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Nintendo Wii Slim
mariocaseman:
Look at Nintendo putting out a smaller, slimmer Wii WITHOUT GameCube support! Just trying to get people to forget abot GameCube before the Wii U comes out which will not be backwards compatible with GameCube stuff. Big mistake Nintendo, big mistake. You are pissing off a lot of fans.
Here is the article: http://www.afterdawn.com/news/article.cfm/2011/08/17/nintendo_unveils_slimmed_down_wii_with_no_gamecube_support
larryinc64:
The Wii is the size of 3 DVD cases and is 150$ How much smaller and cheaper can you make it? It removes Gamecube controller ports also. Maybe they herd about the Europe PSP update with no WiFi and Nintendo was like "Oh Yeah? Well we can re release useless up dates and have them exclusive to Europe to." But with the size, out of the 11 consoles I own, the Wii is the smallest.
Arseen:
I own GameCubes so that does not matter.
Wait it does if you like playing Wii games GameCube controller.
UncleBob:
It's not a big deal at all.
Anyone who cares about the Gamecube, has GameCube games and/or has GameCube controllers already has a Wii or has virtually zero interest in owning one if they don't by this point. On the off chance they don't fit into that, there will be approx 70 million or so units in the wild that will still support GameCube features. It's not like Nintendo is going into these old systems and disabling their ability to play GCN titles.
Misanthroat:
I agree that this is no big deal for 1 reason.
Anyone that is a Nintendo fan will have a GameCube for at least the Game Boy Player.
It's like having a SNES 2. :D