Lightweight application Easy to set up and run Lots of configuration and settings
Cons
Lots of settings can make it complicated
Dolphin Emulator
Price: $
Dolphin Emulator is the Wii emulator for your PC that you are looking for. If you have ever wished to play all those Nintendo games on your PC, the Dolphin Emulator is your answer. The interesting part to notice here is that every PC in modern times is more powerful and optimized than a Nintendo console, so the performance and graphics that you will get will be even better than on the original consoles.
Dolphin has the support for Gamecube as well as the Wii, which means you will be able to play all the latest and greatest Nintendo games on your PC. You can play games in a resolution as high as full HD (1080p) for crystal clear crisp quality and high definition graphics with several features such as using controllers, turbo speed, multiplayer, and a few more.
While initially, the support was only for Gamecube, Dolphin, later on, added support for Wii as well, since it already had similar hardware to the Gamecube, making it easy for the emulator to adapt and work. With that being said, you can play all the famous Nintendo games on the Dolphin emulator on your PC by configuring the settings properly.
The settings can be a little complicated and confusing for the new user, but if you have used Nintendo Wii or Nintendo Gamecube before, you will have an easy time setting it up. All the settings are familiar for Nintendo users. All the games that the Gamecube supports are supported and you can boot them in the Dolphin Emulator.
There are a ton of customization options available ranging from resolution to speed limit to interface and so much more. If that is not enough, there are further settings that you can change and modify. One last thing, you do not have to install the emulator. All you have to do is download and extract the compressed file. Run it and you are good to go.
Dolphin Emulator is the best and one of the very rare emulators for Nintendo Gamecube and Wii video game consoles that we all love. While the only downside is a lot of settings, all else is good and you are good to go.
Reviewed by Hamza Sadiq (editor rating 4.5 out of 5 stars)
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Additional info
Minimum requirements
• 64-bit Visual C++ redistributable for Visual Studio 2022 • 64-bit edition of Windows (7 SP1 or higher) • A CPU with SSE2 support
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• A reasonably modern graphics card (Direct3D 10.0 / OpenGL 3.0)
Recommended requirements
• Modern CPU (3 GHz and Dual Core, not older than 2008) • A graphics card that supports Direct3D 11 / OpenGL 4.4 / Vulkan 1.1