The Steam Deck we have at home:

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• FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The WiiU was ahead of its time.

  Great little console.

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  • smeg@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The WiiU crawled so the Switch could walk so the Deck could run

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  • hunterirving@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    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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    • FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yeah, it did so many things wrong and had so many little annoyances regarding the gamepad.

      Still, great games and a wonderful charm to it.

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    • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      The virtual boy was ahead of its time, too. Teleroboxer is still my favorite game that no one played.

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    • TeddE@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      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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  • slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I’m a bit confused why it never really caught on. It had so much potential. I loved playing a game while having the map on the little screen for example. Or the inventory or whatever.

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  • rmuk@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I agree. I think the problem with it is that it was just too complicated. With most Nintendo system what you see is what you get - with the Wii, those people having a good time swinging around their little Toblerones really are playing a game; the Switch really is a home console grade portable handheld thing; the WiiU manages to look like both those things without being either.

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    • FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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

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• DJalexTheGameDev@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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• Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Oh it looks cool! Great way to recycle something👍

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  • hunterirving@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Thank you! I think the impracticality of it all adds an extra layer of fun :-)

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    • cardfire@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Always, this. :)

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• HouseWolf@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  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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  • hunterirving@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Most definitely!

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  • skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I believe MattKC is working on emulating WiiU game pads, but I don’t think it’s possible yet.

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• rabber@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Wii U is one of the best consoles of all time and hardly anyone knows it

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  • BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Eeeehhhhh…

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  • hunterirving@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    There are dozens of us!

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  • dinckelman@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I would definitely not push it that far, but it was just good enough. I liked the tablet, and a lot of the games that were showcased on it were fun. All it had to be was a little more powerful, and not be absolutely destroyed by the horrible branding

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    • viral.vegabond@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      'super wii'

      it was right there...

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• k0mprssd@pie.bumbum.lol ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  its so cursed... I love it

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• FRYD@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  What’s the latency like on that? I have a dusty wiiU and this seems like a fun little project

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  • hunterirving@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Slightly perceptible, but totally playable. Considering all the hops it has to make, it’s surprisingly good. I have both my WiiU and my desktop hooked up to Ethernet, which helps. Games like Portal 2 work well because they don’t usually require split second inputs, but anything requiring precision (like a rhythm game) would probably be a struggle.

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  • Akip@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    negligible compared to the pal display and jet engine noise?

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    • FRYD@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I have no idea what you’re talking about.

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• beastlykings@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  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?

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  • hunterirving@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    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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    • beastlykings@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      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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• Turret3857@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

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

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  • hunterirving@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    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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    • Turret3857@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Idk if you have one already, but the Wii LAN adapter helps a lot with latency and bitrate. It won’t help the limitations of the Wii U Gampads poor Signal strength, but its something :P

      Also, moonlight works pretty alright on the 3DS and Switch if youre looking for more projects lol

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• iamdisappoint@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This is really cool! I have an old WiiU, adding this to my project list… :)

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• ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Holy bezels, I remember having a Wii U

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• Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  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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