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A homebrewed Wii U is an amazing retro console
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Thank you! I'm gonna have to try this. Metroid Prime shows up SUPER dark on my Wii and I don't have my GCN anymore.
Hacking your wiiu is the easiest thing these days. Just need to visit a website with some files on the sd card and it's done. It's only temporary but it's not terrible inconvenient and there is a permanent solution too
I've had Nintendont on my Wii U for a while now. I still don't use it much but it is nice to have access to Nintendo's entire catalog without me having to dig out my GameCube or SNES + games. My desk has a Wii U, Switch, 3DS, and my PC. Having all of Nintendo's releases and a PC is really all anyone needs
Real 16:9, no stretching
Make sure to look for the Nintendont compatibility list, since is on a game per game basis
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Some HUD elements might be stretched, depending on the game, but so they were in Metroid Prime Trilogy for MP1 and MP2. The game itself is not stretched.
This is the only close thing to having a portable version of Skies of Arcadia.
Damn, now I can get rid of the original modded wii, since Wii u with the injections makes it obsolete
Damn, now I can get rid of the original modded wii, since Wii u with the injections makes it obsolete
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A friend ripped his Breath of the Wild dvd, installed into his wiiu AND bought the season pass and used with the homebrewed installed gamed
I just got my Vita upgraded to 3.65 enso and spent the last few days moving my PS1 and PSP library over.
I've had my Wii U nodded for a few years now, but I'll need to reset it back up.
Nintendon't is nice but there so much aliasing (as expected), recently installed the forwarder on the Wii U menu and it's so much better to play it with the Gamepad.
Don't have a lot of game but I like going back to PSO Episode 3 since I'm onto card RPG games.
Don't have a lot of game but I like going back to PSO Episode 3 since I'm onto card RPG games.
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I know people complained about the 480p screen, but it always seemed like it was designed with retro gaming in mind. It lets you play Wii games in their native resolution without needing a tv at all.
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Oh yes, the GC games look very nice on the GamePad. The only problem is the lack of analog triggers, playing Mario Sunshine on it is a bit unconfortable (you have to hold L while pressing ZR to spay water while moving) and F-Zero downright impossible.
It even has a built-in sensor bar. But pointing at that screen, eh...
Unlikely, the emu was developed by Nintendo, the scene just managed to use it for other roms. An alternative might be Wii64 on Wii U hardware (you have to download the emulator then inject it using the tool linked in the OP), but the emulation is less accurate overall (still, far better compatibility).
It totally works. Just put it on a stand and treat it like a tv. My main issue is that my sensor bar is usually below the tv so I'd have to change the settings if I wanted to use the Gamepad. But really I'd set it up by my computer monitor and use it to play VC games. They look great on there.
Thanks for this thread. I've been on a real retro kick as late, going so far as to reclaim a lot of my old GameCube discs from storage and hook the Wii back up, and had absolutely no idea there was such an easy and reliable way to enable widescreen on those old gems. Couple that with the ability to more easily boot some old imports (Mr Drill Drill Land, represent) and this has made life a whole lot better.
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My only problem sometimes is forgetting to boot into Mocha custom firmware before I boot certain stuff like injected GC games; otherwise the console gives me an error message and tells me I have to restart the console.
Anyone know a better solution so I can just turn on my Wii U and boot those games without having to go into Haxchi and then Mocha every time?
The only other thing was a couldn't figure out a way to rotate the screen for tate action in fbalpha 2012 for playing shmups on the console.
Anyone know a better solution so I can just turn on my Wii U and boot those games without having to go into Haxchi and then Mocha every time?
The only other thing was a couldn't figure out a way to rotate the screen for tate action in fbalpha 2012 for playing shmups on the console.
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Most DS games can be injected.
3DS probably never, but only a 3ds can play 3ds perfectly at the moment =P
Gotcha, thanks for the heads up, although it sounds kind of risky. Personally I'd rather not take the risk, I'd rather go through a couple extra steps than brick my Wii U.
My snes mini is amazing. GBA, Genesis, SNES, all working flawlessly. Considering adding storage to put the N64 games that work decently on it on there.
How would you controll it?
Do you have a wii classic controller?
Because the SNES controller is seriously lacking on n64 buttons
Yeah I hadn't thought of that. Eh, probably not worth it. It works well as basically a 16 bit machine anyway (32 for GBA).
Classic controller should work on it. Worked on the NES classic.
I put retroarch on it and clicked some things and now it's a chore to find things on the home brew channel without going through like 20 pages. Anyway to clean it up or do I have to delete everything?
The OG xbox used to be my go-to retro console with all those xport emulators (and the ones that followed after like that one snes emulator that came out). Nowadays I just stick to my Shield Portable. I can't really think of examples, but would the Wii U run retroarch cores better than my Shield?
You can rename the app folders (and thus the order they appear in) in wiiu > apps to adjust the app order in HBL.
I feel a bit slow, im trying to use the GameCube controller as the main controller for nintendont but from what I can tell the gamepad acts as player one and I can't have the gc remote override that. Is it a simple checkbox to use it as the main remote?
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When you start the game, just refuse to use the GamePad.
If you use the GamePad, it's player 1.
Makes me feel foolish. Time to find batteries for my Wii mote. I appreciate it.
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With the lack of any announcement regarding Nintendo legacy content, I feel the need to bump this thread ;)
I really need to dig out my Wii U and homebrew it. A while back, I did the softmod via the Wii portion of it, but didn't do anything after the Wii U hack was released. Just changed DNS or something!
GBA on Wii U is absolutely terrific, performance is fantastic. I was able to put my GameCube + GB player in storage
I have about 90 GBA classics on an SD card, plus tons of SNES games.
This is worth it for me just so I can play F-Zero GX. I've hacked my SNES Mini, but it'd be awesome to do something similar with my Wii U.
I just fired up my WiiU after having it gather dust for over a year or so and realized I have it on 5.5.2. Looks like I did some kind of custom firmware or something something back in the day? Then after I finished, I thought, "that's cool" and never used it. I'd like to get it all up-to-date. Is the guide in the OP still good for that? It looks like it assume you have stock firwmare and haven't done anything. Wish there was a guide to start from where I am so I didn't have to start from scratch.
Are you using injected GBA VC games, or are you emulating through RetroArch?
Injected. I have a Windows app that creates executables from GBA ROMS. Haven't looked into the scene since I got Loadiine set up 2 summers ago, things have evolved quite a bit.
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Yes, the community managed to inject any title in the official vWii VC "wrapper" so you can have Nintendont on the Wii U Menu and launch it directly. You have to use this tool here https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-wiivc-injector-script-gc-wii-homebrew-support.483577/ you can also inject a GCN game.
It is. Do you see some text on a black screen while your Wii U is booting?