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> "For Wii it’s better to use a Wii U, because they support HDMI."

If you are going to buy a Wii U for wii games, make sure you buy one that actually has a gamepad, since they are useless without one (efforts are currently underway to make a working replacement, but currently you need a whole computer to pretend to be one)

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Eh, while they do need a Wii U Game Pad, once you're past setup you don't really need it except for a handful of games. Maybe to do the occasional settings change. If you're just using it as a Wii you can also press B on the Wii Remote while booting to boot straight into Wii Mode too.

I wouldn't recommend it for non-technical people, but people here would probably be fine.

Not really, you can now use a Steam Deck or similar to replace the original pad, yet, you'll need to have the Steam Deck though https://github.com/vanilla-wiiu/vanilla

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