The Dolphin Forums and the Dev Team specifically call out and discourage piracy, to avoid ‘inducing or facilitating copyright infringement’.įirst created back in 2003 as a closed source program, the Dolphin emulator first went open-source in 2008. Games can be added to the emulation platform by downloading ROMs of the games you already own. Since Dolphin itself contains no copyrighted code from Nintendo, the platform is not in breach of copyright. įirst impressions from the Jailbreak SubReddit are positive, with many looking forward to future updates which will improve the stability of the platform.Īccording to US law, obtaining a digital version of the original game is legal as long as the user as a purchased copy. The free and open-source video game console emulator has appeared on Apple devices in the past on previous Jailbreaks, with DolphiniOS marking its first use on iOS 13.Īble to emulate Nintendo GameCube and Wii titles on iPhones running iOS 12 and up, the initial build is available right now from the OatMealDome repo. Melee, thanks to an emulation application for Jailbroken devices.Ĭalled DolphiniO S, the emulation application is a port of Dolphin, the popular GameCube and Wii emulator, which has been available for Mac, Windows and Linux since June 2016. Apple iPhone users can now play Nintendo games, including Super Smash Bros.