

The emulator is capable of running most commercial games at full speed, provided you meet the necessary hardware requirements.

Most of the development happens on GitHub. This emulator aims at providing excellent accuracy and performance, a user-friendly interface, and consistent builds. It is written in C++ with portability in mind, with builds actively maintained for Mac desktop. As of now, all of this is mere speculation and there is a possibility that the release of the Yuzu emulator might have no effect on Switch sales at all.Yuzu is an experimental emulator that runs on Mac OS devices and emulates the functionality of a Nintendo Switch system, licensed under Mozilla Public License 2.0.

It may decrease Switch sales in 2018 and even decrease the number of people purchasing games like Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey. Since the release of the Switch emulator will increase piracy of Switch exclusive titles, Nintendo might take a hard hit on both fronts. On the flip side, others have noted that the Switch emulator won’t be an issue for Nintendo as it would take years before an emulator is able to run games properly.Įmulators of popular consoles have been around since what seems like forever and while the emulators themselves aren’t illegal, they lead to piracy.

On a Reddit discussion thread regarding the announcement, a number of people have noted that the release of a capable emulator might adversely affect the sales as people will be able to play Switch exclusive titles on their systems. While proud members of the PC Master Race are more than happy with the announcement, others have expressed concern.
