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[Piston Hyundai]

UPDATE: Cemu has come a very long way since this thread was made, so don't take this post as an indication of its current quality.

http://gbatemp.net/threads/release-cemu-wii-u-emulator.399524/

No controller support yet (you operate games via keyboard), but it runs and renders commercial games. It's completely unoptimized, so it still has a long way to go. Regardless, this is a huge development from out of nowhere.

Quick facts:

Can run encrypted Wii U images (WUD) and RPX/RPL files
Internal resolution is 1920x1080 (if supported by game)
Contains basically no optimizations. Expect slow framerates and long load times.
Windows x64 only (other platforms may be supported later)
Requires OpenGL 3.3
Tested on NVIDIA: Runs fine on most recent driver
Tested on Intel: Garbled output but runs if OpenGL version is supported
Untested on AMD

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

the power of powerpc
thank you nintendo

 

[foxuzamaki]

Well, shit.

 

[0.1.1.2.3.5.8.13.21.34.55]

Project NX

 

[The Dear Leader]

Woah, didn't expect it so soon. What a time we live in.

 

[Persona7]

I saw this a few hours ago but didn't knew if it was legit so I didn't make a thread.

 

[Golnei]

Bayonetta 2 sales to surge

 

[TetraGenesis]

Goddamn.

 

[Hatchtag]

Finally, a third party developer supporting the Wii U.

 

[Anth0ny]

what a time to be alive

1080p Mario Kart 8 coming soon

 

[Emperor Bohe]

 

[Yuuichi]

Goddamn.

.

 

[Roo]

Wii U games with 2x AA
YES PLEASE!

 

[PurpleTwilight]

Wow unexpected. I was actually expecting the Dolphin devs to make a WIi U emulator inside Dolphin for the very first Wii U emulator.

 

[mrlion]

Welp...my prayers have been answered...a solution for my Splatoon withdrawal due to the Wii U not wanting to connect to my Belkin router.

 

[TemplaerDude]

Whaaaaaaaaat

 

[ShockingAlberto]

That's the smart way to do it. Never talk about it, just release that shit.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

Show us 3D world in 1080P now OP.. Demands!

 

[Xanathus]

The "source code" in their github page consists of a single README.md file...

 

[Kyou]

That's the smart way to do it. Never talk about it, just release that shit.

what no, you talk about your copyright breaking shit years in advance so you can easily be C&Ded and pout about it

 

[bodyboarder]

Impressive.

 

[Lonely1]

what a time to be alive

1080p Mario Kart 8 coming soon

Nah. Not soon.

 

[KarmaCow]

what no, you talk about your copyright breaking shit years in advance so you can easily be C&Ded and pout about it

Why, or rather how would this get a C&D?

 

[Ploid 3.0]

I await the HD screen shots with crazy image quality. Start with Bayonetta 2 or something.

 

[Anth0ny]

Nah. Not soon.

*at 1 fps

 

[Aeana]

The "source code" in their github page consists of a single README.md file...

Yeah, it seems to actually be closed source, which is not a good sign for progress.

 

[Shun]

And Wii U homebrew is going nowhere at the moment (｡◕ฺˇε ˇ◕ฺ｡）

Wait does the PS360 even have an emulator yet? Damn.

 

[Moonlight]

This feels immensely in danger of being shut down.

Which is a shame.

 

[Aru]

When Bayonetta 2 works on this, I'll buy it

 

[Robin64]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=21&v=twQ6hYcr2Ek

 

[Aeana]

This feels immensely in danger of being shut down.

Which is a shame.

Not possible unless they are actually distributing BIOS code within the emulator.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

what a time to be alive

1080p Mario Kart 8 coming soon

I await the HD screen shots with crazy image quality. Start with Bayonetta 2 or something.

1080p is only supported for the games that already do so on the Wii U proper.

 

[mrlion]

This feels immensely in danger of being shut down.

Which is a shame.

Explain.

 

[Sorcerer Supreme]

Bayo 1 & 2 at 60FPS with no drops would be glorious.

 

[Tinfoilhatsron]

Wow, just wow. This idms amazing.

 

[Ambition]

omg yes

 

[Moonlight]

Not possible unless they are actually distributing BIOS code within the emulator.

Ah, okay.

 

[Rich!]

Not open source is annoying.

 

[Pokemaniac]

Why, or rather how would this get a C&D?

If they included a copy of the OS and/or the standard libraries, that would most likely be copyright infringement.

 

[Robin64]

1080p is only supported for the games that already do so on the Wii U proper.

Why would that suddenly be the case with the Wii U emulator when no past console emu has been stuck with that limitation?

Edit: Unless you mean right now, in which case yeah, it's still labelled as proof of concept.

 

[Aeana]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=21&v=twQ6hYcr2Ek

That's very impressive if it's real footage. A great start.

Why would that suddenly be the case with the Wii U emulator when no past console emu has been stuck with that limitation?

Huh? Almost every console emulator only outputs a scaled image from the system's original resolution. It's only specific recent ones that have the ability to raise the internal rendering resolution, and that's something that came later in most cases.

 

[Roo]

1080p is only supported for the games that already do so on the Wii U proper.

Isn't Smash the only 1080p 1st party game?

 

[Eila]

Bayo 1 & 2 at 60FPS with no drops would be glorious.

Unless the dev is a miracle worker ask again around 2020. Took Dolphin about 12 years to have overclocking.

 

[Robin64]

Isn't Smash the only 1080p 1st party game?

Wind Waker HD also is.

 

[jabuseika]

WiiU Games in 4k.

I hope.

 

[Srey Plaughtered]

A wild Wii U emulator appears.

 

[lucebuce12]

Not exactly how I was expecting to get Bayonetta on the PC. But I'm not complaining.

 

[KarmaCow]

If they included a copy of the OS and/or the standard libraries, that would most likely be copyright infringement.

So basically no reasonable way then.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

Isn't Smash the only 1080p 1st party game?

I want to say that NSMBU is also 1080p, but I could be wrong.

It's not.

...How?

 

[Rich!]

I want to say that NSMBU is also 1080p, but I could be wrong.

It's not.