WiiCompiled lets you play Mario Kart Wii natively on PC

MeowthBlep · 2026-08-26T14:26:59+0100

Mega hype

NostalgicMillennial · 2026-08-26T14:27:05+0100

Download it now folks

Edit: oh shit. Only PAL? Thats new.

Mixtape · 2026-08-26T15:31:53+0100

shaunj66 said:
...this method allows the game to run at [...] uncapped frame rates...

Small, nitpicky correction here based on the GitHub README:

The original game is hard-locked to 60 fps. The runtime can generate interpolated frames in between, so on a120/144 Hz monitor things genuinely look smoother.

So it's not necessarily a "higher framerate" as much as the appearance of one. Plus, you'll get the standard bundle of artifacts that come with interpolation. It's still a great feature though!

My thoughts:

shaunj66 said:
Please note that WiiCompiled does not include any Nintendo game files or assets

I'm always a big fan of this. It's extra work obviously, but it's the better option.

After giving the repo a bit of a read, the system requirements are a bit disappointing. In particular, not having native Linux support (yet!) is a bummer. The project is built with Aurora. That uses SDL and Vulkan to achieve cross-platform compatibility, so that opportunity being broken in the downstream is unfortunate. Nothing's stopping it from being implemented down the line though, and Proton might always be able to do its thing. I'd be curious to know if anyone's tested that yet.

Meanwhile, the hardware requirements are... odd? In particular, the need for a 1650 or newer on the NVIDIA side of things is a little surprising to me. They point to driver support as the root of that constraint, but I'm curious which of their dependencies rely on features covered by the 1650 and not, say, the 10 series.

Overall though, what an awesome project. I'm interested in seeing how widely it's adopted, especially given that the alternative option of using Dolphin is relatively mature. Regardless though, more options for preserving older games like this are rarely a bad thing.

antiNT · 2026-08-26T15:47:21+0100

Does it support multiplayer with a real Wii?

Osha · 2026-08-26T16:36:52+0100

Oh right, it's the vibe coded one. Screw this.

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