Is the New 3DS stronger than the Wii?

The 3DS has two cores but they are much slower than the Wii's single core. The GPUs are very different so this is also an apples-to-oranges comparison, but comparing fill rates in the linked articles gets us close enough to conclude that the Wii is likely the more powerful one.
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Is the new 3DS more powerful?

The New 3DS has 4 cores (1.5 reserved for home menu, improved 3D, and services). This is 2.5x the number of usable cores for games, with a clock speed 3x as fast, for an effective 7.5x speed in an optimized game.
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Is the new 3DS as powerful as the GameCube?

The GameCube is capable of much higher resolution output and has a much more capable graphics processor that can do things like transparency and alpha effects much more easily as well as doing a much better job with post processing effects.
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Is the GameCube more powerful than the Wii?

Is the Wii a true successor to the GameCube? Of course! The Wii far outsold the 'cube despite being only about 1.5 times as powerful. The architecture both systems were built on is very similar, so on a technological level, the Wii is basically a more powerful Gamecube.
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How powerful is the Wii?

The Wii's computational power was roughly 1.5 to 2 times as powerful as the GameCube, but was the least powerful of the major home consoles of its generation. The Wii's motherboard has a WiFi adapter which supports IEEE 802.11 b/g modes, and a Bluetooth antenna that communicates with its controllers.
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Nintendo Wii U vs New 3DS XL - Which Should You Buy?

Is the Wii more powerful than the Switch?

In short, technology has finally caught up with Nintendo. The Switch is roughly as powerful as the Wii U — a little speedier, sure, but they're not in different galaxies. Both systems are also built around 6.2-inch touchscreens. Again, the Switch's is better, but the concept is similar.
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Is the Switch as powerful as the Wii?

Nintendo Switch boasts superior theme and graphics performance than its aged predecessor. It uses an inferior chipset called the IBM PowerPC broadway, while the Switch has the Nvidia Tegra X1, that's 10 times more powerful.
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Is a Wii just an upgraded GameCube?

Why does the Nintendo Wii have the same graphics as the Nintendo Gamecube? Well, It shares the same architecture as GameCube, but overclocked and more memory, so it has slight better graphics. But as you said, it's the smallest leap in gaming history.
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Is Wii powerful than PS2?

The Wii was a lot stronger in terms of power, but it was also one of the most underutilized consoles in history, with only a select few of the games showcasing it's true potential. By comparison performance of the PS2 was weaker but games were far more optimized on it.
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Is Wii U more powerful than Xbox 360?

The Wii U has, effectively, twice the RAM available to games that the Xbox 360 and the PS3 each have. ... "Wii U has a powerful GPU with more oomph than the rivals - and is more modern in architecture and shader support, which may come in handy later on.
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Is the 3DS weaker than the Wii?

The 3DS has two cores but they are much slower than the Wii's single core. The GPUs are very different so this is also an apples-to-oranges comparison, but comparing fill rates in the linked articles gets us close enough to conclude that the Wii is likely the more powerful one.
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Was the 3DS underpowered?

It was underpowered if anything. The 3DS can't play SSB for Wii U. SSB for 3DS is its own game. It also can't play Xenoblade Chronicles or Luigi's Mansion, but worse looking and running demakes of these games.
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Is Luigi's Mansion better on GameCube or 3DS?

The texture work on 3DS appears more refined, while lighting and shadows are handled differently - on GameCube, Luigi's flashlight casts shadows, while this doesn't happen on the 3DS. It seems that the shadows generated in Luigi's Mansion rely on the GameCube's EFB or 'embedded framebuffer'.
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Is iPhone more powerful than 3DS?

The CPU's however are more complicated to compare. The iPhone 4 uses an ARM Cortex A8 clocked at 1ghz (1000mhz), while the New 3DS uses an older ARM11 clocked at 804mhz. The iPhone has a higher clockspeed and a newer and more powerful architecture.
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How powerful is 3DS compared to DS?

The Nintendo DS was basically an underpowered N64, just slightly below those levels. Where as the Gameboy Advance was a Super Nintendo Plus. The Nintendo 3DS was basically a GameCube+… Think of it as between a GameCube and a Wii system.
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Is the PSP stronger than 3DS?

PSP has a faster main processor, a more efficient graphics accelerator, and a higher resolution screen. So, the PSP is pretty much equivalent to a pocket PS2, the 3DS is pretty much equivalent to a PSP with stereoscopic 3d and a touchscreen. Then why do my 3DS games look better than my PSP games?
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Is the PS3 stronger than the Wii?

Compared with the Nintendo Wii, the PS3 is definitely more powerful. A key component to the PS3 is the optical drive. Instead of using a conventional DVD drive (as does the Xbox 360), Sony decided to go with a Blu-ray drive.
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Is the Wii faster than the GameCube?

The Wii is a buffed Gamecube, it can run all of its games natively and has a simpler component video output with cables that are easy to replace, it runs faster, quieter and is smaller, plus it can be modded easily for homebrew and playing of “backups” not only of Wii games but Gamecube's throug Nintendont as well as ...
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Is there anything better than Wii?

But Nintendo learned a lot from the failure of the Wii U, and they more than made up for it with the release of the Nintendo Switch in 2017. The Switch takes the best aspects of the Wii and the Wii U, and mixes them with the handheld element of popular Nintendo systems like the Gameboy and DS.
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Did GameCube have better graphics than Wii?

If you are looking for the best picture from GameCube games, the GameCube actually has a better picture with its component cable vs the Wii's component output. The picture is sharper and more vibrant from a GameCube vs Wii for GameCube games.
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Can Wii read all GameCube games?

Yes! Wii has got full hardware backwards compatibility with GameCube, including Gamepads and Memory cards.
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Can Wii U run GameCube?

Wii U is not backwards compatible with the GameCube games, you would need to homebrew the Wii U then run emulation (Nintendont) to play GameCube games. However most Wii games can be played on Wii U.
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Are Switch graphics better than Wii?

Graphics are the most obvious upgrade from the Wii to the Switch. With the ability to use an HDMI output, the Switch makes it easier to have a smoother visual experience than the Wii. On top of that, the intricate details in some of the games that have come out are impressive.
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What replaced the Wii?

The Wii U (/ˌwiː ˈjuː/; WEE YOO) is a home video game console developed by Nintendo as the successor to the Wii. Released in late 2012, it is the first eighth-generation video game console and competed with Microsoft's Xbox One and Sony's PlayStation 4. The Wii U is the first Nintendo console to support HD graphics.
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Does Wii still exist?

you can still buy wiis on ebay. that being said, it has been discontinued for a good while and nintendo has in fact replaced the wii with something much better. the wii u. its the next generation in home consoles, it has high definition and can play all your wii games in HDMI quality.
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