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Can I play Wii on a laptop?

You better have a battery or power source for the console to run on though. At any rate, you can connect your Wii to your laptop screen by a game capture card (turns the HDMI connection to readable USB), wirelessly by Internet, and an HDMI adapter.
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Can you play a Wii on a computer?

Nintendo home consoles are designed for use through home televisions and VCRs using standard A/V, S-Video, component, or RF connectors (for older systems). Computer monitors typically do not have these connections.
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Can I use my laptop as a monitor for Wii U?

The answer is most likely no. Consumer laptops only have output display ports(via,hdmi,dp,tb, etc.) while there are laptops with display input ports they are hard to come by for consumers as they are typically used for testing purposes. Was this worth your time?
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Can you connect Wii to MacBook?

You have to connect the Wii to the MacBook Pro using a USB or Firewire video capture card. This setup will also require the computer to be on, you to run special software that comes with the card and will have some lag that can sometimes make very fast games difficult.
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Why wont my Wii Remote connect to my laptop?

Go back to Bluetooth settings, find the Wii remote device and click on options. Under "Passcode" paste/write the ASCII text into the field (ignore non-character such as "NULL" or "STX"). Press the red sync button on the back of the Wii remote and click pair. If pairing fail, restart the computer and try pairing again.
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How to play Nintendo Wii without the Television (TV)

How to play Wii without remote?

No, there is no way to navigate the home screen without one. The Wii controller classic/pro both require a hookup to the Wiimote, and the Gamecube controller needs a Wiimote in order to boot up a game.
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What can the Wii connect to?

You can use all sorts of cables to connect your Wii to your TV, like RGB, VGA, and HDMI.
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You can connect the Wii to a TV via:
  • RGB.
  • S-Video.
  • SCART.
  • VGA.
  • Component.
  • HDMI.
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What emulator supports Wii?

Dolphin is a free and open-source video game console emulator for GameCube and Wii that runs on Windows, Linux, MacOS, and Android.
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Can you use a Wii as a streaming device?

Visit the Wii U shop to download apps like Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Video, and YouTube. Wii U streams video in 1080p; and media in 1080i, 720p, 480p, and 4:3. HDMI output supports all playback. To stream videos, the Wii requires a Wi-Fi or Ethernet connection and an RCA or S-video television hook-up.
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Can we use laptop screen as HDMI input?

The HDMI port (or VGA, or DVI, or DisplayPort) that comes on your laptop will only work for outputting its display and it will not work as a video input for another device.
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Can I connect Wii using USB?

Connecting Wii Online Using the Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector

Enter the Wii System Settings menu and select 'Internet' on screen 2. Select an empty connection slot, signified by 'None'. Select 'Wireless Connection'. Select 'Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector'.
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Can I use a laptop as a console monitor?

Can you use a laptop as a monitor for a gaming console? If you want to connect your gaming console to a laptop, you'll need a laptop with an HDMI input. Although the vast majority of laptops do have an HDMI port, they tend to be HDMI outputs.
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Does Wii have HDMI?

The Wii console is not compatible with HDMI. If you wish to view the Wii console with a higher quality image, component video cables can be purchased instead.
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How do I connect my Wii to a HDMI monitor?

Wii does not support HDMI. You will have to use the AV cable and either use the AV in on the monitor (if it has one, most do but not all) or buy a converter AV to either VGA or HDMI (depending on which input you have open). Wii does also have Component cable available, and that at least can do a widescreen format.
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Can you download Wii games still?

It is no longer possible to purchase new content from the Wii Shop. However, for the time being you may continue to re-download content you have purchased or transfer that content from a Wii system to a Wii U system. Be aware that these features will eventually end at a future date.
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Are Wii emulators legal?

Emulators are 100% legal, as is the process of downloading them. They are no different to other programs you might download such as word processing or music player software. Downloading and uploading ROMs is illegal, however, so make sure you use your own game files.
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Is it legal to emulate Wii games?

The only possible illegal part of emulators is the actual game(ROM). As if you take a ROM downloaded from the internet, it is technically pirating. Why doesn't Nintendo come out with its own emulator, and charge $X for it? Why dolphin emulator is slow?
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Is Wii emulation any good?

The emulation is smooth, reliable, and easy to understand, but the comfortability of using Cemu comes down to the quick development updates from the team. This is worth a shot! All that's need is your PC to be running Windows 7or above, have Open GL 4.1 as a minimum and at least 4GB of RAM.
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Is there any other way to connect Wii to TV?

If you have more than one input channel, keep pressing TV/Video until you see the display from the Wii console.
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Connecting to a Television
  1. Insert the AV Multi Out plug on the Wii AV Cable into the AV Multi Out connector on the back of the console.
  2. Insert the plugs on the Wii AV Cable into the input connectors on the TV.
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What systems can the Wii play?

Consoles[edit]
  • NES/Famicom[edit]
  • SNES/Super Famicom[edit]
  • Nintendo 64[edit]
  • Nintendo GameCube[edit]
  • Game Boy/Game Boy Color/Game Boy Advance[edit]
  • SG-1000/Master System/Genesis/Game Gear[edit]
  • Saturn[edit]
  • PlayStation[edit]
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Can a Wii work without Internet?

The Wii U console does not require an Internet connection to play games offline, use Mii Maker, and interact with basic settings. However, applications that require an Internet connection such as Netflix, Youtube, etc., will not operate without an Internet connection.
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How can I play Wii on my TV without HDMI?

Insert the AV Multi Out plug of the Wii AV Cable into the AV Multi Out connector on the back of the console. Insert the colored connectors on the Wii AV Cable into the input connectors on the TV.
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Complete these steps
  1. Yellow: Video Input.
  2. White: Audio Input Left (or Mono)
  3. Red: Audio Input Right.
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