Dolphin on Kotaku!

**CKemu** · December 2nd, 2009, 23:06

Dolphin on Kotaku (Super Mario Bros Wii)

Good times...

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Silenus · December 2nd, 2009, 23:16

Nice.

I would like that the media give more coverage to emulators like this.

Although I don't know if that would raise some sort of action from console manufacturers.

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**Hard core Rikki** · December 2nd, 2009, 23:20

The big N said sometime ago it would include HD in the future (likely due to widespread demand for higher quality visuals). For all we know they could feel the heat from emulators too, not just the competition.

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masta.g.86 · December 2nd, 2009, 23:34

I loled at the retarded comments in that article.

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Paratech · December 3rd, 2009, 00:44

I don't think HD would have made much difference on the Wii, but I can't see why HD would have added $150 to the price like some people mentioned or that Nintendo was taking a huge risk with the Wii.

They make money off every unit that sells, Sony and Microsoft started with expensive consoles and were/are losing money off every console. Poor sales when you're already losing money with every console made can hurt a company, whereas knowing you should eke out a profit with every console sold means it's harder to lose money.

In fact the Wii outsold the Gamecube and Nintendo didn't lose money on the Gamecube even though it was in 3rd place last generation.

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snickothemule · December 3rd, 2009, 01:23

Yay for dolphin, stealing the Wii limelight. And some of those comments are hilarious.

If the actual console could output the HD goodness, I would get one. Otherwise...I'll still wait.

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**Xtreme2damax** · December 3rd, 2009, 01:47

It's funny how people keep saying Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo are going to take these emulation projects down but it hasn't happened yet. It's been what five or six years since the PCSX2 project started, longer for other emulation projects and they haven't been taken down yet. Goes to show their lack of awareness and knowledge on the legalities of emulation, where emulation has been deemed legal (Technically a legal gray area) according to the courts.

It's also funny how everyone immediately screams piracy when they see a game being emulated, when you are able to legitimately dump games you own.

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Originally Posted by Altima Neo

Oh kotaku, how you confuse me so

First you go on rants about piracy and the R4

Then you post videos of a clearly pirated game being emulated.

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Originally Posted by Dante_Ravenkin

It's awesome that people are putting the effort into programming emulators for Wii games (until Nintendo shuts them down), but I'm quite happy playing NSMB Wii at 480p widescreen.

There are other pointless comments of pure idiocy, but too much to list. After my run in with the retards at destructoid, I've decided to steer clear of the types of websites/blogs since for the most part they are quite uninformed.

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snickothemule · December 3rd, 2009, 01:54

I'm sure there are less people legitimately using the emulator with their own backups rather than those using it with the illeagal downloaded versions, so they have some level of accuracy with their comment. Besides, comments like this seem to be more of a jab at how cheap people are rather than the capabilities or moralities of using the emulaor "legitimately".

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Paratech · December 3rd, 2009, 02:19

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Originally Posted by snickothemule

I'm sure there are less people legitimately using the emulator with their own backups rather than those using it with the illeagal downloaded versions, so they have some level of accuracy with their comment. Besides, comments like this seem to be more of a jab at how cheap people are rather than the capabilities or moralities of using the emulaor "legitimately".

Well I don't see how "cheap" they are when they have to own a powerful PC to run the emulator, have broadband to download the games, have the time to download the games, and the hard drive space to store the games.

Most of the Wii games I own cost less than $30, and the Wii is pretty cheap at $200.

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snickothemule · December 3rd, 2009, 02:48

If they aren't willing to pay for their software, then they are cheap, Doesn't really matter if they spend all their cash on a high end rig. Even more so if their parents are funding their endevours.

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Paratech · December 3rd, 2009, 03:39

If their parents can finance the computer hardware to run Wii games at full speed, they can finance a Wii and some used games!

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**Xtreme2damax** · December 3rd, 2009, 04:18

I don't get it either, they are willing to shell out for an expensive rig to run the emulator and games but can't shell out for the actual hardware and games which you need to legally dump the games to use on the emulator in the first place.

Nothing makes sense in this weird and wonderful world we live in anymore.

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heatblazer · December 3rd, 2009, 05:05

Hahaha! That was a nice one for "Good morning" LOLed too

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FlotsamX · December 6th, 2009, 21:54

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Originally Posted by Xtreme2damax

I don't get it either, they are willing to shell out for an expensive rig to run the emulator and games but can't shell out for the actual hardware and games which you need to legally dump the games to use on the emulator in the first place.

Nothing makes sense in this weird and wonderful world we live in anymore.

Many people ignore that "legal" part altogether, however immoral that is.

**Hard core Rikki** · December 6th, 2009, 22:08

ARStechnica just posted another news report on dolphin these days. New Super Mario Bros in 1080p HD glory. The ARS noobs couldve at least used an HD video that wasnt choppy, for maximum shock and disbelief.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2...-and-video.ars

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New Super Mario Bros. Wii at 1080p? Video inside

A video showing New Super Mario Bros. Wii running at 1080p is making waves all over the Internet, and it looks like the emulator used to create the video is both available and working. Check out the video to see just how good the game looks in high definition.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii is a great game, but how would it look running at 1080p? A video released to YouTube should answer that question. Its creator claims that the game is running under a PC emulator called "Dolphin," and the game is running at a solid 60 frames per second. That's not apparent in the video, which has a few errors and runs at a lower frame rate. Check out the video after the break, along with some information about the emulator.

You can only see so much with embedding, so go over to the original page to see it running at 1080p... it's worth the trip. The idea of a high definition Wii is, frankly, appetizing.
You can find instructions for running the emulator, as well as the files online, but it requires a rip of the game to play; there is, strictly speaking, no legal way to get a hold of one of those, so we're not going to do any testing ourselves. If you're an enterprising sort, however, you can give this a shot and see how things go.
Keep in mind the emulator seems to require a high-end computer, so put those expensive processors to work.

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**Xtreme2damax** · December 6th, 2009, 23:44

Speaking of New Super Mario Bros..

I'm currently playing it on Dolphin and am having a lot of fun, this game reminds me of the glory days on the NES and SNES with Super Mario Bros. 3.

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Silenus · December 7th, 2009, 18:07

Yeah I have it on my wii but haven't had the time to play it.

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runawayprisoner · December 7th, 2009, 21:38

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Originally Posted by Paratech

If their parents can finance the computer hardware to run Wii games at full speed, they can finance a Wii and some used games!

Unfortunately, you can't "study" on a Wii. But you can study on a PC.

No, seriously, you'd be amazed at how many times that silly of a reason slapped me in the face. People spend like... $2000 on a computer for their 12-year-old son and hope that it would enable him to do research and stuffs... so that he can write a rocket trajectory calculating program a couple of years from then. But they absolutely refuse to spend even $1 on video games.

So what are the kid's choices?

Paratech · December 7th, 2009, 23:17

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Originally Posted by runawayprisoner

Unfortunately, you can't "study" on a Wii. But you can study on a PC.

No, seriously, you'd be amazed at how many times that silly of a reason slapped me in the face. People spend like... $2000 on a computer for their 12-year-old son and hope that it would enable him to do research and stuffs... so that he can write a rocket trajectory calculating program a couple of years from then. But they absolutely refuse to spend even $1 on video games.

So what are the kid's choices?

It's weird they'll spend a serious amount of money on a Graphics card, doesn't Wii emulation require a heavy video card?

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Xblade · December 8th, 2009, 01:26

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Originally Posted by Paratech

It's weird they'll spend a serious amount of money on a Graphics card, doesn't Wii emulation require a heavy video card?

Dolphin is more cpu hungry than gpu.

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Paratech Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: USA Posts: 8,029	I don't think HD would have made much difference on the Wii, but I can't see why HD would have added $150 to the price like some people mentioned or that Nintendo was taking a huge risk with the Wii. They make money off every unit that sells, Sony and Microsoft started with expensive consoles and were/are losing money off every console. Poor sales when you're already losing money with every console made can hurt a company, whereas knowing you should eke out a profit with every console sold means it's harder to lose money. In fact the Wii outsold the Gamecube and Nintendo didn't lose money on the Gamecube even though it was in 3rd place last generation. __________________ Spoiler: -Dreams of getting a new 360 XBOX in 201x. -Current consoles:Wii, Slim PS2, also has 3DS / GBA SP and a PSP 3000 -PC: AMD Quad Core A8-3800 Accelerated Processor, 16GB DDR3 Ram, Radeon HD45xx 1 GB video card, 1 TB hard drive, 500 GB hard drive, Supermulti DVD Burner, Wireless Lan 802.11 b/g/n, Beats audio Studio Quality sound, Win 7 Home Premium Yes, I like getting (primarily digital) games on sale @ bargain prices! don't like it? Just deal with it!

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Paratech Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: USA Posts: 8,029	If their parents can finance the computer hardware to run Wii games at full speed, they can finance a Wii and some used games! __________________ Spoiler: -Dreams of getting a new 360 XBOX in 201x. -Current consoles:Wii, Slim PS2, also has 3DS / GBA SP and a PSP 3000 -PC: AMD Quad Core A8-3800 Accelerated Processor, 16GB DDR3 Ram, Radeon HD45xx 1 GB video card, 1 TB hard drive, 500 GB hard drive, Supermulti DVD Burner, Wireless Lan 802.11 b/g/n, Beats audio Studio Quality sound, Win 7 Home Premium Yes, I like getting (primarily digital) games on sale @ bargain prices! don't like it? Just deal with it!

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December 2nd, 2009, 23:16	#2
Silenus Pilgrim Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hyperion Posts: 6,897	Nice. I would like that the media give more coverage to emulators like this. Although I don't know if that would raise some sort of action from console manufacturers. __________________ DELL XPS 13 ULTRABOOK ...Mis sueños son mentiras que algun día dejarán de serlo...

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Hard core Rikki Moving into the beat Join Date: May 2004 Location: Perpetual Hawaii Posts: 11,298	The big N said sometime ago it would include HD in the future (likely due to widespread demand for higher quality visuals). For all we know they could feel the heat from emulators too, not just the competition. __________________ deviantART \| Blog \| VBA-M \| GeneralEmu \| XTemu \| FMVTool2 \| @ES \| Shendo new NGemu toolbar http://ngemu.ourtoolbar.com

December 3rd, 2009, 01:23	#6
snickothemule Hello Cudie Pie! Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Coffs Harbour, Australia Posts: 4,876	Yay for dolphin, stealing the Wii limelight. And some of those comments are hilarious. If the actual console could output the HD goodness, I would get one. Otherwise...I'll still wait. __________________ My grass is the greenest.

December 3rd, 2009, 01:54	#8
snickothemule Hello Cudie Pie! Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Coffs Harbour, Australia Posts: 4,876	I'm sure there are less people legitimately using the emulator with their own backups rather than those using it with the illeagal downloaded versions, so they have some level of accuracy with their comment. Besides, comments like this seem to be more of a jab at how cheap people are rather than the capabilities or moralities of using the emulaor "legitimately". __________________ My grass is the greenest.

December 3rd, 2009, 02:48	#10
snickothemule Hello Cudie Pie! Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Coffs Harbour, Australia Posts: 4,876	If they aren't willing to pay for their software, then they are cheap, Doesn't really matter if they spend all their cash on a high end rig. Even more so if their parents are funding their endevours. __________________ My grass is the greenest.

December 3rd, 2009, 04:18	#12
Xtreme2damax Mr. Technological Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Auburn, New York Posts: 4,428	I don't get it either, they are willing to shell out for an expensive rig to run the emulator and games but can't shell out for the actual hardware and games which you need to legally dump the games to use on the emulator in the first place. Nothing makes sense in this weird and wonderful world we live in anymore. __________________

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heatblazer Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Bulgaria Posts: 668	Hahaha! That was a nice one for "Good morning" LOLed too __________________ Kikaioh! GO!

December 6th, 2009, 23:44	#16
Xtreme2damax Mr. Technological Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Auburn, New York Posts: 4,428	Speaking of New Super Mario Bros.. I'm currently playing it on Dolphin and am having a lot of fun, this game reminds me of the glory days on the NES and SNES with Super Mario Bros. 3. __________________

December 7th, 2009, 18:07	#17
Silenus Pilgrim Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hyperion Posts: 6,897	Yeah I have it on my wii but haven't had the time to play it. __________________ DELL XPS 13 ULTRABOOK ...Mis sueños son mentiras que algun día dejarán de serlo...