Nintendo made its own Switch emulator… for the Nintendo Switch 2
Nintendo made its own Switch emulator… for the Nintendo Switch 2
by razorbeamz
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Puwiko
this is why yuzu was taken down
Suspect4pe
Isn’t that how it usually goes if they don’t include the previous systems hardware in the new device? I guess it is unusual to have an emulator for a system that recent though.
Momshie_mo
> Nintendo has cracked down on Nintendo Switch emulators in the past years, despite admitting emulation is legal.
Yes, emulation is legal but not unauthorized distribution. Nintendo will not hunt you down if you emulate the games you own. When you distribute it, that’s where the trouble begins
progxdt
It isn’t emulation, the Switch 2 is running a Switch translation layer to get games to run on it.
Translation layer — This layer translates code to run on a different architecture, allowing applications designed for one platform to run on another. For example, Rosetta 2 translates Intel-based apps for Apple Silicon Macs.
Emulation — This involves creating a compatibility layer that allows non-native programs to run on the local machine without creating a full virtual machine. Emulators abstract the hardware expectations of the code to what the actual hardware can do.
AI put this together for me.
Mountain-Papaya-492
I dont care what yall do, just do me a solid and buy Metroid games that are for sale.
CrazierThanMe
This title is exaggerated clickbait. The article itself mentions it’s not true emulation.
> So, instead, the Switch 2 uses a hybrid approach that’s “somewhere in between a software emulator and hardware compatibility.” Some data from the original Switch game is converted to run on the Switch 2 in real-time as the game is played, which indicates something between a compatibility layer and a true emulator.
djwillis1121
Classic rage bait. Nintendo has no issue with emulation. They’ve been using it going all the way back to the Wii Virtual Console (maybe even further, I think Animal Crossing on GameCube included a NES emulator)
What they do have an issue with is people downloading their games for free and playing them on emulators. Even as someone that does this myself, although I’ve never tried Switch emulation, it makes perfect sense to me why they wouldn’t be happy about it. Particularly for Switch.
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this is why yuzu was taken down
Isn’t that how it usually goes if they don’t include the previous systems hardware in the new device? I guess it is unusual to have an emulator for a system that recent though.
> Nintendo has cracked down on Nintendo Switch emulators in the past years, despite admitting emulation is legal.
Yes, emulation is legal but not unauthorized distribution. Nintendo will not hunt you down if you emulate the games you own. When you distribute it, that’s where the trouble begins
It isn’t emulation, the Switch 2 is running a Switch translation layer to get games to run on it.
Translation layer — This layer translates code to run on a different architecture, allowing applications designed for one platform to run on another. For example, Rosetta 2 translates Intel-based apps for Apple Silicon Macs.
Emulation — This involves creating a compatibility layer that allows non-native programs to run on the local machine without creating a full virtual machine. Emulators abstract the hardware expectations of the code to what the actual hardware can do.
AI put this together for me.
I dont care what yall do, just do me a solid and buy Metroid games that are for sale.
This title is exaggerated clickbait. The article itself mentions it’s not true emulation.
> So, instead, the Switch 2 uses a hybrid approach that’s “somewhere in between a software emulator and hardware compatibility.” Some data from the original Switch game is converted to run on the Switch 2 in real-time as the game is played, which indicates something between a compatibility layer and a true emulator.
Classic rage bait. Nintendo has no issue with emulation. They’ve been using it going all the way back to the Wii Virtual Console (maybe even further, I think Animal Crossing on GameCube included a NES emulator)
What they do have an issue with is people downloading their games for free and playing them on emulators. Even as someone that does this myself, although I’ve never tried Switch emulation, it makes perfect sense to me why they wouldn’t be happy about it. Particularly for Switch.