Online with other Emulators?

[suekru]

So I was gonna start up my copy of FF Echo's of Time and wanted to play with a friend but with the servers being down I thought maybe playing through the dolphin emulator would allow a custom server of sorts? If not does anyone know how I could achieve this if possible?

[JosJuice]

With Dolphin's netplay feature, you can play as if all players are using the same GameCube/Wii. https://dolphin-emu.org/docs/guides/netplay-guide/

I suggest that you play the game with (emulated) GameCube controllers instead of Wii Remotes if possible, otherwise the game might desync. Please note that you won't be able to load save data in Wii netplay unless you use certain older Dolphin versions.

[suekru]

With Dolphin's netplay feature, you can play as if all players are using the same GameCube/Wii. https://dolphin-emu.org/docs/guides/netplay-guide/

Will that work even if its a Nintendo WiFi connection game? I thought NetPlay was to mimic a 2nd controller/player?

[JosJuice]

I thought NetPlay was to mimic a 2nd controller/player?

It is. Netplay won't work with the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection modes of games. Some games have third-party servers that you can use for that (primarily intended for real Wiis, but they can also be used in Dolphin), but I don't know if there are any for this game.

[JMC47]

This game only has wifi multiplayer afaik. You'll have to check out Wiimmfi to see if it'll work.

[suekru]

I thought NetPlay was to mimic a 2nd controller/player?

It is. Netplay won't work with the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection modes of games. Some games have third-party servers that you can use for that (primarily intended for real Wiis, but they can also be used in Dolphin), but I don't know if there are any for this game.

Wiiwiimms Seems to have tested support, But if I dropped the NANDs from one wii on both emulators would it work?

[JMC47]

It would probably work? Who knows.