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Play GameCube Games On Your Wii U With Nintendont

This application is called 'Nintendont', and it can be installed in the Wii Mode of your Wii U. Nintendont allows you to play GameCube games perfectly well on the Wii U, complete with emulated memory cards and customizable controls—and it even allows you to play your games with the Wii U Pro Controller, DualShock 3, and more!

Nintendo consoles Nintendo's next console, codenamed the NX, is going to be huge. But every company has stumbles.

If Nintendo has another one, could it be The End?, and the GameCube was no different. When the Wii arrived in 2006, GameCube owners were easily won over by the addition of backwards compatibility. But with the arrival of the Wii U, that feature somehow disappeared despite the fact that the console shipped with a walled-off “virtual Wii” mode.

Nintendont is At this point you've probably played most of the games for the console you were interested in, but if you want to find another use for the biggest console of the last decade, homebrew just. Which restores GameCube compatibility and adds additional features to boot. It also supercharges GameCube capabilities on the original Wii.

What is Nintendont? Nintendont isn’t an emulator, because it doesn’t need to emulate the GameCube’s hardware. When Nintendo ditched GameCube support on the Wii U, they effectively flipped a virtual switch to turn the feature off. Nintendont turns that switch back on again, allowing GameCube games to run natively at full speed. The exploit is possible as the “final” firmware used on the original Wii and in vWii mode on the Wii U is susceptible to being tampered with. By installing the Homebrew Channel, it’s possible to install and run With these emulators, you can play virtually any retro video game on the Nintendo Wii.

Here are the best emulators on the Wii. — from emulators, to media centres, and even boot loaders to run games from USB or SD card. In essence, Nintedont is just that — a bootloader for GameCube games. Only on the original Wii can you use the original media (GameCube discs) to play games however, and on the Wii U you’re going to need to resort to disc images. Why Do I Need It?

If you’re a Wii U owner, then the reasons for installing Nintendont are self-explanatory. Your console can natively play GameCube games with this software installed, which adds another 600 titles to the console’s repertoire. Let’s be honest — the Wii U can use all the additional games it can get. For original Wii owners, the reasons might be less clear but are just as compelling. Nintendont comes with a bunch of extra features, removes region locks, adds support for many new controllers, includes graphical enhancements and more. Maybe you’re a GameCube owner whose console has died, but you still have a collection of games you’d like to enjoy, and a ton of controllers and old saved data you’d like to use. Rather than buying those games again using Nintendo’s Virtual Console, you can play them on your Wii U with Nintendont.

Note: Piracy is bad and we aren’t condoning it, but in many regions it’s perfectly legal to rip your own backup copy of a game.  Night at the museum 2 full movie. Though a gray area in many jurisdictions, you may also be a able to download an image of a game you own without having to rip it yourself (as the end result is pretty much the same). You are responsible for adhering to the laws in your region, and remember that stealing makes baby Mario cry.

Other features worthy of a mention added by Nintendont include memory card emulation, allowing you to store save games locally on your device rather than using a GameCube memory card. Support for additional controllers is present, including the Wii Classic Pro and Wii U Pro controllers (over Bluetooth) and other common wired. Others include Want to use your versatile PS4 controller with your Mac or PC? It's easier than you think! Here's how to do it., the Nvidia Shield Controller, the Wii U GameCube controller adapter, and plain old generic USB gamepads. Cool, so you can use the GameCube adapter to control GameCube games in Nintendont. GameCube games on Wii U ftw — Terry (@byteandahalf) CRT televisions that used a 4:3 aspect ratio were still the norm when the GameCube was released, and not all games supported 60hz PAL output, 480p and widescreen. Nintendont lets you force games to use the higher resolution and output in 16:9. Though widescreen works, it can cause some issues in games. The software also comes with support for other tweaks, like a cheats database, and there are a few original Wii-only features worth noting too. Original Wii owners are the only ones who can use Nintendont to play original or backup discs.