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  • rmuk@feddit.ukR [email protected]

    480 would be NTSC. PAL was higher resolution. But, yeah, the latency was basically imperceptible but the fan noise was real.

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    PAL is 525 lines.

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      I used the Sunshine game streaming software and the WiiU homebrew port of Moonlight to get game streaming working on a WiiU gamepad. It's sort of like a bootleg Steam Deck, and it works surprisingly well, but it mostly just made me want a Steam Deck.

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      Pretty cool, I didn't know about the moonlight fork.

      Probably going to see a lot of memes about Wii u running the newest most demanding games.

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        Red Alarm is definitely my Number 2 on VB,
        Followed by Wario. I need to search my basement and see if I still have them...

        Teleroboxer reminds me of a cross between Punch Out & Metal Combat for the Super Scope, another underrated gem.

        At least that one got a sequel!

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        Super deep cut (this might be my most obscure bit of Nintendo trivia as I couldn't find any images of it online), but have you ever seen the hidden wireframe models in Red Alarm? If you shoot very specific places in game, you can reveal low-poly 3D models of a Virtual Boy, Game Boy, and even a girl in a bikini... for some reason. I wonder if Nintendo's top brass were aware of that one when it shipped 🙂

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          Super deep cut (this might be my most obscure bit of Nintendo trivia as I couldn't find any images of it online), but have you ever seen the hidden wireframe models in Red Alarm? If you shoot very specific places in game, you can reveal low-poly 3D models of a Virtual Boy, Game Boy, and even a girl in a bikini... for some reason. I wonder if Nintendo's top brass were aware of that one when it shipped 🙂

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          Ha!

          I was about to mention those in my last comment! I remember it was like weird bits of terrain you had to shoot so many times in certain levels to get the Easter egg. Pretty sure I saw the locations in Nintendo Power...

          A low poly wireframe bikini girl had to be hidden back in the day, and now there's porn games on the Switch Store!

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            The forced gamepad integration didn’t help, like why tf do I need the gamepad to connect to WiFi.

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            It doesn’t need wifi though, PlayStation portal does. But yeah, the second screen was a questionable idea - too hard to implement in an interesting way, makes all local multiplayer games asymmetrical, makes porting difficult… Even Nintendo gave up

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              I used the Sunshine game streaming software and the WiiU homebrew port of Moonlight to get game streaming working on a WiiU gamepad. It's sort of like a bootleg Steam Deck, and it works surprisingly well, but it mostly just made me want a Steam Deck.

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              Hey neat! I did the same thing a few months ago! Not sure how to link things on here.

              Did you also swap the charger for USB C?

              Edit: This is the streaming post. And this is the USB C mod.

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                It doesn’t need wifi though, PlayStation portal does. But yeah, the second screen was a questionable idea - too hard to implement in an interesting way, makes all local multiplayer games asymmetrical, makes porting difficult… Even Nintendo gave up

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                actually the gampad does need WiFi*, it's just that the Wii U is the access point to its slightly non compliant WiFi ac network.

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                  PAL is 525 lines.

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                  No. NTSC is 525 lines and PAL is 625. This includes the overscal lines.

                  NTSC has a visable line count of 480, hence 480i. PAL has 576 lines visable, or 576i.

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                    It doesn’t need wifi though, PlayStation portal does. But yeah, the second screen was a questionable idea - too hard to implement in an interesting way, makes all local multiplayer games asymmetrical, makes porting difficult… Even Nintendo gave up

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                    I mean connecting the console itself to WiFi, you are required to use the gamepad for most settings.

                    There’s no controller/wiimote fallback option.

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                      I used the Sunshine game streaming software and the WiiU homebrew port of Moonlight to get game streaming working on a WiiU gamepad. It's sort of like a bootleg Steam Deck, and it works surprisingly well, but it mostly just made me want a Steam Deck.

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                      its so cursed... I love it

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                        Looking back, it almost feels like a Switch prototype. It's a goofy little thing, but I love it.
                        That said, I also love the Nintendo Virtual Boy, so my judgement might be questionable.

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                        At the time, Microsoft and Sony were playing this "more graphics = more better" game and Nintendo decided it couldn't compete on that front. You can see a bit of the "compete on anything but graphics" mentality in the Wii and Wii U, then they took what worked and refined it into the Switch and Switch 2.

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                          Hey neat! I did the same thing a few months ago! Not sure how to link things on here.

                          Did you also swap the charger for USB C?

                          Edit: This is the streaming post. And this is the USB C mod.

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                          Neat! Nah, I haven't done the USB C mod, but that looks pretty slick. I just use the charging cradle that came with the black WiiU deluxe set.

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                            I used the Sunshine game streaming software and the WiiU homebrew port of Moonlight to get game streaming working on a WiiU gamepad. It's sort of like a bootleg Steam Deck, and it works surprisingly well, but it mostly just made me want a Steam Deck.

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                            This is really cool! I have an old WiiU, adding this to my project list... 🙂

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                              I used the Sunshine game streaming software and the WiiU homebrew port of Moonlight to get game streaming working on a WiiU gamepad. It's sort of like a bootleg Steam Deck, and it works surprisingly well, but it mostly just made me want a Steam Deck.

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                              LMAO, I just set this up on my Wii U myself! Crazy coincidence.

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                                Neat! Nah, I haven't done the USB C mod, but that looks pretty slick. I just use the charging cradle that came with the black WiiU deluxe set.

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                                That's fair. The box that held all my wiiu stuff was mysteriously missing the pad charger. I think I used a dock before too? At any rate, I didn't want another charger laying around. I've got four 6 foot USBC cables coming out of a pair of chargers under my couch that I use for everything. It only made sense to change it over 🤷‍♂️

                                So far it works great. Though I about to not using very often, I've got an actual steam deck, and recently got a better laptop, so I primarily use those 🤷‍♂️

                                If someone wants to buy it for whatever the going rate of an unmodded wiiu is, I'm game. My ADHD enjoyed the process of modding it, now is back in a box lol

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                                  I used the Sunshine game streaming software and the WiiU homebrew port of Moonlight to get game streaming working on a WiiU gamepad. It's sort of like a bootleg Steam Deck, and it works surprisingly well, but it mostly just made me want a Steam Deck.

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                                  Now the real question is.

                                  Can I emulate WiiU games on my Desktop PC while using the Steamdeck as the pad/2nd screen?

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                                    Now the real question is.

                                    Can I emulate WiiU games on my Desktop PC while using the Steamdeck as the pad/2nd screen?

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                                      Now the real question is.

                                      Can I emulate WiiU games on my Desktop PC while using the Steamdeck as the pad/2nd screen?

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                                      Most definitely!

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                                        LMAO, I just set this up on my Wii U myself! Crazy coincidence.

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                                        It's a fun little hack! I like how it's alllllllmost practical, but not quite 🙂 The biggest limitation for me right now if that I have to stay within 10 feet of my WiiU console or it has a bad time.

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                                          That's fair. The box that held all my wiiu stuff was mysteriously missing the pad charger. I think I used a dock before too? At any rate, I didn't want another charger laying around. I've got four 6 foot USBC cables coming out of a pair of chargers under my couch that I use for everything. It only made sense to change it over 🤷‍♂️

                                          So far it works great. Though I about to not using very often, I've got an actual steam deck, and recently got a better laptop, so I primarily use those 🤷‍♂️

                                          If someone wants to buy it for whatever the going rate of an unmodded wiiu is, I'm game. My ADHD enjoyed the process of modding it, now is back in a box lol

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                                          I think the white sets (at least in the US) might have shipped with a non-charging stand? Pretty sure there were white sets released in Japan that included one, though. Sounds like a nice setup! Maybe I should start USBC modding some of my stuff, if only to pare down my Big Drawer of Cables.

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