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Dolphin adds support for Wii MotionPlus emulation
We've seen some notable improvements made to Dolphin lately, from the rewrite and unification of its video back ends to the addition of a Netplay server browser; yet the news doesn't seem to stop there. Thanks to the efforts of a developer known as Billiard, the ever so popular Gamecube and Wii emulator is finally able to add a long sought after feature to its list of capabilities: Wii MotionPlus emulation!
The peripheral was originally released by Nintendo in 2009 as a small dongle that could be connected to the Wii Remote's extension port. Thanks to it, supported games could make use of its integrated gyroscope, allowing for better and more precise motion controls. The company also released the Wii Remote Plus around a year later, which integrated the MotionPlus' features inside the remote itself, thus removing the need of an external dongle. Some popular games which require the MotionPlus in order to be played are The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Wii Sports Resort, and Red Steel 2. Emulating the device proved to be a challenge for Dolphin's developers, meaning the only possible solution to play said games was to connect a real Wii Remote and MotionPlus to the PC. However, this is no longer the case, as MotionPlus emulation is now available starting from build 5.0-10056! The dev team has uploaded a video demostrating the feature in action:
A technical explaination has also been posted on Dolphin's blog, documenting everything from understanding the device's encryption to getting precise motion controls to work, which is linked in the sources below.
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