Nintendo Wii U simulator Cemu 2.0 is now open source with new support for Linux

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen imisaka for the clue delivery! CTOnews.com, August 24 (Xinhua)-- Cemu, one of the popular Nintendo Wii U simulators, has previously announced that it will open source in 2022.

Today, Cemu released the experimental version 2.0, and announced the official open source, adding initial support for the Linux system.

The main updates of Cemu 2.0 experimental version are as follows:

Cemu is now open.

The preliminary Linux build is available on GitHub, but it is still rough and needs to be polished.

Shorter version numbers (2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3.) will be used in the future.

Updated all dependencies, most notably SDL (input and action) and wxWidgets (UI)

Fixed crash in H264 video decoder and fixed crash on the title screen of "Nintendo all-Star fight"

Fixed crash in call of Duty: black Action II

Fixed possible logging-related crashes in very specific situations

Fixed possible crash if the path to Cemu.exe contains Unicode characters

Fixed possible crash when loading .elf homebrew

CTOnews.com learned that Cemu is a Wii U game console simulator that has been working on the Windows platform since 2015 and has been a great success despite criticism for its closed source code.

Cemu is open source in GitHub, written in C / C++, and is actively developing new features and fixes, currently supporting only 64-bit Windows and Linux devices.