For years, progress in the emulation scene stagnated when in came to Game Boy Advance to GameCube connectivity; a feature used in some games. This is because the task is no easy one as it requires thorough understanding of the two systems. However, with its 0.9 release, popular GBA emulator mGBA emulator brings support for connecting to Dolphin as well as some fixes on Dolphin's end of the GBA <-> GCN protocol to improve stability when connecting with any supported GBA emulator (not just mGBA).

The official Dolphin Emulator YouTube channel released a new video today testing the feature on several games, concluding that connectivity is better than ever:

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However, a new article on the Dolphin Emulator website notes that there are certain issues with some games like The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles. These issues can be attributed to the latency with the current protocol. That said, the Dolphin Emulator team says that they have a plan to address those issues by integrating the emulators more closely and include mGBA features in the process like save states and netplay.

You can check the Dolphin Emulator article in the source link below for more details about this feature and for a compatibility list.

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[Mythical]

sick, love new features like this

 

[Nerdtendo]

Yee haw. Would this work with the switch version? Sorry if it's been answered in that vid but I don't have time to watch

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Well damn, that's really neat. I don't think I play/plan on playing any games with the GBA-GC link, but adding that compatibility just makes Dolphin that much better an alternative to the real thing.

 

[Aoba]

Wow, well that's awesome.

 

[Arras]

Wasn't this already possible with Visualboyadvance?

 

[Mark McDonut]

dolphin performance in general has been incredible the past couple years, I've been playing the wiiware konami rebirth games (contra, castlevania, gradius) on my phone (LG G7) with a razor kishi controller and they play perfectly. These dudes are on fire.

 

[raxadian]

So now you can finally transfer Pokemon and play those Zelda games... yay!

 

[Justinde75]

Will be a great feature for stuff like the pokemon games

 

[Topaz95]

If only I had friends to try this with.

 

[Keylogger]

WoW i can now connect Pokémon colosseum and Pokémon box to my gba games

 

[Seliph]

Whoa this rocks

 

[Lightyose]

I like this a lot.

 

[LeyendaV]

The milestones hit by the emulation community never stop amazing me.

 

[Hanafuda]

That's pretty cool. Guess I'll have to try this emu now. Haven't messed with GBA emu for a long time.

I have all the original hardware to do this too. Gamecube, AGS-101, Nintendo official link cable.

 

[Asia81]

Wasn't this already possible with Visualboyadvance?

Yes, but I remember it was tricky to make it to work when I tried to trade with XD/Colosseum and RSE or Channel to get Jirachi. Kinda hard to setup but it worked.

 

[ZeroFX]

Nice, it used to be a bit of a nuisance.

 

[MorningBlunt]

Banging.

 

[TobiasAmaranth]

I would love to play Four Swords with four players. Like, pile everything together with internet connectivity and a zipped download pack of files and be like 'here, friends, you shall now join me in reliving the glory days of Zelda multiplayer' and then I'm playing with a full group for the first time since the original release.

 

[Valwinz]

question i have a real gba cable and Gamecube to PC controller adapter can we connect a real gameboy to the emulator?