Submitted by: kirkland on Tuesday August 22nd, 2006 at 02:48 PM EST

Wii is once again embracing the past, as Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto has said in a recent interview with Nintendo Dream that some GameCube titles will get a rebirth on the new console. He believes that the transition from GC to Wii will be seamless.

"The machine is based on GC," said Miyamoto. "We'll be upgrading the development tools, but GameCube code can be used for the most part as is. In that sense, I believe that it would be good to remake GameCube games for Wii, and that some titles would become better with the change to the Wii remote controller."

Upset at the concept of having to pay full price for a title that you already own on GC? Don't be.

"Even now [GameCube titles] are sold at used shops, so we don't feel we could sell them for full price. However, development costs have been taken care of, so we could probably sell them at a more accessible price," he said. "If we make it so that such GC to Wii remakes can be produced quickly, it's possible that many titles will also be released from third parties."

Source: NintendoRevolution.ca