General Wii Question - I'm Considering Buying...

-About the points, Im not sure, I don't use them


-Im not sure


-yes


-nope, you need a gc controller (which is used in several wii games, also)

quote VeXx

What exactly are Wii points? If a game is say.. "900 Wii Points"... roughly how much is that in $USD?

One Wii point costs one penny. So then 900 Wii points would be $9

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I've heard that you have to buy a separate controller for the older games. If I buy one NES game and one Sega game... do I have to buy 2 different controllers for the Wii? Or is there one controller for all the downloadable games?

You can buy a "classic" controller which lets you play the games with roughly the game controller scheme as the original. The thing is is that with NES, Genesis, and i think Turbografic games you can use the Wii remote by it's self but turning it on it's side, and you can use the GC controller with all the games, making the classic controllers useless tbh.

quote VeXx

Also, is it true that you can play ANY GameCube disc on the Wii??

Of course, it is completely backwards compatible.

quote VeXx

So if I buy a Wii, and then pop in a GC disc... what's the controller issue? Do I need ANOTHER controller? Or can I use the Wii one? Or the one I would buy for the downloaded games?

You use the GC controller for gamecube games of course. .__.

quote VeXx

Where would you plug it in at? Aren't Wii's wireless?

yeah but only the wii controllers are wireless, there are gamecube controller sockets along with gamecube memory card slots on the top of the Wii underneath a flap.

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Are they constantly adding new games? Or are the games that are available now, the only ones?

They add 1-2 games every monday. usually 2 smaller games or 1 big one.

quote VeXx

omg I can't believe points are $0.01 that's crazy.

Yes but, you can only buy 2000 of them at a time if you buy them at Wal-Mart, Gamestop, etc. if you use your credit card you can buy them in increments of 1000, 2000, 3000, and 5000.

quote VeXx

• What exactly are Wii points? If a game is say.. "900 Wii Points"... roughly how much is that in $USD?

• I've heard that you have to buy a separate controller for the older games. If I buy one NES game and one Sega game... do I have to buy 2 different controllers for the Wii? Or is there one controller for all the downloadable games?

• Also, is it true that you can play ANY GameCube disc on the Wii??

• So if I buy a Wii, and then pop in a GC disc... what's the controller issue? Do I need ANOTHER controller? Or can I use the Wii one? Or the one I would buy for the downloaded games?

-every 100 Wii points is $1 USD, NES Games cost 5, SNES are 8, N64 are 10. not sure on specifics of others.

-The gamecube can be used to play 90% of all VC games. and it is most comforable for N64. i would suggest a classic controller if you liked the SNES controller, which i did.

-All gamecube games are compatible. not sure about the online enables Gamecube games as i dont know what they are.

- The Wii controller is used to select "START GAME" on the Wii menu but from then on, the wii part of the system turns off and only allows gamecube controllers.

As for Wii games, i highly suggest Smash Bros Brawl, Mario Galaxy, Mario Kart Wii, Metroid Prime 3, Resident Evil, and Super Paper Mario. if you want a free Wii remote, get Wii Play.
Mario Kart Wii has the best online service of any game i've ever played. it takes me a minute to get into a Call of Duty 4 game, while i find a game of mario kart in a couple of seconds.
as for virtual console, Super Mario Bros 3, ALL Legend of Zelda., Super Mario World, and Paper Mario.