Super Mario Galaxy at 1080p! Official analysis of the Nintendo Wii emulator - Gameplay Tegra X1 / Shield TV



How can Wii games work on Switch? Well, here's a potential answer - with Nintendo support, Super Mario Galaxy officially works on an Nvidia Shield TV - using the same Tegra X1 part as its hybrid console. It is thanks to a very accomplished emulator that works behind the scenes, although there are many advantages and disadvantages to this approach, as Tom and Rich discuss.

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49 Comments

  1. Maybe i missed it, whats the source for this being an emulator, is it not a port from wii to switch? Does nintendo switch have a nintendo wii emulator?

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  2. There are upresed textures that you can download and run with dolphin

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  3. I just booted my Wii on my new 4k TV. Even with this games true 16:9 mode, it's bad. You can barely make anything out past Mario lol. I really want to an HD port of this

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  4. would liek to see this on the switch. Looks so bad on the wii

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  5. As much as I would love an HD 60fps port of Super Mario Galaxy (My favourite game of all time), I can't imagine it playing well on the Switch since it's pointer controls are a lot less accurate than a Wii Remote and having to use an analog stick for the cursor would be incredibly slow and tedious...

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  6. Why is it so hard to get GameCube games on modern hardware? I admit it. I was a young little graphic snob back then. I looked at the gamecube and dismissed it as Xbox was Superior in performance.

    I never thought about the Nintendo exclusive game experience. I've paid my debt for my ignorance. Please someone make this shit run like a Nintendo title should on something modern.

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  7. Pack this with SMG2 and release it for Switch, Nintendo. Pls.

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  8. Where I can import a chinese Shield TV?

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  9. 2:08 dont you hate it when you fall over by talking to blue lumas?

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  10. Oh for fucks sake!!!! I want this on my Switch!!!

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  11. I WANT. But I want SMG2 even more because I was on a break from gaming when that was a thing... guess its not too late to get the Wii version...

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  12. Can you imagine what could happen if Nintendo released official HD emulators for each console in its history on the switch. With its back catalogue of awesome games that can only be found on a Nintendo system, it could be a game changer. HD GoldenEye, the good Mario party games, GameCube fzero. All the Zelda games should be on switch, hand held and console versions. Surely the big N can monetize that.

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  13. why cant this happen on the switch already!!!

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    Mario Legacy Collection
    ☆Super Mario 64
    ☆Super Mario Sunshine
    ☆Super Mario Galaxy
    ☆Super Mario Galaxy 2
    All Remastered at 1080p 60fps!
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    If this happened I would cry.
    If I missed any add below ;)

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  15. The switch does have sensors for moving. And u have seen it before.

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  16. I want ocarina of time remaster on switch, windwaker, twilight princess, and skyward sword. I know I'm being selfish but whatever

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  17. World of goo for the nintendo switch recreates the wii pointer with gyroscope if im not mistaken

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  18. Dolphin will load texture packs on boot to replace the old assets, be it low res textures or other things like button images. That's probably what the Shield version is doing.

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  19. This should be ported to the Switch, no question about it

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  20. The Switch does make use of pointer controls, however it's not with the IR camera as far as I know, it's with the gyroscope. World of Goo uses these pointer controls on the Switch.

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  21. Nintendo was willing to remake their greatest games ever, updating the quality and remapping the controls...
    And then they only released it in ONE country. Thanks for the big middle finger Nintendo.

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  22. I would buy the crap out of this on the switch

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  23. Hey Nintendo, why dont you releases on your own fucking console to make it worth while? Oh wait, I have to pay a monthly fee to maybe get this game later.

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  24. I really want this for Switch. Galaxy has some flaws, but it is maybe my favorite Mario game nonetheless. I love the abstract geometry: it's like a whole game full of Bowser levels from SM64, but with dreamy, pleasant visuals and music. It's a little too easy and casual, especially the laughably simple boss fights, but still I love that game.

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  25. I wanna see a official gamecube emulator running on the nvidia shield other than dolphin

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  26. Lol. Not up to quality? Have you played Breath of the Wild?

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  27. World of Goo on the Nintendo switch actually does have pointer controls similar to the Wii, and it just uses the gyro controls.

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  28. You say its an emulator but they actually have the chinese language and the A button at the title screen where as the Wii version has you push A and B

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  29. Someone please put the English version on this and release the apk!

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  30. You gonna tell me you notice a framerate drop from 60 to 59 while playing?!

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  31. 10:45 wow you feel it when fps 59 from 60

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  32. This game has always been beautiful and remains beautiful. Odyssey is far behind.

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  33. What a video and what a way to comment. Brilliant.

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  34. Toad's Treasure Tracker actually does have a pointer which works pretty well. So this is quite doable.

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  35. I hope they bring metroid prime trilogy to switch someway
    It would be amazing!

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  36. are you going to be sharing the APK? so we could find a port to the US shield.

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  37. I wonder if other high end android smartphones from this year can run this Nvidia Shield Port at full/decent speed (NOT dolphin)

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  38. One question: Go vacation (a wii game) is going to be ported to the switch. Could you take a look at it and tell us if it also runs on an emulator?

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  39. That means we can get wii games emulated on switch.

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  40. World of goo, little inferno, human resource machine and another lost phone: laura’s story are all games I have played that utilise pointer controls on the switch, and I am sure there are many more. So pointer controls would work fine for wii emulation on the switch as it works the exact same way that skyward sword uses pointer controls with wii motion plus.

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