The Dolphin Wii/GameCube emulator is coming to Steam this year

Dolphin is the premiere Wii and GameCube emulator, and it will soon be available on Steam, and it will support Steam Deck.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Oh very very nice

[Activemessiah]

I can hear Nintendo's lawyers winding up lol

[XxINFERNUSxX]

Emulators are not illegal. If there were roms bundled together then yeah Nintendo would get involved.😁
But the rom collections are so easy to download, which in that case Nintendo is helpless, and we all win.

[MadLad]

They can't do a thing about emulators on a legal level.

Hell; I still run everything up to the GameCube/PS2 generation on my damn Series S lol.

[XxINFERNUSxX]

The Series S is really good for emulation. ETA Prime has a video on it if you ever see his channel. You know Nintendo has GameCube/DS/3DS games in their sights for us to pay all over again on their next console most likely. They are not fooling me twice 🤣

[Number1TailzFan]

What difference would a Steam release make? Even if Nintendo kicks up a fuss it won't matter as you can still get it elsewhere..

[Terry_B]

...more..many more people will know about it. Most people know nothing about emulation at all.

[Amplitude]

Steam controller config, play time tracking, community posts, automatic updates, remote play, play with friends, maybe cloud saves

[SpacedDuck]

I'm confused given this was pre loaded on my Steam Deck already lol.

[WackoDaSniper]

This is massive for emulation. A gamecube/wii emulator allowed on Steam that will natively support Steam client and Steam deck users. Imagine inviting your steam friends for online matches of Melee or Double Dash via Dolphin netplay. This is wild and I imagine Nintendo is raging intensely and plotting against Lord GabeN

[Inverno]

Will make things easier for Deck users

[Lexreborn2]

Definitely would use this on my steam deck lol I would love to play skies of Arcadia portable again

[Amplitude]

I mean you can just install it from Desktop mode and add the shortcut to Steam. You can even make an icon for Skies of Arcadia that launches the game through Dolphin really easily. Quick google'll give you directions :)

[Lexreborn2]

I’ll take it, I Honestly just didn’t want to do an other OS on my steam deck. Mostly because I have to much going on with my 3 jobs that I really don’t want to use my spare time modifying my steam deck I rarely get to play.

So the simpler the better, I’ll google it now.

[Lexreborn2]

Just installed dolphin and skies, and all I’m trying to do is figure out how to use it in big picture mode

[GoodGuy09]

I just got the deck and boy is it great for the price. Unfortunately there are things here and there that need...workarounds etc. However, valve and the community support it so well that I have that much more confidence in the deck's future.

My only real gripe is that I wish it was smaller and lighter. Hope they release a lite version some day down the line as I play light games on the go, then I play big games on my desktop. The bulkiness and weight are tough to hold while playing on bed lol.