[Feature Request] "Add Support for .wad file extension" [WiiWare, Wii Channels, Virtual Console Games]

[RFL0WGitPR]

Since the standalone version of Dolphin supports this feature for a while now, it would be great if the RetorArch-Core is also capable of reading .wad files, especially for WiiWare / Virtual Console emulation.

It would be neat if I can import and load a .wad files on a playlist to the RetroArch menu under a Wii Digital Games category option or have a WiiWare option on the Menu to load this content.

So users can select on the menu and play (Virtual Console Games, WiiWare Games, Wii Channels) and play it in RetroArch using the Dolphin core.

[danprice142]

Already works, I saw someone called Grizzly Bear figured it out in Doms Discord Server, he got .wad running, Channel’s and even the wii menu running in the core on a Xbox in Retail mode too, he even got wiimmfi auto patcher working but had to set his Xbox DNS to what his Wii DNS was, I’m guessing the NAND remembers the last DNS.

[i30817]

If you put them on playlists with the manual scanner (by scanning multiple extensions, 'iso rvz wad') you can load them, but i guess some of them require features that might not work or be available on this core (like networking, or janky filesystem interactions with the NAND)

Also mind you, due to this problem, results already may vary from upstream (the rebirth games forcefully turn off that option because of bugs i can't remember). I believe upstream removed the need for that flag this by fixing those bugs, but, you know, that's upstream.