Ngokusemthethweni, i-Wii U ingenye yamaphutha aziwa kakhulu kaNintendo. Ngemuva kwempumelelo ye-Wii, i-Wii U ayizange ikwazi ngisho nokusibekela le khonsoli yegeyimu ekuthengisweni nasekuphumeleleni, okusho ukuthi izinyanga eziningi manje, ikhonsoli yomdlalo inqanyuliwe futhi imidlalo yevidiyo ayinawo lo modeli. Lezi yizindaba ezimbi kubasebenzisi bazo, ngaphandle uma singabathandi bazo Hardware Libre.
Umsebenzisi ogama lakhe linguBanjokazooie uthumele umhlahlandlela wokuguqula i-Wii U yethu ibe yikhonsoli enamandla ye-retro ngenxa ye-Raspberry Pi. Lokhu kuguqulwa kwekhonsoli kuyathakazelisa ngoba ayidingi ikheshi eliphrintiwe noma iyiphi ikhebuli yokuxhuma ikhonsoli ekuphumeni kwamandla.
Iphrojekthi ayigcini ngokuqedela kuphela kepha iyahlolwa futhi isebenza kahle. Ngalokhu sizodinga kuphela ikhonsoli ye-Wii U, ibhodi le-Raspberry Pi 3 nezinye izinto ze-elekthronikhi esingakuthola kunoma yisiphi isitolo se-elekthronikhi esiku-inthanethi. Uma sesinazo lezi zingcezu, kufanele siqhubeke umhlahlandlela wokwakha.
Kuyadingeka ukubuyekeza umhlahlandlela wePi-Power, iphrojekthi eGithub lokho kuzosisiza ukunika amandla ibhodi ukuze lisebenze njengekhonsoli yomdlalo engenantambo. Ngokuqondene nesoftware, kunjalo, I-RetroPie isetshenzisiwe, isoftware ezosivumela ukuthi sisebenzise noma iyiphi i-emulator yekhonsoli yomdlalo kanye nanoma yimuphi umdlalo walabo baduduzi.
Iphrojekthi ye-Wii U mod yedlulela ekusetshenzisweni kabusha kwegobolondo, njengoba i-Raspberry Pi izoxhuma echwebeni ngalinye nasekulawuleni i-Wii U, ibuka yonke into kusikrini sayo esingu-6,5-intshi. Ngakho-ke ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, lokhu kuguqulwa kungabiza futhi kuthakazelise kakhulu kunenye iphrojekthi ye-retro game console. Ngaphandle kokubheka imidlalo yamavidiyo ikhonsoli ezoba nayo ngalokhu kuguqulwa, inombolo enkulu nephelele ukwedlula ikhathalogi ye-Wii U. Impela, lokhu kuguqulwa kugcwalisa le console yomdlalo weNintendo ngempilo. Awucabangi?