this: http://www.amazon.com/HORI-Battle-Mario-Version-Turbo-u/dp/B00ND0E5ZU
Looks pretty sharp to me. I heard rumors of a Yoshi one as well, but I think people are just confusing these for the fighting pads released by another company. I might have to get a Luigi one.
That's the one I linked to a few posts up :) looks like a nicer controller as well if you ask me. Hori do (and are great at) make a lot of fighting pads, maybe that's the point of confusion.
The only downside to Hori's NGC controller is the lack of analogue triggers otherwise it's an awesome controller and better than Wii's Classic Controller.
Here's hoping Nintendo makes use of the NGC adapter for Wii and Wii U games as I'd rather use the original GameCube controller for the games, even though it's missing the left shoulder button (which Hori NGC has).
According to a Nintendo Rep it'll be possible to connect two GameCube adapters for the 8-Player Mode so that puts aside all the consumers who were wondering as to how the local multiplayer would work.
Quote from: FamicomRetroGamer on November 07, 2014, 04:14:24 pm
According to a Nintendo Rep it'll be possible to connect two GameCube adapters for the 8-Player Mode so that puts aside all the consumers who were wondering as to how the local multiplayer would work.
I don't believe that, seeing as how the GC adapter uses both USB ports on the Wii U. 8-player mode is going to use 4 controllers, and 4 3DS's.
Quote from: zmaster18 on November 07, 2014, 05:32:42 pm
Quote from: FamicomRetroGamer on November 07, 2014, 04:14:24 pm
According to a Nintendo Rep it'll be possible to connect two GameCube adapters for the 8-Player Mode so that puts aside all the consumers who were wondering as to how the local multiplayer would work.
I don't believe that, seeing as how the GC adapter uses both USB ports on the Wii U. 8-player mode is going to use 4 controllers, and 4 3DS's.
Hm. Can't you use a USB hub?
Aren't there two ports on the back as well?
(http://cdn.nintendonews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/wii_u_supports_two_gamecube_controller_adapters.jpg)
Where did you get that picture, tappybot?
Quote from: tappybot on November 07, 2014, 09:52:46 pm
Quote from: zmaster18 on November 07, 2014, 05:32:42 pm
Quote from: FamicomRetroGamer on November 07, 2014, 04:14:24 pm
According to a Nintendo Rep it'll be possible to connect two GameCube adapters for the 8-Player Mode so that puts aside all the consumers who were wondering as to how the local multiplayer would work.
I don't believe that, seeing as how the GC adapter uses both USB ports on the Wii U. 8-player mode is going to use 4 controllers, and 4 3DS's.
Hm. Can't you use a USB hub?
Aren't there two ports on the back as well?
(http://cdn.nintendonews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/wii_u_supports_two_gamecube_controller_adapters.jpg)
4x USB - front & back
Is this pic from a Smash Tournament or something?
I just saw that pic making the rounds.
WiiU indeed has 4 USB ports in total.
Review copies are out and people are posting all kinds of videos and stuff, so if this isn't confirmed already, it probably will be as soon as reviewers get the gamecube controller adapter, and I think they have.
It's silly if the adapter's only going to be compatible with one game so it's really for the better that the community hacks it and makes it playable with Nintendont.
Makes me wish my Wii U had Nintendont too (plays GameCube games without being emulated) but I decided I prefer to have my system updated & online over homebrew/piracy.
This all reminds me when I bought a Wii because of Brawl, only to now use the Wii as a Netflix console. :( So now I'd be buying a Wii U bundle with a GameCube adapter solely for playing Smash Bros. and nothing else? No thanks.
It's funny and sad at the same time. Nintendo has become such try-hards lately. Their recent efforts toward Smash Bros. is akin to a PR firm's damage control: Nintendo is pulling out all the stops, but it's all reactionary due to their lost revenue and Wii U's marketing failure. They should've been putting this kind of effort back when I bought Brawl. >:(
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I'm still planning on getting the 3DS version, though.
You can also get Mario Kart 8, as well as Mario 3D World and Zelda HD. Also downloading NES Remix 1 + 2 as well as earthbound may be worth it to you. Although, if you were to choose between the WiiU and 3DS, the 3DS has more games obviously. :)
Quote from: zmaster18 on November 11, 2014, 03:02:07 am
You can also get Mario Kart 8, as well as Mario 3D World and Zelda HD. Also downloading NES Remix 1 + 2 as well as earthbound may be worth it to you. Although, if you were to choose between the WiiU and 3DS, the 3DS has more games obviously. :)
NES Remix Collection has or is going to have a physical Wii U release for US/EU. 3DS definitely has it for pre-order but I wouldn't bother with the 3DS version at all.
I'm getting the NGC Adapter + Smash on November 28 so Smash = 5/5 and NGC Adapter 2/5 (I know I'll get hate for this because the Nin10yearolds on Amazon hate me for giving Nintendo stuff low scores).
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on November 10, 2014, 09:21:44 pm
This all reminds me when I bought a Wii because of Brawl, only to now use the Wii as a Netflix console. :(
You can still use that Wii for Project M! It's great! I advise every Smash fan to at least try it. It's really a huge improvement on Brawl. Though after getting accustomed to the 3DS version, I've grown to like it more.
Super pumped for my roommate (who owns a Wii U) to get Smash for Wii U in 10 DAYS! Woohoo!
Awww Yiss
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Quote from: L___E___T on November 12, 2014, 01:46:08 pm
Awww Yiss
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If this becomes available to purchase via Amazon UK (for pre-order) I'm definitely getting one.
The Hori controllers are known to be of high quality so it'll be worth it.
Yeah especially as you can use it on Wii - no Amazon UK no problem, you can pre-order it plenty other places.
Can you post the source for that? I can't find a place to buy one.
That was just from a Hori announcement - you'll likely need to import from Japan, or at least get it from someone that is importing them.
It'll prob end up on Amazon JP, I think they also ship abroad...
Yeah, it'll probably be available on other places but if Amazon ends up having it for pre-order it's definitely going to sky rocket its sales, even the standard Mario Hori is already being a success so there's no doubt this'd sell like hotcakes.
Quote from: zmaster18 on November 11, 2014, 03:02:07 am
You can also get Mario Kart 8, as well as Mario 3D World and Zelda HD. Also downloading NES Remix 1 + 2 as well as earthbound may be worth it to you. Although, if you were to choose between the WiiU and 3DS, the 3DS has more games obviously. :)
The only thing listed here that I'm partly interested in is Mario Kart 8. I've been done with Zelda since Wind Waker and as far as Mario 3D World... I still haven't played New Super Mario Bros. :( I've been planning on getting a DSi for the longest time, but at this point I'm just going to skip straight to the 3DS.
By the way, what's Earthbound? Mother2? For the Wii U? ???
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on November 17, 2014, 10:47:39 pm
Quote from: zmaster18 on November 11, 2014, 03:02:07 am
You can also get Mario Kart 8, as well as Mario 3D World and Zelda HD. Also downloading NES Remix 1 + 2 as well as earthbound may be worth it to you. Although, if you were to choose between the WiiU and 3DS, the 3DS has more games obviously. :)
The only thing listed here that I'm partly interested in is Mario Kart 8. I've been done with Zelda since Wind Waker and as far as Mario 3D World... I still haven't played New Super Mario Bros. :( I've been planning on getting a DSi for the longest time, but at this point I'm just going to skip straight to the 3DS.
By the way, what's Earthbound? Mother2? For the Wii U? ???
New Super Mario Bros. DS is really good I'm still playing it since I just recently finished World 8 and thank god, I now have the Save feature always available whereas before I'd be suckered into doing a world until I got to a castle and then save but now I don't have to any more.
Strangely I'm missing two worlds (4 and 6, I think) which I've gotta look into as to how I can unlock them
Ah, New Super Mario Bros. for DS was probably the best NSMB game, since it was the first. To get to those 2 worlds, simply beat the boss as mini-mario to unlock. NSMB Wii was good and had great new power ups, as well as 4 players at once. I'm not a huge fan of NSMB Wii U, because I felt like I was playing the same rehash of mario. I still haven't even played New Super Luigi yet, even though I own it. I also don't own New Super Mario Bros 2 on 3DS yet.
Super Mario 3D World on Wii U plays like Super Mario 3D Land on 3DS. Both games are FANTASTIC and really feel fresh and classic at the same time. I especially like the Wii U one, as it has an awesome jazzy soundtrack, great colorful worlds, plenty of variety, and also has 4 players at once. And who couldn't love the new Cat Mario suit?
Quote from: zmaster18 on November 18, 2014, 09:39:49 am
Ah, New Super Mario Bros. for DS was probably the best NSMB game, since it was the first. To get to those 2 worlds, simply beat the boss as mini-mario to unlock. NSMB Wii was good and had great new power ups, as well as 4 players at once. I'm not a huge fan of NSMB Wii U, because I felt like I was playing the same rehash of mario. I still haven't even played New Super Luigi yet, even though I own it. I also don't own New Super Mario Bros 2 on 3DS yet.
Super Mario 3D World on Wii U plays like Super Mario 3D Land on 3DS. Both games are FANTASTIC and really feel fresh and classic at the same time. I especially like the Wii U one, as it has an awesome jazzy soundtrack, great colorful worlds, plenty of variety, and also has 4 players at once. And who couldn't love the new Cat Mario suit?
Thanks for the tip.
I've played both NSMB versions, i.e, DS and Wii U and I've gotta say that the DS definitely feels a lot more challenging, plus the graphics on the DS (playing on a DS Lite) look pretty nice to this day too.
I got my standard Smash Wii U copy and the game has so much content :o it goes from 437 songs to which all sound spectacular, graphics/detail/models are beautiful in HD, promotional videos / trailers are all there with crisp HD quality (unlike that crappy YouTube HD-compressed quality) and so much to do whether online or offline.
European Wii U Smashers will only be able to play online on November 28 (so I guess tonight's midnight) because before so it's only possible to play offline which is still awesome!
8-Player stage is totally nuts and comes to the point it's hard to tell where you are. lol
P.S.: I should receive my NGC Bundle tomorrow so I'll be trying out if any Wii U games work with the adapter (doubtful) other than Smash, I'm also thankful Nintendo's brought it back because playing Smash with the GamePad isn't exactly comfortable and you gotta keep recharging so considering this is a game your attention's on the screen you'll forget about the short battery and then you're lucked out.
I started playing the Wii U smash the other day. It's great so far, and I discovered that I really like using Marth. I also main as Luigi! I also find the 8-player smash to be very intense! On the large stages, I spend the first few moments of the fight just figuring out which character is me.
I really don't like the Great Cave Offense stage, it's just way to big. I don't like how some stages are repeats (two Animal Crossing stages?) but overall I'm pretty satisfied. I may get a Luigi amiibo later on, but we'll see.
The Gamecube adapter is only for smash....Nintendo stated this already. Are they going to patch existing games to use it? Probably not. Nintendo is dumb like that.
Quote from: zmaster18 on November 27, 2014, 04:15:29 pmThe Gamecube adapter is only for smash....Nintendo stated this already. Are they going to patch existing games to use it? Probably not. Nintendo is dumb like that.
The NGC adapter already works with Nintendont but let's see if we legit Wii U owners can get it to work with more than Smash, of course, this is entirely dependable of Nintendo's actions.
Once people are able to run Wii U homebrew natively, someone will probably implement a system-wide driver to make games think a GC controller is a pro controller.
But yeah Nintendo wouldn't update it.
You never know. Nintendo released a wii remote + nunchuk patch for Pikmin 3 about a year after it was released. The controls in Pikmin 3 were a little problematic when using the Gamepad's analog stick to move AND to aim the cursor. I myself found it a little too sensitive. Now, one can simply move with the analog and point with the wiimote. When I replay that game, I'm going to try it out and maybe get that DLC while I'm at it.
So Nintendo may use the Gamecube adapter in like a year from now. Have hope!
Quote from: zmaster18 on November 28, 2014, 11:34:49 am
You never know. Nintendo released a wii remote + nunchuk patch for Pikmin 3 about a year after it was released. The controls in Pikmin 3 were a little problematic when using the Gamepad's analog stick to move AND to aim the cursor. I myself found it a little too sensitive. Now, one can simply move with the analog and point with the wiimote. When I replay that game, I'm going to try it out and maybe get that DLC while I'm at it.
So Nintendo may use the Gamecube adapter in like a year from now. Have hope!
Wow, that wasn't in for a whole year? Crazy. I can't imagine playing the game without it.
Got the adapter and works wonderfully with Smash Wii U, definitely much better than the GamePad that's for sure!
And... It only works with Smash Wii U. Who knows if in the future Nintendo will make it compatible with other games.
Bump. PSA: If you want a Gamecube controller adapter for your Wii U but don't want to pay inflated prices for an official one, buy this Mayflash one for about $20. http://www.amazon.com/Mayflash-GameCube-Controller-Adapter-nintendo-u/dp/B00RSXRLUE/ref=cm_cd_al_qh_dp_t
I can personally attest to its greatness. It does everything the official one would do AND it's compatible with PC as well.
Seriously, I was so happy when I found out about this and I've been playing Smash even more obsessively lately. I can't let it go under the radar.
All of this makes me scratch my head. I've supported Nintendo via the 3DS, but the WiiU hardware all just seems so counter-intuitive. I half expect Nintendo's next controller to be, like, a touch screen with two N64 analogue sticks and a Virtual Boy viewport sticking out of the top. And they will release a special Gamecube controller that works with no games at all.