alt Hacker News> "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)
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.