By configuring the emulated Wiimote on Dolphin, using your own gamepad, you can use the gamepad in the way you like. You can select what button, or movement to emulate with which button, trigger, or stick on the gamepad. Of course some games also support the classic controller and the Gamecube pad. But your choice depends on what gamepad you have. Open the Dolphin Emulator on your Mac. Go to its “Tools” menu. Choose “Real Wiimote” for Wiimote 1 controller (not “Emulated Wiimote”) Click the “ Refresh ” button under the “Real Wiimotes” section. Hey guys my name is Scoby and in todays tutorial I show you how to play Nintendo Wii games on PC! This is going to be a nice easy tutorial and for this proce.

Though the Nintendo GameCube and Wii were discontinued years ago, lots of gamers continue playing these consoles’ immortal classics. While some do it on physical consoles, others download emulators to run their favorite titles on personal computers. If you’re a fan of GameCube and Wii and you own a powerful machine, you may try playing console games with Dolphin Emulator.

This emulation tool will make your gameplay even more enjoyable since most games look much better on the emulator than they look on the original consoles. Moreover, with Dolphin, you’ll be able to run games at 1080p resolution in fullscreen mode, which is impossible on physical GameCube and Wii.

How to get started?

As has been noted above, all modern computers are capable of running Dolphin Emulator. A standard 3 GHz (or higher) dual-core CPU is quite sufficient for Dolphin. NVIDIA and ATI graphics cards are the best options for the said emulator. Still, if you have an integrated graphics card, don’t get upset. Change some necessary settings and you’ll be able to achieve the best possible speed of emulation (provided your processor is powerful enough).

Though Dolphin is compatible with the most popular operating systems (Mac, Windows, and Linux), we recommend using the Windows 64-bit OS, if possible.

As you know, you cannot play physical discs on the emulator, which means that you’ll need to create a virtual image of your GameCube and Wii games. Find a flash stick or an SD card. Make sure that it has enough space for your ripped games. Then, you’ll need to download a special program called CleanRip from Google. This program will help you make a copy of your GameCube or Wii game disc and subsequently run it on the new emulator. As soon as you decompress the obtained file, make sure to transfer its contents to your flash stick.

Once you copied the folder to your flash stick or SD card, you can connect it to your Wii. Select “CleanRip” option and press the “Start” button.

When prompted, insert your GameCube or Wii disc into the console and proceed with dumping the disc on your USB flash drive.

You’ll need to wait until your disc finishes dumping. When the process is complete, take out your flash stick and connect it to your computer. Now you have games to play on Dolphin Emulator.

Downloading Game ROMs from the Internet

As you see, the process of ripping games is time-consuming and quite tiresome. There is an alternative way of obtaining GameCube and Wii games from the Internet. You can Google for either a specific game you want to play on the emulator or for GameCube/Wii games in general. The web is full with abandonware and retro gaming related websites offering countless ROM files of your favorite console games. We recommend checking out RomsMode, a safe to use online resource distributing high-quality emulation software and ROMs. On this website, you’ll select and download the best games to play on Dolphin.

• You probably know that downloading the ROM files of the games you don’t own is considered illegal. It’s up to you to decide whether or not to download the images of the console games you didn’t purchase. As for the ROMs of the games you own or owned back in the day, you have every right to download them from third-party sources and run them on your emulator.

Playing Game on Dolphin Emulator

Now that you have games to play, go visit the Dolphin Emulator official website and download the emulator to your PC.

Once you unpack the emulator and install it, visit its menu. From the menu, select “Config” and then the “Paths” option. After that locate the folder containing your ripped games or downloaded ROMs. Double-click on the selected game to launch it.

Now you can enjoy playing your favorite old school classics on your PC with Dolphin Emulator!

I was one of those guys that bought the Wii off of eBay shortly after its release at a scalper's ransom. For months my roommates and I would drink beer, talk trash, and play Wii Sports bowling for hours on end. Of course the Wii never got many quality games but the console was worth the price alone for all the fun we had with Wii Sports.

A decade later my Wii doesn't work very well; the discs are scratched and the Wii usually spits out any disk I put into it, which is a shame because my four year old is just getting into gaming. After a bit of research I've found that Dolphin, the emulator I found to play Gamecube games, can also emulate Wii games. It took a few hours of experimentation but I finally figured out how to play Wii games on my Mac. Let's have a look!

Step 1: Get Dolphin

The Dolphin app is an emulator for both Gamecube and Wii. Download and install Dolphin emulator and you should see this screen when you open the app:

Step 2 (Optional): Get the Wiimote Dependencies

This step is only required if you want to use real wiimotes to play wii games on your Mac. Many gamers have mentioned that the Xbox controller is an excellent alternative.

Start by opening System Preferences > Bluetooth and ensuring Bluetooth is turned on. Despite being a bluetooth device, the wiimote does require a bit of extra software to work as desired:

• foodhid: OSX IOKit driver for implementing virtual HID devices (joypads, keyboards, etc.)
• WJoy: Nintendo Wiimote driver for Mac OS X. Unfortunately the current version of the original repository has an immediately disconnecting defect so use this forked version which contains fixes so your Wiimote can stay connected.

The WJoy utility may not be needed to play games with Dolphin but it's a very useful app for using a Wiimote for any purpose on Mac. WJoy displays in the menu bar and allows you to open or close Wiimote discoverability. Click the 'Begin Discovery' menu item, then grab your Wiimote and hold the red pairing button near the Wiimote's batteries; WJoy will quickly discover and pair your Wiimote!

Step 3: Configure the Wiimote or Other Remote within Dolphin

Dolphin does not initially detect your Wiimote so you'll need to manually configure your Wiimote (or Xbox controller) within the Options > Controller Settings menu. Find the 'Wiimotes' heading and choose either 'Emulated Remote' (for a controller other than Wiimote) or 'Real Wiimote' if you have a Wiimote.

Notice that you can use up to four real Wiimotes (it works!). You'll also want to turn on the 'Continuous Scanning' option under the 'Real Wiimote' heading.

After initial setup, Dolphin will remember any configuration you've created. Once Dolphin recognizes your Wiimote, the Wiimote will rumble and make the typical Wiimote chime.

Step 4: Load an ISO and Play!

Click Dolphin's 'Open' icon and choose an Wii game ISO file. The game will start and you're ready to play!

My 2017 13' MacBook Pro plays Wii Sports flawlessly, even without the Wii sensor bar. The swinging and other Wiimote motions are just as responsive as my old Wiimote. Kudos to the developers of Dolphin and the Wiimote drivers for making all of this Magic happen!