Emulators on Wii U
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Developer | Nintendo |
---|---|
Type | Home video game console |
Generation | Eighth generation |
Release date | 2012 |
Discontinued | 2017 |
Predecessor | Wii |
Successor | Nintendo Switch |
Emulated | ✓ |
- For software that emulates the Wii U, see Wii U emulators.
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Emulators via vWii[edit]
Most emulators available for the Wii will also work on vWii (virtual Wii) mode on the Wii U. However, due to sandboxing, there will be no performance gain over a Wii, though some emulators support the Wii U pro controller or Wii U Gamepad.
See Emulators on Wii for emulators that will work on vWii mode
Multi-system[edit]
Name | Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
RetroArch | 1.15.0 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Virtual Console | N/A | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
Multi[edit]
RetroArch cores[edit]
81_libretro atari800_libretro bluemsx_libretro cap32_libretro dosbox_libretro fbalpha2012_libretro fbalpha_libretro fceumm_libretro fuse_libretro gambatte_libretro genesis_plus_gx_libretro gw_libretro hatari_libretro mame2000_libretro mame2003_libretro mame2009_libretro mednafen_lynx_libretro mednafen_ngp_libretro mednafen_pce_fast_libretro mednafen_supergrafx_libretro mednafen_vb_libretro mednafen_wswan_libretro mgba_libretro mrboom_devel_libretro mrboom_libretro nekop2_libretro nestopia_libretro nxengine_libretro prboom_libretro puae_libretro quicknes_libretro snes9x2005_libretro snes9x2010_libretro snes9x_libretro stella_libretro tyrquake_libretro vice_x64_libretro vice_xplus4_libretro vice_xvic_libretro
Nintendo[edit]
NES[edit]
Name | Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Heritage | HeriC | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
LiteNESU | 0.0.0-preR2 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
GameCube[edit]
Name | Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
Nintendont | git | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Game Boy[edit]
Name | Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
gacubeboy | 1337 9000 |
? | ✗ | ✓ |
GBiine | 0.2b | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
Pokémon Mini[edit]
Name | Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
PokeMiniU | 0.01 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
Sony[edit]
PSP[edit]
Name | Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
PPSSPP | 1.5.x | ? | ✗ | ✓ |
Commodore[edit]
Commodore 64[edit]
Name | Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
YAPE 4 U | 0.70.2 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
Source ports[edit]
Name | Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended | Supported games |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cave Story Engine 2 | git archive |
✗[1] | ✗[N 1] | ✓ | Cave Story |
Crispy Doom U | git | ? | ✗ | ✓ | Doom I–II, Final Doom |
Ship of Harkinian | 5.1.4 Nightly build git |
✓ | ✓ | ✓ | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (PAL GameCube version)[N 2] |
Sonic Mania Wii U | git | ✓ | ? | ✓[N 3] | Sonic Mania (Plus) |
SpaceCadetPinball | git | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | 3D Pinball for Windows – Space Cadet |
Super Mario 64 Port | git | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | Super Mario 64 |
- ↑ Cave Story Engine 2, or CSE2 for short, received a DMCA cease and desist notice from Nicalis, the current IP owner of Cave Story, despite the original Cave Story being a freeware developed by Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya.
- ↑ Ship of Harkinian requires either the GameCube's PAL Debug ROM (recommended), PAL Master Quest Debug ROM (for Master Quest mode's dungeons; supported as of v5.0.0), or the regular PAL GameCube ROM (not recommended) of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time to generate an
oot.otr
file from OTRGui (from the PC download) to play it. - ↑ This unofficial Wii U port of the Sonia Mania Decompilation project plays and loads great. Some frames will drop during giant ring special stages when too many 3D assets appear on the screen but performance is arguably bearable. Missing features as of v1.0.3 include screen filters, the 'DLC' option in the main menu doesn't do anything (but 'Encore Mode' works when
dlcEnabled
is set toy
inSettings.ini
) and limited mod support.
Other[edit]
CHIP-8[edit]
Name | Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
CHIP8 Emulator | 2.2 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
PICO-8[edit]
Name | Version | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
---|---|---|---|---|
fake-8 | git | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |