Emulation Homebrew tico alpha 0.7.0 — GameCube and Wii now running on Switch (HOS), for the first time ever

MeWhen69 · Apr 21, 2026

YukidaruPunch said:
I wish I could try this without the frontend. Does this completely change my Switch's main theme or is it like an app I'll open on Sphaira?

Yup, open on sphaira. From there you can set all up

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Sonic Adventure 2 runs slowish, but the music is perfectly fine which makes it bearable lol. I suppose that's normal since it's a heavy game and this is still an alpha anyways, but would there be a way to boost it's performance or nah? Maybe with some of the hacks in the options?

Sukalibur · Apr 21, 2026

MeWhen69 said:
Yup, open on sphaira. From there you can set all up

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Sonic Adventure 2 runs slowish, but the music is perfectly fine which makes it bearable lol. I suppose that's normal since it's a heavy game and this is still an alpha anyways, but would there be a way to boost it's performance or nah? Maybe with some of the hacks in the options?

enable dolphin core in experimental

Asia81 · Apr 21, 2026

Cofofo said:
Dan really is the goat.
Everyone that has ever doubted his methods looking like clowns now.

not to ba a hater, but are we supposed to know him? 1st time i hear of him

blashy101 · Apr 21, 2026

purple_bandit said:
While this is cool it's never going to run full speed so can't help feel the work and effort could better go towards something that actually will be fully functional. Like Sega Model 3 or something.

This is just a little novelty that won't really be usable. Unless the work on it carries over to Switch 2 homebrew in the future or something I guess. Still a cool effort

You could fork the project and write it to yourself to improve speed unless?

AllOver · Apr 21, 2026

blashy101 said:
You could fork the project and write it to yourself to improve speed unless?

Fork what?

master801 · Apr 21, 2026

Asia81 said:
not to ba a hater, but are we supposed to know him? 1st time i hear of him

For reference: https://gbatemp.net/threads/so-that-tiicu-thread-has-been-deleted.679072/

tl;dr Dude at one point wasn't releasing source code to emulators that explicitly enforce in their licensing.

D

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Feb 23, 2026

mnk3_ said:
I don't think hostile tone has anything to do with the license, one doesn't cancel the other.

You're right, those exact words aren't in GPLv2. But Section 3(b) requires a written offer "valid for at least three years" (that number comes, like I said from 1991), that also implies the obligation begins at distribution, not whenever you feel ready. The FSF's own interpretation has consistently held that source must be available to those who received binaries.

Also, on the FAQ: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0-faq.en.html#ModifiedJustBinary

Since it's so easy to...

cernycaj · Apr 21, 2026

purple_bandit said:
Can't you see my point though? It's like porting a PS3 emulator to switch. It'll never run full speed it's just a novelty.

A few PS3 games play well on android. Won't happen on HOS but still possible

ber71 · Apr 21, 2026

PSA: don't try this on older v1 (erista) switches. The imposed overclock is way beyond the safe values for Erista, around 1.2GHz when docked. You will damage your console in the long run.
This is fine in Mariko units, though.
Already discussed before in the, now closed, 4IFIR thread.

blashy101 · Apr 21, 2026

AllOver said:
Fork what?

Oh my bad I didn't realize this was closed source, thats sketchy as fuck

Osha · Apr 21, 2026

It being closed source when Dolphin is under a GPL license is scummy as shit.

Langas_LVDC · Apr 21, 2026

MeWhen69 said:
Excuse the very dumb question, but is the B button in the Wii core broken or something or am I just dumb. I can't get past the title screen of Rhythm Heaven fever where I gotta press A + B.
About that, is there a way to change the controls at will? Like, to setup them? Or how can I know what button is what button for other consoles

Is on the ZR button in my case

Souldbminer · Apr 21, 2026

try not to violate the gpl (difficulty impossible)
anyway the vulkan stuff is fake. a test app shouldnt be 5mb if it was correctly implemented.
what i think dan does is wrap around opengl which would be slower than using opengl
it would likely be easier to port dolphin to deko3D than to try and make a vulkan driver for switch/deko3d

Schiminsky · Apr 21, 2026

Souldbminer said:
try not to violate the gpl (difficulty impossible)
anyway the vulkan stuff is fake. a test app shouldnt be 5mb if it was correctly implemented.
what i think dan does is wrap around opengl which would be slower than using opengl
it would likely be easier to port dolphin to deko3D than to try and make a vulkan driver for switch/deko3d

misticknight1 · Apr 21, 2026

where do i put the cores? i downloaded them manually i didnt want to connect my switch to the internet

superj2998 · Apr 21, 2026

misticknight1 said:
where do i put the cores? i downloaded them manually i didnt want to connect my switch to the internet

on the root of the sd you should have a "tico" folder, inside that folder the cores go in a folder called "cores".

example folder structure should be
/tico/cores/tico-dolphin.nro

misticknight1 · Apr 21, 2026

superj2998 said:
on the root of the sd you should have a "tico" folder, inside the folder the cores go in a folder called "cores".

example folder structure should be
/tico/cores/tico-dolphin.nro

thank you so much

nWo · Apr 22, 2026

For all the wrestling fans (like myself), I tried WWE Day of Reckoning 2 and it works about 90 % great. In hardcore matches some lag, but nothing game breaking. It is one of the most complete Gamecube games in my opinion, so, to have it running immediately with the release of this project, is something so wonderful and incredible. Can't wait for more updates!

(I couldn't run Tony Hawk 4, tho. It freezes on the "Licensed by Nintendo" screen)

MeWhen69 · Apr 22, 2026

Has anyone got success trying Paper Mario TTYD? Mine crashes Tico even with the default options. Skip GameCube bios is on

hippy dave · Apr 22, 2026

Can you download and use shader caches to avoid lags when first playing?

JAGSTAX · Apr 22, 2026

ber71 said:
PSA: don't try this on older v1 (erista) switches. The imposed overclock is way beyond the safe values for Erista, around 1.2GHz when docked. You will damage your console in the long run.
This is fine in Mariko units, though.
Already discussed before in the, now closed, 4IFIR thread.

That's not correct. With UV 1700+ is absolutely fine.

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