Can You Play Super Mario 64 On Wii

[Awilda]

Theissue I am having is getting the game to play. When I insert the disc and choose the all-stars button in the top left then press Start the game begins and I am able to get to the screen where you select 1 of 4 games. On the wii remote I am able to cycle through the 4 games but no button allows me to choose an actual game.

So what is a classic controller? Like a GC controller? Im just confused. The only controller I saw at my used game store was a Wii pro controller. I am willing to do what it takes to play this game. Im just ignorant of all things wii.

And yes i googled my problem. From everything I read I could never find anything that mentioned anyone with my problem so I figured I needed to find some wii vets. Also i could have googled what a classic controller is but I signed up to get help in the first place so better to be sure.

Either way, the game would display a warning if it wasn't compatible with just a Wii remote, instead of the partial functionality that you're getting. You just need to press the + button to confirm your selection.

No manual in the Nintendo Select's rerelease of this? Mine from the first run came with a nice color manual that explains all the controller options and button mapping for each controller choice. Nintendo has it uploaded as a PDF file.

Like the case insert suggests, you do not need a Classic Controller or GameCube controller for this game. Nintendo did the sensible thing for a change, and even though SNES Virtual Console downloads don't work with a sideways Wii remote for obvious reasons, allowed the option here. After all, these are just NES games upgraded with 16 bit graphics and audio. One of videogaming's first remasters.

I still second the recommendation though since it's such a useful accessory. But I'd suggest buying a used Classic Controller in person like it sounds like you intend to do. Pictured in both of those Wal-Mart links for instance are counterfeit low quality controllers rather than genuine Nintendo Classic Controllers. Buying Classic Controller/Classic Controller Pro's online sight unseen is a real crap shoot. The bootleggers ran rampant with these, so you're going to want to be able to see what you're buying.

A sure sign of a fake is the missing Wii logo on the front. And make sure it's not a Wii U Pro Controller that you're buying. It's not the same as a Wii Classic Controller Pro and won't work with Wii games, even if you're playing them on a Wii U

Hahaha Atariboy thank you so much! I was really confused by the controller working up to the point of the game selection screen. The odd thing is I remember trying to press all the buttons to the point of frustration but now after reading your post i tried it, poof it works. So im assuming I never tried the plus button or maybe i didn't press it hard enough idk. Crazy.

My edition of Super Mario All-Stars had no color manual. I believe its the last edition. It has only the game in case. No box or music. Only a black and white manual that that lists health concerns and the such. I suppose their is a online manual that im just now seeing.

Anyway thanks for the warning on the controllers. The wii pro controller im looking is definitely for wii. And I do intend to buy it. Right now im playing DkC returns and its much harder and longer than i expected so I have been pretty engrossed in that.

Since the NES Classic Edition and SNES Classic Editions have been such hits (With the former set to be rereleased this summer), seems worth adding that these are all Wii Classic Controllers at heart and both work great with this Wii rerelease.

I was not aware the SNES Classic Controller works with the wii. Well when I bought the SNES Classic I do remember reading its compatible with the wii but at the time i did not own a Wii and never thought i would so in one ear and out the other. That's awesome because no offense to The Wii but the Wii remote is not fun with certain games SM All-Stars being one of them.

Hey Austin I can swear I pressed and mashed all buttons at some point but obviously i didnt. Maybe i just kept hitting the minus or whatever idk. Its weird and embarrassing at how simple the solution was. But i still am glad for your help. As far as bing I searched a lot but I prefer this forum to be sure. You all know a lot more than I ever will

Be wary of using the classic nes controllers with all stars. Certain functions, such as accessing the item menu screen in super mario bros 3 won't work, even with the control scheme in A/B mode. I used to use a retrousb wii to nes adapter and ran into problems. Presumably the nes classic maps the same as wii vc so thought I'd pass this along.

So even though B button is changed to the run button with the alternate button layout, it doesn't remap B to also perform the other functions that Y does in SMB3 like displaying your items? I'll have to go check later, since that's an odd move to switch the game to a 3 button layout just because you want to use B/A instead of Y/B.

Hmm that's interesting. I actually only have the SNES Classic so I cant test out the NES controller. But that seems to me a huge oversight. Nintendo could have used the Select button if nothing else. But I had actually considered of trying to find an NES classic controller for Lost Levels and MB1 for a natural feel after learning they were compatible with Wii system.

I have not tried SNES Classic controller yet. But I am excited I put it back on its box after beating Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts only to find out i had to find some bracelet. I spent countless hours on it.

So if remapping Y's primary functions to the B button by switching to the alternate control scheme doesn't also remap the secondary functions that the Y button performed, it's because of how the game was originally programmed in 1993.

Nintendo had no consideration that 25 years later this SNES collection would be available in emulated form on a successor several generations removed from the SNES, with a 2 button NES style controller available for use with the system. All Super Nintendo gamepads and arcade sticks had a Y button, so there was no problem if something remained mapped to it when switching to the B layout.

I do find it peculiar though. NES Super Mario Bros. 3 of courses uses two action buttons and with the default SNES layout, that remains true with the Y button and the B button. So I wonder why switching to the B option only partially remaps functionality to the B button, converting it to a three button game that needs B/A/Y.

Put in new buttons on my Emio Edge joystick just now and was testing it out in SNES9X and happened to get playing Super Mario All-Stars, and suddenly remembered this thread. Was able to select items in SMB3 without issue.

Edit: Nevermind, you were talking about yourself, not my quoted post.The remainder of this message serves as a technical reminder of the differences between button mapings between Wii VC and original NES/SNES hardware and why the gamer will get varying experiences when using certain combinations of officialy and unofficially available hardware on both vintage and modern setups.

Super Mario Allstars does utilize the X button to back up in the menu and A to delete a file. Also the Wii VC used B/A not Y/B arrangement with NES VC games. This was reflected by mapping the B/A buttons on the RetroUSB adapter to use B/A on the Game Cube input so that they would function properly in NES VC games.

Playing the disc version of Super Mario Allstars on a Wii console involves either conneting the NES Classic controller to the Wiimote (which maps to B/A, not Y/B) or connecting the discontinued RetroUSB Game Cube Adapter to a Game Cube compatible Wii and using a real NES controller. Using either of these two setups, you will not have access to Y or X on the game input when playing AllStars Wii or SNES Virtual Console games.

To get around this limitation, the All Stars menu for each game can be toggled to use B type control scheme (B+A on SNES controller) instead of A type (Y+B). Due to some programmer oversight when designing the AllStars port on the original SNES, the "B type" control scheme still requires Y instead of B to toggle the item select menu on the SMB3 map. So when using an NES Classic controller on a retail copy of Super Mario All Stars, you cannot access this context menu while playing Super Mario Bros 3.

Super Mario All Stars for SNES does not explicitly require pressing A or X (except to delete save files) when loading and playing the included games using the default "A type" control mode, and as well this game specifically does not check that the ID bits on the SNES controller are correct when a controller is plugged in. As a result, you can use a real stock NES controller with an NES/SNES patch cable in order to play Super Mario Allstars using an original NES controller. The SNES reads the NES controller B and A buttons as Y and B on the SNES pinout. Early in development, the SNES was planned for backwards compatibility with NES by running the 16-bit 65C816 derivitave CPU in a backwards compatible 8-bit mode.

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