17th August 2011, 1:27 AM
They've released some pictures of the system. It looks pretty much like a slightly redesigned Wii from the front, very similar size to the front at least. Maybe it's not quite as deep though? We don't know yet.
But yeah, really, nobody who knows better should even consider getting this thing. The GC game support is great to have and GC controllers are supported by a bunch of Wii games... sure, not nearly as many as support the CC, but still, a good number support them, and there are a few that support the GC controller but not the CC, if you want a non-Wiimote option. Not having GC controller support for those games is a big problem!
As for why, of course you're right that there's no sane reason for it function-wise, given that the system is an upgraded Gamecube, but getting rid of those ports (controller and memory card) saves them a little bit in build costs, I'm sure. I imagine that that's got to be the reason why.
As for a software solution, they should have done that years ago of course, but Nintendo is nothing if not incredibly lazy, so I'm sure we'll never see such a thing come from them. :(
I know that Nintendo has a long history of removing features from later revisions of systems, but that doesn't make it any nicer to see this time than it has been any of the others. And at least some of the times you got some good features too, as well as the removed ones (NES 2 vertical cart port, for instance)... nothing like that here.
But yeah, really, nobody who knows better should even consider getting this thing. The GC game support is great to have and GC controllers are supported by a bunch of Wii games... sure, not nearly as many as support the CC, but still, a good number support them, and there are a few that support the GC controller but not the CC, if you want a non-Wiimote option. Not having GC controller support for those games is a big problem!
As for why, of course you're right that there's no sane reason for it function-wise, given that the system is an upgraded Gamecube, but getting rid of those ports (controller and memory card) saves them a little bit in build costs, I'm sure. I imagine that that's got to be the reason why.
As for a software solution, they should have done that years ago of course, but Nintendo is nothing if not incredibly lazy, so I'm sure we'll never see such a thing come from them. :(
I know that Nintendo has a long history of removing features from later revisions of systems, but that doesn't make it any nicer to see this time than it has been any of the others. And at least some of the times you got some good features too, as well as the removed ones (NES 2 vertical cart port, for instance)... nothing like that here.
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