So despite some initial confusion about whether the WiiU was an accessory or a console successor to the Wii, I now understand that it is, in fact, a new console. During its initial presentation, Nintendo lavished about the fact that the WiiU would be fully backwards compatible, at least with the...

Here's a short article with confirmation from a Nintendo source that the Wii U will not be able to play Gamecube games.

So despite some initial confusion about whether the WiiU was an accessory or a console successor to the Wii, I now understand that it is, in fact, a new console. During its initial presentation, Nintendo lavished about the fact that the WiiU would be fully backwards compatible, at least with the...