Did Nintendo create a Switch emulation hydra?
Switch scene devs are now openly taunting Nintendo, with screenshots of the just-released Peach Showtime game running in emulators.
It seems that by destroying Yuzu, Nintendo have triggered some kind of angry reaction from a bunch of people, developers or otherwise, initiating a rise in multiple Switch emulators being published online, many of which are just (for the time being) Yuzu forks. Last week we talked about Suyu. Today, it’s Sudachi (another type of citrus, not unsimilar to Yuzu), proudly accompanying their new release with screenshots of Peach Showtime (a game that was officially released only 3 days ago, but that was also leaked earlier than that) running in the emulator.
Switch emulation is here to stay
While some of the “new” emulators we’re seeing here might turn out to be the future of Switch emulation, it’s also clear that a lot of them are just designed to annoy Nintendo, or show them that they can’t simply win the battle against emulation via legal means. Many of those are just verbatim copies of Yuzu, with a different name. Suyu and Sudachi, while themselves being only “forks” initially, are promising examples with actual dev teams behind them. Only time will tell us if those will bring significant improvements, and will survive potential attacks by Nintendo.
The video below showcases a comparison of Yuzu, Suyu, and Sudachi. Keeping in mind that these remain very similar nowadays, as neither Sudachi nor Suyu have had a lot of development time to change significantly from Yuzu yet.
There are undeniable benefits to emulation, from game preservation to improvements in performance. Certainly, emulators for a “current gen” console are a bit controversial, but I was amused to see recently that the Yuzu emulator, running on Linux on the Nintendo Switch, runs games better than the Switch itself!

running the yuzu Switch emulator on the Switch itself apparently brings improvements to the gaming experience
You read that right, youtuber Taki Udon demonstrated how running Minecraft in Yuzu on the Nintendo Switch, runs better than the exact same Minecraft game being run natively on the exact same console (at about 5:45 in the video below). He makes the comment, that I totally agree with:
“You should not be able to get an improved gaming experience by running an emulator that emulates the device that you are using to run the emulator”
And yeah, on a side note, the MIG Switch Dumper is now in the hands of reviewers, it seems.
Download Sudachi
Sudachi currently has builds for Android and Windows, and can be downloaded on the official github page here.
Terrifying but I said this was going to happen a long time ago on the initial MIG article. The aftermarket is sc***. Nintendo will have to let the switch run it’s course due to the risk of banning legit users and shift it’s resources to the next system which will not be backwards compatible. Not too worried about the clone karts even if the molding is perfect the internal board will not. The improved performance on emulation mode is funny but not surprising and would only apply to games that were poorly optimized since emulation mode uses overclock settings.
It will be backwards compatible goofy
Without backwards compatibility they risk losing a huge market share, especially for the first several years after introducing a successor.
Of course they could release a new system and just run one of these emulators on it to allow BC
They will at least need to implement on of these emulators if they close off next Gen titles. Without the ability to play ones digital library they may lose a large share of existing users to other platforms. Especially in the first few years
What’s terrifying about it, exactly?
Ah they’re citruses because they leave a sour taste in Nintendo’s mouth? 😀
It’s how it always goes eh? You can’t use law to stop something if the masses want it. They’re just making themselves look bad and burning what little goodwill they had left for no reason.
The photo os Switch emulator running on Switch console burned my head
I played breath of the wild on cemu. Infinitely better experiance than the switch and the wiiu 60fps. To me it was unplayable on the consoles they were made for.
Ok that’s actually incredibly funny that people are going out of their way to mess with Nintendo ….the ghost of Yuzu haunts it killer 🙂
That is honestly insane lol. The emulator, on linux, on Switch, runs games better than native switch XD
Because they overclock the device to the maximumunder linux. You can get a similar or even better result if you overclock switch under HOS
Are there PS 5 emulators that can play current titles well on middle of the road hardware? NO.
Switch in terms of hardware is easy to emulate because the hardware is not very powerful.
Next time make your console a powerful one, just like the upcoming Xbox and PS and I guarantee you, Nintendo, that you won’t experience emulation problems for a few years after launch date.
There’s a lot more to it than just the hardware specs. If it was just that, then all it would take is a beefier computer to fix problems. It’s historically harder to crack PlayStation for other reasons. Nobody bothers with XBox emulation because it’s just a PC in a trenchcoat.