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| What Game Would You Like To See Ported To the Wii? | |
| Breath of the Wild to the Wii | |
| Sonic The Hedgehog (2006) to Wii | |
| Sonic Generations to Wii | |
| Other (State game & reasons in comments) | |
| Multiple voting is not allowed. Changing your vote is allowed. 17 users have voted so far. | |
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 Ninji The Relic of the Jakostanis Level: 33 
Posts: 119/234 EXP: 211009 Next: 18170 Since: 09-15-15 Last post: 2201 days ago Last view: 616 days ago |
Things to get out of the way:
1) YES, I KNOW THAT CODE ISN'T A SET OF BUILDING BLOCKS YOU CAN JUST THROW AROUND TO MAKE SOMETHING NEW. 2) This is just a poll: nothing here is expressed or implied that any port is guaranteed to be done in any capacity. 3) A port may not be a direct 1 to 1 comparison; some things may have to be toned down to meet hardware requirements (model fidelity, texture resolution, draw distances, graphical effects, frame rates, etc.) or may be made using other already-existing engines (versus a direct transfer of the original engine) to save on development time and resources, and lessen strain on the target system(s) at the cost of cut features and lack of accurate gameplay gimmicks/styles. 4) Ports that may be created ...SO... Currently I'm getting into reverse engineering consoles and their games, and I was thinking I'd keep myself busy for the next few years by trying to port video games to systems they were never designed for. So I have a few options available and I'd like to see what you guys would like ported. All the ones I have listed are ports to the Wii. That was intentional, because the Wii missed out on some heavy-hitting ports back in its heyday, and it would be great to see that lost potential found with the port wanted by fans but left to die in obscurity or in the minds of the creators. Below are some of my notes concering the games listed, so please read away! 1) Breath of the Wild: I've been looking into the code of the executable for about a month now and I can see that (as for most Wii U games) that it shares a lot of assembly with Wii games (obviously because they use the same PowerPC CPU architecture). Other promising signs are that most of the graphics files, like the models in compressed BRRES, HUD and other icons in TGA, movies in MP4) are in familiar, already-cracked formats so downscaling them would be an easier process and that most of the graphical effects in the game can be toned down or turned off with the help of tweaks. DLC can probably be implemented (as it's just a matter of replacing and adding files to the game), but (sorry) no amiibo® support planned (yet. I might be able to hard-code the files in, but that's a big IF. 2) Sonic The Hedgehog (2006): Ah, that gem in the rough. To be honest here, even though this game was slated to be made for the Wii, it would be the least likely to make it anywhere on the console due to its own game engine and reliance on Havok® eating up lots of CPU cycles and memory, and as of porting it now, it's not in PPC assembly, but I have some ideas for optimizations to counteract these things. For one, I could rewrite the executable by hand: and even though that will take a long time to do, it's in a known CPU architecture, and that thing needed a rewrite anyway. Another thing could be optimizations to all the other code in the game, as every other line of code in this game other than the main executable is a bunch of compiled Lua source files (*.lub), for which there is a decompiler out there from which I can change the files to optimize routines and then recompile them back to speed; not to mention optimize the file system, as we know how messed up that is (loading the entire game's files at once? SHAME SEGA, SHAME!); all of the archives have decryption and encryption tools so I can change the arcs from there being 15-some, each carrying a monumental load of everything, to more manageable archives that only carry one thing and one thing only so that the Wii could handle it better (I'd reckon though the Xbox 360 could use this, too). All of the files' paths are found in the executable when it needs to load something, so the paths will also have to be changed to accompany the change in the file structure. Also the models, textures, HUD, other 2D graphics, movies, graphical effects, shaders, etc. will have to be toned down and the game will probably run at 30 FPS even with the optimizations proposed thus far. 3) Sonic Generations: A great game originally slated for a revolutionary launch (see what I did there?) but never got the port made. For this, the game engine can come one of two ways: either rewriting the game's PC assembly or using an already-existing engine (most likely the one from Sonic Colors). Both come with their quirks. Rewriting the original executable gives a more faithful engine but will take much longer and will need some serious optimizations to work decently even at 30 FPS. Using Sonic Colors' engine would eliminate much of the time involved and give a performance boost at the expense of the lack of gameplay fidelity and the constraints of the system, particularly in rendering the stages, in which the original models from Generations use millions of polygons compared to Colors' hundreds of thousands of polygons, making them difficult to recreate accurately in lower poly counts; as well as difficulty implementing the Classic Sonic gameplay style and the reconstruction of the other gameplay gimmicks the game doesn't share with Sonic Colors without 4) Other Games: If you have a game that you would like to see ported to the Wii, let me know via the comments and I will consider your decisions in my work. So cast your opinions now! /end GreatWallOfText.txt ____________________ Irony is the spice of life. |
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Ninji The Relic of the Jakostanis Level: 33
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Then what title should I use then? A question seems like a good choice in title for a poll. ____________________ Irony is the spice of life. |
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Star Mario in this room you have a pile of apple pies Level: 165
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 Red Super Koopa Normal user Level: 57 
Posts: 321/876 EXP: 1441006 Next: 44922 Since: 10-05-16 From: The true North, Strong & free! Last post: 2199 days ago Last view: 1762 days ago |
I vote MK8. ____________________ SMG RUN Progress: Not available here, for more information, check my Youtube Channel |
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 Bob-Omb [sic] Level: 49 
Posts: 229/616 EXP: 879191 Next: 4692 Since: 03-01-16 From: Québec (Canada) Last post: 1227 days ago Last view: 1161 days ago |
Mario Kart 8, because it looks like the best Mario Kart game ever and I'd love to be able to play it even with my lack of Wii U. ____________________ Nothing to say, so jadnjkfmnjamnfjkldnajfnjkanfjdksan jsdnvj m. |
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Hi I'm a person Level: 38 Posts: 272/297 EXP: 348660 Next: 21787 Since: 07-07-12 From: Denmark Last post: 591 days ago Last view: 270 days ago |
I'd have to vote for Half-Life 3, it would be amazing if I could play that on my Wii! |
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Red Super Koopa Normal user Level: 57
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Posted by JakoNintenCraft Another thing you could do is reverse engineer games like MKWII, SMG & SMG2, NSMBW, and other wii games. It's a start. And it might be easier to do compared to the WiiU... But hey! When did I start telling you what to do?  ____________________ SMG RUN Progress: Not available here, for more information, check my Youtube Channel |
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 Mole Multiplatform developer Level: 39 
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I say also Mario Kart 8 or BOTW.
For Sonic Generations, it's available on PC. For BOTW porting, there are not only ASM that we need to convert, but also Wii U graphics wrapper OpenGX2 and OpenAX2. You have to work on it more than 3 years. But if you do it, even a small part, you will be engraved in history, believe me. I can do model optimization, I already succeed to optimize some SM3DW models from 200000 polygons to 12000. But the work is huge, you need a true motivation, and still. And another thing : don't underestimate the Wii, it outputs to 420p but can load many millions of polygons. It isn't a Commodore 64 (altrough see some demos and you will be amazed). ____________________ ![[image]](https://image.ibb.co/cz7Sdy/Join_USToday_SIGN.png) ![[image]](https://s10.postimg.cc/djkm6dm0p/SIGN.png)
"I failed in some subjects in exam, but my friend passed in all. Now he is an engineer in Microsoft and I am the owner of Microsoft." -Bill Gates |
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Ninji The Relic of the Jakostanis Level: 33
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Thanks for the input! Some nice stuff here.
Hey, where can I find some in-depth documentation on those graphics wrappers OpenGX2 and OpenAX2? ____________________ Irony is the spice of life. |
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 Koopa That MvL Hacker Level: 23 
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[s]Mario v.s. Luigi from NSMB Ds![/s]
Ehh typical Ndymario request
(But will admit it would be awesome if you did!) ____________________ Here's my MvL Hacking thread Also, if you hack NSMB DS, consider joining my Discord Server! Hope to see you there! |
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Ninji ガラクティク・パイラト Level: 33 
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Well, that's cool. I've already seen GBA Cheese Land and Wii U Mario Kart Stadium downported abd working on MKWii, so a lot might be possible. I'm skeptical about BOTW tho, since even with dynamic res the Wii U suffers to render it at 20-25 fps. |
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Mole Multiplatform developer Level: 39
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For OpenGX2 :
https://github.com/wiiudev/libwiiu/blob/0e67eb1854b63c4f12b06237fbe175a8e71e211b/examples/gx2thread/src/loader.c it consists of functions executed on the Wii U like GX2CopyColorBufferToScanBuffer, GX2ClearColor... You can find them in IDA Pro in the section Imports and Exports. Cemu developers must have also more info on their usage and interpretation, but their function name tell many things. You can find also info on http://wiiubrew.org/wiki/Main_Page Also, it is a derived of OpenGL... But for more indepth you have to reverse engineer. OpenAX2 is for sound. EDIT Functions used by Super Mario 3D World : Address Ordinal Name Library ------- ------- ---- ------- 02B02D40 GX2BeginDisplayListEx gx2 02B02D50 GX2CalcColorBufferAuxInfo gx2 02B02D58 GX2CalcDRCSize gx2 02B02D60 GX2CalcDepthBufferHiZInfo gx2 02B02D68 GX2CalcFetchShaderSizeEx gx2 02B02D70 GX2CalcGeometryShaderInputRingBufferSize gx2 02B02D78 GX2CalcGeometryShaderOutputRingBufferSize gx2 02B02D80 GX2CalcSurfaceSizeAndAlignment gx2 02B02D88 GX2CalcTVSize gx2 02B02D90 GX2CallDisplayList gx2 02B02DA0 GX2ClearBuffersEx gx2 02B02DA8 GX2ClearColor gx2 02B02DB0 GX2ClearDepthStencilEx gx2 02B02DC0 GX2CopyColorBufferToScanBuffer gx2 02B02DD0 GX2CopySurface gx2 02B02E10 GX2DirectCallDisplayList gx2 02B02E18 GX2DrawDone gx2 02B02E20 GX2DrawEx gx2 02B02E28 GX2DrawIndexedEx gx2 02B02E40 GX2EndDisplayList gx2 02B02E48 GX2ExpandAAColorBuffer gx2 02B02E50 GX2ExpandDepthBuffer gx2 02B02E58 GX2Flush gx2 02B02E68 GX2GPUTimeToCPUTime gx2 02B02EC8 GX2GetCurrentDisplayList gx2 02B02F28 GX2GetLastFrame gx2 02B02FE8 GX2GetSwapStatus gx2 02B03048 GX2Init gx2 02B03070 GX2InitColorBufferRegs gx2 02B03088 GX2InitDepthBufferHiZEnable gx2 02B03090 GX2InitDepthBufferRegs gx2 02B030A0 GX2InitFetchShaderEx gx2 02B030D8 GX2InitSampler gx2 02B030E0 GX2InitSamplerBorderType gx2 02B030E8 GX2InitSamplerClamping gx2 02B030F0 GX2InitSamplerDepthCompare gx2 02B03100 GX2InitSamplerLOD gx2 02B03110 GX2InitSamplerXYFilter gx2 02B03118 GX2InitSamplerZMFilter gx2 02B03138 GX2InitTextureRegs gx2 02B03148 GX2Invalidate gx2 02B033E0 GX2SampleBottomGPUCycle gx2 02B033F8 GX2SampleTopGPUCycle gx2 02B03408 GX2SetAlphaTest gx2 02B03410 GX2SetAlphaTestReg gx2 02B03418 GX2SetAlphaToMask gx2 02B03428 GX2SetAttribBuffer gx2 02B03430 GX2SetBlendConstantColor gx2 02B03438 GX2SetBlendConstantColorReg gx2 02B03440 GX2SetBlendControl gx2 02B03448 GX2SetBlendControlReg gx2 02B03450 GX2SetClearDepthStencil gx2 02B03458 GX2SetColorBuffer gx2 02B03460 GX2SetColorControl gx2 02B03468 GX2SetColorControlReg gx2 02B03470 GX2SetContextState gx2 02B03480 GX2SetCullOnlyControl gx2 02B03488 GX2SetDRCBuffer gx2 02B03498 GX2SetDRCEnable gx2 02B034A8 GX2SetDRCScale gx2 02B034C0 GX2SetDefaultState gx2 02B034C8 GX2SetDepthBuffer gx2 02B034D0 GX2SetDepthOnlyControl gx2 02B034D8 GX2SetDepthStencilControl gx2 02B034E0 GX2SetDepthStencilControlReg gx2 02B034F0 GX2SetFetchShader gx2 02B03508 GX2SetGeometrySampler gx2 02B03510 GX2SetGeometrySamplerBorderColor gx2 02B03518 GX2SetGeometryShader gx2 02B03520 GX2SetGeometryShaderInputRingBuffer gx2 02B03528 GX2SetGeometryShaderOutputRingBuffer gx2 02B03530 GX2SetGeometryTexture gx2 02B03538 GX2SetGeometryUniformBlock gx2 02B03548 GX2SetLineWidth gx2 02B03568 GX2SetPixelSampler gx2 02B03570 GX2SetPixelSamplerBorderColor gx2 02B03578 GX2SetPixelShader gx2 02B03580 GX2SetPixelTexture gx2 02B03588 GX2SetPixelUniformBlock gx2 02B03590 GX2SetPixelUniformReg gx2 02B035A8 GX2SetPointSize gx2 02B035B8 GX2SetPolygonControl gx2 02B035C0 GX2SetPolygonControlReg gx2 02B035C8 GX2SetPolygonOffset gx2 02B035D8 GX2SetPrimitiveRestartIndex gx2 02B035E0 GX2SetRasterizerClipControl gx2 02B035F8 GX2SetScissor gx2 02B03610 GX2SetShaderModeEx gx2 02B03618 GX2SetStencilMask gx2 02B03640 GX2SetSurfaceSwizzle gx2 02B03648 GX2SetSwapInterval gx2 02B03650 GX2SetTVBuffer gx2 02B03658 GX2SetTVEnable gx2 02B03668 GX2SetTVScale gx2 02B03678 GX2SetTargetChannelMasks gx2 02B036A0 GX2SetVertexSampler gx2 02B036A8 GX2SetVertexSamplerBorderColor gx2 02B036B0 GX2SetVertexShader gx2 02B036B8 GX2SetVertexTexture gx2 02B036C0 GX2SetVertexUniformBlock gx2 02B036C8 GX2SetVertexUniformReg gx2 02B036D8 GX2SetViewport gx2 02B036E8 GX2SetupContextStateEx gx2 02B03718 GX2SwapScanBuffers gx2 02B03730 GX2TempGetGPUVersion gx2 02B03770 GX2WaitForVsync gx2 Or you can also use the way of decompiling BOTW game to recompile it on Wii. Anyway, to port BOTW in ASM you have to know all architecture details of the Wii and Wii U. Or we can also mod a actual Zelda game on Wii so you don't have to recode the engine entirely. As you can see there are many possibilities. But the ASM way isn't the more easy (translating millions of instructions isn't a small feat). ____________________
"I failed in some subjects in exam, but my friend passed in all. Now he is an engineer in Microsoft and I am the owner of Microsoft." -Bill Gates |
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Ninji The Relic of the Jakostanis Level: 33
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If I were to make a BOTW port, I'd rather port the original engine; reason being that the physics BOTW uses are provided by Havok and I don't know of any Zelda game that uses that physics engine other than BOTW so making the physics work in an already-existing engine would be extremely difficult, if not impossible. ____________________ Irony is the spice of life. |
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Mole Multiplatform developer Level: 39
Posts: 30/362 EXP: 372760 Next: 32011 Since: 03-14-17 From: Europe Last post: 994 days ago Last view: 964 days ago |
Havok physics is very CPU-intensive, but some Wii games use them.
But what's the difficulty to port physics parameters, most of the engines share them, a rigidbody is universal, collision is universal, mass is universal... Special Havok physics parameters don't change many things (if it changes) compared to others, it's like PhysX or ... Please tell me if I missed anything. ____________________
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 Buster Beetle succ Level: 43 
Posts: 104/467 EXP: 547541 Next: 17505 Since: 02-28-17 From: The Succ Zone Last post: 2098 days ago Last view: 1619 days ago |
I voted for BotW, even though I already have it. It would just be cool to see it on the Wii in my opinion. ____________________ Just a fucktard |
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 Bullet Bill Passively Working on a Mod Since 1998 Level: 44 
Posts: 27/502 EXP: 602433 Next: 8852 Since: 05-13-17 Last post: 2189 days ago Last view: 618 days ago |
MK8. In my opinion, it is the best kart game, and you could base the ASM on MKW's. |
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Newcomer Normal user Level: 7 Posts: 5/9 EXP: 1424 Next: 24 Since: 08-06-17 Last post: 2653 days ago Last view: 2483 days ago |
Splatoon, no doubt about it. Online multiplayer or not, that'd be really cool. |
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 Lantern Ghost i'm alice Level: 53 
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Mario Kart 8 or Super Mario 3D World would be some of the cooler games to be ported to the Wii. Thanks for doing this, by the way.
Mario Kart 8 would probably need a ported engine, but Super Mario 3D World might be able to use Super Mario Galaxy/2's engine. I don't know, I'm not the coding wizard as you are. :P ____________________ yeah |
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