It isn’t possible to play GameCube games on the Wii U through traditional means. The console itself is incapable of playing such titles due to the way it was built, but one hacker has managed to bypass limitations.
While only a proof of concept for now, the video above shows the potential of playing Wii games on a Wii U. vWii was used to launch a backup, and a USB controller is used to control the game.
Harmonix isn’t done with Rock Band. CEO Alex Rigopulos told VentureBeat that the company will revisit the IP “at the right point in time”. When it returns, Harmonix will “reimagine it as appropriate for its time.”
Rigopulos said:
“…I’ll also say that we don’t view Rock Band as something that’s being left behind. It’s something we’ll return to at the right point in time and reimagine it as appropriate for its time.”
Rock Band 3 was the last “major” Rock Band game. That came out in 2010. It was followed up by the digital Rock Band Blitz spinoff.
