>single handedly replaces all your retro consoles
>makes it pointless to own a gamecube
Single handedly replaces all your retro consoles
Except for the build quality being shit.
technically the wii u did all that plus replaced the wii
wouldn't the wii be a better example
it even has (a small degree of) portabiltity for even more versiatily in emulation
Emulators replaced retro consoles
I feel like ps3 is better for that stuff overall.
How so?
It doesn't even need thermal paste
Plus with cfw everything can just be downloaded and run off a usb drive
Can emulators output flawless 240p to a CRT?
Wiiconnect24 literally causes the gpu to overheat when it's not even in use. Every preowned Wii on the planet produces graphical artifacts because of Nintendo's trash hardware and normalfags who are too retarded to notice, let alone give a shit
Now watch as NIDF comes in to say those artifacts are soul like the cracks and pops of vinyl.
The wii outputs 240p yes
Not only is mgba fantastic on wii, it also works in 240p. stock gamecubes are essentially composite only and stuck at 480i for gameboy player
I only owned a wii way after its hayday, I own 4 and none of them even get warm with use, let alone have the gpu overheat.
What causes that?
Don't forget the Wii is already a retro console.
And yes I know the Wii does 240p which is why I use one for emulation of everything up to and including 5th gen.
I'll take accurate emulation over native 240p, as tempting as it is. The Wii's emulation was decent for the time but is too lacking to be considered today.
Pretty much. If I didn't already have a Wii I'd get a SBC to run RetroArch on.
For PS1, but the Wii does perfect gamecube with component out.
You should own both
Lacking in what?
mgba, retroarch and snes9x GX are still constantly updated.
combine that with 240p output and how you can use that signal with something like the OSSC, and you have a console that's much better than everything other than real hardware and fpga.
plus the wide number of controllers you can use
5th gen emulation is a farce, for example. PS1 barely works and N64 has massive gaps in the library since VC is the only thing worth a damn and VC doesn't even play Rare games.
3rd and 4th gen are decent, I suppose. But anything can emulate SNES games.
>plus the wide number of controllers you can use
Shit selection really. The only one worth using that works natively is the Classic Controller Pro and it's a nuisance since it has to use a Wii Remote as a dongle.
>But anything can emulate SNES games
not at 240p with a nice component signal
N64 VC has most of the good games anyway, M64, OOT, MM, S&P and SF64.
PS1 is better on PS3 as I said.
Gamecube works natively as well, contrary to what people say it has a fantastic dpad and the button mapping with the c buttons -> c stick works great
Wii U is a better option.
PS3 isn't particularly good at emulating PS1 either. Even a raspberry pi does a better job these days.
You can even get 240p out of those. Either buy an rgbpi or just use the native composite output - it's surprisingly clean.
Glad to know I'm not the only one who uses his Wii as a SNES, GBA, and N64 at the same time
upscales everything to 480p poorly and all the homebrew is done through the vwii anyway
Isn't the GameCube with component cable still the most optimal way to play?
have fun finding a component cable faggot
Gamecube component cables are hard to get. Wii can also do everything the Gamecube can on the software side.
Doesn't play GameCube tho
yes it does. and you dont even need discs.
also wii is a softmod
pirating on the shitcube is fucking expensive
the whole thing is a money sink, even the controllers are expensive as shit these days
>pirating on the shitcube is fucking expensive
You can use a memory card exploit but to do that you need a hacked Wii so what's the fucking point.
PS1 Sucks dick on ps3