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GameCube and Wii Games Are Now Easier To Play On Xbox Consoles (windowscentral.com) 16

Posted by BeauHD from the legal-gray-area dept.
The new standalone Dolphin emulator will let you play almost any GameCube or Wii game on your Xbox console. Windows Central reports: Dolphin Emulator for UWP first rolled out in beta on December 6, 2022. It has since received a couple of updates, bringing it to version 1.02. The standalone Dolphin emulator is capable of upscaling games to up to 1440p. You can also play titles at their original resolution if you prefer. With mods, you can use HD texture packs to make games look more modern and have higher resolution. The emulator also supports a broadband adapter, but the usefulness of that varies greatly depending on the game you want to play online. For example, Mario Kart Double Dash would require tunnelling software to access online play.

Of course, you can't just download the Dolphin emulator through the Microsoft Store. The easiest way to install the emulator is by enabling Developer Mode on your Xbox console. It's also possible to set up by using retail mode. A computer is needed to configure your Xbox controller and other parts of your system. You should also have a USB drive handy. Modern Vintage Gamer walks through the entire process in their video. It's possible to run Dolphin Emulator for UWP on older Xbox consoles, such as the Xbox One X, but performance will see a significant drop compared to playing on the Series X or Series S. Modern Vintage Gamer walks through the setup, testing, and "other neat things" on YouTube.
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  • Finally, some real news! It’s often cheaper to emulate on a console than buy a computer to do the same thing. I still need to play Wind Waker and if I can run Dolphin without rooting or otherwise hobbling an Xbox, that increases its value significantly.

    • It's often cheaper to emulate on a console than buy a computer to do the same thing.

      As much as I don't really want to instigate a filthy console peasant vs glorious PC master race debate, Microsoft kind of threw the whole "it's cheaper to game on a console" thing out the window when they required that Series X/S games either be loaded onto internal storage (which runs out rather quickly) or to extremely expensive proprietary Seagate expansion cards. It's also absolutely not cheaper at all if you already own a PC capable of running an emulator, if that's all you're interested in doing.

      Yeah

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by tlhIngan ( 30335 )

        to extremely expensive proprietary Seagate expansion cards

        They're not proprietary. The Xbox Series S/X uses CFast cards which are just another evolution of the CompactFlash media standard. (CompactFlash was basically like IDE, then it added CFexpress which was SATA based, and CFast is now using PCIe).

        Aliexpress and the like have tons of CFast to NVMe adapters - so you can use standard 2230 NVMe SSDs in a CFast case.

        Granted, CFast is not a common media standard - it's literally used by the top end pro photo

        • Aliexpress and the like have tons of CFast to NVMe adapters - so you can use standard 2230 NVMe SSDs in a CFast case.

          Those adapters don't work unless you use the exact same OEM 1TB Western Digital CH SN530 SSD which Microsoft installs in the series X as internal storage (and they're not cheap). There's a few videos on YouTube where people tested various different SSDs and, spoiler alert: none of them worked. Microsoft is using software locks to prevent alternate storage hardware from being recognized.

    • It's often cheaper to emulate on a console than buy a computer to do the same thing.

      But now that crypto has collapsed, you can build a solid gaming PC for sane prices again.

    • Itâ(TM)s often cheaper to emulate on a console than buy a computer to do the same thing.

      Don't be so sure, I know from personal experience that Dolphin needs a pretty high-spec PC to get good performance, especially when you want more than 1080 resolution.

      • Itâ(TM)s often cheaper to emulate on a console than buy a computer to do the same thing.

        Don't be so sure, I know from personal experience that Dolphin needs a pretty high-spec PC to get good performance, especially when you want more than 1080 resolution.

        Don't need high spec for that. You can get 1080 reliably from an i5-4570 and a RX570.
        Resolution alone doesn't seem to kill it. Adding all the fancy features do thou. Like AA. That will tank performance.

  • I can't think of a single Wii game that is still available to play online. Mario Kart Wii was likely one of the last to shut down and it's been down for quite some time now. Did double dash do it some other way that somehow did not require a Nintendo-ran server?
  • Still not interested in these products
  • Minus the fact that the console is prolly cheaper overall if you aren't patience or willing to build out, but you can get better performance by getting a SFF PC for this kinda stuff. As a bonus, you will be able to get other emulators. The Microsoft Store doesn't seem to have any listed.
    Hell, depending on your layout, connecting the TV in via HDMI to your computer is an option.

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