Shield TV coming to China; partnering with Nintendo to emulate Wii games.

by Chesskid1
gohomeann

Looks like it's China exclusive but it won't stop me from hunting down any leaked apk's

Chesskid1

Twilight Princess running on the shield: https://twitter.com/ZhugeEX/status/937886221086396418
New Super Mario Bros Wii: https://twitter.com/ZhugeEX/status/937886715112542208
Super Mario Galaxy, Punch-Out!, Metroid Prime coming as well. apparently they run in 1080p.

LinkofHyrule

https://imgur.com/PfVLPVX definitely Android TV.

thad137

I'm pretty sure the Nintendo Switch runs on a variant of the Tegra X1. I wonder if that means that the Wii ports will come to the Switch as well.

Chesskid1

Official Trailer from the event: https://streamable.com/8nndw

jayhawkaholic

The better news would be the Nintendo Switch running Android TV making it a real second gen Shield.

elister

Or just buy a used Wii console for $50, run the photobomb exploit and install Homebrew channel, then WiiFlow, Nintendont, etc. Only drawback? Stuck in 480p mode.

raptor75mlt

it's not clear, are these emulated or actual ports? also what's this about popular PC games? The shield doesn't actually run PC games, it streams them IF you have a GTX video card

LinkofHyrule

So the box literally says Android TV for those saying it doesn't run it. https://item.m.jd.com/product/4488421.html

shadywhere

I'd hoped so!

My gut tells me that the Shield TV will no longer be running Android, but another *nix derivative in an attempt to prevent piracy.

cheeto0

What is the reason behind this decision by nintendo? Why sell nintendo games on non nintendo hardware there? They seem very against doing that ussually.