It's what the eden fork? Can it run on atmosphere?
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The article doesn't specify about this, but will this require a console device code like the current switch emulator this is based on does? Either way I'm not able to run this until it's runnable on cachyos
Nice, I want to play the new Ocarina of Time but didn't want to drop $500 on a new console
Nintendo could release a desktop game launcher/store like the Steam store or the Epic game store. I mean, they could just release their games on Steam, but I get that they don't want to pay Valve 30%. So they should release their own desktop client so people can play Nintendo first party titles on PC. But, they won't. So, emulation will continue.
The problem with that is, that this makes it less likely to sell consoles. These companies get lot of money from third party games, and they need to sell a lot of consoles. And at this point, exclusivity seems to be the only working strategy for consoles. Do I like it? No. I won't buy another Nintendo console, stopped doing decades ago. I rather not play those games, or wait until they can be emulated or are de/recompiled.
I played Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom on Yuzu. Both together I think close to 400 hours. If Nintendo sold the games on PC, even if its their own launcher, I would probably have purchased it.
I rather not play those games, or wait until they can be emulated or are de/recompiled.
If you wait for viable emulation, you certainly don't "rather not play those games".
I hate these takes. Just pirate it and be happy, hypocritical bullshit like these trying to make some idealism out of theft.
There are really only two console manufacturers left, Sony and Nintendo, and only Nintendo never allows any of their first party titles to come to PC, ever. Not all PS5 exclusives come to PC, but many, if not most, do get ported to PC, at least eventually. Permanent console exclusivity really is a dying practice, as it should be.
but many, if not most, do get ported to PC, at least eventually.
Not anymore unfortunately, Sony said this year they'll stop porting their games to PC at all. There might be exceptions to live service games but don't expect any of their games on PC anymore.
It was dying even before emulation/decomps. The amount of Ps5 exclusives after 6 years (in two weeks) is grim at best.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:PlayStation_5-only_games
As Gaben said "Piracy is a service problem". Unfortunately for Nintendo, if they won't the people will. I am not a fan of most AI stuff but the whole LLM powered de/recompilation thing this year has been wild to see. I don't think it has dawned on Nintendo and Sony yet that their castle walls are being torn down and their hardware exclusivity isn't going to hold like it has in the past.
I see that Microsoft is trying to please the hoards with Xbox labs but it feels like desperation rather than acceptance.
On one hand, i'll be very happy if they do that.
On the other hand, they might have kill their own console like Xbox does.
I'm so excited for when I can finally play Pokopia
I'm excited for a game preservation perspective. Another generation of games can be preserved? Hell yeah, that's what I want.
This is potentially cool but from what I know the source code hasn't been released so it can't be fact checked.
Isn't this it right here? https://github.com/Djihads80/Eglantine
I wonder how they did it. As I understand it the way this usually goes is finding a vulnerability but there‘s nothing mentioned. Of course nowadays there‘s a chance it was just vibe coded and the person who submitted it doesn‘t know how it was achieved. Anyway, a first crappy build is the first step of emulating any hardware and now it‘s out. It will only improve from here.
As I understand it the way this usually goes is finding a vulnerability but there‘s nothing mentioned.
It wasn't mentioned because it was already disclosed and people are already using it, it's extremely popular. The Switch 2 was jailbroken using SmileBASIC as a userland exploit plus a filesystem exploit for privilege escalation. If the game can run in a jailbroken Switch, you can decrypt and dump it.
Then as far as emulation is concerned, the Switch 2 is just a Switch 1 with a newer Nvidia chip, updating the emulators isn't that hard.
Then as far as emulation is concerned, the Switch 2 is just a Switch 1 with a newer Nvidia chip, updating the emulators isn't that hard.
Seems similar to GameCube/Wii in that case, which is how Dolphin supports both.
Wondering then if any of the more prominent Switch 1 emulators can be updated to support both Switch 1 and Switch 2.
Well, it was hard enough because it still needed some work and about 18 months to get to a crappy build but yeah, it it was a matter of time. Now it only has to be good and released on Linux. Also just a matter of time.
It was only days from the jailbreak, to dumping games, to these Eden emulator forks. You're right about the length of the console lifecycle, but the context is a little different.
Is anyone surprised? Switch 2 is very similar to Switch 1, so they don't need to start from scratch. If Nintendo doesn't start from scratch, so doesn't the community. :-)

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