To try, all I needed was a Wii game, a “Wiimote” controller, and a sensor bar.

Since my MacBook Pro is fairly new, I'd hoped that it packed enough processing and graphics power to play. Soon after, I discovered that there's a software emulator that can perfectly emulate both of these Nintendo consoles on most Macs and PCs! Screenshot of “ The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker” running on a Nintendo GameCube console. The fact that I had been able to play a GameCube game on the Wii was a signal that the two were very similar, hardware-wise. … A new Zelda game had come out since then, called “ The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword,” and I had been dying to play it.

The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - Because this was originally released for Nintendo GameCube, it could also be played on the Wii console due to backwards compatibility.

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - The initial flagship game of the series for Wii.

… So, what's next? Back to Nintendo? Hmm…īecause I'd owned the Wii before, I had already played: Then, I sold that before I moved again in January 2013, and have been consoleless ever since due to traveling. 😂 - But, I sold my Wii before I moved in 2011, and then bought a PlayStation 3 in early 2012. The only other home (non-portable) gaming console that I've dabbled with longterm is the Nintendo Wii, which I actually camped out for on launch in 2006. Most of the console games I've played are on the PlayStation platform, and the new consoles have generally enabled playback of each previous consoles' titles through streaming or embedded backwards compatibility. The primary reason that I'm going with the PlayStation 4 over the Xbox One is that I've owned the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 previously. There are a few other titles that I'm looking forward to this holiday season when PlayStation 4 goes on sale, such as The Last Of Us and Grand Theft Auto 5… but, even though these are also PlayStation 3 titles, I don't own that console anymore either, so I can't play either of them right now. Wouldn't it be great to be able to play Zelda on your laptop? … Obviously! 😄 Between video-game consolesīeing that I'm between travels, apartments, and dedication to a specific game console, I decided to get creative with hardware and catch up on the Legend of Zelda series developed by Nintendo.

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