
In the video posted on Twitter you can see Super Mario Odyssey running on macOS. The implementation is not quite perfect yet due to the technical limitations of the MoltenVK runtime library, which “maps Vulkan to Apple’s Metal graphics framework.” Even with these limitations, the emulation looks very promising. I don't think Nintendo care much for Cemu because ever since the Switch launched they've had a "lets forget" attitude about the Wii U.Developer on Twitter has gotten Nintendo Switch games to run on Apple Silicon Macs. Plus back in 08-09 emulation wasn't as big as it is today (From my experience at least). Dolphin started on Wii emulation 2 years after the release of the console and by the time it could boot and run Wii games, it had already sold 50 million units. It is a much easier target for Nintendo if they wanted to try anything legal. If anything it is the CEMU emulator is what people need to worry about, as it has developed rapidly as a closed source project and is effectively selling new builds on a Patreon that earns over $16,000 per month. Not much they can do provided it is proper reverse engineering of the console without the use of Nintendo code. Well, the Dolphin emulator was an open source project that was developed while the Wii was still on store shelves and they failed to react. You can join the discussion on the Nintendo Switch yuzu emulator on the OC3D Forums.

At this time it is unknown how long it will take before the emulator will be able to run any games in a playable state, given how complicated emulation is. As an emulator, yuzu is in its infancy, and is only currently useful for Switch reverse-engineering and homebrew development.Īt this time the yuzu emulator is unable to run any commercially available Switch games, though it can boot some titles. In January of 2018, the yuzu team was formed out of several Citra developers, and the decision was made to release the project publicly. However, as Switch reverse-engineering and homebrew development became popular, work on yuzu began to take off as well. During the early months of development, work was done in private, and progress was slow. This means that it uses the same project architecture, and both emulators benefit from shared improvements.

Due to the similarities between Switch and 3DS, yuzu was developed as a fork of Citra.

The project was started in spring of 2017 by bunnei, one of the original authors of the popular Citra 3DS emulator, to experiment with and research the Nintendo Switch. yuzu has been designed with portability in mind, with builds available for Windows, Linux, and macOS. yuzu is an open-source project, licensed under the GPLv2 (or any later version). Yuzu is a work-in-progress Nintendo Switch emulator.
