Ryujinx
Its an open-source Nintendo Switch emulator & debugger programmed mainly in C#. It aims to offer great performance, uncluttered friendly interface and consistent development build releases. Due to its relatively early development state, it has not yet had a stable release but has a nice UI, run quite a lot of games at full speed, scale up to 8x resolutions, native Mii Editor and much more!
While development has been stopped due to the powers of influence from Nintendo, I'm sure it won't take long for phoenix to rise from the ashes...
Last Release:
1.1.1403 / 02-10-2024
Suyu
Sudachi originates from Yuzu (EA 4176) and resumes its development while not at the pace of its predecessor. As such, it is open-source and written in C++ with portability in mind. Its compatibility, speed, features are pretty much on par with when Yuzu was shut down. As such, most commercial games are fully playable, albeit not without glitches or slowdowns.
Note: It requires all keys to be user provided, along with the firmware...
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Last Release:
0.0.2master / 25-11-2024
Yuzu (EA 4176)
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Windows: 64-bit only
Linux: 64-bit only
Mac OS: ARM only (for Suyu)
NXEmu
NXEmu is an open-source Nintendo Switch Emulator written in C++ for Windows. It is still in the very early stage and not usable for people to play any games. It is showing some graphics, but takes a lot of time to boot anything.
Please check here regarding milestones.
Bear in mind, I cannot link to builds as they have to be manually compiled. Once compiled builds are made directly by the developper, I will add them. I'm raising awareness, for now.
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Windows: 7+
General Info
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Everything on the Switch is encrypted, so if you want to run anything other than homebrew, you have to dump encryption keys from your console. To get more information please take a look at referenced Keys Documentation.
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Homebrew is available on many websites, such as the Switch Appstore.
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A hacked Nintendo Switch is needed to dump games, which you can learn how to do here. Once you have hacked your Nintendo Switch, you will need to dump your own games with NxDumpTool to get an XCI or NSP dump.
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Switch firmwares can be found at Darthsternie.
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