Skyline, an open-source, experimental and work-in-progress Nintendo Switch emulator that runs on ARMv8 Android devices, has successfully booted its first commercial game.

Using some temporary hacks, the team managed to get Sonic Mania up and running with working on-screen controls, as shown in the screenshot below.

Please note that the above mentioned build is currently private and not yet available to the public. The team have stated that once the necessary hacks that were temporarily added in order for the game to boot are correctly implemented into the Skyline emulator, that the build will be publicly available on the projects Github page which is linked below.

Skyline Github

 

[KuntilanakMerah]

hell yeah baby, you're rock dude

 

[Brawl345]

finally we can play Switch games on the go

 

[apfelsaft45]

Wonderfull

 

[KuntilanakMerah]

i hope they make it available for apple users

 

[Flame]

finally play Switch games on a modern CPU and not one from last decade.

this will make @p1ngpong happy

 

[Qubarf]

finally we can play Switch games on the go

Alright, I'm going to bite - what do you mean?

 

[sley]

finally play Switch games on a modern CPU and not one from last decade.

To be fair though the real sucessor to the X1 isn't even out yet (Tegra-Orin)

 

[RedoLane]

Wasn't Sonic Mania also the first playable game on Yuzu? or one of the first few?

 

[Blauhasenpopo]

Now i can play Switch Games on my Android Partition on the Switch

 

[ertaboy356b]

Great! Now I can play on Switch games on Switchroot.

 

[skullkeeper94]

Wasn't Sonic Mania also the first playable game on Yuzu? or one of the first few?

If memory serves me it was one of the first. My guess is because of how undemanding it is.

 

[Brawl345]

Alright, I'm going to bite - what do you mean?

Just a joke

 

[Marc_LFD]

The one SONIC game that should've been released on Android finally is.. sort of.

Great news.

Still, I'm still waiting for SONIC 1 & 2 Remake to be released on Consoles and PC after all these years.

 

[CoolMe]

Whaaat? Wonder how it performs..

 

[Plazorn]

This is great. Pretty soon no one will want handhelds anymore, all they need is their phone…

 

[Marc_LFD]

This is great. Pretty soon no one will want handhelds anymore, all they need is their phone…

And there's a great reason to own a high-end phone. I always wondered wtf people would do with a high-end phone when the apps most use are Chrome, Facebook, Twitter, Spotify, and YouTube.

 

[The Catboy]

Now time to run it on Android on the Switch. Emulating the Switch on the Switch

 

[impeeza]

so, we can now boot Lakka on the switch and emulate swich games

 

[sley]

Wasn't Sonic Mania also the first playable game on Yuzu? or one of the first few?

yeah, my uneducated guess would be that it runs purely through software and doesn't require much hardware passtroughs.