List of Wii games that use the Nintendo GameCube controller
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This is a list of released video games for the Wii which allow use of the Wii Remote expansion Classic Controller/Classic Controller Pro and/or GameCube controller. This list does not include games released on
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's Virtual Console as the Classic Controller and GameCube controller can also be used for all Virtual Console games, with the exception of some TurboGrafx-16 games. Many of the games on this list are ports,
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s or sequels of prior generation games, especially ones released for the
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itself, or games that were concurrently released on or ported to Sony (
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) and Microsoft ( Xbox) consoles, whose primary controllers are typical modern twin-stick gamepads. Some Wii games on this list support traditional controls because they do not utilize the system's signature motion controls at all. While all Wii models and the Wii U support the Classic Controller, only the original model released in 2006 (RVL-001) supports the GameCube controller because it contains four built-in GameCube controller ports as part of its backwards compatibility with GameCube games and accessories, a feature that was dropped from future models such the Wii Family Edition and the Wii Mini. The Wii U generally does not support the GameCube controller, with only one game, ''
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'', allowing it to be used as a valid control setup via a special external USB peripheral that provides four ports for the said controller. No other Wii U software, including previously released Wii and Virtual Console titles playable on that system that support such controller, are allowed to utilize that peripheral. The emulator Dolphin does not require Wii input devices including the Classic Controller. For example, ''
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'' does not support the Classic Controller for the Wii hardware console, but the game can be played with any gamepad from Dolphin.


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List of Wii games The list of Wii games spans from the console's launch in 2006 to the last game release in 2020. There are video games, some unreleased, for the Wii video game console. Games On November 19, 2006, the Wii launch was accompanied by 22 launch gam ...
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List of WiiWare games This is a list of original downloadable games on the Wii video game console that could only be downloaded from the WiiWare section of the Wii Shop Channel. Translations of Japanese exclusive titles are highlighted between parenthesis. All WiiWare ...
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List of GameCube games The GameCube is Nintendo's fifth home video game console, released during the sixth generation of video games. It is the successor to the Nintendo 64, and was first launched in Japan on September 14, 2001, followed by a launch in North America o ...


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Wii games with traditional control schemes
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Wii The Wii ( ) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was released on November 19, 2006, in North America and in December 2006 for most other Regional lockout, regions of the world. It is Nintendo's fifth major ho ...
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