Cemu - Wii U emulator

[Heinzu]

I'm a fan of the Wii U and maybe you're all are interested in this emulator. It also appears to have been recently updated.
This is the code repository of Cemu, a Wii U emulator that is able to run most Wii U games and homebrew in a playable state. It's written in C/C++ and is being actively developed with new features and fixes.

Cemu is currently only available for 64-bit Windows, Linux & macOS devices.

GitHub - cemu-project/Cemu: Cemu - Wii U emulator

Cemu - Wii U emulator. Contribute to cemu-project/Cemu development by creating an account on GitHub.

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[Stookymalarkey]

Nice! Didn't realize it got an update recently, they've really slowed down on the dev work compared to its early days. I hope they got ZombiU working now.

 

[DjQuick2008]

havent got it running by myself yet. have hyrule warriors on my gaming build and play pokken tournament on a launchbox hard drive.

 

[Zerpina]

Could say i have used it once or twice, Cool about the update
(upscaled running on my Batocera system)

 

[DjQuick2008]

Could say i have used it once or twice, Cool about the update
(upscaled running on my Batocera system)

Have mario kart 8 on some of my hard drives runs well.

 

[Heinzu]

Could say i have used it once or twice, Cool about the update
(upscaled running on my Batocera system)

Hi Zerpina, how are you?

 

[petran79]

update was about adding native Wii U gamepad support but it is in early stage and not available to the public

 

[Graw]

Cemu is currently only available for 64-bit Windows, Linux & macOS devices.

That's odd because I have it installed on my phone and I know it works because I played Super Mario Maker and Donkey Kong with it. I could not get Breath of the Wild running though. It booted up at like 5 fps but kept crashing.

 

[Heinzu]

That's odd because I have it installed on my phone and I know it works because I played Super Mario Maker and Donkey Kong with it. I could not get Breath of the Wild running though. It booted up at like 5 fps but kept crashing.
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Wow, on an Android device? What kind of device do you have?

 

[Zerpina]

That's odd because I have it installed on my phone and I know it works because I played Super Mario Maker and Donkey Kong with it. I could not get Breath of the Wild running though. It booted up at like 5 fps but kept crashing.
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That's because of the massive amounts of shader and pipeline caching it has to do for that game.

Try turning on the Async Shader Compile. Options/General Settings/Graphics, Tick the "Async Shader Compile" box. Well, I don't know about Android, but it should have the same option as the pc and linux version anyway.

May knock your stuttering and crashing down

 

[Graw]

Wow, on an Android device? What kind of device do you have?

A Mali based motorola.

That's because of the massive amounts of shader and pipeline caching it has to do for that game.

Try turning on the Async Shader Compile. Options/General Settings/Graphics, Tick the "Async Shader Compile" box. Well, I don't know about Android, but it should have the same option as the pc and linux version anyway.

May knock your stuttering and crashing down

My device is Mali based so it isn't the best for higher end emulation unfortunately. It's the same for switch games. 2d's usually fine but most 3d games won't run. I'm actually surprised BotW booted at all. The switch version wouldn't even start up.

 

[Heinzu]

A Mali based motorola

Okay, yes, Motorola devices are good. Good choice.

 

[Graw]

Okay, yes, Motorola devices are good. Good choice.

Yeah. I like that they come with relatively minimal amounts of built in bullshit compared to brands like Samsung and most of what comes pre-installed is fairly useful. I just wish they used snapdragon chips instead. It is kind of lame though. Mine's from 2022. I've looked into upgrading it to a newer one but from what I've found most of the specs for their phones have actually gone down compared to the phone I have now and just don't seem worth getting. At least the ones available from the store I bought my current phone at. I'm wary about buying a phone online and Canada sucks compared to a lot of the world when it comes to phones.

 

[Heinzu]

Yeah. I like that they come with relatively minimal amounts of built in bullshit compared to brands like Samsung and most of what comes pre-installed is fairly useful. I just wish they used snapdragon chips instead. It is kind of lame though. Mine's from 2022. I've looked into upgrading it to a newer one but from what I've found most of the specs for their phones have actually gone down compared to the phone I have now and just don't seem worth getting. At least the ones available from the store I bought my current phone at. I'm wary about buying a phone online and Canada sucks compared to a lot of the world when it comes to phones.

I can understand, I think Lenovo doesn't want the devices to have too many Snapdragon processors because they are expensive. But I think it's a shame because Snapdragon processors are the better choice, especially for emulators. The only processor that can keep up with those from Snapdragon is the Mediatek G99, with which I have had good experiences and I think the dimensity 9000 series was also from Mediatek are Snapdragon's best competition. But they are used too infrequently.