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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. | ;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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+ | ===Peripherals=== | ||
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+ | ! Name | ||
+ | ! cemu | ||
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+ | |[[#Skylanders_Portal|Skylanders Portal]] | ||
+ | | {{~}}[https://wiki.cemu.info/wiki/Skylanders_Portal_FAQ *] | ||
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+ | |[[#LEGO_Dimensions_Toy_Pad|LEGO Dimensions Toy Pad]] | ||
+ | | {{~}} | ||
+ | |} | ||
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+ | ====Skylanders Portal==== | ||
+ | [[cemu]] can communicate to the USB device directly if you have the Skylanders portal even though currently it has [https://wiki.cemu.info/wiki/Skylanders_Portal_FAQ#Known_Issues minor issues]<ref group=N2>[https://github.com/cemu-project/Cemu/pull/903 cemu: Experimental libusb build]</ref>, but there is no Skylanders portal '''emulation''' for [[cemu]] at the moment, [[PlayStation_3_emulators#Peripherals|for that you can use RPCS3]]. | ||
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+ | ====[https://lego-dimensions.fandom.com/wiki/Game_Components#Toy_Pad LEGO Dimensions Toy Pad]==== | ||
+ | RPCS3 can communicate to the USB device directly ([https://wiki.rpcs3.net/index.php?title=Help:Peripherals_and_accessories#cellUsbd_Device_Whitelist but only exposed devices have been whitelisted]) if you have the Toy Pad. Just like [[cemu]] there is no Toy Pad emulation for the RPCS3 at the moment but you can use [https://github.com/Berny23/LD-ToyPad-Emulator#installation LD-ToyPad-Emulator] instead. | ||
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+ | <references group=N2/> | ||
===Dolphin=== | ===Dolphin=== |
Revision as of 13:09, 18 July 2023
Developer | Nintendo |
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Type | Home video game console |
Generation | Eighth generation |
Release date | November 2012 |
Discontinued | January 2017 |
Predecessor | Wii |
Successor | Nintendo Switch |
Emulated | ✓ |
- For other emulators that run on Wii U hardware, see Emulators on Wii U.
The Wii U is an eighth-generation console released by Nintendo on November 18, 2012, at $349.99. 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 Wii U GamePad, to provide certain additional gameplay. Notably, it can play all Wii games as well as support the Wii Remote controllers for native Wii U games.
Contents
Emulators
Name | Platform(s) | Latest Version | Nintendo Network |
Retro Achievements |
Amiibo | FLOSS | Active | Recommended |
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PC / x86 | ||||||||
Cemu | Artifacts 2.0-80 Flathub |
✓[N 1] | ✗ | ~* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Decaf | git | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | |
Kinnay | git | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | |
Mobile / ARM | ||||||||
Cemu | 1.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
- ↑ Possible with 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 documentation.
Comparisons
- Cemu (compatibility)
- 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.
- Decaf
- Can boot some commercial games. It's developed sporadically.
- 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.
Peripherals
Name | cemu |
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Skylanders Portal | ~* |
LEGO Dimensions Toy Pad | ~ |
Skylanders Portal
cemu can communicate to the USB device directly if you have the Skylanders portal even though currently it has minor issues[N2 1], but there is no Skylanders portal emulation for cemu at the moment, for that you can use RPCS3.
LEGO Dimensions Toy Pad
RPCS3 can communicate to the USB device directly (but only exposed devices have been whitelisted) if you have the Toy Pad. Just like cemu there is no Toy Pad emulation for the RPCS3 at the moment but you can use LD-ToyPad-Emulator instead.
Dolphin
You might have read about an unofficial branch of Dolphin with Wii U support — but don't get your hopes up. While the PowerPC architecture in the Wii U is the same as the Wii and 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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