Lou: What is nice about the old games is you can find compilation GC discs and play them on the Wii. You can play them all on the newest system right on up thru Skyward Sword.
SirPrimalform: No, you could play every single game up to Twilight Princess on a GameCube if you had a GameBoy Player addon, but you can't play them all on the Wii.
The Wii can't play Link's Awakening, Oracle of Ages, Oracle of Seasons or Minish Cap.
Profanity: Actually, at the moment I'm trying out the beginnings of Ocarina of Time, NES ones, Link to the Past, at the same time. The NES ones seems a little... old old straightforward slasher. Link to the Past seems to be done nicely aesthetics-wise, and is quite fun. And it feels weird playing Ocarina of Time, yet it's quite fun too. Just got the Hyrule Castle, now off to play an unrelated game.
SirPrimalform: Nice choices! I find the original weird to control the most because of the lack of 8 directional movement. When you finish LttP (if you liked it) you should give Link's Awakening a go. It's the 'direct sequel/side-story' counterpart to LttP and borrows a lot of gameplay from it.
Link's Awakening is to Link to the Past, what Majora's Mask is to Ocarina of Time.
Was not talking about hand held games - to which you are correct all others can be played on then Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee