If you are a retro purist who wants to play Super Metroid or Sonic the Hedgehog , the unpatched version is fine. But if you want to squeeze every last megahertz out of your Wii’s 729 MHz CPU to play Crash Bandicoot without slowdown, you need the patched build.
| System | Core Name (Patched Build) | Performance Gain | Recommended ROM Format | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | pcsx_rearmed_libretro_wii.dol | High (Less frame dips) | .chd (Compressed) | | Nintendo 64 | mupen64plus_next_libretro_wii.dol | Medium (Stability fixes) | .z64 or .n64 | | Arcade | fbneo_libretro_wii.dol | High (Larger ROM support) | .zip | | SNES | snes9x_2010_libretro_wii.dol | Low (SNES was already fine) | .sfc | | Sega CD | genesis_plus_gx_libretro_wii.dol | Medium (CD audio streaming) | .chd | | GBA | mgba_libretro_wii.dol | Low (Better frame pacing) | .gba | retroarch wii patched
RetroArch Wii Patched will not turn your Wii into a PlayStation 2 or Dreamcast emulator. The hardware is simply too old. What it will do is smooth out the rough edges of 5th-generation emulation (PS1, N64) and unlock arcade games previously impossible to run. If you are a retro purist who wants