Because the Wii U is fully backwards compatible with current-generation Wii games, many people have been wondering if the Wii U also supports and plays GameCube games. Sadly, Nintendo has confirmed that the answer to that question is no. GameCube games will NOT work on Wii U. FOR SHAME! However the Wii U does not release until 2012, so maybe Nintendo could still add it in if there was enough of a backlash.