The Wii Family Edition and the Wii Mini are still being produced here in the Americas, and I'm really tempted to buy the family one, as it costs only 100 bucks..
Both of these are incompatible with Gamecube games. If you get a Wii from its original run, you get Gamecube compatibility built in; meaning you get access to another library of games without buying an actual Gamecube. The most you'd need to get it a good memory card and a controller or two.
So, I'd say getting an original Wii secondhand would be more worth your money. Though technically, if you wanted, you could run Gamecube games on a Wii U by installing Nintendont on the "Wii side", completely uneffecting the Wii U side. The only issues with Nintendont is incompatibility with certain games, and you can't actually use Gamecube discs if you're running it on a Wii U.
[quote="[url=http://phpbb.mfgg.net/viewtopic.php?p=507964#p507964]Doodleman[/url]"]The Wii Family Edition and the Wii Mini are still being produced here in the Americas, and I'm really tempted to buy the family one, as it costs only 100 bucks..[/quote]
Both of these are incompatible with Gamecube games. If you get a Wii from its original run, you get Gamecube compatibility built in; meaning you get access to another library of games without buying an actual Gamecube. The most you'd need to get it a good memory card and a controller or two.
So, I'd say getting an original Wii secondhand would be more worth your money. Though technically, if you wanted, you could run Gamecube games on a Wii U by installing Nintendont on the "Wii side", completely uneffecting the Wii U side. The only issues with Nintendont is incompatibility with certain games, and you can't actually use Gamecube discs if you're running it on a Wii U.