

In a FAQ on the official Nintendo website, the company calls emulators "the greatest threat to date to the intellectual property rights of video game developers", adding "emulators developed to play illegally copied Nintendo software promote piracy". Nintendo takes a dim view of unofficial emulators. While the success of getting Zelda (sort of) working on PC so quickly is worthy of note, it begs the question: would those who will download and play it have bought a Switch or GameCube copy of the game legitimately instead?Īfter all, a year subscription to CEMU's Patreon at its average donation level is enough to just buy the game. Provided you have the PC power, it will let you run Super Mario Sunshine at 60fps, and now boot every game in GameCube's library.īut like Dolphin, or any other emulator, CEMU runs pirated copies of games.

In many ways, CEMU is a spiritual successor to Dolphin, the GameCube emulator whose progress we've followed over the years. The team is supported by some 1857 people at the time of writing, who collectively donate $7782 per month (around £6300). To see this content please enable targeting cookies.ĬEMU is funded through Patreon.
