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Nintendo sues a streamer for streaming ten games before their release (www.gamescensor.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Wii was just 2 GameCubes in a coat with a fancy new control method. WiiU is another two on their shoulders so it can emulate Games from all three generations.

[–] MrScottyTay 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

It doesn't emulate wii and GameCube games it runs them natively

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, but if I'm not mistaken not because they're the same architecture, but because each WiiU had full Wii hardware inside it, so it was actually two consoles. The Wii was actually just a faster GameCube.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Even better

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wait the Wii U has native GameCube support too?

[–] MrScottyTay 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah the "virtual wii" mode is just running on what is a slightly better wii chipset. It can even run triforce arcade games because of that slightly better power. So it can run anything the wii can, which includes GameCube.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I was thinking Switch 2 would be to the Switch what the WiiU was to the Wii: graphical upgrade while maintaining the similar form factor and play style.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I know it is hard to believe. But the gamecube, Wii, and wiiu are the same machine. Same architecture and family of processors (IBM's PowerPC). That's why the wiiu is just a Wii with a beefier CPU (three Wii cores slapped together), and then a newer more powerful GPU sticked to the side. Thats why a single emulator can target all three consoles. The switch 2 will just be a newer version of the Tegra chip.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Dolphin doesn't emulate the Wii U and never will. The devs have explained several times that the Wii U is too different.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

True that, the tri-core PowerPC is quite a unique challenging mess. But underneath it is just the same processor.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Well TIL. Thanks!