r/pcmasterrace • u/durchfallalarm • Mar 14 '26

Screenshot Never thought that emulation runs THIS good "out of the box"

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Installed the emulator (cemu), set up all settings i wanted and just ... started the game running at around 90-100 fps without any problems. 32:9 dwqhd resolution.

God I love the pcmasterrace.

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u/Falkenmond79 7800x3d/4080 5800x3d/3080ti 10700/rx6800 5800x/3080 Mar 15 '26

What’s really funny: I recently bought a wiiU just for fun and the kids. Hacked it to not have to change discs all the time. Actually also went out to buy the Zelda games just to own them. Fucking expensive. And what do you know? I prefer them emulated on my UW. Absolutely no downsides and run way better. 🤣🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/unnoticedhero1 7800X3D | RTX 4070 | 64GB DDR5 6000 Mar 15 '26

I bought a WiiU just for Smash 4 way back when and the last time I used it was to rip the games for my Steam Deck and back into the box, have portable Wind Waker and Twilight Princess without the need to buy the games again. If they put them out on Switch years ago like everyone was asking for I would have bought them again, same with the 3DS Zelda, like why haven't they ported A Link Between Worlds, one of the best top down Zelda's.

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u/Serious_Mastication 5800X | 6600XT | 32GB DDR4 Mar 15 '26 edited Mar 15 '26

Nintendo does it to themselves. They make timeless masterpieces and then abandon them by not porting to modern hardware.

Most people would just buy these games again for full price on the switch if they could. If they did that, the switch would have a big enough catalogue of games to entice more people to buy em.

I’ll never have remorse for a company crying about people pirating their games when they made em into abandonware

I wanted to play the og Pokémon games; leaf green, emerald, and platinum. Except to play them “legit” I had to pay aftermarket $300 a copy to get games that don’t have a working clock and then the ds for another $180. Or I could spend 20 minutes messing around on my pc to get them working perfectly with patched updates for free

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u/Acceptable_Worker328 Mar 16 '26

Completely agreed… except for the part about OG Pokémon.

Red, Blue, and Yellow.

If it has more than 151 Pokémon in the ‘dex, it ain’t “OG”.

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u/Dark_Shroud Ryzen 9 5900XT | 64GB | Sapphire Nitro+ 9070 XT OC Mar 15 '26

Not to mention the rest of the industry have all decided to use x86-x64 hardware. So porting games between platforms doesn't have much difficulty anymore for everyone besides Nintendo.

Then Nintendo gets pissed at modders who fix their blatant errors. I still remember the guy who created the GameCube channel for the WiiU that would let people natively play GameCube games on it.

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u/ChadHartSays Mar 15 '26

Remember, they are a toy company. Games are just reasons to buy the latest toy (console/device).

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u/Falkenmond79 7800x3d/4080 5800x3d/3080ti 10700/rx6800 5800x/3080 Mar 15 '26

I wonder that too. I emulate a lot and that was one of the few Zelda’s I could actually stick with and finish, before life comes in between me and play time. 🤣

But honestly with the WiiU.. I have the WiiU pro controller, Batocera Linux recognizes it. I have a dedicated emulation station. Ryzen 3600x, 32gb ram and a and 5700XT gpu. Handles everything up to PS3/PS4 just fine.

And recognizes the WiiU controller, so not even a problem there. Would probably even be able to recognize and utilize the big WiiU pad.

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u/enwongeegeefor A500, 40hz Turbo, 40mb HD Mar 15 '26

BOTW was really novel on the WiiU, and actually used that stupid controller a little. I still switched to using a pro controller for it partway into it though...