The Wii U is Secretly Nintendo's Best Console EVER

Great but how do you add GameCube games to the Wii U menu??

No its bad fall console

How do get gamecube games on main menu???!

the wii u and playstation did controllers right

you either have the joysticks above or below everything, if its a mix it feel horrible to use

i still have my wii u from when i was a kid and have recently gotten into modding, i now "own" nearly every nintendo game since the NES all the way up to the wii u

i didn't even know you could run gamecube games on the thing, i had just been emulating stuff from the wii menu

I modded my Wii U years ago. I have a forwarder for Nintendont. So I don't have to launch the Virtual Wii to access tbe GC games and it has full gamepad support.

i bought an antenna for my console and gamepad, now i can move into my room that's not so far from my console!
it's worth the hassle, and tbh makes the wii u look like a radio

Yeah I use the wiiu the same way and also for mods like newer sup Wii, project m, or cgtp. I just don’t own many games or ways to dump theme so I just have a bunch of emulators on my wiiu with no games to play in them. I especially wanna play GameCube games but they are so expensive nowadays. What will I ever do?

How do you do it
Great vid I'm genuinely jealous of your Wii u compared to mine💀👍

Show me how please

After Modding my WiiU I plan on canceling my NSO or at least downgrading back to the $20 a year membership

This is the console that introduced me to my favorite game series Monster Hunter.

“Secretly”

This implies that this is information that was hidden intentionally.

The Wii U is “unnoticed”

I had all Nintendo consoles and bought Wii U at launch. It's indeed the most fun Nintendo console ever made.
I could write a long list of why it's superior to Switch too.

The reason I don’t emulate games I don’t own is because it’s illegal. I don’t know if your joking or not but don’t insult people who don’t do what you do.

How to install all them virtual games today when everything is shut down?! Is there any way?

I agree that’s why I love the d pad on the switch because is separate where if I’m moving right I know it won’t accidentally click down
That’s why I don’t like regular d pad on pro controller

As a day 1 Wii U owner and owner of every physical North American Wii U game I am so pleased to see this console get the love it deserves!

My favorite is mortal kombat deadly aliance on the gamecube

I modded my wii u back in like 2019-2020, I emulated a bunch of games and it was such an amazing experience, the only thing that limited me was the crappy hard drive I was using to store my games. Now that I have actual money I might remod it and add it to my gaming setup, it seems like such a nice and convenient way to play most of nintendo's games!

Switch owners: Wow these games are really great.

Wii U and Vita owners:Always have been.

I went to 3rd party joy cons that make it feel like a wii u gamepad. I got the Hori made version and I purchased an adapter that lets me use my wii u game pad pro on my switch.

Excellent video. Been messing around with wii modding ~10 years now and this is a really well put together video

Just wrote out some thoughts below - feel free to answer/ask questions, or share ideas you have for my build. Im tryna make the ultimate nintendo console. Sorry its kinda long lol

I have been thinking about tricking out a Wii lately (hdmi direct from the board, usb c power, maybe internal hdd/ssd) but you just made me remember what a powerhouse a modded wii u is - i do just have a few more things to consider before deciding which console to mod (i have a modded wii u and several wiis already). Things like:

-What boot options are available for a modded wii u? Can i boot straight to a wii homebrew app, like nintendont? Not totally necessary, but i want to know

-Do both analog (the squareish video adapter) and digital (hdmi) come direct from the motherboard, or is there a conversion that may introduce some latency when using one of the ports. If there is, i wonder if the wii hdmi mod (AVE-HDMI) would work on the wii u

-With no GCC ports, will the adapter, working with nintendont, introduce any sort of input lag? Do j want to have to carry an adapter? I really like how the GCC ports are built into the wii.

-No GC memory card slot sucks. I wonder if there is a work-around. I know memcard emulation is great but i still have use for gamecube memory cards. I dont need it on the console itself necessarily but its definitely something i want to be able to do

-Can i use Wiimfi/Riivolution to play wii games online? Havent gotten into that at all yet on wii, but will at some point for mario kart wii deluxe probably

-Its also bigger than a wii. I will be bringing this with me..i think there is a usb c power wii u mod as well cuz i do not want to bring an adapter with me. 4 usb ports is nice though

But ds games and wii u games.. handheld gc/n64 on the gamepad whenever. Thats pretrt nice. And there are plenty of amazing wii u games that just aren't on peoples radar because the wii u flopped commercially. What a great console

I care about all of these things because in addition to being a lifelong nintendo player, I'm treating this like a project id like to optimize for all settings, and hopefully be able to access/update easily. I also play ssb melee a lot - not actively competitively these days, but having a single setup that could do all nintendo gaming either natively or reliably (n64 is shakiest in wii/wii u's case but a lot of work was done to improve it significantly) in addition to good (slippi compatible) melee on real hardware with both digital and analog video outputs would solve a lot of my gaming desires

Had potential, poorly executed and made

The white gamepad looks so clean. I have the black 32gb one and it's a fingerprint, scratch, and dust magnet.

Some people don't want to emulate because they don't want to pirate games. You can't have "your own roms" unless you have the game, which implies buying it on ebay. So you not understanding why some people don't want to emulate is kinda like saying "why are you a loser and not pirate games".

Btw, not every single game in an emulator works the same and not everybody wants to deal with that. It's not really hard to understand, dude.

I had one before in 202p, ended up giving it away to a friend and regretted it sincerely. This year, I literally traded in my PS4 pro just last month (August) to a local video game store, to get a Wii U, mostly so I could play Rockband and Guitar hero. I ended up modding it so I can play the older final fantasy games as well. I am really enjoying my modded Wii U and I can't wait to copy over some of my older retro games!😮

I'm going to trade in my Xbox one for a Wii U tomorrow and I don't think I'm going to regret it

is playing gamecube games on wii u virtual console legit

I love my modded wiiU..i finished Zelda BOtW and Windwaker on it.

Great console

I"ve just bought one for a very low proce and I'm excited about all these features

Sometimes I just want a break from big screen gaming, and at home it's really a nice novelty to play excellent games on a tablet - just like on the Switch. I don't care that I can't take it on a bus or a train, I just enjoy the option to play games in the palms of my hands with headphones. It's immersive and you're not taking over the living room, so you can play great (and now cheap!) games while everyone else watches Netflix, etc. You don't have to be a hermit and disappear to another room. Plus, Zelda: BotW and other titles ported over to the Switch really don't look much different when your screen is only about six inches. A very underrated console, and while the library isn't huge the quality is high.

YES. FINALLY PEOPLE ARE NOTICING IT.

I'm interested to know which method did you follow to mod your Wii U? your menu looks very clean, I'd like to have all my games available running natively or injected without going through the homebrew channel in order to play them.

Anyone who dislikes the Wii U deserves life in prison
The Wii U is underrated AF

Wii u was good without hacking it but with hacking it made it the best console

I have a modded wii for GameCube / wii / virtual console. I love the built in GameCube controller adapter. It’s kinda insane how cheap preowned wiis are too, mine was 30 dollars in good condition. For handheld games I play on a modded 3ds. Since I’m not into the Wii U game pad much I’m happy with what I got. Also couldn’t agree more about how terrible retro gaming market is these days. Pokemon XD is good but no where near 200 dollars good you know.

I loved the WiiU when I bought it at the end of its life (due to how cheap it was, how cheap all the games were, and how many great exclusive games I was able to play) But nowadays with modding it has just become the perfect modern, hassle-free-, retro console for ALL Nintendo games up to the Switch. The gamepad is comfortable and the console outputs to HDMI with 1080p output. I couldn't be happier that I bought one... Question is how sought after these will become in the future.

I Dont Understand The Hate. Like This Console Has A Good Menu [sorry switch] Virtual Console With DS Wii And Gamecube! [Sorry switch again.]

wiiu on top

I wish I had the technical ability to mod my wii u!

Maybe if i find a white Wii U for cheap ill buy it and mod it like you did. Other wise im fine with the games i bought off the E shop before it died

I got my Wii U in spring of 2022. Picked it up on Marketplace for $150. It included the console, 3 wii motes, 2 3rd party nunchukes, extra plug in controls, 3 games, and all the console stuff. Everything was in great shape and I was able to factory reset it and log my nintendo ID onto it. So i had enough time to buy some E shop games. Thank god to because I didnt want to pay $100 for Metroid Prime Trilogy or Twilight Princess HD. The Wii U has quickly become one of my favorite consoles. I can play all my Wii games on here, bought all the virtual console games i want, and Wii U games too. I wish i bought one in 2013.

I rember seeing them in stores. I vividly remeber playing Sonic racers on a Beat Buy sample Wii U while my mom was looking at appliances. After about 30 mins my arms started to hurt because i had my elbows at a 90° angle with the gamepad in my hands. Totaly worth it though. Overall i really wish I asked my parents for a Wii U. I mean in 2013 my aunt got me and my brothers a 360, and i still love that thing (even though its a pos and the disc drive doesn't work half the time) but man would it of been nice to of had 6 years to buy and play all those great nintendo games.

If someone wants to buy used original games let them be, is not about supporting the creators because they don't make those games anymore and they were already paid for those, one could say you're stupid for buying a used console instead of emulating with your already owned computer via Dolphin, but that is not nice, you seen to be having a lot of fun with your console so it's all good.

While the Switch is an improvement in almost every way, the UI is a pretty huge downgrade from the Wii U and I often think about game ideas that are no longer as easy to accomplish without the dual screen controls the 3ds and Wii U had. I almost wish they made a grip for the joycons that could use a smartphone as a touchscreen, as we have just seen Nintendo use a similar concept with their 1-2 switch sequel

Wii u is my fav. I wish mine was modded 😢 im not very tech savvy and emulation has been difficult for me. I stacked my wii u with every game i wanted from the VC but it really needs more to be my perfect nintendo.