Topic: What is cheaper, a Wii to play GameCube or a GameCube?

So unless something goes wrong I just got thousand year door for 80 dollars. What option is cheaper?

@blindsquarel
Pick Wii machine as you can play both Wii and Gamecube games.

Wii consoles are available in far greater abundance and should be a lot cheaper.

Make sure to get the first Wii model, the later ones don't support GameCube.

I don't think it makes any difference in terms of price. Wiis may be cheaper, but people may also be asking more for the GCN compatible models.

Wii also plays Wii games, but if you don't plan on using that, get a GameCube. In terms of hardware, GameCubes are very well built, and won't ever break on you.

The Wii will likely be cheaper upfront, but I'd argue if the goal is to solely play Gamecube games, go with the Gamecube.

As @Octane said, I reckon the Gamecube is less likely to break on you. Wii has more moving parts (front-loading disc reader is more likely to fail than the Gamecube's top-loading reader), plus if your Wii remote / sensor bar breaks you'll be unable to access your Gamecube games from the Wii menu.

Plus you'd need to buy a Gamecube controller to go with your Wii, whereas the controller would be included in the price of the Gamecube.

@blindsquarel A First Gen Wii is always the best Option if you are interested in more then GC, however, if you can find a good deal for a Gamecube with a Memory Card and a Controller id go for that (since you will still need those if you dont have them yet.)

80 for nowadays Standards is a good deal btw, i paid for mine 100 a few years ago because i got afraid it raises in price (it raised by 50 only so far but i expected Path of Radiance Levels of Raise)

@Buizel

I actually had 2 Gamecubes break on me so far and no Wiis yet, so i don't think its build better since both cases where the laser / Drive itself that died on me.

The only thing a Wii did for me was not play Brawl (which if you live in Europe and own a Day 1 Wii you know why lol)

Wii systems will be more widely available, just as long as you make sure to buy a system that features Gamecube support as others have already mentioned.

Just be aware that you will need a Gamecube memory card, although the Wii has internal storage it's not used for the Gamecube mode. You'll also need a Gamecube controller to plug into the system's controller ports.
That is unless you get into homebrew, which is not difficult to do. "Nintendont" can be used to play your Gamecube disc with features like memory card emulation, alternative controller options, cheats, etc.
This could be useful if for whatever reason you cannot or don't want to get the memory card or a Gamecube controller.

@Lightgazer
Yeah I was surprised to see the game for 80$. Although I am surprised the guy is still selling it to me based on his reaction to me trying to negotiate the price.

Is 120$ a good deal for a complete GameCube set?

@Lightgazer the GameCube’s laser unit is actually rather easy to replace.

This is true. Also gamecube looks much better

@blindsquarel Complete as in...?

@Eel @1UP_MARIO Might be, but not for someone with 2 left hands, and at the time when it died i was like 13 so yeah (was around 2005 when it died, before the Wii came out for sure)

@Lightgazer
For sure cords, controllers and the console. Not sure about memory cards. I will ask.

@blindsquarel

A Memory Card would be quite important to get, otherwise you can just grab one for cheap (3rd Party or smth) and your good. TTYD is quite long so beating it in one sitting is out of the Question.

@blindsquarel
I bought 3rd party Gamecube memory card 2043 blocks (White color) from Ebay and it worked perfectly on my Wii.

@Anti-Matter
The guy I am buying the game from is selling the complete set( minus the card) for 120 and the memory cards for 10.

@blindsquarel Grab one with it if its for sure a Legit card, those are the most reliable ones, and for 10 its not too bad (in my country OG ones "59 Blocks" go for around 40)

@Anti-Matter Those Cards work BUT you have to be aware to not fill it halfway or higher because these cards cant handle to sustain themselfs, after sometime they claim to be "Corrupted and need to be Reformatted" essentially meaning you lose all your saves. (You can sometimes be cheeky and keep taking it in and out of the Gamecube, that works for my 3rd Party Card too) so Official ones are more secure.

(Not that Paper Mario takes THAT MUCH Space but im sure there are more things @blindsquarel will be interested in the Future)

I already had a Wii but I got two GameCubes, but for two specific reasons:
USA one just as a Game Boy Player (the one thing a Wii can't do, well that and the LAN play which you're even less likely to be using), when the hardware and disc were reasonably obtainable
A Japanese one when they were cheap enough to make it worth getting for even just a couple games.
(though I didn't realize then that all of the "less popular" Nintendo consoles sold much higher in North America, so I'd imagine the price would eventually reflect that for region variants of the consoles)

$80 sounds like a price hike if that is a US PMTTYD, but I suppose the question is what isn't a price hike these days? So I wouldn't be surprised if that is normal today.
Even in 2020 when I spent about that much shipped for a JP copy, US copies were listing at about half that.

@blindsquarel I bought a wii in second hand shop cex for 30 euro ( about 35 dollars ) with all cables and a wii controller. But during the pandemic, which started 5 months later, they were selling for 140 to 200 euro. So maybe wait a bit the price should drop for you to buy one. Although cubes use to go for around 40 euro not sure what they are now. So go wii it's always cheaper maybe 20 or 25 euro is the lowest I have seen it