Whether this means you can use your Wii
U game discs on the Nintendo NX remains unclear, but given the current state of gaming and how backwards compatibility is a hot topic, it shouldn't be out of the realm of possibility for Nintendo.
Nintendo talked about it during an interview with Famitsu, in which they officially claimed that Switch won't ever be able to read Wii
U game discs, nor Nintendo 3DS cards.
However, one interesting thing is that Nintendo clearly specified that players will not be able to use the Wii
U game discs and Nintendo 3DS cards, but still it leaves the possibility that downloadable versions of the games might be playable on Nintendo Switch.
Wii
U game discs are not native Blu - ray discs, however the Nintendo Switch is able to use software to program the Blu - ray drive to properly read in the discs so they are playable on the console.
Other games will take up much, much more (the Wii
U game disc can store up to 25 GB).
Not exact matches
However at the launch we also saw
games like Batman: Arkham City and Mass Effect 3 ported over to the Wii
U and featuring bonuses like unique gamepad related features, and usually DLC already installed on the
disc.
In the Nintendo Switch 5.0.1 system update, the Nintendo Switch has added functionality that can now play Wii and Wii
U games by simply plugging in a USB Blu - ray
disc drive.
We can't run GC
discs on Wii
U so the only way to play GC
game is through E-Shop.
According to Nintendo, GameCube
games won't be playable on the Wii
U in
disc form, which is somewhat expected.
A few months ago, Monolith Soft revealed that the
game barely fits on the Wii
U disc because of its size.
At least I can still play my Wii
discs on either my Wii or Wii
U, but come January 2019 if I realize there's a Wiiware
game I never got to play and I want it then I'm SOL.
This is a Wii
U game, and Wii
U games use modified Blu - Ray
discs, which only go up to to around 50 GB.
disc games on Wii
U load VERY slow.
And this is coming from a guy who put $ 60 on a
disc copy of the Wii
U version of the
game, which at this juncture probably won't even come out.
(Nintendo 3DS) Cars 3: Driven to Win (Nintendo Switch) Cars 3: Driven to Win (Wii
U) Cartoon Network: Battle Crashers (Nintendo 3DS) Chat - A-Lot (Nintendo 3DS) Citadale (Wii
U) Citadale - The Legends Trilogy (Wii
U) The Count Lucanor (Switch) Crazy Chicken Pirates 3D (Nintendo 3DS) Crazy Chicken: Director's Cut 3D (Nintendo 3DS) Cube Tactics (Nintendo 3DS) DISNEY 2 - PACK FROZEN - BIG HERO 6 COMBO (Nintendo 3DS) Doll Fashion Atelier (Nintendo 3DS) Double Breakout II (Wii
U) Excave (Nintendo 3DS) Goosebumps: The
Game (Nintendo 3DS) Governor of Poker (Nintendo 3DS) Gravity + (Wii
U) Groove Heaven (Nintendo 3DS) Heavy Fire: Black Arms 3D (Nintendo 3DS) Heavy Fire: Special Operations 3D (Nintendo 3DS) Infinite Minigolf (Nintendo Switch) Injustice: Gods Among Us (Wii
U) LEGO ® Batman ™ 3: Beyond Gotham (Nintendo 3DS) LEGO ® Batman ™ 3: Beyond Gotham (Wii
U) LEGO ® CITY Undercover (Nintendo Switch) LEGO ® Jurassic World ™ (Nintendo 3DS) LEGO ® Jurassic World ™ (Wii
U) LEGO ® Marvel Avengers (Nintendo 3DS) LEGO ® Marvel Avengers (Wii
U) LEGO ® MARVEL Super Heroes 2 (Nintendo Switch) The LEGO ® Movie Videogame (Nintendo 3DS) The LEGO ® Movie Videogame (Wii
U) The LEGO ® NINJAGO ® Movie Videogame (Nintendo Switch) LEGO ® Ninjago ™: Shadow of Ronin (Nintendo 3DS) LEGO ® Star Wars ™: The Force Awakens ™ (Nintendo 3DS) LEGO ® Star Wars ™: The Force Awakens ™ (Wii
U) LEGO ® The Hobbit ™ (Nintendo 3DS) LEGO ® The Hobbit ™ (Wii
U) LEGO ® Worlds (Nintendo Switch) Mini Golf Resort (Nintendo 3DS) Oceanhorn - Monster of Uncharted Seas (Nintendo Switch) Mortar Melon (Wii
U) My Foal 3D (Nintendo 3DS) My Life on a Farm 3D (Nintendo 3DS) My Western Horse 3D (Nintendo 3DS) My Zoo Vet Practice 3D (Nintendo 3DS) Noitu Love: Devolution (Nintendo 3DS) Noitu Love: Devolution (Wii
U) Ocean Runner (Nintendo 3DS) Octodad: Dadliest Catch (Nintendo Switch) Octodad: Dadliest Catch (Wii
U) Party Golf (Nintendo Switch) Plenty of Fishies (Wii
U) Power
Disc Slam (Nintendo 3DS) Puyo Puyo ™ Tetris ® (Nintendo Switch) PUZZLEBOX setup (Nintendo 3DS) The Quiet Collection (Wii
U) Quiet, Please!
The Wii
U version of different
games still mention
discs while Breath of the Wild lists itself as a cartridge and
disc based video
game.
Even with the lackluster Smash Tour mode, there are plenty of other things here that will keep your Wii
U disc drive running the
game for a long time.
This black 32 GB Premium Wii
U will be accompanied by a special «2 - in - 1»
game disc containing platformer New Super Mario Bros..
Hell, most of the Wii
U's
games are 1080p 60 fps on
discs and are just as demanding.
Wii
U, which is Nintendo's latest home console, is backwards compatible with nearly all existing Wii
games and accessories, so you can enjoy a vast library of
disc - based and downloadable Wii
games and Wii gameplay experiences when you switch to Wii Mode on Wii
U.» A Nintendo UK rep confirmed to MCV.
The new event course is out and Starfy can't wait to get acquainted with all of us, so turn on your Wii
U's everyone and insert the
game disc because Starfy is waiting!
I'm also cool with Nintendo porting
games from the PS3 and 360 with the DLC installed on the
disc for free as there are people who haven't experienced those
game yet and the free DLC is a extra added incentive to play it on the Wii
U. I've personally have enjoyed playing
games like The Amazing Spider - Man on the Wii
U and not having to pay for the DLC made it a little bit sweeter.
If Nintendo really wanted to re-release old
games on the Wii
U, they should just make a stupid collection
disc at a reasonable price.
Fans of Devil May Cry (as well as the original Bayonetta) will love Bayonetta 2, and with most Wii
U copies of Bayonetta 2 containing a
disc with the original
game, there's no time like the present to jump into this intensely fun franchise.
U and New Super Luigi
U in a special one
game disc offering, which will release in Australia and New Zealand.
LEGO Dimensions starter pack MSRP is $ 99.99, complete with
game disc, Toy Pad, and starter figures will be coming to PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and Wii
U on the September 27th, 2015!
Day one editions of the Wii
U version will come with the Wii
game as a bonus
disc.
Wii
U disc that indicates Peter Piranha was planned to be in the
game.
In an interview with ABC News, Scott Moffitt, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Nintendo, said that in addition to Wii
discs being backwards - compatible on the new Wii
U, digital
game collections purchased over the Wii -LSB-...]
Nintendo has arguably been making unintuitive decisions with their hardware for over a decade; the decision to use a cartridge with the N64, the mini
disc Gamecube, investing in technology that
gamers didn't want with the Wii, the tablet control device of the Wii
U.
This is probably fair enough as there are few
games that actually make use of it — raising the question why it was released in the first place — but meaning that once the upcoming second control
disc peripheral is welded on, the 3DS XL will give the Wii
U GamePad a run in the size stakes.
Nintendo very early on confirmed that no GameCube
games will be playable on the Wii
U. However, this was merely the
discs — no downloads mentioned.
The Wii
U GamePad will serve as the NFC receiver for that console, while a small
disc will remotely let figures enter the
game via 3DS.
$ 349 Deluxe Set Wii
U console, One GamePad, Sensor bar, HDMI cable, Charging stand, Console stand, 32 GB SSD and Nintendo Land
game disc