TL;DR Question: How do you play Nintendo GameCube games on a Wii console? Answer: Connect the controller and memory card, insert the game, select the correct Disk Channel.

Can I use the Wii U GameCube Adapter? Nintendo will be selling GameCube Adapters and GameCube controllers for anyone who would like to play Super Smash Bros. Ultimate the classic way.

Now, the Wii is backwards compatible, so of course you can always buy the GameCube version to play on the Wii and then you can use your GameCube controller, but that's just a little bit much for ...

You can now use Nintendo's official dongle to play games on PC using the GameCube controller.

To use a GameCube controller on Switch, you'll need a special adapter that Nintendo initially made to connect GameCube controllers to the Wii U.

If you've got an original GameCube controller lying around or recently picked up a newly-released one, here's how you can connect it to your Nintendo Switch.