The Steam Deck we have at home:

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• FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The WiiU was ahead of its time.

  Great little console.

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  • smeg@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • hunterirving@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨months⁩ 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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  • rmuk@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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• Adam@r.nf ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  That’s awesome love creative setups like this. I’ve been experimenting with a few streaming tools too, and it’s wild how much you can do with older hardware. If you’re into portable entertainment setups, you should also check out CloudStream APK it’s great for streaming media smoothly without the bloat.

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• Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Oh it looks cool! Great way to recycle something👍

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  • hunterirving@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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    • cardfire@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Always, this. :)

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• rabber@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Eeeehhhhh…

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  • hunterirving@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There are dozens of us!

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  • dinckelman@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      'super wii'

      it was right there...

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• FRYD@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    negligible compared to the pal display and jet engine noise?

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    • FRYD@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I have no idea what you’re talking about.

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• HouseWolf@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨months⁩ ago

    Most definitely!

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• k0mprssd@pie.bumbum.lol ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  its so cursed... I love it

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• beastlykings@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨months⁩ 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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• DJalexTheGameDev@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Image

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• Turret3857@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • hunterirving@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Holy bezels, I remember having a Wii U

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• Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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