An exciting new Switch emulator launches tomorrow

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An exciting new Switch emulator launches tomorrow — Here's how to get it

Cross-posted from "An exciting new Switch emulator launches tomorrow — Here's how to get it" by @cm0002@lemmy.world in !android@lemdro.id

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An exciting new Switch emulator launches tomorrow — Here's how to get it

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Since then, Citron has focused more on closing its community, requiring users to prove they have a modded Switch to unlock certain features.
- Unfortunately, this is a Nintendo lawsuit thing
- Join the official Discord server for the latest, including a download link once it’s available.
  
  Discord

Unless there's someone to work on the actual emulation layer, yet another Yuzu fork won't help anything.
- This

Thanks android authority for putting this shit on blast. Nothing like keeping this quiet
- Considering they have a public website and repo on GitHub for the project, it's not like Nintendo doesn't know about them.
  https://eden-emulator.github.io/
  
  The download link returns a 404, is it already down?
  
  oooh vaporwave

And what's gonna keep this one from getting taken down by Nintendo?
- The time needed to build a lawsuit, usually about six to ten months
  
  I would guess that it would be forced to be taken down immediately, and then litigation would determine whether it can be put back up.
- Unlike Ryujinx they should try to have redundancies in case of Team members leaving and be willing to boot and ostracize members who attempt to sabotage the project. The other piece would be to either develop from regions where Nintendo has no legal leverage, or try to stay safe with cleanroom and PR techniques (losing battle since the USA is crooked when it comes to IP and freedom).
  Also hey it's the other NEO of Lemmy.
- hopefully they don't start a patreon like the other devs.
  
  Is there a Patreon with crypto? Lol
  
  Exactly.
- Same thing that's kept all the other emulators from being taken down: not being illegal.
  
  What was illegal about ryujinx?
- The actual answer to that question is that the Switch 2 will be out soon. Nintendo doesn't actually want to go to court over emulators, because there's a real chance they lose. They were willing to push the devs with Switch emulators though, because that's the current console generation, and that REALLY pissed them off. They've basically accepted that emulators are inevitable even if they don't like it, but emulating the console they are currently releasing new games for was a step too far as far as they're concerned.
  
  Maybe it's just me. I don't know much about emulation or console hardware, but I find it hard to believe that the architecture of the Switch 2 would be so radically different from the Switch 1 that developers would have a significantly harder time creating an emulator for it. What would be the purpose of making radical changes?
  Yuzu had been around for years before it got taken down. I'd like to see a Switch 2 emulator pop up as soon as possible, of course.
  
  Fair, but also the Switch 2 has some backwards compatibility to Switch games. So they may still have an interest despite Switch 2 being out to prevent games that could still be sold on Switch 2 to be emulated via this.

Good to have more, but why would we choose this over Torzu?
- Oo torzu? Could you elaborate? My ryujinx install is old and causing issues

This guy is Any% speedrunning a DMCA takedown from Nintendo.
- Seems they're self hosting their gir repo. So a DMCA is going to be a lot harder for Nintendo.
  
  If they host the instance on some VPS, then it is possible.

Since then, Citron has focused more on closing its community, requiring users to prove they have a modded Switch to unlock certain features.
If I had a modded Switch, wouldn't I just fucking use that?
- Maybe you want higher resolution or higher frame rates than the switch can do