I used the Sunshine game streaming software and the WiiU homebrew port of Moonlight to get game streaming working on a WiiU gamepad. It’s sort of like a bootleg Steam Deck, and it works surprisingly well, but it mostly just made me want a Steam Deck.
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.
FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
The WiiU was ahead of its time.
Great little console.
smeg@feddit.uk 2 months ago
The WiiU crawled so the Switch could walk so the Deck could run
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.