Wii games running in 720p HD on PC

[Timstuff]

It looks like the techno-wizards behind the Wii emulator "Dolphin" have finally done it: they've gotten Wii games to run on PCs at playable speed, displayed in 720p high definition.

http://gonintendo.com/?p=76994

Technically, there's nothing illegal about this since you need the actual Wii game discs to play. It's pretty remarkable stuff they've got going on there.

***EDIT***

D'oh, I forgot to provide a link to the Dolphin emulator's website (a heads up to the mods: the following link does NOT lead to any pirated software).

http://www.dolphin-emu.com/news.php

 

[Tron Bonne]

That looks really nice, too bad Nintendo didn't opt for HD. I understand why they did and financially it was probably a proper decision, but this video definitely makes me wish they had

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Nice.

 

[Havok83]

Couldnt Nintendo update their firmware to include 720p output for games? If not the current library, but future ones? Not a techno wiz, but I dont see why not.

 

[Why Are You Crouching Spock?]

Perhaps too demanding on the hardware?

 

[Timstuff]

^ What he said. It's not a matter of firmware, it's all about hardware. Wii simply doesn't have the juice to output games at 720p or 1080p, so it's not going to happen.