The Nintendo Switch emulator, RyujiNX, can already run some games

DSOGaming writes: "Earlier this month, we informed you about a very promising Nintendo Switch emulator, the RyujiNX. RyujiNX is a Nintendo Switch Emulator programmed in C#, aiming to offer good performance, a friendly interface, and consistent builds. And while last week the emulator could only boot some games, this week we have some videos showing it running and going in-game in two titles."

[Bhai]

Hoho already? ;)
I'm afraid Switch hasn't got anything lately to boot interest... lets see how sales fare in the absence of persistent software...

[Omnislashver36]

Hmm. If I can play Switch games in 4K60 in the near future I might just start playing Nintendo again.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

And of course the anti-Nintendo pirates are all for this, while any mention of a possible PS4 emulator would have them either continuing their theiving ways, or hypocritically protesting against its existence by flooding any articles about it with "just get a ps4 lol" and other such lines.

I really wish that emulators were illegal for any system that hasn't been out-of-production for at least a year.
That would put a strong tie around the limbs of the die-hard pirates, and might encourage the ones that are only barely into it to mend their ways and actually get the hardware these games belong on.

[Kerplunk80]

Save it for the blog.

[letsa_go]

Too bad that is just wishes and not the law!

[killswitch80]

I have a Switch...i haven't used it since November..unlike some people i don't buy every piece of trash that comes out on the Switch. Hopefully they announce some a firm date for Metroid and Pokémon at E3 or I am just going to sell mine.

[ChickeyCantor]

>I really wish that emulators were illegal

The software has no legal bearing on Nintendo. Unless you use something like a bios and distribute it, it's why pcsx2 is delivered as is and they discourage getting the bios and games trough illegal means.

Making software like emulators illegal is dangerous to other projects too. I think you're being a bit too anal about this.

Yes emulators can be used for illegal game time. But often times people also go trough legal means of owning a copy and wanting to play with enhanced features which the original system couldn't provide.

This holier than though attitude is petty actually.

>That would put a strong tie around the limbs of the die-hard pirates

You don't know that. They might even never buy the games so Nintendo still makes no profit. And often times if someone enjoys a game they usually want to support the developers.

[CBaoth]

no offense, but I agree more with monkey. Pirates always extoll the virtues of emulation, justify it by placating to some altruistic moral code we like to believe we possess and exhibit. Truth is, most people do it to steal what they can't afford. Plain and simple. I've heard all the excuses before.

You bring up legal emulation as a means to enjoy your games enhanced. Here's my experience. Bought a Wii. Bought the software. Downloaded Dolphin. Downloaded another application to file dump the bios. Bought 2 LG disk drives off the internet (first was broke) because essentially there were only 2 models that read Wii discs. Configured the files, and adjusted the settings. A lot of hassle, time and effort to do it legally. Or illegally one just has to download Dolphin & rip the files. So please stop with the utopian pipedream cuz I know 99% of the people ain't doing it the right way.

[ChickeyCantor]

> justify it by placating to some altruistic moral code we like to believe we possess and exhibit.

It doesn't matter. Emulation software isn't illegal. The code isn't owned by Nintendo. End of.

> Or illegally one just has to download Dolphin & rip the files.

That's your moral choice.

> So please stop with the utopian pipedream cuz I know 99% of the people ain't doing it the right way.

I'm not having the utopian pipedream. I'm pointing out why it's ridiculous to make emulation illegal because people have the intent of doing illegal shit. Emulation by itself has no bearing on Nintendo and their product. It's a piece of software that is made from the ground up and not plagiarizing Nintendos software/hardware code. It's unique code and therefor Nintendo will never hold a case in court.

If you choose to download it illegally it's on you, not the dev team. period.

> Bought 2 LG disk drives off the internet (first was broke)

How is this the devs fault lol.

>Configured the files, and adjusted the settings.

Yes the addition of tweaking the game, that's emulation. THE SAME HASSLE YOU'D GO TROUGH IF YOU DOWNLOAD THE GAME ILLEGALLY.

You're making piss poor arguments, mate.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

If you're going to quote me, at least use the full quote so that you aren't missing context and harming your own argument because of it.

"I really wish that emulators were illegal >for any system that hasn't been out-of-production for at least a year<"

If wanting people to not do bad things, like use an emulator to avoid buying still-in-production-hardware, is suddenly considered to be a "holier than thou attitude", then I'd rather not be called humble, because at that point the idea of being humble is just a fake-as-hell mask that only hypocrites wear.

And as to your "They might buy more games after enjoying the emulation!" statement, please.
Don't treat me like some gullible idiot.
You know better than that, and so do I.
Most of the people in the here and now, who would use emulators to play Switch games, would not buy a Switch to play them if they had a working solution already that meant avoiding paying the system's entry price tag.
They want free games without supporting Nintendo.
That's IT.
And whether you consider it to be a "holier than thou" attitude or not, they don't DESERVE to play Switch games if they aren't willing to pay the same price every other legitimate owner does.
And I would be making this argument for literally any other system that's still in-production today.
Pirates do not help the gaming industry. They want to pretend to do so, to justify getting free stuff. There's nothing more to it than that.

[solderman]

Author says it will be full speed soon when the bugs in the dynamic re-compiler are fixed.

[Prince_TFK]

Where does it say that exactly? Below are their wording:

“These two titles that currently run on RyujiNX are The Binding Of isaac and Cave Story+. As you will see, both of these games are unplayable due to the awful performance.

In other words, don’t expect to play Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, Splatoon 2 or Super Mario Odyssey anytime soon. Still, this is a huge step towards emulating and running the Nintendo Switch games on RyujiNX.”

Where did you get your “info” from?

[solderman]

Discord Channel

[Cobra951]

We'll see where this goes. I'm surprised they chose C-Sharp over C++. Maybe I'm behind the times here, but I'd think for a technically demanding emulator (that needs strong hardware, not phones), they'd have chosen C++.

[solderman]

Running a RISC CPU on a CISC CPU is not that demanding. Most of the work for a Switch emulator has already been done ARM CPU wise NVIDIA have a full Tegra SDK setup and there other other Android solutions out there too. On the GPU side of things it's not being emulated, like many modern emulators the 3D graphics calls are just being redirected to your PC GPU.