No GameCube controller for Wii Zelda

August 17th, 2006, 17:00 Posted By: wraggster

Twilight Princess Wii denied traditional controller support. Plus: original games tipped for Virtual Console

Bad news for Zelda fans looking to play Twilight Princess Wii with a traditional GameCube pad - according to Nintendo VP of marketing George Harrison, Wii users are going to have to get used to waving Nintendo's remote for the Link's next adventure, when it launches on both consoles later this year.

Speaking in a web chat on Nintendo's own Camp Hyrule, Harrison commented that the Wii version of Twilight Princess will not feature support for the GameCube controller as previously believed. "The GCN controller will be able to play the GCN version on the Wii console, but will not be able to play the Wii version," Harrison said. This comes after comments made by Nintendo's Perrin Kaplan, suggesting that the Wii version of Zelda would feature GameCube controller support via the Wii's legacy controller ports.

Many had hoped Nintendo would include support for both Wii and GameCube control schemes in the vein of many other upcoming Wii releases. But it looks like you're going to have to shell out for both versions of Twilight Princess, if you want to choose between the Wii's controller-waving antics and the GameCube's more vanilla control scheme.

Harrison also dropped some new info on the Wii's Virtual Console, the service which allows users to download and play retro titles from previous Nintendo consoles, along with Sega's Mega Drive and others. "Remember, there are other secrets of the virtual console that we won't reveal until we get closer to launch," Harrison said. "Virtual console offers the possibility for us to create new games, but our focus right now is in getting the Wii hardware launched and new games from Nintendo on the virtual console will be coming sometime after the launch." Should Live Arcade be worried? We'll be watching with interest.

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