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Cemu Emulator Complete Guide 2025

Cemu Emulator Complete Guide 2025

Nintendo Wii U is already a famous name among gamers, owning many exclusive games such as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Super Mario 3D World, Xenoblade Chronicles X, and integrations that create a smooth gaming experience. However, not everyone has the opportunity to use the Wii U. 

That’s why Cemu, the Wii U emulator, was released. This is an emulator that helps users access Wii U games on Windows with high performance, better graphics upgrades and smoother frame rates. Thanks to that, Cemu is increasingly chosen by many game “followers”. If this is the first time you know about Cemu, this article will guide you on how to download, install, and configure Cemu on your Windows computer.

Instructions for downloading Cemu emulator

Step 1: Open a browser and visit Cemu’s official homepage, you can search on Google or click directly on this link

Step 2: Click the “Download Latest Version” button. The browser will be forwarded to Cemu’s GitHub, which contains the latest version of the software

Note: Currently the latest release of Cemu is version 2.5. Please consider the appropriate version for your device in case the device has a weak configuration.

Step 3: Click “Assets”, select Cemu_x.x.x.zip file to download

Instructions for installing Wii U Cemu Emulator: 

Before installation, you need a Zip file extractor, there are many software options for you to try. If you don’t have decompression software available, you can refer to 7-Zip, a free decompression software that can handle many common compressed file types.

You can directly download 7-Zip here

Unzip and Install Cemu

After downloading the Cemu software, the software is now in compressed file form. Please decompress the file according to these steps:

Step 1: Right click on the ZIP file Cemu_x.xx.zip 

Step 2: Select 7-Zip, select Extract to Cemu.

You will now have a new folder containing the emulator files. To save space on your device, you can delete the zip file.

Cemu installation instructions

First, you need to open the Cemu file and launch the Cemu.exe file

Next, set the path containing the Wii U ROM by clicking “Browse” on the “Game Path” section.

Then find the folder containing the ROMs you saved, select “Select Folder”

Then the screen will display “Download and configure graphic pack”, click to select and the device will automatically download a series of graphic display filters.

Chọn “Download latest community graphic packs” 

Install the handle

Cemu supports many types of controllers such as Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch Pro Controller. You can choose depending on your needs, but don’t forget to check the compatibility between the controller and the emulator yourself.

The steps to install the handle are as follows:

Step 1: On the Getting Started window, select “Configure Input”

Step 2: Now the window will display “Input Setting” for each Controller, select Controller 1, name the profile as you like (As in the example “p1”)

Step 3: In the “Emulated Controller” line, select Wii U Gamepad (This option is required for some games, you can choose another option if you want).

Step 4: In the “Controller” line, select the appropriate connection API:

  • XInput: Xbox controller.
  • DirectInput: Tay cầm PlayStation 5, Switch Pro Controller.
  • SDL Controller: If the above options do not work.

Customize Control Buttons

At the end of the Input Setting section, there will be a button customization panel. Depending on how you use the controller, you can set the key accordingly by pressing the button you want to change and pressing the new button on the handle.

Once completed, click “Save”

After clicking “Save”, the window will return to the “Getting started” section as before. Now in the “Additional Options” section, click “Start Game with Full Screen” and click Close.

Customize Graphics Performance: 

To change the graphic display on Cemu, follow these steps:

Step 1: Go to Options

Step 2: In the “General Settings” window, select “Graphics”

  • You can keep the default, unless you have performance problems. If you have an old GPU, try switching from Vulkan to OpenGL.
  • Guaranteed item Graphics Device set to your graphics card (not CPU).
  • If you experience tearing, turn it on VSync.
  • In the Upscale Filter section: select Bicubic 
  • Downscale Filter: Select Bilinear.

Note: If you experience lag, you can try turning off Shader Cache to reduce initial lag.

Notification settings on Cemu emulator: 

If you don’t want unnecessary notifications to pop up while playing the game, go to “Overlay”, turn off “Shader Compiler Notifications”

Adjust Graphic Packs for the game

Each Game will have graphics packs to upgrade graphics, increase FPS, or fix display errors, so that’s why in the Getting Started section you need to select “Download latest community graphic packs”

Take the game “Bayonetta” as an example, right click on the game and select “Edit Graphics Packs”

Then turn on “Resolution” to increase the resolution from 720p to 1440p if desired. 

Install DLC and Update Game

Check the column DLC, if “None” is displayed, it means the game does not have DLC yet. Now do it in the following order:

Step 1: Enter File,  Install Game Title, Updates, or DLC, 

Step 2: Select the folder you need

Step 3: Select item  “meta” In the game’s DLC folder, Click “Select Folder” to complete

You can do the same to install game updates.

For example:

  • Sonic Lost World Before installation: Version 0, DLC None.
  • After installing the DLC: DLC 32.
  • After installing the update: Version 48.

Conclusion

So you have completed the basic steps to install and personalize the Wii U Cemu Emulator on your Windows computer. Hopefully the information in the above article will be useful to you. Don’t forget to continue following future instructions to gain more interesting knowledge!.