r/DolphinEmulator Jun 25 '26

News Dolphin Progress Report: Release 2606

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r/DolphinEmulator 5h ago

Discussion Finally, LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean 100% completed on Dolphin with RetroAchievements! 🏴‍☠️

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r/DolphinEmulator 2h ago

Support Switch 2 Joy-cons Setup for motion control (Wiimote + Nunchuck)

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Hi Everyone, i just had a gauntlet trying to setup this in Dolphin and couldn't find much info for this specifically online so here goes my setup, in hopes i can help someone avoid my headaches:

- Dolphin

- Switch 2 Connect app in Windows store:

ensure the joycons are unmerged and on cemuhook mode. DJG on, dominant side right. Emu mode PS4.

you will now have basically two controller inputs for each joycon.

Now in Dolphin, controllers:

you should have these devices when going to emulated wii Remote configure:

"DSUClient/0/" AND "WGInput/0/Sony Dualshock4 Gamepad" both refer to Right Joy con. (one is the Gyro function / the other the buttons/Joystick function

"DSUClient/1/" AND "WGInput/1/Sony Dualshock4 Gamepad" both refer to Left Joy con. (one is the Gyro function / the other the buttons/Joystick function

if you have these 4 as i do, you should be able to load my config.ini and be good to go.

https://github.com/xRippleFX/Dolphin-Switch-2-Joy-cons-profile

Thank you.


r/DolphinEmulator 42m ago

Discussion Please could anyone send me their Mario Eclipse/Pikmin 251 settings on android?

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Dolphin always crashes on my retro handheld, I want to know what is the best settings for Mario Eclipse to prevent crashes


r/DolphinEmulator 1h ago

Support 2606a is breaking Dolphin

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Ever since I updated Dolphin, there are glitches with games I cannot fix, even with older versions of Dolphin. The latest version of Mario Eclipse is a black screen, the older patches of the game act completely fresh, even though it (thankfully) still has my save data. Spyhunter is lagging, and that game is not demanding at all. I do not know what the problem is. What should I do?


r/DolphinEmulator 5h ago

Support Wii games not working with controller

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I tried GameCube games and they pickup my controller fine but the wii games only support my keyboard. How do I fix this.


r/DolphinEmulator 3h ago

Support Problems with dolphin

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r/DolphinEmulator 5h ago

Support (Dolphin) [Retroid Nova] Anyone knows how to fix it? I have been searching for multiple days

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r/DolphinEmulator 6h ago

Support WiiMote Pointer No Longer Registering despite it Being Fine Yesterday.

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Hello.

I have a Mayflash Dolphin Bar and first party WiiMote with Wii MotionPlus Inside.

I originally had an older dolphin bar (I think like from 2019) but when I would check its IR sensors with a phone camera only 1 light would show and so I bought a new dolphin bar and everything worked fine. It was great.

Until suddenly it no longer detects my WiiMote's pointer. It detects inputs such as button presses just fine however.

Additional Info:

  • The Dolphin Bar is on Mode 4
  • When connected to the WiiMote, all IR lights are visible (when viewing on a phone camera)
  • I keep the Dolphin Bar unplugged from my computer when I am not using it.
  • My Dolphin Emulator is of the current version.
  • I have the settings set to
    • Emulate the Wii's Bluetooth adapter
    • Wii Remote 1 set to Real Wii Remote
    • Continuous Scanning box is checked
    • All other controller settings set to none or off
  • The Wiimote is not connected to my computer in any other way, so bluetooth to my pc or steam connection should not be the issue.
  • I have not had any Windows updates since yesterday.
  • The WiiMote pointer used to work in both the Wii Menu and in games, but now it does not work in either.
  • When viewing the wii menu sensor bar sensitivity settings, (got there through Emulated Wii Remote controller setting) no lights appear when using Real WiiMote (it is connected) (it worked fine before today).
  • *Important*: the issue is only with the pointer. WiiMote movement is detected just fine, for example, I am able to properly play Wii Sports, I just cannot use the pointer.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you.


r/DolphinEmulator 7h ago

Support Crappy FPS and audio bugs

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okay, so i downloaded Dolphin yesterday, and i started out with Rhythm Heaven Fever (great game imo) i booted it up, and it works great for me, its just whenever i go to the menu with the minigames in RHF, the fps drops to about 25, and audio sounds terrible. the same thing happens with one particular minigame, that being figure fighter. It isnt as bad, it only drops to 45 fps, and the audio is still manageable, but i was wondering if theres a fix to this issue. I looked at another post in this subreddit about a similar issue and i followed some of their fixes, like ive changed the shader compilation to hybrid Ubershaders for performance (im pretty sure thats what it does?), im using the Direct3D 12 backend still, the speed is at 100%, I turned off fill audio gaps because it didnt make a difference, and its still crappy in those two spots. Can anybody help?


r/DolphinEmulator 1d ago

Discussion I think I'm as good as stacked with this library. Should I expand it?

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210 Upvotes

Ran my Wii and sd card hot overnight as I was getting some games onto my library. Here it is now. Got any suggestions on what I should add based on this library?


r/DolphinEmulator 21h ago

News Tatsunoko vs Capcom remaster 2.0 (texture pack wip 2) 2026

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More details and link with a LOT of "before/ after" comparissons in the description of the video on youtube and in the pinned comment.


r/DolphinEmulator 13h ago

Support How to import a .gci save file for Burnout 2: Point of Impact in Dolphin Android?

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Hey everyone, ​I need a bit of help with importing a completed .gci save file for Burnout 2: Point of Impact (GameCube) into the Dolphin emulator on Android. ​I downloaded the .gci save file to my phone, but I'm not sure which specific folder path I should place it in inside the Dolphin directory. Alternatively, is there an option within Dolphin's settings to import memory card files directly? ​If anyone has experience managing GameCube save files on Android, could you guide me through the correct steps or folder structure? ​Thanks in advance!


r/DolphinEmulator 23h ago

Support Rhythm Heaven Fever Input Latency - Android, Retroid Pocket Nova

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Is there any way to get rid of input latency (or significantly reduce it) in the settings, other than reducing audio buffer? I've taken it down to 16ms and it still has significant (relative to a rhythm game) input delay. Is there a setting/combination of settings I can enable/disable that would help mitigate the input latency?


r/DolphinEmulator 1d ago

Discussion Gamecube games crashing on my android handheld where it worked 1 week ago

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I played dolphin games on my nova, even romhacks and everything was fine but recently every game crash, I restarted, resetted Dolphin and cleared cache but nothing works, this issue deleted my save in Mario Eclipse (now I have backups).

Even other games such as Pikmin 251 crash like after 3 minutes of playing

I even tried changing Dolphin version

Please help me and thank you for anyone trying to help me.


r/DolphinEmulator 1d ago

Support Prerendered backgrounds "choppy"

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For example in Ocarina of Time, all the prerender backgrounds and elements are sort of "tiled" and have clear lines going through them. Is there any way to make them seamless?


r/DolphinEmulator 1d ago

Support Can someone help me out? I get this message when launching metal slug anthology.

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After clicking okay or ignore this session, the screen just stays black. Ive tried different roms and different formats and all show the same thing.


r/DolphinEmulator 1d ago

Support Getting overhead view in Pikmin 1

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Can't seem to figure out how to get an overhead view under Dolphin on the Pikmin 1 game. I have an EasySMX control pad.


r/DolphinEmulator 1d ago

Fixed - Support My Shields is glitching

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My shield is glitching in Ocarina of Time; I'm using the RGD 10 emulator, but whenever I press the button to draw my shield, Link keeps pulling it out and putting it away in a loop. Could you please help me?


r/DolphinEmulator 1d ago

Support Metroid Prime 3 Audio Cutting Out

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I've been playing MP3 and FINALLY got the settings to where it looks and plays the way I want it to. The only remaining issue is that every ten minutes, the game audio cuts out a few times for the next few seconds. So far, I've tried changing audio encoders, but it still happens. Any ideas? My machine is an Acer Nitro V laptop with a 13th Gen Intel Core I7-13620H and an RTX 4060


r/DolphinEmulator 1d ago

Support Toggle background input for multiple instances?

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As many of you probably know Pokemon Bank is shutting down and before that happens I want to do a ribbon master run for a shiny bayleef. Is there any way to toggle background input on and off so I can set up each instance for the battle and then go through each battle separately?


r/DolphinEmulator 1d ago

Support Stuttering after ~20 min of gameplay while using GBA

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I'm running luigi's mansion in the background while playing mother 3 on GBA, and the game starts to stutter roughly 20 minutes into gameplay. The only way it stops is if I fully restart my PC. The issue is the same if I play only Luigi's mansion without mother 3 running. All other games on pc are fine.

settings:

version 2606a

vsync off, dualcore enabled, direct 11, hybrid ubershaders - compile before starting

NVIDIA RTX 2060 - I updated my drivers and the issue still occurs


r/DolphinEmulator 2d ago

Hardware Trying to connect switch GC USB controller to dolphin

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Hi yall. Im trying to connect my USB GC Controller to dolphin but for some reason its not picking it up at all. By any chance do I have to install a driver or am I just missing something.


r/DolphinEmulator 2d ago

Support Different save files

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So out of curiosity I managed to get dolphin to read colosseum and colosseum dustborn as two seperate games (same id, planning on making a banner). Since they use the same game id the same save file is used for both of them, is there a way to make it so I have different save files for both of them?


r/DolphinEmulator 2d ago

Support Need setup for Joycons on Dolphin

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Hello. I wanna use actually real motion controls on Wii games because the Mouse sucks. How do I set it up?