# FIX94/Nintendont

A Wii Homebrew Project to play GC Games on Wii and vWii on Wii U

Repository: https://github.com/FIX94/Nintendont
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nintendont
Language: C
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-06-02T19:33:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 70/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 85, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4135, "days_push": 92, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2456, forks 379 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:53.220957+00:00)

## What it is
Nintendont is a Wii homebrew application that plays GameCube games on a Wii and on the Wii U's vWii mode. It loads disc images from USB or SD storage and adds modern conveniences like memory card emulation, HID/Bluetooth controller support, and widescreen video patching.

## Use cases
- play gamecube iso backups on wii from usb
- run gamecube games on wii u vWii
- emulate gamecube memory cards
- use ps4 or usb HID controllers with gamecube games
- force widescreen and progressive scan in gamecube games
- load shrunken or CISO gamecube disc images
- use cheat codes in gamecube games

## When to choose
- you have a Wii or Wii U and want to play GameCube game backups without original discs
- you want full-speed loading from USB or SD instead of a disc drive
- you want memory card emulation, widescreen forcing, or USB controller support

## When to avoid
- you want to emulate GameCube games on a PC rather than real hardware
- you need Game Boy Player support, which is explicitly unsupported
- you want to play retail discs on a Wii U, which only works on original Wii hardware

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: game, file-system
- domain: gaming-tools, embedded-systems, self-hosted
- platform: embedded, iot
- tags: wii, wii-u, gamecube, homebrew, emulator, vwii, usb-loading, memory-card-emulation, emulation

## Member repositories
- FIX94/Nintendont (main) score 70

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:53.220957+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:30:03.157191+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/FIX94/Nintendont (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:53.220957+00:00, sha 1d5d45f9c2af)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.