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The '''[[wikipedia:Nintendo Switch|Nintendo Switch]]''' is an eighth-generation hybrid gaming console released by Nintendo on March 3, 2017 and retailed for {{Inflation|USD|299.99|2017}}. It has a Nvidia Tegra X1 SOC (System On a Chip) with 4 ARM Cortex-A57 CPUs and 4 ARM Cortex-A53 CPUs at 1.020 GHz with 4GB of RAM. It's GPU is a Nvidia GM20B. During its development, the Switch was known as the NX (short for NeXt or Nintendo "Cross") and was widely speculated up until its announcement. 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-a-chip which was also used on a number of [[Android emulators|Android devices]].
While '''Ensata''' is a [[Nintendo intended to step up DS emulators|Nintendo DS emulator]] made by Nintendo, named after the security of the console, vulnerabilities were still found early on that allowed tons of system files Nintendo DS's codename. Its function was to be dumped, including dumps of a quick debugger for developers and eventually it ran commercial games in the form of romfs- though compatibility is very low. Originally two versions (v1.istorage archives, an exefs folder, 3c and license filesv1. These game dumps eventually got shared online by scene groups except for their licenses but 4d) were missing important files to run leaked from official sources in 2005 and even if they had been completed2006, there were no custom homebrew apps albeit cracked in a way that let alone solutions users play games through these emulators. Later, in 2020, the source code was leaked showing development continued on until 2009. An interesting function is its ability to load unofficial game dumps for emulate the physical gap between the system. A number two screens of prominent hacking teams (starting with shuffle2 and fail0verflow in collaboration) all came across a new exploit independently of each other that allowed complete control over the an actual Nintendo DS system, later officially recognized by Nvidia as CVE-2018-6242.
A "debugging emulator" for the Nintendo Switch, CageTheUnicorn (now [https://github.com/reswitched/Mephisto Mephisto]), popped up not long after the first components were dumped. It was designed to emulate sysmodules with "no support for graphics, sound, input, or any kind of even remotely performant processing [...] by design". It was then revealed that members of both the [[Citra]] and [[Dolphin]] teams were already working on [[yuzu|their own emulator]] in secret, followed by another developer releasing an emulator named [[Ryujinx]]. ==EmulatorsDownload=={| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"|+PC! scope="col"|Name! scope="col"|Operating System(s)! scope="col"|Latest Version! scope="col"|Active! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]|-|[[yuzu]]|Windows, Linux|[https://yuzu-emu.org/downloads/ Nightly]|{{✓}}|{{~}}|-|[[Ryujinx]]|Windows, Linux, macOS|[https://ryujinx.org/#/Build Nightly]|{{✓}}|{{~}}|-|[https://github.com/RKX1209/nsemu NSEmu]|Windows|{{✗}} (WIP)|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|-|[[SphiNX]]|Windows|{{✗}} (WIP)|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|-|Mephisto|macOS, Linux|[https://github.com/reswitched/Mephisto/releases v1.2.1], [https://github.com/reswitched/Mephisto Git]|{{✓}}|{{✗}}|-|CageTheUnicorn|Python|[https://github.com/reswitched/CageTheUnicorn Git]|{{✗}}|{{✗}}|-!colspancellpadding="104"|Mobile|-|[https://github.com/Cyuubi/MonoNX MonoNX]|[[Android emulators|Android]]|[https://gbatemp.net/threads/mononx-an-experimental-nintendo-switch-emulator-for-android.531427/ 1.1]|{{✓}}|{{✗}}
;[[yuzu]]
:An open-source cross-platform emulator made by the [[Citra]] team. yuzu has seen it's development pace grow extremely fast during 2018 to the point that certains games are now fully playable.<ref>[https://yuzu-emu.org/game/ yuzu - Compatibility list] </ref> Some 2D games now show correct graphics and sometimes good speed. Some 3D games are playable but almost none is running full speed.
:A lot of Nintendo Switch exclusives games are playable already but can't be considered perfect yet.<ref>[https://twitter.com/yuzuemu/status/1057781359639490560 Yuzu - Super Mario Odyssey now playable] (Oct 31, 2018)</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/yuzuemu/status/1063573285391294465 Yuzu - Pokémon Let's Go Ingame on release day] (Nov 16, 2018)</ref>
:It is known that the devs are now working on a Vulkan renderer and continually work to improve the emulator compatibility and [[Emulation Accuracy|accuracy]]. Note that top tier Hardware is required to get decent speed in most games at the moment.
;[[Ryujinx]]
:An open-source public domain emulator programmed in C#. Compared to it's early days<ref>[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5rwaENaDLQ Ryujinx - This Emulators Progress is INSANE] (Jul 24, 2018)</ref>, it has now slower development than yuzu but seems to focus on full system accuracy. Most 2D games are now booting despite of confortable speeds and some 3D games are showing graphics.
;[[SphiNX]]
:A closed-source emulator in the work since late July/August 2018. It can boot some homebrews as well as the title screen of one commercial game. This is more a one person project for personal training at the moment.
;MonoNX
:The first attempt at an [[Android]] emulator by [https://github.com/Cyuubi/ Cyuubi], a developer known for the 3DS emulator [https://github.com/Cyuubi/LemonLime/ LemonLime]. This emulator actually displays no graphics at all making it useless for end-users at the moment.
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{{Nintendo}}==Compatibility list (1.4d)==*Works perfectly**0010 - Cool 104 Joker & Setline (J) (Wario)**0038 - Ping Pals (U) (GBXR)**Demo - Ping Pals Wireless Multiboot Demo (U) (Independent)**Demo - Table Hockey E3 Download Tech Demo (U) (Independent)*Works but slowly**0024 - Robots (E) (Trashman)**0029 - GoldenEye - Rogue Agent (U) (Trashman)**0054 - Tiger Woods PGA Tour (E) (GBXR)**0059 - Robots (U) (Trashman)**0065 - Tiger Woods PGA Tour (U) (SpankMe)**Demo - Guru Guru Nagetto Download Demo (J) (Independent)**Demo - Submarine E3 Download Tech Demo (U) (Independent)**Demo - Zelda Gallery E3 Download Demo (U) (Independent)*Doesn't work (Error 'Stopped due to abort or undefined instruction in ARM9.')**Demo - Polarium Demo (U) (Independent)[http://www.ndsemulator.com/nintendo-ds/ensata-nds-roms.htm Source] ==More info==[http://www.ndsemulator.com/nintendo-ds/ensata-help.htm Using Ensata]
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