Its name gives reference to the Nintendo Dolphin, which was the codename for the GameCube.
It is still the only emulator capable of running commercial Wii games. It is the first emulator to successfully run commercial GameCube and Wii games. Quick tutorial shows how to install the stable or latest dev version of Dolphin, a GameCube / Wii / Triforce emulator, in Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04 via PPAĭolphin is an open-source Nintendo GameCube, Wii, and Triforce emulator for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
