Nintendo's Prototype Wii Emulator for the GameCube

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Күн бұрын

In 2005, Nintendo’s engineers were working on early prototypes for their next console, known to fans as the Nintendo Revolution and eventually the Wii. But even though most of its hardware had already been designed by the end of the year, they hadn’t produced any working consoles yet. The console that Nintendo showed off at E3 2005 was just a plastic shell, as core components hadn’t even been prototyped yet. The teams working on the Wii’s operating system needed a way to start development to get everything ready in time for the planned 2006 launch date, so Nintendo’s engineers quickly built a system that would use a GameCube development console, three special accessories never meant to be seen outside of the company, and two PCs each running different operating systems to let them start working on Wii software without actually having any Wiis. This is the story of the Revolution Emulator, Nintendo’s prototype Wii emulator for the GameCube.
00:00 - Opening
01:06 - The Wii's development
03:17 - Overview of the Revolution Emulator
06:27 - Special Hardware
08:18 - RVL-Ocean Board
09:15 - Closing
10:16 - Messages & Credits
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@Lethaltail Жыл бұрын

The "Nov 5 2005" date shown at 8:03 is an artifact of me changing the date on my RVL_SDK VM to bypass the expiration date of the early RVL compiler i used to compile the System Menu shown at 5:17.

@ArtieArchives 8 ай бұрын

Imagine still wearing a face mask when it's almost 2024

@damian9303 8 ай бұрын

⁠⁠@@ArtieArchivesWhen people said they would continue wearing theirs even after the pandemic during corona time, I didn’t actually believe them. Why chastise yourself like that?

@ArtieArchives 8 ай бұрын

@@damian9303 What do you mean?

@damian9303 8 ай бұрын

@@ArtieArchives it’s a rhetorical question, not particularly aimed towards you but to those still wearing face masks even after the pandemic officially ended.

@ArtieArchives 8 ай бұрын

@@damian9303 Oh, in that case I agree with you

@citricdolphin336 8 ай бұрын

Something interesting about the Wii's design: It doesn't have a normal operating system. All games run on bare metal. The Wii System Menu is practically just a game built into the console, and the popup menu when you press the home button is built into every game individually. However, the Wii also has a co-processor called "Starlet," which *does* have its own OS. That's the one mentioned in this video. It's in charge of trying keep things secure and providing API interfaces to games (e.g. USB access).

@tredI9100 7 ай бұрын

The DSi is very similar, there's some boot stuff that initialises things like the Wi-Fi card, and then it just kicks you into the main menu. All the apps are just ROMs, even the main menu.

@diamondjebgold9906 6 ай бұрын

Is that why the controllers lights turn off for a small period then turn back on almost instantly?

@tredI9100 6 ай бұрын

@@diamondjebgold9906 Probably.

@Naitrio 5 ай бұрын

Interesting...

@danplaysguitar6706 5 ай бұрын

@@tredI9100 does that in theory mean the main menu can be emulated?

@jgsh8062 Жыл бұрын

I can't believe we're STILL discovering new Wii and 3DS era stuff. Amazing!!

@KiraSlith 5 ай бұрын

There's still weird indev bits and hardware being discovered for even the GBA, and given newer consoles are so much more complex I doubt we'll be "done" learning about the newer hardware for some time.

@nullset2 6 ай бұрын

So the wii wasn't two gamecubes duct taped together, it was a gamecube, a bunch of weird boards and TWO pcs duct taped together!

@theendofit 5 ай бұрын

It was a decent amount more powerful and gamecube was more powerful then ps2. Why dont you compare the xbox one x to the series s. It is a smaller percentage improvement over it then the wii was to the gamecube

@rayojordan2838 5 ай бұрын

To be fair the Wii had all of these peripherals and Wii motes so it was a Basically a GameCube with Side Activities/Mission 😂 The Wiii U is basically a GameCube and Wii Tied together and the switch is a Wii U game pad with detachable controllers 😂

@iesusdesus5704 5 ай бұрын

@@rayojordan2838? what is 😂 for?

@whispercorner04 8 ай бұрын

This is like that Dave The Barbarian pun "And then, Nintendo engineers improvise the Gamecube succesor with a USB cable, a Linux PC and a Gamecube"

@NewNova88 Жыл бұрын

Hello right there. I'm an owner of 2 RVL-Ocean-X12 boards and 1 RVL-Turtle-01 board. I'm currently doing research to make this work and see what's inside "RVL-Turtle". What I can say based on exterior, and research : The RVL-Ocean-X12 board is an optical disc emulator. It also seem to be the power card since you have to plug a GCN AC Adapter to make it power up. The RVL-Turtle-01 board is a "disc" containing software or firmware. Since no one was able to make it work, nobody, even me, can theorise on what's inside. Since it's an ODEM, the ports to "connect to the Wii disc drive" are probably ports that connect to the Wii directly and substitute the mechanical drive. I'm not sure on this one, I have to grab another Wii to further research (and also a GCN). Since I have 2 boards, I can spot what's missing on the better one. It's just a matter of 1 capacitor, 3 small components (that I have on the bad board) and 1 switch. Although I might not even need the small components and the switch, because it has clearly never been there before (contrary to the capacitor which is ripped off). On my YT channel, I will soon do a presentation of what it is (only in french though). But I will, on my Twitter, provide all the small details of my progress in english. This board is quite mysterious and I want to know what's inside the RVL Turtle.

@BruceShankle Жыл бұрын

Wow, this looks like an surprisingly in-depth explanation of how nintendo developed the Wii... Without the Wii! Thanks for making this video, this is really fascinating content.

@AddableStone13 5 ай бұрын

So is the Wii just a repackaged GameCube but with extra hardware?

@NotMasterGamer Жыл бұрын

The editing quality is insane. I initinaly thought this video was from a channel with thousands of subs. I hope you don't stay criminally underrated

@Lanausse Жыл бұрын

I though the exact same thing!

@jelly063 6 ай бұрын

I wouldn't say it's insane, it could be better, but otherwise I agree.

@Agret 5 ай бұрын

It is now a channel with thousands of subs 🎉

@Agret 4 ай бұрын

@Grayson2763 funny how quickly it can change if you get the KZfaq algorithms attention. I found the video from recommended section.

@asdfghjklNice Жыл бұрын

Subscribed! Can’t wait for the next video!

@pineapplepizza1941 Жыл бұрын

great video, really in depth and explained well. i subbed

@perkanover Жыл бұрын

This video would be good from a channel with 5 million subscribers! Keep up the good work!

@Karlenk0 Жыл бұрын

Your content is very good and really informative ,you should get more visibility, i will share this video to some of my friends, i hope you do well in the future.

@lonely.summers Жыл бұрын

very well done video, i’ll be subscribing and checking out your other videos 👍

@cloudnsec 5 ай бұрын

Love the research put into this documentary!

@RGDYouTube 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@SusiTerry Жыл бұрын

Was the version of Vista they used a prototype or did they get a final build early?

@RGDYouTube Жыл бұрын

Sorry for the confusion; they used XP, the text is just there to clarify because the footage shows Vista. - K

@frodothehobbit 5 ай бұрын

Your video was really interesting few years ago I found out a way to get NDEV, RVT-H, RVT-R. The history behind all this prototype is nice to see for the public.

@keviniaquinto128 Жыл бұрын

This is a fantastic video!

@SylvesterAshcroft88 5 ай бұрын

This is a pretty clever workaround, for hardware limitations at the time, and the fact that they combined all that, into one little white box, is pretty incredible when you think about it, and my original Wii still works to this day, as if it just came of the box!

@RGDYouTube 5 ай бұрын

This was just a prototype thing, it's not in the actual Wii.

@mdrdprtcl 5 ай бұрын

This is incredibly thorough! Sub’d

@tatsuyamashita 5 ай бұрын

great video 🎉

@matty6598 9 ай бұрын

Nice video

@Luke_Stoltenberg 5 ай бұрын

What a convoluted setup

@creeperhaed1267 6 ай бұрын

1:07 "Driftveil City" kicks in 😮‍💨 (some Song from Pokémon Black and White I dunno)

@Gogoseit 5 ай бұрын

so I am NOT alone :3

@espset1234 5 ай бұрын

Theory: I think this might be why the algorithm is pushing this video now..?😅🤔

@creeperhaed1267 5 ай бұрын

@@espset1234 Probably... wait, you also noticed?!?

@espset1234 5 ай бұрын

Oh yes I noticed😅 A few weeks back my girlfriend was dancing to some tiktok and my brain went "wait... This is familiar..." And now this tune is absolutely everywhere, and I just got a feeling the algorith has just gone full driftveil these days😅

@1leon000 9 ай бұрын

I really want to see the early programs on that thing, like the Virtual Console and web browser!

@KittyCatKayden 9 ай бұрын

The last song in this video is my favorite song in AC!

@mr.withoutname Жыл бұрын

this is awesome

@Bitstacker 5 ай бұрын

Wow that was great! You know your stuff!

@joost1453 Жыл бұрын

This is very interesting

@tailsmonster12 5 ай бұрын

I LOVE PERSONA 3 SOUNDTRACK

@Fancy2209Real Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of that LowSpecGamer video where he talked about DS Games Beeing developed without a DS

@FuckYouTube00 5 ай бұрын

Very Appreciated "Joy" Jump Scare

@RedStoneMatt 5 ай бұрын

Very interesting documentary!

@andresbravo2003 9 ай бұрын

I realized that the Revolution known as the Wii really was a upgrade of the GameCube.

@damian9303 8 ай бұрын

So much for being the next revolution

@nojuanatall3281 5 ай бұрын

Those homemade handheld gamecubes are usually a trimmed down wii.

@5persondude 4 ай бұрын

Nintendo: "Emulation stifles innovation" Also Nintendo:

@spaceghostmiid 5 ай бұрын

holy shit, my local games store had one of these years ago but i never knew what it was. i've been trying to find this dev kit for years.

@JustinPennito 6 ай бұрын

That's badass!

@resucutie 5 ай бұрын

1:22 when you put a music that turns into meme

@morrisdennison8039 5 ай бұрын

Your telling me the modding community might make my gamecube into a Wii

@SelectStart89 5 ай бұрын

Subbed

@BarderBetterFasterStronger 5 ай бұрын

I get that driftveil is a banger but man every youtuber who does video essays are sure doing their best to kill it.

@hershmysson 5 ай бұрын

okay i knew the wii was already a souped up gamecube but that's wild :o

@hirschlord341 5 ай бұрын

Hope its running on swiss and co ?all tuning chips ?

@alecheesacker4460 5 ай бұрын

Well! I did see GameCube Games work within the Wii!

@kibaofficial6332 5 ай бұрын

Why do i currently hear everywhere the song of driftveil city from Pokemon gen5? xD

@CarolineIsMe 5 ай бұрын

1:07 Hehe its that funny dancing meme song

@obsidianchao 5 ай бұрын

List of music? That first song is so familiar! Persona 3 maybe?

@Loganjay_ Жыл бұрын

uhh why is ur intro just bass boosted homebrew

@pepesito17 Жыл бұрын

my hamster bites me eventhough I am so nice to him

@nintendians 5 ай бұрын

got to start somewhere.

@spht9ng 5 ай бұрын

I hear P3 soundtrack and like immediately

@Cyorg13 Жыл бұрын

Just wanted to mention, the Homebrew Channel audio you use for your intro seems a bit loud and bass boosted. Might just be me though, as I'm wearing headphones.

@RGDYouTube Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback; part of it is bass boosted for added effect. Hopefully we'll get our own intro theme soon :P

@Gamez4eveR 5 ай бұрын

What is the first track, it sounds like it comes from a bootleg Persona game but I've heard it a lot lately

@chiptunesoprano 5 ай бұрын

The music's sourced at the top right corner of the video, it's a remix of P3's Joy BGM from Persona Q2 (3DS)

@Gamez4eveR 5 ай бұрын

@@chiptunesoprano kzfaq.info/get/bejne/idiTZsarrd2Uo5s.html god this sounds so much better

@skypeppers657 Жыл бұрын

this video is nice but Pepiseto's hampster bites him

@maritoguionyo Жыл бұрын

1:00 audio

@sypoth 4 ай бұрын

Just further proof that the Wii was just a Game Pube that could take full size disks and used motion controls.

@immortallix 5 ай бұрын

1:08 I miss when companies could have hot babes trot out the new hardware for no reason

@susposter779 5 ай бұрын

Please explain 0:57

@RipeStories Жыл бұрын

Great video but the thumbnail needs some work. I‘d suggest you use a bright picture of the gamecube with slightly better visible text. Otherwise this video was wasted effort 😓

@RGDYouTube Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your feedback; I tried to make sure that the text would stand out in the thumbnail, which is why the picture of the GameCube is dimmed. Even if the dim GameCube prevents it from getting more views, I don't consider it wasted effort. - K

@RipeStories Жыл бұрын

@@RGDKZfaq Sorry was a bit harsh, I just meant to say you deserve more views 👍🏻

@showmangaming8255 12 күн бұрын

Haha Persona music go BRRRRRRRR.........

@FinalBossOfCanada 5 ай бұрын

1:07 ALL I HEAR AND SEE IS FUCKING TOOTHLESS DANCING, HELP!

@stefanvanderlinden6042 4 ай бұрын

now wiiu on wii

@ApertureSciencePsycho 7 ай бұрын

3:57 Ain't no way they used arch linux to make the wii 💀 Makes sense tho, it was released in 2002

@RGDYouTube 7 ай бұрын

They didn't, they used Red Hat.

@ApertureSciencePsycho 7 ай бұрын

@@RGDKZfaq, oh, so they paid for a license for something you can get for free 💀 Why do corporations do that tho

@jordanl5444 6 ай бұрын

@ApertureSciencePsycho they're not paying for the OS, it's enterprise level customer service they're paying for

@ApertureSciencePsycho 5 ай бұрын

@@jordanl5444 ain't no way I got ratioed in fucking KZfaq repilies 🗿

@noa670 Жыл бұрын

Based

@Markm8 5 ай бұрын

When people say the wii is just a overclocked gamecube there not lieing

@matthewrease2376 5 ай бұрын

Why did they use a Windows machine just for a disc drive, why couldn't they do that on the Linux machine too 😭

@RGDYouTube 5 ай бұрын

It was based on the existing GameCube disc drive emulator software for Windows, easier to use two PCs than to rewrite it for Linux.

@johneygd 5 ай бұрын

It can’t be any stranger then this,that’s like prototyping a snes using a nes with a mmc5 expansion chip and a pc with more ram and rom to simulate 16bit graphics that way, 1 thing I NEVER understood is why everytime you start up a wii game you will see that ugly curved background border,as if nintendo wanted to fake a curved crt screen on it dor retro gamers or something,i just didn’t like that .

@RGDYouTube 5 ай бұрын

It was supposed to mimick a wall of TVs at a store, each displaying a different channel - LCDs were new at the time and the curved CRT shape was probably seen as more evocative.

@BIGwillTHEGAME 5 ай бұрын

KZfaq Recommended

@Clodd1 5 ай бұрын

What a mess, it’s too many stuff glued together to make it work.

@_ja.kubix.shorts 5 ай бұрын

1:07

@hirschlord341 5 ай бұрын

And with some modern kompression and encoding, other bit rates and taktik its running faster than a wiiu 😂😂

@Faisal-wf5hk 5 ай бұрын

PERSONA

@Stinky0368 5 ай бұрын

Wait. So your downgrading, but upgrading? What has this world come to.

@KoolLeo11 Жыл бұрын

Hello! I am an editor at RGDWiki, known for the Mii page.

@Youtube_Intro1 5 ай бұрын

omg toothless meme in backroung musac blauh bauh al h

@hirschlord341 5 ай бұрын

😂😂 nice

@kernow5000 6 ай бұрын

People really, really need to stop putting any PCB, let alone rare ones - on a carpet! No

@RGDYouTube 6 ай бұрын

I made sure I was static discharged first.

@kernow5000 6 ай бұрын

@@RGDKZfaq I'm going to make a blog at this point. I see it all the time. Static bubble wrap is a thing. I didn't realise that was actually your picture. Carpets, sofas, expensive ass PCBs and people who don't know how to care for them tsk