Gamecube Games: Gamecube or Wii?

Wanting to play some Gamecube games again and was wondering what would be best to get. Heard that Gamecubes don't display very well on LCD TV's, is the Wii any better?

I know with the Wii I can play more games but there aren't many I want to play on it except for Mario Bros. and one or 2 others. Plus would have to buy a GC controller and memory card on top of the Wii.

Although kinda want to play them on the proper console too as it would feel right :lol:

I'm thinking of getting rid of my Gamecube. If I've got all the cables and stuff all I would ask for is the postage. You ok with that if I can find everything?

I don't think there's any major difference one way or the other.

The Wii generally feels very close to the Gamecube, because it literally uses the same controller and memory cards.

The only difference is you don't get to experience the wonderful GC launcher.

I very rarely play on my Wii but the most annoying thing for me is that you can't play a GC game without selecting it from the start menu with a wiimote. When I have no batteries and my GC controller is plugged in it's a pain in the arse to have to go searching for some. This might have been fixed in an update but my wii hasn't been connected to the internet for years so I dont know.

Your best option for picture quality (480p) is a softmodded Wii to disable region locking + NTSC games + Wii component cable

In order to benefit from this support, it is necessary to use either a GameCube console equipped with a digital A/V output port (model DOL-001), or a Wii console. In both cases, a component video cable and a supporting television is required.[1] However, support for component video was removed with the DOL-101 revision of the GameCube hardware in May, 2004.[2] As the official Nintendo GameCube Component Video Cable was discontinued at the same time, it is nowadays difficult to obtain. All Wii systems are capable of outputting 480p for compatible Wii and GameCube games.

Only games produced for NTSC regions will directly support this mode. Although PAL editions of the DOL-001 hardware were produced, the games themselves only support PAL (576i) or PAL60 (480i). As such, those featured in this list all refer to the NTSC region versions released in either the United States or Japan. Provided that all other pre-requisites are satisfied, some NTSC titles may be used on PAL hardware in 480p mode but, due to region locking, this requires the use of either a software loader (such as the Datel Freeloader) or a modchip.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ni ... :9_support

A launch NTSC Gamecube + Gamecube component cable would be even better (the Gamecube uses a better quality output chip compared to the Wii) but is impractical because official Gamecube component cables go for over £100 on eBay.

Gamecube Games: Gamecube or Wii?

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