The Wii has been out in civilized countries since late 2006. That's over five years eternally-in-community-college boy. Why would you think the Wii Remotes would work for GameCube games? Inform us when you save GameCube games to the Wii's internal memory or a SD card.
I bought the Classic controller for Wii that plugs into Wii remote and I was hoping that it would be compatible with GameCube games.