looks better than expected, consider how fresh the emulator is.
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Cemu, World's First Wii U Emulator, Suddenly Released
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looks better than expected, consider how fresh the emulator is.
Lenk from THe logend of Melda.
If not open source, might take a very long time if he suddenly don't abandon it as well.
Dictator93
Member
Woh. An amazing accomplishment for being a stealth release and being so early. The WW video, while rough, shows some great stuff.
Tbh, I am not sure what of any Wii U games interest me though really.
Tbh, I am not sure what of any Wii U games interest me though really.
Dayum. That's insane.
M1ch04c4n0
Banned
Probably born from one of those kickstarted projects. Guy with the dev-kit says "fuck this" and lets his '4xx0r' friend look at the docs and dev tools. It was quite evident to me after I got to see the Wii SDK that 'Dolphin' is just a modified version of these, down to the project files. I bet this isn't different.
This is bad, could make Nintendo turn more cautious on whom gets a dev-kit. I foresee lots of ranting and moaning in the future. And indies (the precious snowflake kind) feeling "left behind".
This is bad, could make Nintendo turn more cautious on whom gets a dev-kit. I foresee lots of ranting and moaning in the future. And indies (the precious snowflake kind) feeling "left behind".
Crimsonclaw111
Member
The best game this generation so far ain't interesting enough? (I don't know if you like character action games tbf)
Dictator93
Member
The best game this generation so far ain't interesting enough? (I don't know if you like character action games tbf)
I have not played too many of 'em. But I would be willing to try it.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
The best game this generation so far ain't interesting enough? (I don't know if you like character action games tbf)
Honestly as someone who had their game of the generation be Bayonetta last time Bayonetta 2's balance kinda ruined enjoyment/replayability for me Umbran Climax screwed up a lot in my opinion. I like it still but Bayonetta 1 still reigns supreme in my eyes.
You don't. Not yet.
Astral Dog
Member
weird seeing the op bullet points and then the comments lol, but i guess people are desperate to play those U games 
im not too optimistic about this but lets see were it goes
im not too optimistic about this but lets see were it goes
I was going to, but the scene is fragmented and confusing for the new user right now. It would be a nightmare to keep people updated and would likely push people away.
Not yet, imo.
Oh hi again from vitaland
But uh, how do we get a dump of WWHD then >_>
Moreso want to test it. I own a wii u and WWHD, so that isn't illegal last I checked?
Apparently there is very little overlap between Wii and Wii U emulation. Dolphin team even said they wouldn't expect it for 10+ years.
Guess they're gonna have some crow for dinner.
I already looked at the binary and didn't find any clues pointing to Dolphin.
That doesn't mean they didn't use some parts of it, like the ppc emulator.
Dr. Buni
Member
In a few years, maybe. By the time Splatoon is playable on PC, Splatwo will be released already.
That isn't Splatoon or Smash 4.
StoppedInTracks
Member
That WWHD video is fucking amazing. The emu came out of NOWHERE and it boots commercial titles with semi-normal fps.
That shit cray.
Where is the 3DS emulation? Where is 360 emulation? How is it that Wii U emu comes out first ?!?
That shit cray.
Where is the 3DS emulation? Where is 360 emulation? How is it that Wii U emu comes out first ?!?
Actually it's been discussed to the death, but i'll say it again in case you missed it.
No you're not.
Basileus777
Member
There is nothing especially novel about this. The first N64, GameCube, and Wii emulation was introduced at a similar phase in those consoles' lifetimes.
Not to rob anyone of their excitement, nor the author of credit. This is wonderful news!
3DS and 360 emulators both came out a while ago, and as such, are more complete than this. They're called Citra and Xenia, respectively.
Dictator93
Member
Isn't the Wii U CPU similar to a certain degree to the Wii one?
Tell me how to dump the wii u games and I will tell you how they run on 980ti hyrbid sli
It's going to run like shit on everyone's computer. I doubt you will be able to brute force any sort of playable framerates for this.
those are both out and progressing very well
look up citra and xenia
oops I was apparently on this page for a while
Not exactly, but you can't call yourself a PG fan and call the platform that has not one but two of their games, one being arguably the best PG game, doa.
And ofc you can't say all that but celebrate having the option to pirate said games, cause that's what it is.
And before anyone gets too touchy with the word 'pirate', let me inform you that i run half a dozen emulators and i have a huge library of games for them, all games i actually own in physical form. I'll also surely emulate WiiU games on this one or any other emulator, but let's call things for what they are. Downloading ISOs online is pirating, and most people don't have the sensitivity to buy the software beforehand.
If by most you mean almost zero then yes.
No lol.
The only similarity they have is that they are both PowerPC. The Wii has an upgraded Gekko processor that the Gamecube used also known as Broadway which is why it was easier to emulate the Wii while Gamecube emulation started to get at its peak.
The Wii U is a tri-core heavily modified Power7 which is close to the Xbox 360 processor that it had without some features.
Pokemaniac
Member
Nintendo backpedalled on the Power7 thing before release. All analysis suggests that the Wii U has a higher clocked tri-core variant of the Wii CPU.
blu
Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
So basically homebrew is still nowhere.
Come on now. Neither is power7 close to PPE, nor is it running in the wiiU.
legacyzero
Banned
Yaaaaaaaaay!
To Far Away Times
Member
Exciting times ahead
blu
Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
You could've spent the same minimal effort to educate yourself.
artsi
Member
Besides it's usually the processor that's the bottleneck with emulators.
papercan55
Member
For a brand new emulator that is insane.
By 2017 when zelda wii u is released for the nx it will look amazing.
;-)
Starwolf_UK
Member
A USB ewthenet adapter should work great?
About this emulator...
Here is how it runs at the moment:
https://twitter.com/NWPlayer123/status/653952436382502912
Like nearly all the 3D graphics are missing.
Not to mention neither this nor citra (the 3DS emulator) support sound yet.
Too far from the router. It has to be wireless or bust.
There is an OG Xbox emu (XQEMU) which although slow, can also run many games:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOdMYveHiq4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFiN00VaRNI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg38jaRLt_8
n0razi
Member
The CPU is usually the bottleneck when it comes to emulation