Proof-of-concept shows 3DS emulator Citra running on the Nintendo Switch

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Just a few days after Citra, the popular 3DS emulator, was officially released for Android devices, we report on new developments about the software. Yes, as the title suggests, someone has been working on getting Citra to work on the Nintendo Switch. Fellow GBAtemp member @m4xw shared his progress a couple of hours ago on Twitter showing Citra running natively with dynarec, under Horizon, on the Nintendo Switch. He does clarify that there are several issues to be fixed. For instance, he admits to the presence of many bugs and that it needs to be rebased onto the recent release. Moreover, there is a significant frame deviation that still needs looking into.


However, as you can see in the videos they uploaded, this proof-of-concept does show promise. Indeed, m4xwdev further mentioned that the videos are from the first compiled build and that "nothing big broke so far". These developments strongly suggests that it's only a matter of time before we can decently play 3DS titles on the Switch.
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yeah it runs it....like shit though i bet just like every other emulator on the switch! if you want to be serious about emulation you use a shield tv because unlike the switch it's not under clocked :P

Have you ever even played some of the emulators on a hacked Switch? You probably don't know how to set them up properly like others then you say they suck. Instead of saying "this emulator sucks" some of you should be saying "I'm dumb"
 

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Why would you want to emulate a 3ds on a switch though. The wiiU was kinda understandable but at this point I guess it’s doing it just to do it? There’s just no way atm to play these games comfortably and most of the best games have a console version already.
 

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Why would you want to emulate a 3ds on a switch though. The wiiU was kinda understandable but at this point I guess it’s doing it just to do it? There’s just no way atm to play these games comfortably and most of the best games have a console version already.

Because... its fun ?
 
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@seanp2500 could you test out Pilot Wings Resort if you do part 3 vid, please?

lmao well i mean I didn’t think a part 3 was needed (I don’t know the 3ds lineup well. It is like the only console I don’t own). But sure I will add it to the list! I am a huuuge pilotwings fan!
 

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lmao well i mean I didn’t think a part 3 was needed (I don’t know the 3ds lineup well. It is like the only console I don’t own). But sure I will add it to the list! I am a huuuge pilotwings fan!

Thanks might be worth waiting for when the emulator author updates with more performance fixes.

This is going to rock on the Mariko CPUs.
 

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