Why the Wii U is the best Retro and Emulation console in 2020 | MVG
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- The WiiU might be dead but here's why I think the Nintendo Wii U is the best console for retro and emulation in 2020. I bought another Nintendo Wii U and modded for homebrew. Let see what it can do
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Thanks for reminding me why I SHOULDN'T regret my Wii U purchase back in December 2013!
You should regret it honestly
@@jorgem.9690 it made me not want to buy the switch for the longest time
@@luisa.breuer7287 what made you not want to? Switch is the best
@@jorgem.9690 Nah, the Wii U is still a great purchase for modding and it's great virtual console. Plus, it did have great games, even if they've been ported.
I just bought a Wii U a week ago for $130 with 4 virtual console games and fatal frame. Even tho it was worth more when you bought it imo it’s still totally worth it. You got to experience the console closer to launch, which is always a unforgettable experience.
I remember people complained about the gloss of the wii U, nice to see they finally offered a matte one xD
i actually like glossy consoles, especially black ones. its just the finger prints is why people complain
In all seriousness, though I see this a lot with GameStop refurbished consoles. It almost looks like it was sanded down but then they gave up and didn’t bother polishing it or even using a finer grit 😂
haha, I actually thought that I will see a genuine matte model, until I see what you mean.
Glossy consoles only look good when new, and after a few months they look like the greased-up deaf guy from Family Guy.
Someone probably had a bunch of stickers and someone tried to remove glue residue with a magic eraser
Wii U: What is my purpose?
Everyone: You emulate retro games
Wii U: *Oh my god*
PC does it better
@@angolin9352 I disagree, some games have bugs for PC (in Dolphin as example). Since the Wii U is basically a Gamecube 3.0 (same CPU architecture), it's far better than the Dolphin emulator in terms of perfomance and accuracy.
I experienced Gamecube Twilight Princess with a modded Wii, meanwhile in Dolphin i see two bugs (the game gets really slow for a weird reason and a texture bug with a character). So, i think that the Wii U is the best system for Gamecube games unless the Dolphin team patched the bugs and optimized the emulator (2 threads is ridiculous).
@@saricubra2867 How long ago was this? Dolphin has made great strides over the last 5 years, and even greater strides in the previous 5 years. You won't notice many, if any bugs for the vast majority of games. I've seen more bugs in Nintendont (Wii version) than I have in Dolphin.
As long as your PC is powerful enough for Dolphin, you should use Dolphin for emulating GC. It's not even that resource-hungry anymore, I can run most GC games internally upscaled to 1080p with an XFX Radeon RX 460, and most of the rest I can internally upscale to 720p.
@@angolin9352 jesus I just came here to meme
@@roo992 lol
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It's what I currently play with my best friend all my games on. Think about it, it's the Virtual Console with HDMI and you own the games on it, it's not just a subscription service.
Hello ProtoMario, nice to see you here.
You dont own tbe games. You own the right to play them on that single console. That console dies, you are SOL.
David Stinnett yes you own the right to play it and you own the game as well.
why is your name grey
@@davidnotonstinnett Stupidest argument I ever heard, you bought the game and have the right to play them. If you back up your library you will be fine
Love how easy it is to patch the console to be region free, quite literally edit an XML file and change your region code from whatever number is in there to 119 and you're done!
MrMario2011 Any risks of bricking by changing region code?
@@milojkokitic6991 no. I did this like 3 years ago and it's fine
@@milojkokitic6991 unless you change it wrong way like instead of 119 you change it to 19 then you're pretty much locked out of your system since nothing will run.
Okay but haxchi and mocha are region free. What are the advantages of editing the xml file? Can I read out-of-region manuals? That would be great!
Edit: Typos.
Ah yes koralik said this on his recent video, I’m gonna assume you were the one to tell him 😆
I thought that screen was pretty worn but it was just the peel off plastic.
Me too. He was saying "It's in really good shape" and I'm like "What the hell, that screen is F----ed!"
Same
lol same
Same
@@ShamanNaoYuki Yip, those deep carvings made me frown.
I repaired my cousin's wiiu last year and i LOVE it! Played botw, bayonetta, twilight princess, all kinds of marios and zeldas. I've played it more than my ps4 last year
I love my ps4 so much lol there’s not a day I don’t use it but a system that I’ve found myself using a lot recently is the switch, vita, and ps3, love my switch so much lol
@@yourdaddy8605 cool
Awesome, I love the Wii u
You can inject DS games and actually upscale them! Yeah, there's an ini setting in the official emulator that upscales the games. Don't think it was used officially but it's a very nice feature.
Does it work on all DS games or just the officially supported ones?
@@garrtrigger It works with any game you can run on VC, but not all of them will upscale depending on how well they run in the first place.
If I were to mod my Wii U, could I do this with DS virtual console games I have downloaded? Cause that’d be great!
@@gwenmichigander277 Sure, you just need to have a way to view the files but I don’t remember if or how you move Wii U games to the SD card. Haven’t messed with it in a while
@@EpicEmberOriginal any tutorials on this cause I just use nds to wii u and loadiine
I am the biggest softmodded wii u evangelist. It surprises me how many people dont know about its capabilities. It is the ultimate legacy console.
The wii U and the 3ds by themselves can play 6 consoles natively, pretty damn hard to beat
not a lot of people know about modding, especially softmods cause when unknowing people here mod they think soldered chips on the motherboard.I dont have a wii-u but I have a modded OG xbox with coinops 8 massive and it emulates like 30 different consoles and has about 10k games on it.The only thing or problem I could see with the wii-u soft mod is space cause my xbox has a 1tb hard drive in it and its almost at max capacity with all those games
@@kyles8524 you can just use an external hdd
The problems are more the annoyance of getting it running via a flakey web exploit that fails 1/3 of the time even with the current 5.5.3 webexploit method, as well as the lack of a proper standalone cold boot solution. No, Haxchi isn't standalone, it requires exploiting a signed NDS title from a short list (something MVG really should've mentioned).
It can't output native 240p to a crt so it's not that good as a retro system. The Wii still has it beat on that front. But if you're using an hdtv then for sure it's the best there is
- What should we use to brighten this baby up boss?
- Sandpaper
- but boss?
- *SANDPAPAH*
Wii U is so underrated...
I keep hearing the intro music and i want to listen full version. What's the name please?
"Phenom," available on MVG's bandcamp: modernvintagegamer.bandcamp.com/track/phenom
If you have the Shazam app on your phone it tends to find even background music like this unless its not available commercially or publicly
Massively, immensely, ridiculously, incredibly underrated!!!
I would say that the 3DS is underrated not the Wii U
I’d say it’s only underrated when you count Homebrew.
Also here is the full version of the song: m.th-cam.com/video/oHg5SJYRHA0/w-d-xo.html
I love my Wii U, I loved it ever since I got it when it came out. Now that I’ve hacked it to play GameCube games, it’s the only last gen system I have out next to my current gen systems. Such an underrated system
I don’t like it I hate it
@@jorgem.9690 I don't hate it I love you
@@jorgem.9690 my god dude shut up.
@@jorgem.9690 Jog on mate....
Can u also play ps2 roms and use original wiimotes for lightgun games? Or a clasic controller so its a bit more lightweight when the screen isnt needed?
Nintendon't is really amazing. It is not an emulator, it acts as a middle man between the Virtual Wii and the already existing gamecube support of the vwii which is locked by default. Games run perfectly, throught HDMI. You can even use a gamecube controller via the USB adapter. You literally have 3 legit game generations in one box.
Yeah, the only reason the GC stuff was disabled is because the disc drive couldn't read those mini disc's the GC used. Honestly, I wish they'd have found a way for the wii u to read GC discs. I doubt it would have saved the console or anything but have two full gen's of backwards compatibility wouldn't have hurt as a selling point.
There are still a few games that lose some of their most useful functionality, like Pokemon Box, Gale of Darkness, Colosseum, and Colosseum bonus disc, due to inability to transfer/trade with GBA games through the GC adapter. Then Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles and Pacman Vs lose their multiplayer functionality, due to missing GBA functionality of the GC adapter. Animal Crossing loses access to the special island for the same reason. And lastly, the Mario Party Gamecube games lose microphone capability, due to lack of memory card slots.
There's also the fact that Nintendont refuses to play nicely with WiiU formatted hard drives (from what I remember), meaning you'll have to remove those drives (which resets folders and icons on the WiiU system menu) in order to play backup games through Nintendont. So there are still quite a few reasons to keep an original Wii alongside the WiiU. But still an incredible console to keep on its own merits.
@@kryzethx I'm not sure when you used the wii u last but gc support is usually done with a vc injector. You install it to the home screen like any other vc game. Technically its not emulation but you can def install it to the internal drive or external drives with no issues.
@@skurasch You mean injecting into a downloaded Wii title? And run directly from the WiiU system menu? As opposed to having to go through the Wii menu to run Nintendont?
@@kryzethx That is why keeping a modded Wii around is a good idea.
I never understood how peoples consoles end up in such a state.
I found my old PS1 in the loft/attic the other day. It was dusty and a little dirty but I gave it a bit of a clean and it was still decent. I mean it doesn't look brand new or anything but it doesn't look like I killed it.
Kids...
@@renzokufc its not always kids tho...even grown adults with no kids ruin their consoles like that.
Yea it's a bit weird considering that it's just a box under your tv.
I would blame this case entirely on GameStop's garbage attempts at ""refurbishing"".
I got a refurbished 2DS XL and it also had a similarly botched magic eraser job on it. They might as well have just left it the way it was before.
@@VexAcer Refurbished just means they took a rag, didn't open it, and expect it to work. Such are modern day sales. I've ordered a bunch of "refurbished" stuff from gamestop (overseas), god bless credit cards and the amount of protection they give instead of paying with cash...
“Give them the Zelda controller - because we sanded the console to hell and back, it will balance out the anger with some happiness” - gamespot employee
gamestop* :)
I really couldn’t care less how a console looks
Worth it!
I actually have two Wii Us, that's how much I love the system
What’s the purpose of two? One modded one unmodded?
Awesome
11:28 “The WiiU may just be the thing ForU”. Would’ve been a great slogan.
How bout WiiU take this expensive peice of crap off my hand if I mark it down? 75% OFF!!
@@johnfrankster3244 omg what did it do to you?
@@johnfrankster3244 what has it done toU
I dont hate the wii u lol.
But i cant justify the price when u can get a regular wii today for 15% of the cost, and run all the same homebrew :p.
@@johnfrankster3244 you can run way more on a wii u, the clock speed of the wii made n64 emulation pretty bad without VC injects. the wii u can run wii homebrew at higher clock speed meaning emulators can run full speed, not to mention you can play modern games too
People literally don't stop insulting this console. It gets so much undeserved hate. I really love my Wii U and still play it even though I have my switch. I don't care if it sold 13 million. A great console is a great console.
I think it really needed the Switch's ability to be fully portable rather than always being tethered to the base unit in some form or another. If it had been truly portable back in 2012 then I think it would have set the world on fire. Nintendo's marketing choices obviously didn't help all that much either.
S M Also the library is very lacking imo
I honestly played my Wii u way more than my PS4 or Xbox one
@@jessebijma I don't think it's that bad really. The multiplatform support obviously died off very quickly but if you look at the number of Switch ports Wii U exclusives have had, I think that's kind of a clear cut sign. In fact some of the Switch's best games started out on the Wii U and the Switch still doesn't have Twilight Princess HD or Windwaker HD yet.
@@digidex4557 me 2 hahaha
I loved the Zelda games on the Wii U, having a touch screen inventory was such an underrated feature.
same for the 3DS
FDN truth
Shame Breath of the Wild never got it.
@@jumpmanly if it didn't get prioritized for the Switch it would've had those gamepad features
@@samueleinhorn6713 yea but we should be grateful it even got a wii u release,it was released during the wii u's demise
Just discovered this channel and I'm already binge watching it. I SO love to listen to people who actually know what they are talking about.
Beautiful console held back by terrible, TERRIBLE decisions. It was painful to own during its lifetime but a great purchase now at the right price.
the single one IMO is the name, when I was a kid I used to play the wii and the 3ds with friends, we had not idea what the hell a Wii U was it sounded like an addon for the Wii, now I have a modded one and it's great! I sometimes play on it more than I do on the Switch
me in early wii-u days: I will buy EITHER a 3ds or a wii-u (preferably a wii-u) for playing pokemon first and foremost. Pokemon was never released on wii-u therefore i got the 3ds xl. I hated it. big and awkward. The screen was terrible. The switch is sooooooo much better. I probably would have played more games on the wii-u, but no pokemon was no deal. I promise their sales would skyrocket for the wii-u had they brought pokemon to it.
Disagree. Wii U was always a terrible product. Yes it's great having one now if you hack it, but as a consumer product it was garbage.
It had a horrible architecture, still using wii/gamecube cpu cores. It was imbalanced with a archaic cpu matched with a then modern gpu.
The controller design made it a single player focused experience, despite that being against what Nintendo was recognised for.
Programming for it was tough, ports took serious time and money and even then still performed very poorly.
It was less powerful than the previous console generations competition.
Had a complete joke of an online platform.
Games were tied to hardware instead of accounts and it was a nightmare to switch over to a new device.
I could go on but I made my point. It's crazy to say the name was its biggest mistake. The entire hardware and software design of the wii u was one of the worst in console history.
@@skurasch yep, I thought I implied that when I said "it was painful to own during its lifetime". I agree with pretty much everything you said. I had it as my only console for a while and it was dreadful. But it's a good device now if you can find it cheap thanks to """homebrew""".
And don't forget the price. 350 bucks for the 32 gigs one, holy shit. What were they thinking?
@@skurasch The switch is a crappy toy in terms of hardware as well. I think it may even be less powerful. Nvidia makes great products, but tegra isn't one of them and it's an outdated tegra at that. I do love the form factor though.
As owner of one of those Zelda Special Edition versions (unmodded... so far) , watching this video seriously makes me want to mod mine. Albeit, I have mostly been retrogaming on my main PC, but this seriously opens many possibilities. Thanks for the video and resources!
"We gotta make sure that it's working; it is a premium refurbished WiiU from Gamestop afterall"
If that doesn't say everything about why Gamestop is slowly dying I don't know what else could.
Wait, they are _still_ slowly dying? I thought they were already at the stadium of 'rapid decay'.
GameStop, they literally stop games (from working, apparently)
I like marketplace and flea markets. At least you can see what you are getting vs buying a "pig in a poke" from gamestop.
Well Gamestop is known for shoddy refurbishment work.
@@Furzkampfbomber and I'm sad because now I have to pirate video games to get my f****** Wii games I guess I'm going to have to pirate video games to get Wii games hey Nintendo you can't stop me you have to take down the wrong sites first and I'm only 13th on the miners so you can arrest me
Had my WiiU since 2013 and it's been my favourite console ever. With superb WiiU games, built-in backward compatibility to the Wii, Virtual Console and a superb homebrew/emulation scene it just supports so many amazing gaming experiences. Great to see you giving the console some positive vibes :-)
That screen protector looked really bad.
Good thing you peeled it off.
Can't believe you got special edition, crazy lucky
Yeah and the interesting thing is that the system looks the same so as long as you have that controller you can sell it as a Zelda special edition
ikr. so lucky
I have that too and I was a bit new to the Nintendo stuff still. All I knew was it was a WindWaker themed Wii U and I wanted to play the game (I got too and I like WindWaker HD) however I broke the screen to my Gamepad and the screen is messed up. Hope they released WindWaker for the Switch
I had one in like ‘13 and eventually it got scraped, dropped and gyro stopped working. Guy at my local game store hooked me up with his that he had gotten his kid but he didn’t really care about it. 50$! Crazy luck!
I always love when a new vid comes out. That intro music gets me pumped!
Been thinking about getting a Wii U for months, this video sold me though. Now waiting on a stock Wii U, Gamecube controller adapter, and appropriate storage. Thank you for pushing me over !
Nintendont is just pure awesomeness man. Played through MGS Twin Snakes without spending tons of money on buying a rare copy
wait, that’s illegal!
PogChamp
What are you? A cop?
@@rosilinathedragon4382 I'm sure he ment his old copy broke and he didn't have hundreds of dosh to buy a second copy
@@sammadden5540 wink wink nudge nudge
This may be a dumb question, but can you use your actual GameCube disk on a modded Wii U?
Perfect timing! I just soft modded my Wii U yesterday, and I am in the process of copying my disc games to an external HD. I have noticed right off the bat that load times are noticeably improved on external storage, .as compared to disc. And thanks for mentioning the Super Mario 64 port, because I didn’t know it existed but now I must have it!
I plan on doing this do u use a y cable for hard drive as everyone seems to say u need one and i dont know i want to get like a 2tb hard drive also can it play the newer wii u games off hdd or just oldskool wii and gc
@@benayers8622 yes, you’d need a y cable to power a portable hdd on the Wii U. And I use my hard drive for Wii U games, and I play Wii games from disc.
This aged well lmao
Nintendo didn't agree
Going to try and setup my wii u tonight for emulation and hombrew following the guide you posted.
7:12
You forgot the most important Nintendont feature, it runs Gamecube games about 40% faster. This is also true on the Wii, this corrects framedrops almost entirely, games which run at 60 stay locked at 60 instead of dropping to 30, 35, 40, etc. It's so good I suggest everyone get rid of their gamecubes for a wii with nintendont.
That's true, on Wii and Wii U you can unlock the 60fps in Super Mario Sunshine
Yes, this is true. It uses the normal Wii clockspeeds instead of the usual downclocked specs you get using the normal GC disc backcompat on the normal Wii.
Some games that really benefit are stuff like Sonic Adventure DX. Basically a locked 60 whereas on the GC it was more wavering.
It does run games at fullspeed fps, but its definately not 40% faster lol. I use nintendont and also own a gc. Idk where your getting your stats :p. If the original games dropped frames nintendont keeps them steady. 40%.....donkey kong would need cocaine for that.
@@johnfrankster3244 there are fps caps for a reason, and look up some comparisons some time. Games which drop to sub 30 fps on gc drop to 55 on a wii.
@@johnfrankster3244 FYI 40% faster on terms of CPU clockspeeds. Actual gamespeed stays the same of course.
If want actual proof of this then: th-cam.com/video/VJ9BDGyQmoU/w-d-xo.html
That said even without a framecounter the difference is pretty noticeable on variable framerate games between the two.
Imagine if he opened the box and then : "Okay guys is not working. I see you in the next video, bye for now".
He takes it back. The guy at the counter-
“Sorry Sir! I thought all WiiU’s were display models only, I didnt realise people actually played them. Ill be right back with the manager.”
Good idea for an April Fool's video.
Dude, I was thinking the same exact thing, but box had just like a couple of rocks in it.
I don't get it?
Wii U is the GameCube or DreamCast of modern times.
@Dan Gonzalez wow salty
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@Dan Gonzalez go eat tacos or something, mr beans
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Great video, I never though in Wii U as a good retro console until today, thanks MVG!
Always love the main intro song MVG 😁
The ps vita, Nintendo 3ds, and wii u are some of my favorite consoles to use for emulators
@@Okurka. they are
Yes, exactly my line-up. The Wii U is also great for playing all the Skylanders games, then get a portal for the 3DS as well and you got em all.
Indeed are some good ones, have modded ones myself. My vita, still the 3.60 cfw one from back when you had to have that firmware to do the modding, so i got mine from japan. The 3DS of mine is the SNES edition one, PAL version as i got that new & did some modding on that earlier this year. So while i don't use them a whole lot, do from time to time & are some nice systems for emulators, though my WII U sits in a cupboard, not used as i have my older switch that i've softmodded & whatever games i used on the WII U (just 2) i use on my switch. And though console refers to a non-portable system such as the WII U, whatever you call them, that & the other two are good portable systems of which homebrew & emulation make shine. And with the WII U, similar to the sega ad from the 90's & the program for this system here, you can say that the community does what nintendon't.
Is the wii u good for psx emulation?
@@doctasandwich Idk, but if you want to emulate psx you should get a ps vita, with the app "adrenaline" (which is a psp native emulator) you will be able to play almost the whole catalogue of the psx practically perfect.
I love the mod scene. Would love to get into it someday. I love rom hacks too. My fav was a Waluigi game where he had psychic powers. I saw it on Lair's channel. Thanks for showing us what is possible with the Wii u. There is so much out there now. Lucky to be alive in these times!
What game is that?
You have just made me go out and buy one lol Been pondering to long the deed is done :) Thanks for arm twist I needed it.
This is an amazing idea for retro gamers. I never grew up with the N64, Gamecub or Wii, but having the ability to do all this for a little over $100 is awesome.
I grew up with the GameCube, and with Nintendo completely ignoring any possibility of GameCube emulation on the switch, I think I know what my next purchase will be
@@aidyn6508 Eh, they might, for another $25 a year added onto the $50 per year they already charge you for N64 and whatnot
recently picked up and homebrewed my wii u bought it for 120 with console, gamepad, mario kart 8, smash bros wii u, 2 pro controllers and 1 wiimote😤
The decompiled SM64 project also has a 3DS port, but sadly does not support the 3D feature, which I personally really liked
I'm so hoping a psp original port is made
@@Kippykip And a Dreamcast version.
I think that's asking too much of it, most homebrew games doesn't have 3d too, althought it would be cool.
Was about to comment that, the port is amazing
yeah, any link?
This is awesome. Thank you for the info. Can't wait to play it one day
I need to modd my WiiU ASAP! thanks for this.
*Mistakes were made* by some GameStop employee when "refurbishing" this console.
"Premium Refurbished" with sandpaper
These things come in in such bad condition so often. I question what the heck the kids did to the poor thing. Then the parents talks and it clicks that the parent kept tossing them around.
If I ever find myself working at gamestop, I would do it the RIGHT way, no matter what the administrator tells me.
@SnappyJon truth
The homebrew community for wii u is amazing. I've always loved this console, for what it is and what it could be. For me, on the game side, it's the console that has the most interesting library because it's where Nintendo made its experiments. Splatoon was born Wii U, Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze too and it's the best platformer ever in the world, we always forget Xenoblade Chronicles X which is a massive ambitious Wii U hit, we forget the amazing port work made by Ubisoft for Assassin's Creed 3 and 4 (where they ported even the multiplayer modes, added modes, and everything), we forget Rayman Legends which is the 2nd best platformer of the world, we forget incredible indie games like Affordable Space Adventures by Nifflas, an incredible voyage using all of Wii U's features so can't be ported elsewhere, we forget that it was the rennaissance of the Bayonetta series, we forget Mario 3D World which lead to Mario Odyssey which couldn't exist without Mario 3D World, we forget that Zelda BOTW is a Wii U game at its core........ So yeah, let's forget all of that and say the Wii U was an error and should never have existed.
Plain and simple I love your channel!
Almost 500K subs. Congrats and keep up the good work. Been a follower of your channel since 80K
Holy shit! They didn't use a magic eraser, they used sandpaper.
Wii U Matte Edition: GameStop Exclusive
I was gonna say, they should've used a higher grit LOL
Same for mine...
Actually it looks like they used scotch brite. Which can make it look good if done right. Which this wasn't.
A magic eraser is just a high grit piece of sandpaper.
The wiiu aslo supports the triforce arcade board through nitendont.
I know it is not exactly about gaming but I would certainly love to watch a video about Temple OS from you. I really appreciate how in deep and complete is your research for each video.
Thanks for the info of Wii U port of SM64 I spent the whole night trying to compile to run natively.
I've honestly been considering getting a Wii U just to put it in an HD arcade machine after modding - I mean Soul Calibur 2 (NGC) and Tatsunoko vs Capcom (Wii) running in HD widescreen on a cabinet, that'd pretty much be worth it on it's own.
Very important to note that you can inject GameCube games into Virtual Console packages (acting as a Nintendont shortcut) and use the gamepad as a controller! This also works for emulating the Wii classic controller in Wii games, and limited Wii remote emulation too. Improves the experience hugely.
I love my Wii U but haven't been playing it recently. With this new info, I am going to try this on mine. Thanks, Mate!
Congrats, your the first TH-camr that i can happily watch the same video multiple times due to the amount of information involved but given in a knowledgeable and non-condescending way! As I watched one of your xbox videos for the 3rd time while i work I thought it was about time i joined your Patreon, so I did lol! Keep up the good work
I bought the Wii U with homebrew in mind. It has an amazing selection now, and you can load up an external drive with so many Wii U/Wii/GameCube/other emulated systems ROMs and have it all ready to go via Coldboot Haxchi. All the old games upscaled to 1080p via HDMI. You can use all kinds of different controllers with it too. It's a beast.
@@davrub1928 TH-cam is really not the place to be talking about piracy. Unless you mean like, pirate metal... Yaaar 😂
Gary Diamond I get the idea
@@davrub1928 But perhaps didn't smile or laugh at the joke, more's the pity.
It also has that handy HIDToVPAD which let's you pretty much any controllers as long as you have the config file for it.
@@SilentVinyl Correct, hence "all kinds of different controllers" as per original comment.
I have two Nintendo consoles on my desk: a Switch and a Wii U. That's all I need. It's also worth noting that the Wii U uses HDMI, so you can play older Nintendo consoles on a monitor.
The two Splatoon machines
The Wii U only outputs RGB Limited though no? So it looks bad on a pc monitor since theyre always RGB Full
@@Granadico I wouldn't say it looks "bad". Worse than Switch due to limited colour output? Sure, but bad? No.
you need a 3ds
Man i am still playing on your emulators on og xbox .Keep up the good work.
I like your videos highlighting the modern use of older consoles. I'm sure they really help out people who can't always afford the shiniest tech
I love the Wii U and modding it just multiplied its value and use a thousand-fold. I've said for years this thing is an emulation beast and I'm glad more people are getting wise to that. It never got its full appreciation in life, but in death and with the modding community's help it may get its due over time as very impressive little piece of hardware and engineering for gaming.
The dual screens on the Wii U I think would make it one of the best for DS Emulation I reckon.
Wasn’t there a handful of DS games on Virtual Console
@@hyphenhoik Unfortunately, I have not had the opportunity to own a Wii U so I don't know. But if the Wii is an indication of the Wii U VC...then it likely only had a very select few games.
Yes Nintendo officially released DS games on the WiiU. They worked as expected.
@@MastarCheef1337 All of them?
By the way, I would happily be a subject to the Burger King Nation.
@@MarcoGPUtuber i messed around couple of years back whit ds injection on wii u all games worked flawlessly. And yes it is the best ds emulator around
I have been trying to get one for months now but always out of my pride range.
Great video
That second screen on the tablet thingy is so cool
I was able to get a decent one with 10 games (only two “Just Dance” games lol!) for $200. I’m really enjoying it.
Thats a ripoff
@@alumlovescake That would depend on what the other 8 games were. I'd argue that Super Mario 3D World is easily worth $50 alone. It's a spectacular game that really brings back classic Nintendo vibes.
Nice deal!
@@DauntlessDamian really I thought New mario bros Luigi edition was the only good wii u game
@@JT-qj2lj The Wii U does not have a lot of exclusives, but a console that can handle Wii U and Gamecube too is nice. I am mostly interested in playing those exclusives.
I love mine. I have a modded Wii and I'll be modding my Wii U soon. I have an HDMI Sewell converter for my Wii. I have both cause Wii U games take up a lot of space and I also wanted Gamecube and Wii games on one device. Playing VC DS and N64 games on the Wii U is amazing and plus you can play a ton of the heavy hitting Switch games like Breath of the Wild, Mario Kart 8, DK Country: Tropical Freeze, etc
My son got one for Christmas some 3 years ago, I love this little console. The backwards compatibility all the way back to NES (via Virtual Console) is amazing. My son is now exploring the Nintendo 64 era!
Theres a game i doenloaded but havent played yet on mobile phones and possibly pc and other platforms too its called evoland i think if i remmeber right and it starts off back in time and as u progress through the story amd forward in time it.goes from 2d to 3d then to hd etc. So the style.of gameplay advances alomg with the story it looks really brilliant like a good way of exploring the eras of gaming in a single package and soon as i get time im gona give it a playthrough i suggest u give it a look and see what u think im pretty sure theres a sequel to it too now as well in the same style it looks rly good from the reviews n screenshots iv seen defo worth checking out.id say
Just bought one for emulation, super excited!
Wii u's are like cats, only people who never had one say they dont like it.
I have 2 cats and wii u, love the wii u, cats not so much ;)
k is it because they mess with your consoles?
Ive had a wii u, for its price its a peice of crap.
You want to emulate cheap, buy a wii. Why the fk spend 6X to amount to run a few wii u games?? 80% of the good ones got ported to the switch anyway.
@Jay Arre the hell are you talking about. Some games run slow on Wii but fast on Wii u? Pretty sure when you run games and emulators thru the Wii virtual console they down clock and disable the extra cores to give it that compatibilty. Since the Wii u processor is just a triple core Wii processor. So the games shouldn't run any different. And you must be paying premium for Wiis. Wiis before pandemic could be found for 15-20$ working and complete while Wii u was like 80$. I own both and have both modded and things you are saying ain't adding up
@@billy-waynejeffcoat4828 Actually the virtual console games run through the wii u mode, not the Wii mode, so...
Also the Wii U is significantly more powerful than the Wii, and also over 20 times more RAM, so that's a thing.
I love my Wii U. Pre-ordered the Zelda one on launch (for my ex at the time). It's my favourite system, despite having a Switch.
I really liked your content. very thorough and informative. keep up the good work! :D
I bought a used Wii U after seeing this video. Thanks for letting me know how much value I could get out of this great console.
The Wii U is honestly underrated, thank you.
3DS is, not the Wii U
@@jorgem.9690 do you not know what underated means?
@@unknownwill4th549 dont think he knows
@@leftblea7692 Hm
@@jorgem.9690 the 3DS is no way underrated and sold really well in its lifetime
I think Nintendo should have gone with a better name. It’s still a good piece of hardware for the price.
The name is the reason it failed.
Thata because they were trying to take advantage of the wiis name
What would you guys name it?
Hell, even Wii 2 would have been a better name. So many people and parents were confused thinking it was an add-on or something to the Wii.
Why did James Rolfe want Blu-ray to be named HD-DVD when the Wii U failed?
Haven't ever gotten my hands on a Wii U so I can't really say anything about it but man do I love the Wii..
Bought a GC compatible Wii yesterday for $24, only thing missing is the hatch for the GC controller ports. From getting it to being able to use my USB-HID controller to play Gamecube backups took 10 minutes! Great video as usual, might have to pick up a Wii U next I guess :)
Opening the box with the nail scraper. Love that MVG does this too lol
There is also a program out there for you to box N64 roms into a Virtual Console environment so you can pretty much have N64 "emulation" within the Wii U environment (instead of using the vWii or buying VC ports)
I have to say that the Wii U pad feels really comfortable in my hands, it just is a perfect fit.
I'm here because after already using OpenEmu on my Mac Mini, Apple went and cocked up my setup with that dastardly Monterey update and now I can't use my WiiU Pro controller with my computer anymore. But thank God I have my actual WiiU and hopefully this mod will even allow me to emulate some arcade games that my Mac won't let me do. Thanks for sharing!
Frate video, i love the Wii U and tour video! NICE WORK!
It's also the only way at the moment to play the HD remakes of Windwaker and Twilight Princess as both titles have yet to be ported to the Switch as I'm typing this and by the looks of things, they aren't coming anytime soon.
My money is on next year for zelda's 35th anniversary
im 100% sure that nintendo would bring them to the switch (along with skyward sword) since fans wanted to have the hd remasters in switch since day 1 of it release (and it just feel logic to me to remaster skyward sword to switch since it's only playable on wii or wii u with the retro-compatibility + the joy-cons are similar to the wii remotes so that could make it a lot easier to port)
@@CryBabyRecords From what I read, Wind Waker HD didn't sell well and I have no idea if Twilight Princess HD did any better, plus I believe someone at Nintendo said that it isn't possible to port Skyward Sword to the Switch due to it's controls being tied to the Wii Remote Motion Plus.
@@OrcaCaptain1920wid waker is the 9th best selled game above breath of the wild (botw is 13th, and tp is 20th). But i mean they could get more money for the switch version than for the wii u version, just like what it happened with mario kart 8 nintendo.fandom.com/es/wiki/Anexo:Videojuegos_m%C3%A1s_vendidos_de_Wii_U
also, the joy-cons are much more precise than a wii mote plus, so i don't see a problem in that way.
(the only trouble they could find is how to make it work at switch lite or just portable mode, but seeing what they did with galaxy they can somehow use the touchscreen or the right joystick)
10 months later, still no switch ports, it is very cold, the oled killed the hype train
Packing material has feelings too.
Fantastic video sumarizing things! Hope you do a deeper dive into overclocking the vWii and seeing how far you can push it for performance. See exactly how viable it is for certain titles.
I do wish you mentioned VC injection as it really does improve N64 viability. Wii VC injection is preferable to Wii U VC injection but both can ofter substationally better performance on titles Nintendo never released.
Wii U VC injection also opens up a substantial part of the DS library.
I really love your videos. Especially your video on the N64 resident evil port and the doom ports. Please keep making videos on these impossible ports.
The Wii-U is very good and underrated.
The Web-browser can change the User-Agent and has a “Dev mode”.
The possibilities of 2 displays (tv,Gamepad) are huge.
I loved my Wii U, poor guy didnt survive deployment though. Makes me kind of glad they are porting everything to the Switch
While watching this video, I kept looking at my Wii-U's power light and docked charging gamepad on the side of my viewing screen. It's no wonder why my smile kept getting bigger! Thank you!
I had such fun and memorable experiences with the Wii U. Even the Gamepad was a refreshing addition even though I didn’t care about it when buying the console. I also really miss the music and colours in every interface throughout the system.
3:51 even my Wii u that sits in the box of now unused consoles looks a little better than that under the dust, I am however planning to mod it eventually so I can give it new life since it sits there most of the time nowadays
Absolutely love my WiiU that's why I've not got a Switch.
I'm actually watching this on my WiiU right now!
Talking 2nd hand panties
on the browser
TH-cam still works on the WiiU
Me too. I feel ripped off by Nintendo because of all the Wii u games that went to the switch. I own all of them but on my Wii u so I will keep playing them until a better switch comes out and more better games are available for switch
@@angelozicarelli541 makes sense tho
Great man, this video made me dust off my WiiU after a few years, main reason to try some Gamecube games I already sold or are just too expensive or rare for me at this moment to obtain.
Just like soft-modding my psVita and New2dsXL, it feels like an adventure, following the many steps and procedures....man, the guys who figured out all these bypasses from these systems...they are true wizards or alchemists to me....deep respect for those who figured all this out. Im just a humble software freeloading pirate taking advantage of all their effort and downloading my arse off of all these retro games....
Thanks for the contest!
Definitely want to get a nice LoZ skin to put on that console
I plan on getting one of those pricey, but nice Super Famicom skins.
Kept one around, even with a switch.
Never giving it away.
Give the man a thumbs up, he knows about retro systems! Don't be shy!
I watch your videos every Monday!
I can't wait your next video.♡♧☆!
I bought a wii u one year ago, mario kart 8, mario 3d land and the wii games are still really fun to play!
One of the best consoles ever, maybe not a huge library of games but quality over quantity here. It shines when modded especially when you can inject GC, Wii games and play them directly from Wii U main menu. Also, it is an ultimate Zelda machine.
ye
you can play every Zelda up to BOTW
I think the injecting seemed a bt long winded is it not just easier to load usbloader and load the file manually?
Literally bought one for my kids 5 whole minutes after watching this lol. Even though it's not truly portable, I've been looking to get them an emulation machine that can be played handheld
Retroid pocket 2. Youre welcome
Yeah give them your home your cash your privacy your freedom and your free time, ah also get them a console, they surely won't shove you in a convalescent home when you start to be a slight inconvenience to them, yeah they wont
Ok boomer. Also, commas.
@@owend0818 yeah stop leeching off your poor parents get a job
@@nemesisnine3297 you're that one person who reads and enjoys the "WIFE BAD PHONE BAD BOOK GOOD" comics i bet
Homebrew can really keep any console alive. I still have my homebrewed Wii hooked up, but I'm definitely gonna switch it out for my Wii U when I get it pimped out.