The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is an action-adventure game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development, and published by Nintendo for the GameCube and Wii video game consoles. It is the thirteenth installment in The Legend of Zelda series. Originally planned for release in November 2005, Twilight Princess was delayed by Nintendo to allow its developers to refine the game and add more content. The Wii version was released alongside the Wii console on November 19, 2006, in North America, and in December 2006 in Japan, Europe, and Australia. This made Twilight Princess the first Zelda game released at the launch of a Nintendo console. The GameCube version was released in December 2006, and was the last Nintendo-published game for the console. During early development, Nintendo referred to Twilight Princess as The Wind Waker 2. As development progressed, Nintendo announced a new title, Twilight Princess, during the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in 2005.
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | |
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Developer(s) | Nintendo EAD |
Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
Series | The Legend of Zelda |
Platform(s) | Wii |
Release date(s) | NA November 19, 2006 JP December 2, 2006 AUS December 7, 2006 EU December 8, 2006 |
Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Input methods | Wii Remote + Nunchuk |
Compatibility | 5 Perfect |
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GameCube Version |
The Wii version is identical to the GameCube version, but is mirrored by design; ie. what is left on the world map in the GC version is right on the Wii. It also uses the Wii remote and supports widescreen.
Problems
Hyrule Field Slow Down
Over time in the game Hyrule Field becomes progressively slower. To fix this use the "ZTP hack" (see Configuration). Make sure that this option is checked only for this game since this can cause issues in other games. See issue 2499.
Audio Issues
With DSP HLE, background music may play at a low value, sound effects may be too loud, and the music may not play or cut out randomly. Use DSP LLE to correct these sound problems.
Mini Map
- With EFB to Texture the minimap will become unusable after a transition into another area, showing nothing but visual garbage. Use EFB to Ram to fix it.
- The minimap requires Texture Cache Accuracy to be set to position 1 (Safe), otherwise the arrow will become confused and fail to follow Link as he travels.
Press "2" on the Wii Remote to hide the minimap.
Bloom
Due to the low resolution bloom, a "ghost" image will appear around certain objects in areas with high amounts of bloom. There is no known solution.
In addition to the "ghost" look, the Wii version as a bloom offset. To fix it, use D3D11, or use D3D9 and OpenGL with the following procedure:
- With OpenGL and D3D9, set the game to EFB to Texture, then fire up the game. After it is loaded, open the graphics configuration menu, and the bloom offset will disappear. Why this happens is unknown, but it appears to remain in place in testing.
D3D11 Darkness
With the D3D11 graphics backend the lens flare from the sun is glitched. When looking at the sun, the flare makes things appear darker instead of brighter, and it will even show through trees, buildings, and other obstacles. Only the D3D11 backend has this problem so use D3D9 or OpenGL to avoid it. See issue 5999.
Sun Rays
Twilight Princess uses a ray effect at various points throughout the game, most notably at windows and the fountains. The effect is very easily broken. How it is broken depends on the backend used:
- D3D9 - Anti-aliasing and an Internal Resolution above 1x Native
- D3D11 - Anti-aliasing and Anistropic Filtering have no effect on the sun rays with D3D11. However, an Internal Resolution above 1x native will affect it the same as in D3D9.
- OpenGL - The GLSL merge (3.5-1025) greatly improves the effect in OpenGL. It is now affected by Anisotropic Filtering and an internal resolution above 1x Native.
Wiimote Disconnects
Wiimote disconnects will occur after several minutes of inactivity. Press Alt-F5 to continue playing.
Configuration
Only configuration options for the best compatibility where they deviate from defaults are listed.
Graphics
Config | Setting | Notes |
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Texture Cache Accuracy | Position 1 (Safe) | Needed for the minimap arrow to work |
Audio
Config | Setting | Notes |
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DSP Emulator Engine | LLE | Fixes sound issues |
Version Compatibility
The graph below charts the compatibility with The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.
Testing
This title has been tested on the environments listed below:
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Revision | OS | CPU | GPU | Result | Tester |
r6095 | Windows | Intel Core i7-920 | ATI Radeon HD 4890 | The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess Dolphin Wii Full Speed | FuriosBr1 |
r6580 | Linux Ubuntu 10.10 x86 | Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz | ATI Radeon HD 4850 | Slow and choppy (OpenGL) | |
r6580 | Windows 7 x86 | Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 @ 2.13GHz | ATI Radeon HD 4850 | Fast and speedy (Directx9) | |
r7025 | Windows 7 x64 | Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.3GHz | AMD Radeon HD 6950 | Fast and speedy (Directx9) | |
r7332 | Windows 7 x86 | Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz | AMD Radeon HD 6950 | Almost Perfect | |
r7489 | Windows 7 x64 | Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 3.06GHz | nVidia GeForce 8800 GT | Fast and speedy (Dx9) | LynxOfTime |
r7561 | Windows 7 x64 | AMD Phenom II X4 N930 @ 2GHz | ATI Mobility Radeon HD 545v | 20->35 FPS. 16 FPS in Hyrule Field. A little slowdown in large areas. | Livy |
r7561 | Windows 7 x64 | Intel Core i3-530 @ 2.93GHz | Intel HD Clarkdale | Full speed most of the time. 18 FPS in Hyrule Field. A little slowdown in large areas. | Livy |
3.0 | Mac OS 10.7.2 | Intel Core i5 @ 2.8GHz | AMD Radeon HD 5750 | Almost Perfect, mini-map is garbled unless you change EFB Copies to RAM, then it works fine, but the game slows down also (OpenGL) | Elxiliath |
r7661 | Windows 7 x64 | Intel Core i7-950 @ 3.07GHz | ATI Radeon HD 5770 | Good for the most part with decent speeds, despite the fairy cursor misaligned with the mouse. However, resizing or maximizing the window causes literally about a hundred errors, starting with "Invalid Call" followed by D3D shader/framebuffer nonsense (mostly regarding D3DShader.cpp). Following the errors, Dolphin crashes. | Schala |
r7670 | Windows 7 x64 | Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.1GHz | AMD Radeon HD 6850 | Runs at 30 FPS all the time. No major problems, although maximizing the window during gameplay will crash Dolphin. Easily playable at 2x Native. | MegaJump |
r7719 | Windows 7 x64 | Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 @ 2.5GHz | nVidia GeForce GTX 560 | Completely playable until the end, but random crashes, no sound at spirit springs and in the end credits with HLE, very slow Hyrule Field (10-12 FPS @ D3D9, 6-8 FPS @ D3D11), slowdown independent of ZTP hack and internal res/AA/AI and other gfx enhancements, also in other big areas | |
^3.0 | Windows 7 x64 | Intel Core i7-2600K @ 4.1GHz | nVidia GeForce 460 GTX | Hyrule Field 25-30 FPS (Directx9) | dormantreign |
^3.0 | Linux openSUSE x86_64 | AMD Phenom II 1090T @ 3.2GHz | nVidia GeForce 560 GTX | Perfect | Delayline |
3.0-235 | Windows 7 x64 | Intel Core i7-3930K @ 3.2GHz | AMD Radeon HD 6970 | Constant 30 FPS @ D3D9, no sound problems, no crashes, Hyrule Field 30 FPS after activating "DSP LLE on Thread" | |
3.0-427 | Windows 7 x64 | AMD Phenom II 1090T @ 3.6GHz | ATI Radeon HD 6870 | Flawless constant 30 FPS, internal resolution=auto 1080p AAx4 AFx2 | HeapsGood99 |
3.0-601 | Windows 7 x64 | 3rd Generation Inte® Core i7-3610QM@ 3.3GHz | 1 GB DDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 650M with Optimus™ | perfect | jplafor |
3.0-681 | Windows 7 x64 | 2nd Generation Intel Core i5-2500K@ 4.5GHz | 1.28 GB DDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 570 | KOR Version(RZDK01) need to use 'MMU Speed Hack'(Old TLB Hack) for Continue in Menu screen (After Push A+B) | hong620 |
3.0-710 | Windows 7 x86 | AMD Althlon II M300 @ 2GHz | Mobility Radeon HD 4200 | 10-15 FPS. 7 FPS in Hyrule Field | Livy |