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Look for a second hand Wii U. Plays GC wii and Wii U games with hdmi!

Does it upscale GameCube games? If not do the still look ok? Dreamcast VGA 480p still looks great.

Wii U keeps the original Wii/Gamecube GPU. It has another chip behind it that scales it to HDMI. This is also why Wii 240p doesn't work on the Wii U. Instead old VC games will be a slightly blurry 480p at best.

If you want the clearest 480p, the original Wii will do. With component cables and a compatible TV, it should be just as clear as DreamCast VGA.

Yes, Gamecube (and Wii) games are upscaled right up to 4K and they look great. Many games work in 16:9 widescreen also (Gamecube was originally 4:3).

For many games there are even community high-def texture packs that you can add to make them look even better.

[Edit: Sorry, was talking about Dolphin here, not Wii U!]

[Edit: seems like you're talking about Dolphin. flatiron upthread mentioned a Wii U so that's what the question you replied to is about.]

Wii U's max HDMI output is 1080p. Also I have not seen any information that it does upscaling at all, so if you have a source for that, I'd like to know it.

Yes, the GP misspoke. However, I'd expect any half-decent TV to have no trouble upscaling the Wii U's 1080p signal → 4K.

> Many games work in 16:9 widescreen also (Gamecube was originally 4:3).

There are a handful of GameCube titles that were 16:9 native widescreen on the original console. The one that comes to mind for me is Serious Sam: The Next Encounter

F-Zero GX has a widescreen option as well. It's probably one of the better looking games when you can pump it at 1080p or higher, but I don't think a Pi is quite ready for that level of abuse yet. Maybe another 2-3 generations of new Pi hardware.

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