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Dekopon - (Mostly) Fullspeed 3DS Emulation on Nintendo Switch

PalindromicBreadLoaf · 2026-07-16T19:11:42+00:00

Credit goes to StickyMangoRice for the logo. Dekopon is a port of Azahar to the Nintendo Switch. The current release is version 1.2.2. Performance is very title dependent, and will be improved with time, but many games can be played fullspeed right now, sometimes even with stock handheld clocks. (I do recommend at least bumping the CPU up to dev unit clocks in handheld just to reduce shader compilation stutter and smooth out some rough frame pacing.) Depending on the game, you can get up to 4x resolution scaling at full speed in docked/handheld charging (although really 3x is all you need in handheld). If you want to try any new3ds exclusive games, they won't run well. All four of the 3DS' cores run on a single emulation thread, so we're at a 1.2GHz difference (2GHz single core where as the 4 3DS cores each run at 804MHz) from what we would need (and architecture changes from 3DS to Switch cannot account for that much raw clock speed loss). The solution would be to split the emulation threads on new3DS games, but that's a ton of work for very very little gain. See here for a full compatibility chart: Dekopon Compatibility Chart Feel free to share your own compatibility findings here and I'll update the sheet accordingly. Also share any issues you have and I'll do my best to fix them. Downloads can be found here: Releases Along with the source code here: Source ROMs default location is /switch/dekopon/roms/ All formats that Azahar natively supports are supported here too. Different screen layouts can be cycled through via pressing the right stick. Pressing '+' on a game shows information about it, including updates and dlc. Enjoy! Also if someone wants to make a better UI for this I wouldn't be offended. I can't make a good UI to save my life, but the one included at least kinda functions to get you into a game.

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So, in light of my fubar which I talked about here - https://gbatemp.net/threads/question-about-restoring-nand-and-updating.526161/ I indeed screwed things up and realized I soft bricked my Switch. Since I didn't want to have to jump through the hoops of using it in that state (and this was totally my fault), I bought another Switch today. The new one I bought has been patched already (it was a after June/July model) but thats fine as my other switch (which I was using as a normal switch, never modded, can get online, etc) can be modded. Transferred my saves, downloads etc from that switch to the new switch I bought today.

Now I'll be following @Canna guide (which is just fantastic) which has been updated for 6.2.0 (which the console I can mod is running) and I will be a hell of a lot more careful this time around (and will use Choidujour to update firmware when needed so I dont burn any fuses this time around).

I've still got my SX Pro so I should be able to activate it using the website activation method (I think).

Lesson learned!

I'll be WAY more careful next time.

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