Homebrew Question What will be the latest Emulator working on Switch?

[Seliph]

3DS doesn't run that well on PC, why would it run better on the Switch?

Doesn't run that well doesn't mean impossible. Plus, Citra isn't perfected yet like Dolphin which is why it doesn't run well. I'm sure that after Citra is fully optimized we'll be able to run 3DS games no problem on PC and probably the Switch.

 

[the_randomizer]

Doesn't run that well doesn't mean impossible. Plus, Citra isn't perfected yet like Dolphin which is why it doesn't run well. I'm sure that after Citra is fully optimized we'll be able to run 3DS games no problem on PC and probably the Switch.

You seem to forget Citra was written with x86 in mind, Switch is ARM, it's not something that can magically work on a completely different architecture. And Dolphin took years, and 3DS has two screens, so yeah, good luck waiting years for one.

 

[Seliph]

You seem to forget Citra was written with x86 in mind, Switch is ARM, it's not something that can magically work on a completely different architecture. And Dolphin took years, and 3DS has two screens, so yeah, good luck waiting years for one.

I'm pretty sure they could still port it for the Switch. The two screens doesn't matter, sure it will look bad but that doesn't mean it won't work.

 

[GarnetSunset]

Dual Screen shit is a nope. expect gamecube VC at most. Can't reprogram every wii game in existance for joycons.

 

[Deleted member 388531]

Nope. Tried an ISO of a game, crappy sound and 8-12 FPS on 70% Wii CPU.

Lower to 2x native or 1x native and keep lowering settings.

 

[Thirty3Three]

3DS doesn't run that well on PC, why would it run better on the Switch?

PS: It wouldn't.

That means absolutely nothing. Optimization.

 

[the_randomizer]

That means absolutely nothing. Optimization.

And porting code from x86-64 to ARM, and many games still suffer major graphical and audio issues. Porting an x86 emulator to ARM isn't simple, either, so....yeah. Man, people act as though programming emulators adapted to different CPU architectures was done with magic.

 

[RCJayce]

And porting code from x86-64 to ARM, and many games still suffer major graphical and audio issues. Porting an x86 emulator to ARM isn't simple, either, so....yeah. Man, people act as though programming emulators adapted to different CPU architectures was done with magic.

Maybe porting a x86 emulator to ARM isn't simple, but building a ARM emulator for a ARM console, for the Switch with a ARM processor its more simple.

 

[Bernhard]

Citra needs as many resources as CemU to be ran, while my craptop already runs GC games at 60fps. I tried Citra, verdict, less than 10fps.

Lol here it goes again...
RAM has nearly nothing to do with gaming experience...
only with multitasking should mean that if u re running a game... ... and you play it.... ... even with switch ram ... .. and the ram is expended.... ... the game still runs magic isnt it?.
hmmmm sooo the switch cant handel most of the multitasking things like oppening new apps.... ... you ve to close each app in order to open a new one... sooo pls be better informed before you talk about hardware ... it hurts to read that...

 

[YugamiSekai]

Lol here it goes again...
RAM has nearly nothing to do with gaming experience...
only with multitasking should mean that if u re running a game... ... and you play it.... ... even with switch ram ... .. and the ram is expended.... ... the game still runs magic isnt it?.
hmmmm sooo the switch cant handel most of the multitasking things like oppening new apps.... ... you ve to close each app in order to open a new one... sooo pls be better informed before you talk about hardware ... it hurts to read that...

it hurted to read this

 

[StarTrekVoyager]

Lol here it goes again...
RAM has nearly nothing to do with gaming experience...
only with multitasking should mean that if u re running a game... ... and you play it.... ... even with switch ram ... .. and the ram is expended.... ... the game still runs magic isnt it?.
hmmmm sooo the switch cant handel most of the multitasking things like oppening new apps.... ... you ve to close each app in order to open a new one... sooo pls be better informed before you talk about hardware ... it hurts to read that...

What does your unreadable post have to do with mine?

 

[Akshuls]

Lol here it goes again...
RAM has nearly nothing to do with gaming experience...
only with multitasking should mean that if u re running a game... ... and you play it.... ... even with switch ram ... .. and the ram is expended.... ... the game still runs magic isnt it?.
hmmmm sooo the switch cant handel most of the multitasking things like oppening new apps.... ... you ve to close each app in order to open a new one... sooo pls be better informed before you talk about hardware ... it hurts to read that...

What.

 

[Jonna]

Lol here it goes again...
RAM has nearly nothing to do with gaming experience...
only with multitasking should mean that if u re running a game... ... and you play it.... ... even with switch ram ... .. and the ram is expended.... ... the game still runs magic isnt it?.
hmmmm sooo the switch cant handel most of the multitasking things like oppening new apps.... ... you ve to close each app in order to open a new one... sooo pls be better informed before you talk about hardware ... it hurts to read that...

I feel like you may have reached a point somewhere, if your post was properly readable.

 

[Bernhard]

What.

its so funny how people react if someone writes like he wouldnt ve any mind.^^

i ve tested this now and you people are totally right ^^ this was hard to read and this was hard to write too i agree ^^
here s the problem... ... there was too much alcohol and my brother (who wrote this unreadableshit) has drunken too much and now he wrote such nonsense never leave kids alone with alcohol , i wanted to test this how people react to some one who has lost his mind.

so sry @StarTrekVoyager you are right i ve got the same probleme with my crapdog nice to know someone who has the same problemes ^^ !

so hyrule needs me see ya

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I feel like you may have reached a point somewhere, if your post was properly readable.

he wanted to tell ya all that RAM is not needed in order to get gaming power the probleme is that he wrote it totaly wrong and in the wrong thread ^^ thats why i ve had to come back to this and solve the problemes he has taken my laptop and people who know who i am ,know that i dont write like this before! ^^
i am sorry for the confusion!
and i thought it would be stupid if i delete my post/my brothers post, so you all know that my brother is a scumpab :')

 

[DutchyDutch]

Get Wii U out of your heads. It's not going to happen. Perhaps a game like Shovel Knight at 1 fps. But that has no use.

This is what I'm expecting:

N64: Yes but experimental (some visual glitches)
PS1: Yes
GCN: Yes
PS2: Yes but I feel like no one is going to develop it
Wii: Yes but not all games
Wii U: No
GBA: Of course
DS: Yes, very easily even (Most hyped for this one, we can play so much games with it)
3DS: While possible, there isn't even a 100% stable 3DS emulator on PC. The Switch has similar architecture though, so again, possible.


BTW, Dual screens are reachable on Switch. Just put two screens next to each other. It's not that hard.

 

[StarTrekVoyager]

Get Wii U out of your heads. It's not going to happen. Perhaps a game like Shovel Knight at 1 fps. But that has no use.

This is what I'm expecting:

N64: Yes but experimental (some visual glitches)
PS1: Yes
GCN: Yes
PS2: Yes but I feel like no one is going to develop it
Wii: Yes but not all games
Wii U: No
GBA: Of course
DS: Yes, very easily even (Most hyped for this one, we can play so much games with it)
3DS: While possible, there isn't even a 100% stable 3DS emulator on PC. The Switch has similar architecture though, so again, possible.


BTW, Dual screens are reachable on Switch. Just put two screens next to each other. It's not that hard.

Tho, remember there is no functional homebrew DS or N64 emulator on the Wii U. Emulators will have to be made from scratch.

 

[DutchyDutch]

Tho, remember there is no functional homebrew DS or N64 emulator on the Wii U. Emulators will have to be made from scratch.

Yeah, but I don't think it would've been of use anyways, since I don't think porting from PowerPC to ARM would be easy. Maybe porting Android console emulators would work better?

 

[StarTrekVoyager]

I honestly don't know, as furthermore the DS and N64 emulation scene are a mess for now.

 

[Halvorsen]

3DS isn't out of the realm of possibility, neither is DS. Game Boy Advance and DS is more likely due to the fact that the Switch does indeed have an ARM7 inside of its SoC. 3DS is more likely but not guaranteed due to sharing the ARM architecture between the Switch, but not physically having the same chips itself. Wii U will never happen, Wii is uncertain unless there is a USB sensor bar released by Nintendo, GameCube is possible, but barely. Nintendo can optimise their emulators better than any third party anyway, so it isn't outside the realm of possibility.

Anything below that is also possible.

 

[dj505]

My guess is GCN, Wii, and DS/3DS. WiiU games seem to be easier to port than to emulate.