Comment on Nintendo Wii The Size Of A Game Boy Cartridge Finally Released Open Source
Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
How is this intended to fit in with existing Wii emulators ^[1]^? Is it essentially just trying to offer a more convenient mobile option?
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1. Type: Website. Title: “Dolphin Emulator”. Accessed: 2025-07-12T00:48Z. URI: dolphin-emu.org. - Type: Text. > Dolphin is an emulator for two recent Nintendo video game consoles: the GameCube and the Wii. It allows PC gamers to enjoy games for these two consoles in full HD (1080p) with several enhancements: compatibility with all PC controllers, turbo speed, networked multiplayer, and even more! - Dolphin offers emulation for the Nintendo Wii.
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 hours ago
It’s a novelty. Hardware hackers have been making smaller and more portable Wiis for years, finding more parts of the motherboard they can cut off, ways to rearrange mobo parts and reconnect them without impacting functionality, discrete parts they can replace with more modern smaller equivalents, etc.
This represents the smallest they’ve been able to cut down Wii hardware, still have it be functional, and still have the core be the original hardware, not a general use CPU with an emulation solution running over top. It’s not a commercial product meant to compete with emulators on existing portable devices like phones and SBCs.