A very ambitious project called iiSU has just shown off their designs. It looks very promising, but I can't help but feel it won't materialise. iiSU is designed to collate your emulation software...
A very ambitious project called iiSU has just shown off their designs. It looks very promising, but I can't help but feel it won't materialise. iiSU is designed to collate your emulation software and your emulated games, but most notably they did not say how the emulation would actually happen, what cores they'd use, which systems would be supported and whatnot.
Also, I don't love the design. A lot of care and effort was put in, yes, but things like the default typeface and that everything seems to bleep and bloop all the time would make for quite a dated-feeling experience in the long run. Not that there's actual evidence of any of this actually really existing as software aside. Curiously, the video shows no in-engine footage, just mockups, and in the spiel about DS Mode (Which does show an actual device), you can clearly see close and menu buttons overlaid on the screen. They showed a screenshot, presumably from Figma or something.
Many things about this just plain and simple don't add up. Their promised Shopii theme store for example requires a lot of web know how to build and operate, as does the real time social features they want to package with this piece of software for free. There is a paid version - or at least, there is said to be one once released - for five dollars, once. That's not gonna cover anyone's Vercel bill.
I also think they're just very overconfident. The first thing we see is Nintendo games, Nintendo property, Nintendo IP laid out on an (admittedly) very slick UI. I have to imagine Shuntaro Furukawa himself is already charging up the laser-nuke-superweapon from Pokemon X to fire directly at their headquarters.
It's a shame because it looks very, very good. But this only being mockups and not a single iota of actual, in-engine footage or demos is very concerning. I'll believe it when I see it, I guess. I hope they pull through.
It may be just a frontend for Retroarch with a ton of frosting on top. That wouldn't be the worst thing, as UI/UX has long been a sore spot for emulation, up there with acquiring the games.
It may be just a frontend for Retroarch with a ton of frosting on top. That wouldn't be the worst thing, as UI/UX has long been a sore spot for emulation, up there with acquiring the games.
I'm a little concerned by how poorly they communicated how much of it was a mock-up- and having worked on video game UI, I'm entirely sure 98% of that was just previewed in their UI design tool of...
I'm a little concerned by how poorly they communicated how much of it was a mock-up- and having worked on video game UI, I'm entirely sure 98% of that was just previewed in their UI design tool of choice. The focus on the group as a whole was largely on the designers. They have some very pretty designs, too, but they've also picked a couple of very technical challenges which will require some experienced developers.
The YouTube comments are full of people salivating over it, not realising that none of this functionality exists yet.
The first time I saw WiiFlow I didn't believe it. The design was too good. It seemed like a scam. It hit all the right design notes that any young WAD Manager enthusiast could yearn for in the...
The first time I saw WiiFlow I didn't believe it. The design was too good. It seemed like a scam. It hit all the right design notes that any young WAD Manager enthusiast could yearn for in the early 2010s...
I haven't used it personally but Launchbox runs on Android and it looks pretty good! Different aesthetic though
A very ambitious project called iiSU has just shown off their designs. It looks very promising, but I can't help but feel it won't materialise. iiSU is designed to collate your emulation software and your emulated games, but most notably they did not say how the emulation would actually happen, what cores they'd use, which systems would be supported and whatnot.
Also, I don't love the design. A lot of care and effort was put in, yes, but things like the default typeface and that everything seems to bleep and bloop all the time would make for quite a dated-feeling experience in the long run. Not that there's actual evidence of any of this actually really existing as software aside. Curiously, the video shows no in-engine footage, just mockups, and in the spiel about DS Mode (Which does show an actual device), you can clearly see close and menu buttons overlaid on the screen. They showed a screenshot, presumably from Figma or something.
Many things about this just plain and simple don't add up. Their promised Shopii theme store for example requires a lot of web know how to build and operate, as does the real time social features they want to package with this piece of software for free. There is a paid version - or at least, there is said to be one once released - for five dollars, once. That's not gonna cover anyone's Vercel bill.
I also think they're just very overconfident. The first thing we see is Nintendo games, Nintendo property, Nintendo IP laid out on an (admittedly) very slick UI. I have to imagine Shuntaro Furukawa himself is already charging up the laser-nuke-superweapon from Pokemon X to fire directly at their headquarters.
It's a shame because it looks very, very good. But this only being mockups and not a single iota of actual, in-engine footage or demos is very concerning. I'll believe it when I see it, I guess. I hope they pull through.
It may be just a frontend for Retroarch with a ton of frosting on top. That wouldn't be the worst thing, as UI/UX has long been a sore spot for emulation, up there with acquiring the games.
I'm a little concerned by how poorly they communicated how much of it was a mock-up- and having worked on video game UI, I'm entirely sure 98% of that was just previewed in their UI design tool of choice. The focus on the group as a whole was largely on the designers. They have some very pretty designs, too, but they've also picked a couple of very technical challenges which will require some experienced developers.
The YouTube comments are full of people salivating over it, not realising that none of this functionality exists yet.
The first time I saw WiiFlow I didn't believe it. The design was too good. It seemed like a scam. It hit all the right design notes that any young WAD Manager enthusiast could yearn for in the early 2010s...
I haven't used it personally but Launchbox runs on Android and it looks pretty good! Different aesthetic though