The world is now available in VRChat, created by user ‘ColonelMcKernel’. There’s little to go on description-wise its creator only says the publicly accessible world is meant for up to four concurrent users due to performance issues. What do you think of console emulators and games running on PC? Let us know your thoughts and experiences in the comments section!ĭon’t forget to follow NintendoToday on Twitter and to like us on Facebook for the latest Nintendo news and updates.Ever wanted to step into Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) and experience the game’s iconic world in VR? Well, this fan-built creation offers up a good slice of the action by transporting VR players into a lovingly recreated version of the game’s Great Plateau area. Things get muddy when money is involved as well - Team Cemu is raising a lot of dough right now, probably enough to attract attention from Nintendo’s lawyers (who have a reputation as being the most aggressive in the gaming industry). However, while it’s legal to emulate a console, it’s remains illegal to distribute the copyrighted code.Īnd it’s only legal if the gamer owns a copy of the game, which, let’s face it, isn’t the case with many people who run emulators on PC. The Cemu project emulates Wii U on PC, and their biggest game right now (and the one that attracted the majority of the backers) is Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which after the latest update seems to be running flawlessly on the PC.Ĭonsole emulators are legal, as courts have ruled in the past (Sony Computer Entertainment America v. This makes it one of the highest funded projects on Patron, despite the fact that the project is in a sort of legal grey zone.

Now that figure has almost doubled to $30,000 per month as of writing, backed by 6,800 individuals.

Back then, they were raking in $15,000 per month in donations on Patreon.

Team Cemu, the team behind the PC Wii U emulator, saw a massive boost in donations when they started working on porting Zelda: Breath of the Wild to the PC a few months ago.

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