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[[File:Wii U.png|thumb|The Nintendo Wii U]]The '''Wii U''' is an eighth-generation console released by Nintendo in 2012. It is the first console by Nintendo to output to high definition (HD) resolutions, such as 720p and 1080p. It includes a tablet-like controller, known as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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.
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{{Infobox console
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|title = Nintendo Wii U
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|logo = Wii U.png
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|developer = [[:Nintendo]]
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|type = [[:Category:Consoles|Home video game console]]
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|generation = [[:Category:Eighth-generation video game consoles|Eighth generation]]
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|release = 2012
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|discontinued = 2017
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|predecessor = [[Wii emulators|Wii]]
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|successor = [[Nintendo Switch emulators|Nintendo Switch]]
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|emulated = {{✓}}
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}}
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The '''Wii U''' is an eighth-generation console released by Nintendo on November 18, 2012 at {{Inflation|USD|349.99|2012}}. It has a Tri-Core IBM PowerPC CPU at 1.24 GHz with 2GB of RAM. It has a AMD Radeon GPU. It is the first console by Nintendo to output to 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==
{| class="wikitable"
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 
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|-
 
! scope="col"|Name
 
! scope="col"|Name
! scope="col"|Operating System(s)
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! scope="col"|Platform(s)
 
! scope="col"|Latest Version
 
! scope="col"|Latest Version
 
! scope="col"|Compatibility
 
! scope="col"|Compatibility
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|Active
 
! scope="col"|Open-Source
 
! scope="col"|Open-Source
! scope="col"|[[Recommended emulators|Recommended]]
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! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]
 
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| style="text-align: center;"|[[Cemu]]
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! colspan="7"|PC / x86
| style="text-align: center;"|Windows
 
| style="text-align: center;"|[http://cemu.info/index.html#download {{CemuVer}}]
 
| style="text-align: center;"|Medium
 
| style="text-align: center;"|✓
 
| style="text-align: center;"|✗
 
| style="text-align: center;"|✓
 
 
|-
 
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| style="text-align: center;"|[[Decaf]]
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|[[Cemu]]
| style="text-align: center;"|Windows, Linux
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
| style="text-align: center;"|[https://github.com/decaf-emu/decaf-emu GitHub]
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|[http://cemu.info/index.html#download {{CemuVer}}]
| style="text-align: center;"|Low
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|Medium
| style="text-align: center;"|
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|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}
| style="text-align: center;"|✓
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|-
| style="text-align: center;"|✗
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|[[Decaf]]
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|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux}}
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|[https://github.com/decaf-emu/decaf-emu Git]
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|Low
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|{{}} ||{{}} ||{{}}
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===Comparisons===
 
===Comparisons===
* Cemu can launch and play most major commercial games (such as WW:HD/MK8/SM3DW/BOTW) with minor glitches (such as audio glitches in WW:HD) or major glitches (such as Bokoblin eyes on AMD being broken in BOTW).
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;[[Cemu]]:A closed-source Wii U emulator created in October 2015 and is regularly updated every 2 to 5 weeks. It can launch or play a lot of commercial games with varying degrees of glitches.
* Decaf is a research project for Wii U emulation. It is able to boot some commercial games.
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;[[Decaf]]:An open-source research project for Wii U emulation. It's able to boot some commercial games.
  
 
===Dolphin===
 
===Dolphin===
You might have read about an unofficial branch of [[Dolphin]] with Wii U support — but don't get your hopes up. While the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPC PowerPC] architecture family 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, 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're not going to add Wii U support to Dolphin.
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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 family 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, 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're not going to add Wii U support to Dolphin.
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{{Nintendo}}
  
 
[[Category:Consoles]]
 
[[Category:Consoles]]
[[Category:Very early emulation]]
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[[Category:Eighth-generation video game consoles]]
 
[[Category:Nintendo consoles]]
 
[[Category:Nintendo consoles]]
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[[Category:Wii U emulators]]

Revision as of 14:10, 31 May 2020

Nintendo Wii U
Wii U.png
Developer Nintendo
Type Home video game console
Generation Eighth generation
Release date 2012
Discontinued 2017
Predecessor Wii
Successor Nintendo Switch
Emulated

The Wii U is an eighth-generation console released by Nintendo on November 18, 2012 at $349.99. It has a Tri-Core IBM PowerPC CPU at 1.24 GHz with 2GB of RAM. It has a AMD Radeon GPU. It is the first console by Nintendo to output to 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.

Emulators

Name Platform(s) Latest Version Compatibility Active Open-Source Recommended
PC / x86
Cemu Windows 2.0 Medium
Decaf Windows Linux Git Low

Comparisons

Cemu
A closed-source Wii U emulator created in October 2015 and is regularly updated every 2 to 5 weeks. It can launch or play a lot of commercial games with varying degrees of glitches.
Decaf
An open-source research project for Wii U emulation. It's able to boot some commercial games.

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 family 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, 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're not going to add Wii U support to Dolphin.