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Wii Games Emulated in 720p - Videos

28.03.2009

Wii Games Emulated in 720p - Videos on Nintendo gaming news, videos and discussion

Folk in the homebrew world have gotten Wii games looking a little smoother by running their discs through a PC emulator.

By using the Dolphin emulator running on a good-spec PC, fans have been applying decent anti-aliasing, cleaning up the picture for a 720p output - some of the titles include Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Final Fantasy CC: My Life as a King.

Don't forget to click the "HD" button, or view the videos on the full YouTube pages for best quality picture.

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Mario_0 28.03.2009#1

Is this really news worthy? Don't most emulaters do this?

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Keven 28.03.2009#2

Wow, that is clear, clearer than I've ever seen it before. I applaud thee!

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Darkflame 28.03.2009#3

Very good, but last time I checked almost no Gamecube titles were really playable. I dought the Wii is easier.

Improving graphic rendering is rather trival once you get the chips themselfs emulated, thats the hard part.

(PS1 emulators can look *way* better then the originals...full AA, better filtering, as high res as your moniter can go etc)

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RudyC3 28.03.2009#4

emulating nowadays 128 bits consoles is a real tricky thing to do considering most PCs still run on 32 bits processors, and quite a large amount now are 64 bits. Emulating a 128 bits chip requires a really powerful 64 bits one, much more powerful than the original 128 then.

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JoshSL 29.03.2009#5

It's a shame the real Wii will never get this, but I don't really notice a huge difference. Wii games weren't made to run in 720p so I guess that's to be expected.

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Andrezao 29.03.2009#6

Kafei2006 said:
emulating nowadays 128 bits consoles is a real tricky thing to do considering most PCs still run on 32 bits processors, and quite a large amount now are 64 bits. Emulating a 128 bits chip requires a really powerful 64 bits one, much more powerful than the original 128 then.

It's not really hard to do that since Computers have better ram timings, GPU and CPU clocks... To run the above games in 720p, you would need a 2.20-2.50 GH Dual Core Processor, a simple 8500GT 512mb or equivalent and well 2gb or DDR2 ram @ 800mhz should do the job no sweat.
So all in all, to run this emulator, you won't need a massively powered pc if your pc can run newer pc games smooth, you'll be fine.

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jb 29.03.2009#7

Mario_0 said:
Is this really news worthy? Don't most emulaters do this?

I think so - but not many would be this smooth, and look pretty nice too.

SuperLink said:
It's a shame the real Wii will never get this, but I don't really notice a huge difference. Wii games weren't made to run in 720p so I guess that's to be expected.

I think the aliasing and slightly crisper visuals look pretty darn good when you view the video in HD mode on YouTube itself - really pretty swish stuff, even though they weren't built with HD in mind.

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Stulaw 29.03.2009#8

Wow I really noticed the clarity of the picture in the videos. I especially like how TVsC looks in HD. just more clarity, but besides that, I'd say that they still look great in there original outputs on the Wii instead of the emulator(although it does look better).

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L 29.03.2009#9

Smash Bros looks really good, I'm annoyed that I'll never get it to look that good on my wii. Time to buy a super computer.

Darkflame 29.03.2009#10

It\'s not really hard to do that since Computers have better ram timings, GPU and CPU clocks... To run the above games in 720p, you would need a 2.20-2.50 GH Dual Core Processor, a simple 8500GT 512mb or equivalent and well 2gb or DDR2 ram @ 800mhz should do the job no sweat.

The processing of the graphics isnt a problem, the problem is working out what has to be processed to start with.
Working out equilivent functions is the majority of the work in emulation, rendering is trival by comparison, and adjusting the res makes no significant difference really.

Thats why most Gamecube or Wii stuff is still almost completely unplayable, or grossly glitchy...not all the functions are emulated, and often when they are they are very inefficiant compared to the original code.

Also, incidently, the Gamecube and Wii have *faster* Ram timings then most PC\'s.
They have a lot less ram, but generaly speaking, its faster.

( Edited 29.03.2009 09:32 by Darkflame )

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Andrezao 29.03.2009#11

Darkflame said:
It's not really hard to do that since Computers have better ram timings, GPU and CPU clocks... To run the above games in 720p, you would need a 2.20-2.50 GH Dual Core Processor, a simple 8500GT 512mb or equivalent and well 2gb or DDR2 ram @ 800mhz should do the job no sweat.
The processing of the graphics isnt a problem, the problem is working out what has to be processed to start with.
Working out equilivent functions is the majority of the work in emulation, rendering is trival by comparison, and adjusting the res makes no significant difference really.
Thats why most Gamecube or Wii stuff is still almost completely unplayable, or grossly glitchy...not all the functions are emulated, and often when they are they are very inefficiant compared to the original code.

Also, incidently, the Gamecube and Wii have *faster* Ram timings then most PC's.
They have a lot less ram, but generaly speaking, its faster.

Confession time... I did emulate a Wii game to see how it looks, it's a game I already own on the Wii itself so I guess it's not bad right? Yeah it was SSBB. Ram timings were excellent, GC ram timings aren't too good, heck a PS3 ram timings are mediocre (I was able to run 3 PS3 games at once using only 40% of my ram and 47% of the CPU in vista 86x) so no, RAM timings are pretty bad on consoles, reason why Crytek engine can't run on PS3, besides the gfx, the action on screen is wayyyy to much for it to handle.

With my upgraded pc which I did myself it can run these babies without breaking a sweat lol. DDR3 ram @1666 mhz is pure awesomeness and 64x Vista Ultimate.

So yeah it works on both systems as long as you have rigs just as powerful as the consoles (which is dirt cheap).

knighty 30.03.2009#12

No.....just no. Anyway, I decided to try Metroid Prime....

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I think I just came.....it's amazing how well the textures stand up. I still think MP1 looks better than 99.9% of Wii games Smilie It's a shame it doesn't run too great. Some times it gets right up to 50/60fps but most of the time it's sub 30, larger areas down to 10/15. So yeah, you need an incredibly beastly CPU to run this stuff.

Andrezao 31.03.2009#13

knighty said:
No.....just no. Anyway, I decided to try Metroid Prime....
http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/2599/gm8e011.jpg
I think I just came.....it's amazing how well the textures stand up. I still think MP1 looks better than 99.9% of Wii games It's a shame it doesn't run too great. Some times it gets right up to 50/60fps but most of the time it's sub 30, larger areas down to 10/15. So yeah, you need an incredibly beastly CPU to run this stuff.

Or OC your CPU,an E5200 OC'ed at 2.80Ghz would do this no problem. With the E400 @ 3.80Ghz I managed 3 PS3 games (Lair *pukes*, MGS4 and Resistance) running at constant 60fps Smilie . On CS Source when I do the video test I get 278fps XD.
Dw, I deleted those games after I tried it out, Didn't finish them as I've done so on the console, but yeah, I didn't keep the pirated copies. Just like the Wii, I only download what I already have, mostly to see how well my PC is performing! Smilie

knighty 31.03.2009#14

I actually just OC\'d my E6750 to 3.2ghz with stock voltage. Running perfectly at the moment, temperature is still under 60 at full load (though as far as I\'m aware temp shouldn\'t really change unless you touch the voltage anyway). MP is slightly better but I still find it unplayable at anything under 50fps. Shame. I\'m gonna keep plodding through though because it\'s sexy, and I\'m an MP1 fangirl. Downloading Kirby Air Ride at the moment.

And no a 2.8ghz PC would not run it at 60fps constantly. The GC emulation isn\'t quite there yet. Couple of years or a major breakthrough then yeah.

And \"With the E400 @ 3.80Ghz I managed 3 PS3 games (Lair *pukes*, MGS4 and Resistance) running at constant 60fps \"

Who exactly are you expecting to believe this? Smilie

( Edited 31.03.2009 05:19 by knighty )