The graphics aren't any better, but they are crisper, which is really all you can ask for if the Wii were to have an HD resolution. I still wish it had something higher than 480p for those of us who cared.

Hmmm.... Where do I start? Maybe at the part where you said emulating was ILLEGAL :O Are you sure about that Mr Sterling? Because you seem to be misleading quite a few idiots here. If you own the console and the game your emulating, then trust me, its very legit. The Dolphin Devs have worked through sweat and blood to please their community and you just accused them all of being criminals. I think you have some apologising to do...

And for the N00bs/Idiots/Whatever your parents call you, if your gonna believe that, then i say, YES, red bull does give you wings -_-

"I said you're a pirate who gets on his high horse and spews bullshit, like your little community on that site".

This..

Despite all this, you still are outright accusing anyone that uses emulators as being a pirate by accusing me of "Being a pirate who get's on his high horse".

So if I am a pirate on his high horse, I suppose that makes you a troll on his high horse?

What part did you miss out of the several times I said I own and have dumped all my games myself? I shouldn't need to take it any further by posting pictures of my games and Wii that I own.

May I also ask what proof you have that I ever pirated anything, or don't own the system and games?

Admittedly I created an account to clear up these misconceptions or harsh views and comments towards to emulation community that have no validity or basis to them.

Misconceptions are what leads to problems if they are allowed to exist and continue, I am only clearing up and correcting the striking obvious.

My comments were completely justified on the subject. The way your comments were typed, conducted and construed confirms this even more so. I really shouldn't have to waste my time here arguing this any further. My time can be better spent elsewhere that is more deserving of the attention rather than feeding into the ego of someone else on matters that should be common knowledge in the first place.

By the way, you fail at trolling. It may work on others, but it doesn't fly with me bud. ;)

It also seems as if your caps lock is having problems, caps lock doesn't make your point or reply any more valid. Also learn to spell, I don't feel like mentioning the bad grammar and spelling your replies contained in addition to dead stops in your sentence structure.

Sure my grammar or spelling isn't perfect either, but it is at least a hell of a lot more comprehensible and presentable.

Regarding the legality of Wii emulation: I've heard it is actually legal to have an emulator for a system (which would explain why zophar's domain is still around). It's just illegal to download roms for it. But if you buy the games and rip the roms, I'm pretty sure you're in the clear. But copyright law is extremely vague, so I'm not 100% sure, and it might only be legal in the US. Nintendo could presumably still attempt to sue, but I don't know if they would bother...

Needless to say, I don't see too much of a difference in the screenshots. I don't really give a damn about HD and surround sound and all that crap unless it makes the game play better, anyway.

Sheesh, you need to chill. No need to be so rude -_-

It was not over nothing, I corrected a phrase by the author of the article who made the insinuation of emulation being illegal.

Misinformation or misconceptions should not go unnoticed without corrections, I was merely pointing out this fact to the misinformed ignorant masses that continue to equate emulation with piracy and deem emulation as illegal as piracy.

It is not a personal crusade either, if I didn't like something someone said in real life, I wouldn't hesitate to point it out. Am I not allowed to offer critique so that corrections can be made and the same mistake wasn't made in the future?

My response was directed only toward those who posted rude or misinformed comments, and the author of the article with his insinuation of emulation being illegal with his phrase "but those of us in the realm of the law-abiding will have to simply dream of what might one day be real".

That sounds like a pretty blatant stab at emulation being illegal to me, when on contrary the opposite is quite true.

You should of been clear on exactly what you meant, and as someone said you've quite been rude since your initial reply to my comment. Not to mention your original reply was quite rude to begin with regardless of whether you think so or not, considering my reply did not apply to you in any shape or form.

Also in regards to your original comment just because you assume the commentators or posters in that thread may of pirated something, it does not mean they did. You have no valid proof to back it up, just a baseless assumption on your personal beliefs that means diddly squat.

I only agreed to there being members that pirate copyrighted materials, I was not agreeing to anyone in that particular thread being guilty of it.

It's normal that there will always be someone who uses something illegally that was intended for legal purposes, it would be asinine to flat out deny it. You will find a lot of this at any community you come across, but those members are usually set in their place to heed to the rules especially when it comes to copyright infringement.

Why did you bother replying to me in the first place, if you were aware of emulation being legal? My comment wasn't directed towards you in any way, it did not concern you whatsoever, only those I was correcting on the subject.

This whole argument could of been avoided if you avoided it in the first place, what reason was there for such a reply for something you were aware from to begin with? What reason was there for a comment, when my reply didn't directly apply to you to begin with?

Something tells me you wouldn't of bothered replying unless you were just as guilty as those I was directing my reply towards and took offense to it.

In this thread: Butthurt emulation fanboys.

Looks like that's another fanboy sector I can cross off my "insane people I have somehow offended" list.

OMG. So smooth. ,without the blur!

Doesn't Nintendo World have an HD Wii? I remember watching a video or something.

Looks better than most 360 games. Ha!

Xtreme2damax, I only read your fist couple of posts before I almost bored myself to sleep, but I do love how, in your relentless pursuit of some elusive moral high ground which you will never find, you compare the use of illegal torrents and console emulators with two things: A knife and a car. Since the car is essentially the logical conclusion of the invention of the wheel, you may wish to consider the following:

The wheel: integral to the development of our species
Cutting tools: integral to the development of our species
Emulators and torrents: Um....yeah.

Please don't try and justify the fact that your PC is filled to the brim with stolen stuff by comparing chalk to cheese.

Personally, I don't see THAT much of a difference. Does it look better? Yeah. Does the Wii leave room for improvment? Of course. But saying "these images show the Wii could've been soooooooooo much more!" Meh...

I have thus concluded that some of the commentators are a bunch of retards, I pointed out out something in the article and in a few comments to be corrected which you felt the need to directly target and bash me on.

Perhaps part of it was my fault for how I presented my first reply, I should of just been straightforward without the unneeded extra junk. Regardless though there was still no need to target or attempt to bash me if what was mentioned never applied to you to begin with.

Please remind or convince me why you are bothering to reply if you know that emulation is legal, when my comments or replies never applied to you in the first place?

"Please don't try and justify the fact that your PC is filled to the brim with stolen stuff by comparing chalk to cheese".

Thanks for also proving how much of a fucking idiot you are by trolling without even reading what I typed, what part did you fucking miss of the several times I stated that I buy and make backups of my games, and by the way pirating shit is impossible on my internet connection?

Likewise, you have no proof that everyone into emulation is pirating, an assumption without facts or proof to back it up is just a baseless assumption that has no validity to it.

You'll always find a group of people that will use something illegally that was intended for legal use, the rest of us shouldn't fucking be lumped into that group just because of the group that chooses to use emulation as a tool or vehicle for illegal activities by pirating.

Thanks for proving how much of an utter failure you are, I think you somehow missed the entire point I was making in my replies and just decided to spout off random crap.

You guys seem to think or believe I mentioned this because I'm on some moral high ground or crusade, when I was only pointing out a phrase in the article in addition to correcting a few comments, hoping they might be acknowledged and corrected.

So fucking sue me for critiquing and correcting a few things sheesh..

Next time I'll try to make my replies more presentable so I am not misconstrued or targeted, I suppose also using [serious][/serious] [not serious][/not serious] tags are needed since some seem to have a stick stuck up their asses from the tree that sits atop "their law-abiding moral high ground".

Perhaps I set my self up with the following phrase in my original reply "It seems some of the commentators here have became the laughing stock and disgrace of the emulation community. :P"

I should of just left that out along with the other random junk, and kept the valid points in my original reply to save from being targeted by an angry mob.

I just don't even get why some of you bothered to target me and bash me for my reply when it never even applied to most of you to begin with?

If I wrote an article I'd be thankful if someone pointed out the mistakes to be corrected, after all professionalism goes a long way in making a column more presentable to keep readers attached.

Sorry for somehow offending some of you in my alleged "moral crusade" by pointing out a few things to be corrected.

Now I remember why I stuck to forums, since blogs, their comments are usually filled to the brim with trolling idiot kids that have no respect for anyone and should not be allowed on the internet.

Also the exact same reason why I avoid reading comments on Youtube videos, most of them are utter garbage.

@WhiteX wii piracy has been out since the console came out- you need to be a bit more on the ball about it.

my personal take on this though is that, if the games are designed with the wii hardware in mind and the wii has limitations, why does it matter how far you up or downscale or what have you- the wii has a limited poly count and has rendering limitations so it will only be a cleaner or dirtier version of the same thing, in essence if you have a 12x12 box and dump the contents into a 36x36 box the contents don't get bigger they just have more space

@funran I don't see the wii as a disappointment, though I look at it for what it is and not what it is compared to other consoles. I think that it is liknd of sad though that nintendo used to be on the cutting edge of the market and now has become what they are today

Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, using a means of circumventing copyright protection is a violation. That includes using hardware that is different from what the software was designed to run on when the original hardware is no longer readily available due to obsolescence. While it hasn't come up in a case yet, and may not, the "gray area" many emulation enthusiasts like to get excited about could be a bit more narrow than they think.

Oh, Jim, it's not that the Wii is capable of this. It's your PC's GPU adding filters like AA and AS, as well as upping the resolution. So no, the Wii couldn't do this.

Oh, and I'm going to emulate stuff whether it's illegal or not. I bought the game, I'll play it how I bloody well like, thank you.

I should add that I wasn't targeting or attempting to cause a problem, only providing an answer to your reply.

Emulation is also not just about preservation, it is often about enhancing the experience with features the original hardware is not capable of or working around the limitations of the hardware itself.

With Dolphin, the virtual Gamecube memory cards are essentially limitless as to how many saves can be contained in them. There's also post processing shaders, save states, ability to swap textures freely with high resolution or custom textures, ability to apply any resolution or level of AA/AF to games your system is capable of, and other various filters which the original hardware is not capable of nor will it ever be.

I have tried brawl on it and it is alot better. I currently bust out my N64 emulator so that I can play some wetrix every so often. Emulators are awesome!