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A "debugging emulator" for the Nintendo Switch, [https://github.com/reswitched/Mephisto Mephisto], popped up not long after. What it does is emulate sysmodules with "no support for graphics, sound, input, or any kind of even remotely performant processing [...] by design". While this project is open-source, it is developed as nothing more than research.
 
A "debugging emulator" for the Nintendo Switch, [https://github.com/reswitched/Mephisto Mephisto], popped up not long after. What it does is emulate sysmodules with "no support for graphics, sound, input, or any kind of even remotely performant processing [...] by design". While this project is open-source, it is developed as nothing more than research.
  
[[File:Nintendo switch.jpg|thumb|250px|The Nintendo Switch with controller in regular mode.]] The '''Nintendo Switch''' is a ninth(?)-generation console released by Nintendo in 2017. It presents a versatile controller and screen output device, which lets you switch from mobile and traditional play easily.
 
 
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Revision as of 07:48, 24 April 2018

The Switch console (docked) and its controllers in its grip.

The Nintendo Switch is a ninth-generation console-handheld hybrid gaming platform launched by Nintendo in 2017. It was also known as the Nintendo NX (short for NeXt) during development, and includes motion and touch controls. Aside from specialized components unique to the console, the hardware is more or less off-the-shelf, being built around a semi-custom variant of Nvidia's Tegra X1 system-on-chip which was also used on a number of Android devices.

A huge vulnerability was discovered that allowed tons of system files to be dumped, including dumps of games in the form of romfs.istorage archives, an exefs folder, and license files. These game dumps eventually got shared online by scene groups except for their licenses, but they're missing important files to run and even if they were complete, no custom homebrew apps let alone solutions to load unofficial game dumps have been developed yet for the system.

A "debugging emulator" for the Nintendo Switch, Mephisto, popped up not long after. What it does is emulate sysmodules with "no support for graphics, sound, input, or any kind of even remotely performant processing [...] by design". While this project is open-source, it is developed as nothing more than research.

Emulators

THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO EMULATORS FOR THIS DEVICE THAT CAN RUN COMMERCIAL GAMES AND/OR SOFTWARE.

PC
Name Operating System(s) Latest Version Active
yuzu Windows, macOS, Linux Nightly
Ryujinx Windows Git
yuzu
A cross-platform emulator made by the Citra team. With the addition of some homebrew apps running properly, three commercial games are officially confirmed to boot with graphics, but running at incredibly slow framerates.[1]
Ryujinx
A public domain emulator programmed in C# for Windows. Much like yuzu, some homebrew runs and at least one game has been confirmed to boot but runs slowly.[2]

References

  1. JMC47 (April 15, 2018). First games are running!
  2. McDev (April 13, 2018). The Binding of issac In Game Ryujinx Switch Emulator. YouTube