Previous versions of Dolphin would either have choppy music or sound latency. That’s not the case anymore. Another big improvement has been more accurate sound emulation. If someone wants, they can truly make an awesome HD Wii under their television.

Now there is proper system emulation as well, meaning that you can boot Dolphin to look as if you’re turning on your Wii. Also, because GameCube and Wii were part of the standard definition generation, games that took advantage of progressive scan now run more smoothly. Games that required time, like The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask now are much more playable. With improvements in depth emulation, certain objects that were obscured by other objects aren’t so much an issue anymore, and objects in the distance look sharper. Other texture glitches, that had given games like The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker a stuttery effect, were also addressed. Depth matrix shader accuracy has been improved, which allowed textures in the distance to have depth and look more accurate when approaching. There are a lot of graphical improvements as well. Well, with 5.0, not only is it the fastest Dolphin yet, a lot of those cool extras that could only be done on an emulator should be working. It was more important for games to perform as they were originally intended than to enable cheats. According to the Dolphin 5.0 blog post, each version of Dolphin would sacrifice cool features for accuracy, which would also hinder performance.

The most notable fix was making Dolphin perform a lot faster. The new 5.0 update brings about a ton of new fixes. Related: Burger King toy turns into a “Game Boy Color Nano” If you have ever wanted to play Metroid Prime in stereoscopic 3D, now is your chance. The Dolphin development team released the long-awaited 5.0 update to its excellent GameCube and Wii emulator.

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