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Yes, Gamecube (and Wii) games are upscaled right up to 4K and they look great. Many games work in 16:9 widescreen also (Gamecube was originally 4:3).

For many games there are even community high-def texture packs that you can add to make them look even better.

[Edit: Sorry, was talking about Dolphin here, not Wii U!]

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[Edit: seems like you're talking about Dolphin. flatiron upthread mentioned a Wii U so that's what the question you replied to is about.]

Wii U's max HDMI output is 1080p. Also I have not seen any information that it does upscaling at all, so if you have a source for that, I'd like to know it.

Yes, the GP misspoke. However, I'd expect any half-decent TV to have no trouble upscaling the Wii U's 1080p signal → 4K.

> Many games work in 16:9 widescreen also (Gamecube was originally 4:3).

There are a handful of GameCube titles that were 16:9 native widescreen on the original console. The one that comes to mind for me is Serious Sam: The Next Encounter

F-Zero GX has a widescreen option as well. It's probably one of the better looking games when you can pump it at 1080p or higher, but I don't think a Pi is quite ready for that level of abuse yet. Maybe another 2-3 generations of new Pi hardware.

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