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Nintendo Runs Out Of Replacement Parts For Wii U, Ends Repair Service In Japan (www.nintendolife.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/nintendo

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The mod scene for the Wii u is pretty comprehensive. They have every console in Nintendo history up to the Wii u playing and stable. That includes DS and 3DS games with the second screen working on the tablet controller. It's a beast of a machine honestly.

[–] PastaRhythm 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hang on, 3DS too? Is that emulation, a compatibility layer, just streaming from a 3DS, or what?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I am mistaken, 3ds emulation isn't here yet. But it's a heavily requested subject in the mod community. You can moonlight stream from a PC to a Wii u and I imagine you could get citra running that way with some finagling.

[–] PastaRhythm 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Do you think the Wii U would be powerful enough for native 3DS emulation? It's a lot to ask of the console but it would be pretty awesome.

Edit: Sorry for the late reply. I don't check Lemmy that consistently.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I won't claim to be an expert on system architecture. But as far as I understand, the Wii u is running much more demanding software than the 3ds. The difference is that the 3ds is an arm processor and the Wii u is a much older power PC architecture. For native playback, it would require some serious footwork to develop a compatibility layer. For emulation, it might take a savant. You'll see tons of shmoes that know no more than I do claiming it will never be possible but you can emulate new and snes on a Gameboy advance. That's saying even less about the quality or accuracy of Desai's emulation.

Your best bet is probably moonlight streaming citra from a laptop or something similar.