What's gonna happen to your Wii?

[WarioT]

Once you own a Wii U

Sell it? Give it Away? Keep it?

I don't have a Wii but if I did have one I would still keep it and also try to make it dust free as possible

[Olinad]

It will go next to my Nintendo 64, Gamecube, PSOne, GBA, GBC, Nintendo DS...

[Carbondog]

I will move it down next to my gamecube. Just leave it unplugged and only use it when I want to play Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles since it most likely wont transfer to WiiU cause its not on the WiiShop channel anymore.

[AtomicBean]

Historically I've always had to sell my old systems to afford new ones (save for the GameCube...which I actually sold to get a graphics tablet) But now that I have my own money...I'm keeping my Wii. It'll probably stay plugged in for a while so I can play my remaining GameCube games, but worst case scenario it'll end up on my bookshelf.

In the future I'd like to restore my old collection of games and systems that were sold off, though.

[Koopason]

I'm probably going to give my Wii away to my sister as she goes of to college later this year.

[motherbra1n]

I'm going to be buried with us, along with my precious gamecube controllers.

I'm seriously dreading playing super smash bros on anything other than a gamecube controller.

[ddddd]

I was thinking about hacking it to make it a dvd player, but Ive read it is bad for the disc drive . I tried to convert videos for the photo channel but it didnt work, so if it doesnt work as a movie player I may as well just put it in the box and keep it somewhere.

[chris_the_wing]

I was thinking about hacking it to make it a dvd player, but Ive read it is bad for the disc drive . I tried to convert videos for the photo channel but it didnt work, so if it doesnt work as a movie player I may as well just put it in the box and keep it somewhere.

Did you use AVS to convert your videos? I haven't tried this myself but you might have the wrong version of the Photo Channel to work with the Wii video format you're using. If you have a video on a SD non high capacity card (I think the SDHC cards aren't supported by the photo channel but that might just be a v1.0 issue) & it still doesn't work, go into your Wii settings and delete the Photo Channel. "What, delete the Photo Channel?" you're thinking. Well, your not actually deleting the whole channel, just the 1.1 update that removed some features like MP3 playback and changed the supported video format. So if you have Photo Channel 1.0 & it doesn't work try 1.1, if you have 1.1 & it doesn't work try 1.0, if it can't read your SD card try a non high capacity one.
Good luck to you, and anyone else who might want to give it a try.

[Irritating Stick]

I'm still going to keep mine in my console setup, but it's going to get a lot less use out of it than before...

Since my Gamecube is on the other side of the country, that's pretty much all I'm going to use my Wii for anymore unless I can't transfer my Wii save files over for some reason.

[Broken_Cartridge]

I was thinking about trading it in to get 75 bucks in store credit at gamestop (after promotions they're doing right now). I'm not playing my wii and I don't intend on doing so before the Wii U comes out. Even if there is something that comes out that I want on it, I can wait for the Wii U to play it on.

[MermaidKelly]

I think I will bring my Gamecube back out, and put my Wii away for now. Then I will have my Gamecube for those games, and the Wiii U for the Wii and Wii U games! I never really played my Gamecube games on Wii...it's time to revisit them!

[LittleKingsWii]

My system is staying with me for life. Honestly, while Wii U will have us all download some Gamecube games in whatever e-shop or Virtual Console service it will have. It won't have all of my favorite Gamecube games that I continue to enjoy playing. It's stuff like WWE Day Of Reckoning 2 (most favorite wrestling game ever) that will probably keep myself from ever giving away my Wii at this point.

That and my Gamecube system is long gone.

[chris_the_wing]

I think I will bring my Gamecube back out, and put my Wii away for now. Then I will have my Gamecube for those games, and the Wiii U for the Wii and Wii U games! I never really played my Gamecube games on Wii...it's time to revisit them!

The only reason I don't use my Gamecube is because I don't have the proper 480P cable for it. If I did I would probably do the same & maybe move the Wii to a different room of the house for Netflix and VC.

[Wonks]

I think I will bring my Gamecube back out, and put my Wii away for now. Then I will have my Gamecube for those games, and the Wiii U for the Wii and Wii U games!

Same here. That's why probably when there's GameCube games for download for Wii U, I likely won't purchase many (or possibly any) of them. I still haven't downloaded any N64 games on Wii as of yet for the same reason.

[Mirr0rR3flection]

I was thinking of giving it away to my nieces who live near me, but I might still need it for when my friends come over to play Brawl and Mario Kart Wii. Plus theres always the chance I might hack it to play Mario Kart Wii custom made levels I've seen one youtube.

I think I will bring my Gamecube back out, and put my Wii away for now. Then I will have my Gamecube for those games, and the Wiii U for the Wii and Wii U games! I never really played my Gamecube games on Wii...it's time to revisit them!

I'd keep the Wii out for Gamecube games if I were you. If you have the Wii component cables your Gamecube games will look much better.

[ddddd]

Did you use AVS to convert your videos? I haven't tried this myself but you might have the wrong version of the Photo Channel to work with the Wii video format you're using. If you have a video on a SD non high capacity card (I think the SDHC cards aren't supported by the photo channel but that might just be a v1.0 issue) & it still doesn't work, go into your Wii settings and delete the Photo Channel. "What, delete the Photo Channel?" you're thinking. Well, your not actually deleting the whole channel, just the 1.1 update that removed some features like MP3 playback and changed the supported video format. So if you have Photo Channel 1.0 & it doesn't work try 1.1, if you have 1.1 & it doesn't work try 1.0, if it can't read your SD card try a non high capacity one.
Good luck to you, and anyone else who might want to give it a try.

My card does work, as Ive been able to see the photos but the videos appear with a big "?". I was using a free software to convert the video (Total Video Converter, it even had the wii category for output format). Now I tried with a different setting (.mov), but if it doesnt work I might as well just go for the homebrew after I buy the U, I guess there is a movie app or something with more formats maybe? Havent done research on that (and probably this is not the place for those questions).

[Waluigi]

Will just keep it around. Need to have my GC games in 480p! That and I want to start going through the GC backlog just a little bit, not too many games. I'd rather play 'em on Wii in 480p than on my real GC in 480i. It will see use, but not that much. WiiU will likely take most of my gaming time. (And my 3DS, and my eventual Vita, and possibly a PC...)

[MrWu]

Depends on how well BC works with Wii U on Wii titles.

My GC is stowed away in a box now because I'm using the Wii for GC games, so the same could happen to Wii

[Eternal Rain]

Keep. I stupidly sold off my Gamecube 4 years ago, and now my Wii is the only way I can play GC games.

[chris_the_wing]

Did you use AVS to convert your videos? I haven't tried this myself but you might have the wrong version of the Photo Channel to work with the Wii video format you're using. If you have a video on a SD non high capacity card (I think the SDHC cards aren't supported by the photo channel but that might just be a v1.0 issue) & it still doesn't work, go into your Wii settings and delete the Photo Channel. "What, delete the Photo Channel?" you're thinking. Well, your not actually deleting the whole channel, just the 1.1 update that removed some features like MP3 playback and changed the supported video format. So if you have Photo Channel 1.0 & it doesn't work try 1.1, if you have 1.1 & it doesn't work try 1.0, if it can't read your SD card try a non high capacity one.
Good luck to you, and anyone else who might want to give it a try.

My card does work, as Ive been able to see the photos but the videos appear with a big "?". I was using a free software to convert the video (Total Video Converter, it even had the wii category for output format). Now I tried with a different setting (.mov), but if it doesnt work I might as well just go for the homebrew after I buy the U, I guess there is a movie app or something with more formats maybe? Havent done research on that (and probably this is not the place for those questions).

Just try updating or reverting your version of Photo Channel, it will take five minutes.

[cortjezter]

mine's getting boxed up in the next week or so, indefinitely. not bringing it to japan with me.

[gtt]

I'll use mine as a gamecube, so I can keep my gold gcn on the shelf.

[CrispyGoomba]

If I can transfer everything to the Wii U (Saved data, the activity log in Nintendo Channel, VC games, etc), then I'd be a happy camper and sell it off.

But if I cannot transfer every single thing, then looks like I'm keeping it until it doesn't work.

[Ry]

When that day comes, I'll put mine back in its box and then on the top shelf alongside my retired lunchbox and PS2 phat.

[Gulshog]

Once you own a Wii U

Sell it? Give it Away? Keep it?

I don't have a Wii but if I did have one I would still keep it and also try to make it dust free as possible

Keep it, it's already put away.