I figured out the issues, but apparently it is JUST a launcher, when I exit via alt+f4 the dolphin gui shows up and asks for verification, then retro arch appears, so it's actually worse as far as going keyboard free. Oh well, was worth a shot :)

@backstander awesome! Thanks again

If you want the dolphin emulator, install steam on your pc. Steam link on your pi. Add the dolphin emulator to steam. You can stream dolphin emulator from your pc via steam link to a raspberry pi. Steam link is in the expirimental section.

@kAnGeL88 Those emulators won't run on the current Pi hardware, so theyre not available on those builds.

I got it compiled on my Ubuntu desktop with a small header modification, but performance was actually worse than the official Dolphin PPA

@WadeBrody It means a PC as opposed to a single board computer like a Pi. x86 referring to the 8086 processors introduced by Intel years ago.

i have a project in mind that i have always wanted to do. My favorite child hood game was the GameCube's Luigi's mansion. In this game, you get what is call the GAME BOY HORROR. i want to remake this game boy horror and as one of the features, be able to play Luigi's mansion on it. i have the ROM for it and dolphin, but thats about it.

I just goofed and didnt realize it had been added like early this morning.