Since Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection will shutting down soon, now seems like the perfect opportunity to try and revive the game by moving over to Dolphin’s netplay! Don’t worry about needing to upgrade your PC. Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars is one of the few Wii games that has a five-star Dolphin compatibility rating, which means it’s very easy to emulate!

What You Need:

[list][]Dolphin 5.0-5874. This is what you use to play the game online.

[]A North American ISO of Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars. You can find a guide to rip the game from your Wii here.[/list]

If your game’s MD5 does not match your opponent’s, you may not be able to sync.

Minimum Requirements (480p/60 FPS):

Processor: Intel Core i5-750 or AMD Phenom X6 1090T

RAM: 2 GB DDR3

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon HD 7870

Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit or Linux 64-bit (Ubuntu-based, Debian-based, or FreeBSD)

Hard Drive Space: 5.5 GB free

Recommended Specifications (1080p/60 FPS):

Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD FX-8320

RAM: 4 GB DDR3

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD Radeon R9 285

Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit, Linux Mint “Cinnamon” 64-bit

Ultra Specifications (2160p/60 FPS):

Processor: Intel Core i5-4690 or AMD Ryzen 5 1400

RAM: 8 GB DDR3/DDR4

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon R9 290

Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit, Linux Mint “Cinnamon” 64-bit

Installation:

[list=1][]Extract Dolphin.

[]Create a new folder named “ISO” in your Dolphin folder.

[]Place your Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars image in your ISO folder.

[]Configure Dolphin to use the following settings:[/list]

Config:

http://i.imgur.com/yjwCQaQ.png

Graphics:

https://i.imgur.com/H3qhqo9.png

Game Properties (right-click):

http://i.imgur.com/ZZNaD3N.png

Controllers:

http://i.imgur.com/2UNKMPf.png

http://i.imgur.com/Fi6YfPG.png

Playing Online:

You can join the Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars group on Discord for live chat, matchmaking, and tech support.

https://i.imgur.com/ZqiJhPR.png

http://i.imgur.com/MmYJl6e.png

Hosting:

[list=1][]Click Tools at the top of the Dolphin window.

[]Click Start NetPlay.

[]Set Traversal in the top-left, not Direct.

[]Click the Host tab.

[]Select the game in your list of ISOs.

[]Click the Host button to host a lobby.

[]Click the Copy button to copy your Host Code ID.

[]Paste the Host Code ID to your opponent.

[]Set the frame buffer to your opponent’s ping divided by 8. Adjust as needed for higher latency. (4 buffer = one frame of input delay. 60ms = recommended buffer of 8 / 2 frames.)

[]Start the game.[/list]

http://i.imgur.com/mXUowhS.png

Joining:

[list=1][]Click Tools at the top of the Dolphin window.

[]Click Start NetPlay.

[]Set Traversal in the top-left, not Direct.

[]Click the Connect tab.

[]Paste your opponent’s Host Code ID in the Host Code field.

[]Click the Connect button to join the host’s lobby.[/list]

Known Issues:

[list][]Having “Insert SD card” set to on and having any Wii remotes enabled will cause immediate desyncs.

[]The game may stutter while it loads character effects into memory the first time you start it up. Just play through Survival for a while and it shouldn’t happen again after that.[/list]