Wii & Wii U Can Play Mario Kart Arcade GP and Even More

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Intro: 0:00
Hello Fresh: 1:39
Mario Kart Arcade GP: 2:42
Mario Kart Arcade GP 2: 7:16
Virtua Striker 4: 9:18
F-Zero AX: 9:55

[briansilva]

It's crazy just how long Nintendo used the Game Cube architecture, from 2001 up to 2017

[UltraNurture]

I recently made a gameplay video of Mario Kart Arcade GP on the Wii U and it blew up. I got a lot of comments from people saying just how interesting it was that the Wii and Wii U could natively play these arcade games. Glad that you’re making a lot more people aware of it than I ever could!

[niksooxyz]

Um, I'm sorry, YOU CAN USE THE RIGHT ANALOG STICK TO ACCELERATE IN

[JD]

8:02 you forgot to show that if two characters bump into each other the announcer can say "WOW! Mario! Pac-Man! HOT and exciting!"

[thebestworst]

I love how I knew this was a John video from the title alone

[DudePat]

I think salmon run from splatoon reworked as an arcade release could be a ton of fun

[ryuthebuizel]

13:56 so there actually IS a Halo arcade game that came out in like 2018. Its a light gun shooter and I've played it, its pretty fun.

[jadetealaaron]

6:03
"Bluh"

~ Bowser, 2005

[oscarzxn]

Really cool to see a Mario Kart with Pac-Man, Blinky and [REDACTED]

[tom]

The main reason these games can't presently run on the GameCube is because Nintendont has patches for the Triforce games by Crediar and Fix94 to get them running within Nintendon't compatibility layer (Early attempts were focused on modifying the Wii's built in MIOS and BC IOS libraries used for backwards compatibility, but that was shelved due to hardware restrictions in BC mode via DIOS-MIOS and was decided to build a new one from scratch which resulted in Devolution and Nintendont) In order to get them working on GameCube they need to be ported to SwissGC which no one has done so far. From a hardware perspective the Triforce is identical to the Gamecube bar the 2 AM-Boards and the IPL (Initial Program Loader)

Dolphin has had on-off emulation of the Triforce hardware, again by Crediar. The issue there is the Triforce is split into distinct variations: Namco and Sega and each of them have different AM-Boards. Namco boards used in Mario Kart Arcade GP 1/2 use a 512MB NAND (The same internal data size as the Wii) in cartridge form, where as Sega games use repurposed NAOMI GD-ROM drives with up to 1.1GB data capacity, the same media the Dreamcast also used. And with little documentation on both variants and their custom security routines. It's made supporting them difficult.

[banjoboi]

Oh hey, this gem of an arcade racing game ! I got Mario Kart Arcade GP 2 running on my Wii, and it was so fun that i ended up completing it entirely !

[GNSTCDRD]

There actually is a Halo arcade machine. A Luigi's Mansion one as well. Arcades are still very much a thing here in the States along beachfront resort cities like Wildwood, NJ, Ocean City, MD, Myrtle Beach, etc.

[CI]

The timing of this after just playing this for the first time in the arcades just last night while visiting the girlfriend. I cannot believe you all. This is great to see!

[cooper]

I’ve never played any of the games mentioned but I have played the 3rd game in The Mario Kart GP series. Mario Kart Arcade GP DX is at 2-3 arcades near me, PAC-man is still there, the newly added Don-Chan from Taiko no Tatsujin and a couple other Mario characters like Metal Mario and Baby Mario & Luigi. There are 6 cups to with 2 tracks each. Also there are a ton of items!

[WreckItRolfe]

Ms Pac Man being included is especially great, given her modern ownership conundrum

[robbyrobot]

There's a wii based arcade machine licensed to Capcom too but nobody on YouTube has made a video on it. It's called the RVA-001. The only games that used it were Capcom vs Tatsunoko and two Mario Party electromechanical games. It even uses the wii's power chord. I really wonder if it can run homebrew

[theespicypotato]

Love how you summarized the basics of Nintendont functionality because many people mistakenly think it's emulation

[RogersBase]

There was an arcade near Brookfield Zoo that I went to as a kid that actually HAD F-Zero AX and I made a point to stop by again years later with my GC Memory Card so I could finally have everything unlocked in GX.

[jac_]

It’s not a Triforce game, but I’m curious if they could run the arcade version of Tatsunoko Vs Capcom. It runs on a unique arcade board based off of the Wii’s architecture

[megamix]

I remember when I passed the fifth grade, my mum took me to Chuck E Cheese and that was the first time I played Arcade GP.

The joy I felt when I got to play it again through Nintendon't. I even had a PS2 wheel and a PS2-Gamecube Adapter just to relive that arcade experience. I'm sure that there are better methods out there but if hey, I'm all for getting more mileage out the Wii. Get it, mileage?