I hold the Wii pretty high in my head. However, I also know that the grass is often very green on the other side.

Is it actually as fun as I remember? I see that a lot of the classic games are pretty rare so that is not reassuring.

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    If you’re more interested in the Wii than GameCube functionality you could consider getting a WiiU. You’d get HDMI output with full Wii Library compatibility (there may be some odd outsiders) plus whatever WiiU games you might want to play. You can also play GC games on it by methods but it won’t read the discs or take their controllers.

    Sorry I missed the question, I think it’s absolutely a classic console. I actually prefer the Wii/WiiU era games over the Switch ones. I haven’t liked a Mario Party since Wii, Mario Kart Wii was imo the best, and the Wii WarioWare is great. I’ll edit with my collection maybe

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      I’d not recommend a wii u for Wii games actually, it has worse visual quality than an actual wii, the scaler in the wii u is horrible and destroys picture clarity

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        I have both and hadn’t noticed much difference from the results of the HDMI output of the WiiU over a Wii using Component Cables through the same Elgato, but you’re probably right about a direct feed to a TV, or adding better quality devices in the chain. I’ve played OG Xbox through the setup using the Official HD Pack for a long time and have low expectations probably.

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          Trust me, the difference is massive, especially when comparing to a Wii using component. Like I mentioned the internal scaler in the Wii u is horrid, it makes games blurry, zooms in and lowers brightness, a Wii over component is miles better.

          With an early model Wii you obviously also have full GameCube back compat, with games and almost all peripherals, yes you can run GameCube through Nintendont in vwii on wii u but then we’re getting into grey areas