Instead, they're homebrew versions, as neither emulator can run commercial games yet. All of these games run incredibly slow, and none of them are actual, commercial Nintendo Switch games. The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ is actually playable, but it looks like a hot mess, as you can see in the video above. Two screens into the tutorial, it's done. Puyo Puyo Tetris currently only gets to the second loading opening screen before freezing - it doesn't even make it to gameplay. In fact, if you actually want to play these games, I recommend doing anything but emulating them.

This particular emulator aims to help developers learn the Switch hardware and software stack, aiding in homebrew app development for the console.The catch to trying to emulate these games is that they don't exactly run very well. While some might see the value in PC emulators making playable games, a lot of these are made for game developers to use for research and reference, or even their own rebuilds and ports of games. The emulator is able to 'boot some games, to varying degrees of success, but does not implement any of the necessary GPU features to render 3D graphics,' per the website. The yuzu can't play Switch games, and while it may take a while to go live, the team calls Switch game emulation a 'top priority' of theirs. This effort, still in its early stages of development, doesn't quite have that kind of approval or notice just yet. Just weeks ago, we reported on an emulator project that was on the verge of working with Nintendo in an effort to emulate PC games on the Nintendo Switch.

Announcing yuzu, the first Nintendo Switch emulator that does all of the things you didn't need it to do! Stay tuned for more from the yuzu team!

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