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Dolphin - GC/Wii Emulator - Switch Port

Nagaa · 2026-07-27T03:20:05+00:00

Dolphin — Nintendo Switch A native Nintendo Switch port of the standalone Dolphin emulator, featuring an all-in-one SDL launcher with cover artwork, per-game settings, controller configuration, save and NAND tools, RetroAchievements, and a Vulkan/NVK renderer. Features Game library and launcher Cover-art library with grid navigation, animated backgrounds, region badges, and UI sounds Recursive game folders on the SD card, USB mass storage, and authenticated or guest SMB shares SD, USB, and SMB file manager with rename, copy, move, paste, and cancellable transfer progress SteamGridDB cover search and artwork selection using your own API key Global settings and independent per-game overrides RetroAchievements Supported Supported software GameCube and Wii disc images Installed Wii channels from the emulated NAND WAD packages and standalone DOL/ELF executables GCM, TGC, BIN, ISO, CISO, GCZ, WBFS, WIA, RVZ, NFS, WAD, DOL, and ELF files LSFG-VK frame generation Optional LSFG 2× Frame Generation integrated into the Vulkan presentation path Global and per-game enablement, flow-resolution control, and performance mode Runtime enable/disable control from the in-game overlay Native 50/60 FPS detection automatically bypasses frame generation so full-rate games are not slowed to 30 FPS LSFG is optional and disabled by default. It requires a user-supplied compatible Lossless.dll in sdmc:/switch/dolphin/lsfg/Lossless.dll In-game overlay Hold L + R + Plus while playing to open the quick menu. Pause and resume emulation Save and load states Eject or change the emulated disc Enable or disable Action Replay and Gecko cheats Enable or disable the FPS display Enable or disable LSFG for the current session View RetroAchievements progress Change the active controller mode Reset emulation Stop the game and return safely to the launcher Installation Create /switch/dolphin/ on your SD card. Copy dolphin.nro to /switch/dolphin/dolphin.nro. Launch Dolphin through title override: hold R while opening an installed game until the Homebrew Menu appears, then start Dolphin. Open Settings → Library & storage → Game folders and add the folders you want Dolphin to scan. Available here : https://github.com/NaGaa95/dolphin-nx

Thread starter Sukalibur
Start date Apr 21, 2026
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SJS

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Thursday at 5:47 AM

#481

How to add cheats in GameCube Tico?

antonandre44

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Sunday at 8:45 AM

#482

is there any fast forward button on tico?

FashionNugget

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Sunday at 9:07 PM

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I saw on the Discord that apparently custom textures are disabled for the Dolphin core. Is this still the case? I put some custom textures in what I hope is right place, enabled them in settings, and even edited the dolphin.jsonc so that custom textures are enabled, but still no luck.

Unrelated, it appears that the /tico/saves/gc is not actually where saves go, does anyone know the actual directory where game saves are? Trying to transfer saves from my switchroot linux emulator