If you have a relatively modern PC, set the “Shader Compilation” option to Asynchronous (Ubershaders). If you have a high-end PC and aren’t anxious about Dolphin’s performance, you can disable the “Show FPS” option. This way, when a game starts, it will take up the whole screen and cover every other window. If you’re using Dolphin on your TV or a media center setup, you may want to enable the “Use Full-Screen” option. Thus, it’s suggested you leave all of them as they are and tweak them on a case-by-case basis. The Advanced tab contains options that can significantly improve the emulated titles’ speed and fluidity or outright break compatibility. If using headphones, though, you may want to try Dolphin’s sound in Surround instead of Stereo mode. Still, all of the console’s games were designed with a 16:9 ratio in mind, which also matches the monitors most of us use today. Like the actual Wii, Dolphin supports a 4:3 aspect ratio. Most people probably won’t need to change the rest of the options. Just as when playing on an actual Wii, you can also control the Wiimote’s speaker volume and enable rumble.

Make sure to choose the correct placement from the “Wii Remote Settings -> Sensor Bar Position” pull-down menu, or your controller’s position will be way off.

If using actual Wiimotes, which remain the best way to play this console’s games, you are also using a sensor bar placed on or under your monitor or TV. To play Wii games, you should pay a visit to the Wii tab.

Dolphin emulator controller profiles