so, lunch was good. as we ate, we talked about how the neighborhood where the popeye's is located has changed. in fact, we're pretty sure that there are only 3 things in the 4 corners at the intersection that are the same: the popeye's, a carl's jr, and the wolverine boot store. everything else has changed as the neighborhood has changed through the years. heather grew up not too far, so she had a much better idea about what stores were where.
after lunch, we ran some errands. one of the things i got for my birthday was the last issue of mario kart for the game cube. now, i don't have a game cube, but the wii is, in fact, backwards compatable. i used to love playing mario kart over @ brian's place. it's such a simple race game, but it can produce really competitive matches. i was excited to get home and pop it in the wii. when i did, i discovered a small problem. the wii plays the game. the wii remotes, on the other hand, do not work with the game. so, i need to figure out exactly which remote i need to use. is it a specific wii remote for gamecube games, or can i just get some gamecube ones? i can't remember what the connectors for game cube looked like.
i'll need to head over to nintendo.com to see if i can locate proper info.
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Did you find out which controllers are needed? I have been thinking about downloading the original Mario Kart from the Virtual Console. I know to play that game you need the "classic" controller that plugs in like the nunchuck. I would prefer to buy the Gamecube version but not if I also have to buy Gamecube controllers.
i checked nintendo.com and wasn't able to really tell. i saw the classic ones (that plug into the wii remote) there, and think maybe they would be it for this as well. but, i'm not sure.
adam points out that there are plug inspots on the back, but i don't think they're the right ones. the game cube controllers had a round plug, kind of fat if i remember right. and, i only remember usb ports on the back.
i wish there was someone you could ask. but, oh well. i'll keep looking for info.
I know there are Gamecube ports at the top of the Wii. I did buy a couple of the classic controllers because I downloaded Mario 64 for Christina.
But not sure if they work with Gamecube games since I don't have any.
I just did a quick Google search and there is some info over at Wikipedia. Check it out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii#Backward_compatibility
Sorry Ed, I meant to clarify that the game ports are on top of the console. There are two flaps, the small one flips up for the memory cards and the big one flips up for the old school controllers.
i had not noticed the big flip on top. i guess you just use the old ones.
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