An exciting new Switch emulator launches tomorrow

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Cross-posted from "An exciting new Switch emulator launches tomorrow — Here's how to get it" by @cm0002@lemmy.world in !android@lemdro.id


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Unless there's someone to work on the actual emulation layer, yet another Yuzu fork won't help anything.

Since then, Citron has focused more on closing its community, requiring users to prove they have a modded Switch to unlock certain features.

spongebob ick

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Unfortunately, this is a Nintendo lawsuit thing

And what's gonna keep this one from getting taken down by Nintendo?

The time needed to build a lawsuit, usually about six to ten months

I would guess that it would be forced to be taken down immediately, and then litigation would determine whether it can be put back up.

Unlike Ryujinx they should try to have redundancies in case of Team members leaving and be willing to boot and ostracize members who attempt to sabotage the project. The other piece would be to either develop from regions where Nintendo has no legal leverage, or try to stay safe with cleanroom and PR techniques (losing battle since the USA is crooked when it comes to IP and freedom).

Also hey it's the other NEO of Lemmy.

hopefully they don't start a patreon like the other devs.

Same thing that's kept all the other emulators from being taken down: not being illegal.

What was illegal about ryujinx?

Nintendo decided it was. Nothing else, to my knowledge.

Nah, Nintendo decided to offer the dev money so he stops working on it.

True but I dare say it was quickly followed with an "or else". We do know about Nintendo's mafia, after all so only offering the nice hand feels very off.

Was Ryujinx taken down?

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It's probably the GreenDev fork

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Well I suppose you also need to be prepared for intimidation and self-hostable Github

it was less illegal and more the dev took money to quit it.

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Maybe it's just me. I don't know much about emulation or console hardware, but I find it hard to believe that the architecture of the Switch 2 would be so radically different from the Switch 1 that developers would have a significantly harder time creating an emulator for it. What would be the purpose of making radical changes?

Yuzu had been around for *years* before it got taken down. I'd like to see a Switch 2 emulator pop up as soon as possible, of course.

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It's not really an issue. Emulator developers should already be doing their work anonymously.

Can't wait for the Switch 2 emulator so I don't have to support nintendo's bad decisions but still play games day 1.

Thanks android authority for putting this shit on blast. Nothing like keeping this quiet

Considering they have a public website and repo on GitHub for the project, it's not like Nintendo doesn't know about them.

https://eden-emulator.github.io/

oooh vaporwave

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No, not vaporware, I meant vaporwave, the asthetic.

The download link returns a 404, is it already down?

I think it's all a placeholder still. Blogs missing for instance.

Get it before the authors get sued into the afterlife by Nintendo!

This guy is Any% speedrunning a DMCA takedown from Nintendo.

Seems they're self hosting their gir repo. So a DMCA is going to be a lot harder for Nintendo.

If they host the instance on some VPS, then it is possible.

Since then, Citron has focused more on closing its community, requiring users to prove they have a modded Switch to unlock certain features.

If I had a modded Switch, wouldn't I just fucking use that?

Maybe you want higher resolution or higher frame rates than the switch can do

I have an unpatchable switch 1, its shit compared to running the games on PC in higher res at 60fps. Also the battery life sucks ass so I can't play on the go for long enough.

Precisely. So why lock certain features of the emulator behind a paywall?

Good to have more, but why would we choose this over Torzu?

Oo torzu? Could you elaborate? My ryujinx install is old and causing issues

And it'll be nuked the moment it announces its existence publicly.