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"Dolphin OS" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Dolphin OS and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 October 20#Dolphin OS until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Jay 💬 18:14, 27 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Xbox[edit]

I'm not sure we should include Xbox as a platform here. Dolphin isn't officially supported on either the Xbox One or Series X/S. It simply just seems to be through a dev mode that they intend for devs to use to develop UWPs for the system. Also, the source doesn't mention Dolphin and instead mentions RetroArch, which while it can play GameCube games, isn't Dolphin. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 13:53, 29 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've gone ahead and just removed them since the source only states that RetroArch supports it officially (Even though Microsoft doesn't technically). ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 13:58, 29 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Xbox must absolutely be mentioned since Dolphin also runs on it. @BlazeWolf incorrectly stated that RetroArch does not have Dolphin; it does, both in standalone form (as a quick YouTube "Dolphin Xbox standalone" search will show) and within RetroArch (which has the full version of Dolphin included within its package as a "core"). Official Microsoft support is irrelevant since neither Microsoft nor Google "officially support" Dolphin on Windows or Android either. Therefore, removing the mention of Xbox platforms is absolutely inaccurate and shouldn't have been done without raising discussion on the topic. 87.196.80.7 (talk) 11:33, 17 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It was unsupported by the source so I removed it. Do you have a source that does support what you've stated? ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 13:07, 17 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I think the reference is already edited back in with a new source clearly stating Dolphin is available in both standalone (and has been since December 2022, 3 months before @Blaze Wolf arbitrarily cut the reference out entirely) and inside RetroArch. I maintain the Dolphin core in RetroArch was always enough to show Dolphin was available on Xbox, but hopefully things are more objective now. Next time please add a [verification needed] tag and wait more than 5 minutes between opening a discussion on the topic and editing things out yourself. 2001:8A0:E390:7401:B9F8:657:3226:6F17 (talk) 19:48, 18 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Dolphin on Steam (Q2 2023 release)[edit]

They announced an official release on Steam, due for release in Q2 of 2023.

Would it go in the 'variants and forks' section? FinalxNinja (talk) 19:05, 22 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No because all of the examples in that section are unofficial. I think it would go under the development section? - nathanielcwm (talk) 15:01, 9 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Rachel Bryk[edit]

Should Rachel Bryk be included in this article? That incident at least seems slightly important, given the closeness to Dolphin. 2600:100B:B0C6:1E99:6DC5:F41B:D031:8FC5 (talk) 19:02, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]