Homebrew Honestly curious (prepare yourself)

[ninonino]

Could Sonic Mania at some point in the far future run on a Wii? I'm no genius with this stuff but the game's about 186mb but I dunno how that really plays into a homebrew port

 

[Deleted User]

You'd have to either port or emulate it. The Wii (obviously) can't emulate the XONE/PS4/Switch, and nobody is willing to spend years porting a modern retail game to the Wii. And porting would be nigh impossible in the first place, since we don't have the source code.
Besides, the Wii likely isn't powerful enough to run such a game in the first place.

Sorry to crush your dreams, but no.

 

[ninonino]

Simply curious lol, I already got it and awaiting for PC release. Just wanted to see how far the Wii could potentially go (not very from what I'm reading)

 

[Burnt Lasagna]

I doubt the current state of Sonic Mania's internals could be made to run on older hardware like the Wii.
However, nothing about Sonic Mania's visuals screams "not possible on Wii". I bet a fully-featured and enjoyable Wii port could be made, though no one will likely do so.