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|discontinued = January 2017 | |discontinued = January 2017 | ||
|predecessor = [[Wii emulators|Wii]] | |predecessor = [[Wii emulators|Wii]] | ||
− | |successor = [[Nintendo Switch emulators|Switch]] | + | |successor = [[Nintendo Switch emulators|Nintendo Switch]] |
|emulated = {{✓}} | |emulated = {{✓}} | ||
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− | {{for|emulators that run on | + | {{for|other emulators that run on Wii U hardware|Emulators on Wii U}} |
− | The '''Wii U''' is an eighth-generation console released by Nintendo on November 18, 2012, at {{Inflation|USD|349.99|2012}}. It has a 3-core IBM | + | The '''Wii U''' is an eighth-generation console released by Nintendo on November 18, 2012, at {{Inflation|USD|349.99|2012}}. It has a 3-core IBM PowerPC CPU at 1.24 GHz with 2 GBs of RAM and an AMD Radeon GPU. It is the first console by Nintendo to output high-definition (HD) resolutions, such as 720p and 1080p. It includes a tablet-like controller, known as the [[wikipedia:Wii_U_GamePad|Wii U GamePad]], to provide certain additional gameplay. Notably, it can play all [[Wii emulators|Wii]] games as well as support the Wii Remote controllers for native Wii U games. |
==Emulators== | ==Emulators== | ||
− | <div style=" | + | <div style="max-width:100%; overflow:auto;"> |
− | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; | + | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
! scope="col"|Name | ! scope="col"|Name | ||
! scope="col"|Platform(s) | ! scope="col"|Platform(s) | ||
! scope="col"|Latest Version | ! scope="col"|Latest Version | ||
− | ! scope="col"|[ | + | ! scope="col"|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Network Nintendo<br/>Network] |
− | ! scope="col"|[ | + | ! scope="col"|<small>[https://retroachievements.org/gameSearch.php?o=0&p=0&i=20 Retro<br/>Achievements]</small> |
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! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr> | ! scope="col"|<abbr title="Free/Libre and Open-Source Software">FLOSS</abbr> | ||
! scope="col"|Active | ! scope="col"|Active | ||
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]] | ! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]] | ||
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− | ! colspan=" | + | ! colspan="8"|PC / x86 |
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| [[Cemu]] | | [[Cemu]] | ||
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}} | | align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}} | ||
| [https://nightly.link/cemu-project/Cemu/workflows/build_check/main <abbr title="Latest development build">Artifacts</abbr>]<br/>[http://cemu.info/index.html#download {{CemuVer}}]<br/>[https://flathub.org/apps/details/info.cemu.Cemu Flathub] | | [https://nightly.link/cemu-project/Cemu/workflows/build_check/main <abbr title="Latest development build">Artifacts</abbr>]<br/>[http://cemu.info/index.html#download {{CemuVer}}]<br/>[https://flathub.org/apps/details/info.cemu.Cemu Flathub] | ||
− | |{{ | + | |{{✓}}<ref group=N name=pretendo>Possible with [https://pretendo.network/#about Pretendo]: Open-source project that aims to recreate Nintendo Network for the 3DS and Wii U using clean-room reverse engineering. Pretendo supports any client that can interact with Nintendo Network. Currently the only emulator with this kind of functionality is Cemu. Cemu 2.0 officially supports Pretendo under your network account options in the emulator. For information on how to get started with Cemu, check out the [https://pretendo.network/docs/install/cemu documentation].</ref> ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} |
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| [[Decaf]] | | [[Decaf]] | ||
| align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}} | | align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}} | ||
| [https://github.com/decaf-emu/decaf-emu git] | | [https://github.com/decaf-emu/decaf-emu git] | ||
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| Kinnay | | Kinnay | ||
| align=left|{{Icon|Linux}} | | align=left|{{Icon|Linux}} | ||
| [https://github.com/kinnay/Wii-U-Firmware-Emulator git] | | [https://github.com/kinnay/Wii-U-Firmware-Emulator git] | ||
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===Comparisons=== | ===Comparisons=== | ||
− | ;[[Cemu]]:An | + | ;[[Cemu]] <small class="plainlinks" style="font-weight:normal;">([https://compat.cemu.info compatibility])</small>:An open-source Wii U emulator created in October 2015, regularly updated every 2 to 5 weeks. It can run a sizeable amount of games, with 12% of the tested ones listed as Perfect (can be played with no issues) and 40% of the tested ones listed as Playable (can be played through with minor audio or graphical glitches). As of October 2022, Cemu is no longer in the experimental stage, and a macOS port has been released. |
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− | + | ;[[Decaf]]:Can boot some commercial games. It is no longer in development as of August 2022. | |
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− | + | ;Kinnay:Emulates the Wii U processors and hardware at the lowest level. It's able to emulate all the way through boot1, IOSU, and Cafe OS up to the Wii U menu. Written by the leading Decaf developers, exjam and kinnay. | |
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You might have read about an unofficial branch of [[Dolphin]] with Wii U support — but don't get your hopes up. While the [[wikipedia:PowerPC|PowerPC]] architecture in the Wii U is the same as the [[Wii emulators|Wii]] and [[GameCube emulators|GameCube]] (this fact alone was the reason why Wii emulation was added to Dolphin. It was originally GameCube-only), this support is nothing more than the file viewer features (region, internal name, various info, list of files and folders inside ISO and a way to extract them) being expanded to Wii U disc images. Nothing has been done on the actual emulation front as far as Dolphin is concerned, and the Dolphin developers have said that they are not interested in adding Wii U support to Dolphin. | You might have read about an unofficial branch of [[Dolphin]] with Wii U support — but don't get your hopes up. While the [[wikipedia:PowerPC|PowerPC]] architecture in the Wii U is the same as the [[Wii emulators|Wii]] and [[GameCube emulators|GameCube]] (this fact alone was the reason why Wii emulation was added to Dolphin. It was originally GameCube-only), this support is nothing more than the file viewer features (region, internal name, various info, list of files and folders inside ISO and a way to extract them) being expanded to Wii U disc images. Nothing has been done on the actual emulation front as far as Dolphin is concerned, and the Dolphin developers have said that they are not interested in adding Wii U support to Dolphin. | ||
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[[Category:Nintendo consoles]] | [[Category:Nintendo consoles]] | ||
[[Category:Wii U emulators|*]] | [[Category:Wii U emulators|*]] | ||
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