At least the Wii mod chip makes playing burns a feasible option, though I don't think anyone would want to go back to it after USB loading. It could still maybe help you out of a pinch someday. I actually played burns at 3x with the softmod for like a month before buying an external HDD. It was horrible.personally, I like the wii u more, but it's lacking in brick protection. I also don't remember much about the original wii hacks, but I've used most of them including a hard mod, then the soft mod method. my wii is still plugged in on the same shelf as the wii u. it still works. I'm not sure if the modchip still works though. my ps2's modchip was about the same age, and it failed, so I bought a new ps2 and modchip.
If you count modding it then the WiiuThis is a poll and I can't think of what to type
Don't forget the hdmi portThe WiiU could play all Wii games plus WiiU games. Seems like a no-brainer...
If you were offered either a Wii or Wii-U for free but under the provision that you could never own the other, there's no objectively justifiable reason to choose the Wii.
So we're just comparing the Wii and Wii U libraries then? Definitely Wii.Please don't count backwards compatibility!