

A new option called Cull Vertices on the CPU can also greatly improve the framerate in many games. If you're looking for higher performance overall, a ton of Vulkan optimizations and general emulator optimizations have given Dolphin a pretty large performance increase. If you're on a weak device that can't consistently play a game full-speed, VBI Skip is a powerful tool that can help make the game more playable and keep audio crisp and clear. Headlining this Progress Report is a massive new performance hack called VBI Skip.

Some focus on the infrastructure doesn't mean there was a slowdown in progress for the actual emulator, though! A bevy of new contributors to the project mixed with the efforts of stalwarts has brought together some massive new features no one will want to miss. While most of the work has gone into optimizing our backend and hardware to meet new demands, users may notice some upgrades to user facing features like the Dolphin Wiki and FifoCI. On top of the normal emulator development, Dolphin's infrastructure has seen a massive overhaul. On October 20, 2013, Nintendo confirmed it had discontinued production of the Wii in Japan and Europe.We've got a lot of exciting news and features packed into this Progress Report. The Wii's successor, the Wii U, was released on November 18, 2012. The Wii Mini can only play Wii optical discs, as it has neither GameCube compatibility nor any networking capabilities this model was not released in Japan, Australia, or New Zealand.

The Wii Mini, Nintendo's first major console redesign since the New-Style Super NES, was released first in Canada on December 7, 2012. Nintendo released a revised unit in 2011 in Europe, Australia, and North America. Later models are no longer compatible with Nintendo GameCube. By December 8, 2006, it had completed its launch in the four key markets.

Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii competed with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. The Wii (/wiː/ WEE known unofficially as the Nintendo Wii) is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006.
