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[Bernoulli]

To be clear, this is an early access release, and it's not guaranteed to work on your device whatsoever. Nevertheless, Yuzu is currently the go-to emulator on PC for people who just want to set up and play their favorite Switch games on more powerful hardware, and it's great to see it finally come to Android. If you want to get started playing around with it, the Yuzu developers say that you'll need a Snapdragon 865 device or newer (Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 minimum preferred) along with 8GB of RAM.

As for other chipsets that aren't Qualcomm, MediaTek and Exynos devices are not expected to work, aside from maybe the Exynos 2200. You'll also need, Android 11 at minimum and GPU drivers that support certain Vulkan extensions, though the Google Play Store should tell you and not let you install the app if your phone doesn't meet those criteria.


Ps: is it ok to make posts like this about emulators here?

 

[Sleepwalker]

Yeah its ok to post, its news and doesnt talk about piracy, emulator topics are OK on GAF.


This is nice that it exists but realistically who would want to play totk on their phone? Its not some gba game lol.

 

[SEGA_2012]

Terrible news. Hope Nintendo send their ninjas after them.
If you want to play Nintendo Switch games, just buy a Nintendo Switch, easy.

 

[GHG]

Nintendo are about to shut down the google play store.

 

[Bernoulli]

Nintendo are about to shut down the google play store.

Android to be deleted from every existing device

 

[StereoVsn]

I am going to test it out. Got to think you got to have a beefy device though to run things.

 

[Musashipan]

Hopefully Nintendo will take care of that and send those criminals to jail.

 

[Rat Rage]

This will end well...

 

[Skifi28]

Terrible news. Hope Nintendo send their ninjas after them.
If you want to play Nintendo Switch games, just buy a Nintendo Switch, easy.

And don't forget that Playstation games need to remain to Playstation. You're my second favourite user these days, always looking forward to your insightful posts.

 

[Closer]

Not working on Mediatek makes me sad.

 

[Kittehkraken]

Tired from only playing Switch games on your PC?
Ever wanted to play on the go?
Switch gaming in your pocket

 

[Barakov]

Nintendo are about to shut down the google play store.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

People act like laws can't change. Keep being this blasé about piracy and see what happens.

I like emulation, but I know better than to fuck around and find out.

 

[Guilty_AI]

 

[daveonezero]

Terrible news. Hope Nintendo send their ninjas after them.
If you want to play Nintendo Switch games, just buy a Nintendo Switch, easy.

My games. I can play them where I want.

It is a futile battle. I don’t even have a PC or android device. I play on switch and this hurts no one.

People act like laws can't change. Keep being this blasé about piracy and see what happens.

I like emulation, but I know better than to fuck around and find out.

IP laws are draconian and pre internet. Even if they did change they can’t shut down data and free speech protection in the US.

Not without shutting down huge swaths of the internet and violating people’s privacy even more than they do.

Media corps don’t have that much power.

 

[Oddvintagechap]

This is nice that it exists but realistically who would want to play totk on their phone?

Only way im playing it.

 

[KyoZz]

Terrible news. Hope Nintendo send their ninjas after them.
If you want to play Nintendo Switch games, just buy a Nintendo Switch, easy.

My TOTK is looking like that, ain't no way I'm playing the game on my Switch:

Spoiler

 

[Jinzo Prime]

IP laws are draconian and pre internet. Even if they did change they can’t shut down data and free speech protection in the US.

Not without shutting down huge swaths of the internet and violating people’s privacy even more than they do.

Media corps don’t have that much power.

Oh my sweet, summer child.

 

[Guilty_AI]

My TOTK is looking like that, ain't no way I'm playing the game on my Switch:

Spoiler

Funny how nintendo could achieve what they want with far more ease by simply making PC ports, or even perhaps selling their own emulators.
Forget cheaper, it'd even make them more money.

 

[March Climber]

Terrible news. Hope Nintendo send their ninjas after them.
If you want to play Nintendo Switch games, just buy a Nintendo Switch, easy.

Ninjas vs Pirates sounds like a fun video game title.

 

[Sleepwalker]

My TOTK is looking like that, ain't no way I'm playing the game on my Switch:

Spoiler

Specs and mod list please

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

.

 

[LordOfChaos]

Hey Nintendo emulation would be harder if you'd sell us hardware stronger than a potato clock, fyi

I wonder how well this runs

 

[BlackTron]

Funny how nintendo could achieve what they want with far more ease by simply making PC ports, or even perhaps selling their own emulators.
Forget cheaper, it'd even make them more money.

I'm not convinced Nintendo would make more money in the grand scheme.

 

[DemonGamerTTT]

Those people always vomiting nonsense about piracy...

They don't even understand what an emulator does...

 

[Guilty_AI]

I'm not convinced Nintendo would make more money in the grand scheme.

 

[DemonGamerTTT]

I'm not convinced Nintendo would make more money in the grand scheme.

The same way that when consoles selling exclusives on Pc makes them no money right? Right?

Oh wait...

 

[64bitmodels]

I'm not convinced Nintendo would make more money in the grand scheme.

ah yes because some of the most desired, hyped up, beloved games in the world wouldn't do just as well and have exceedingly long legs on PC, a platform that has 2007/2012 games raking in extremely high playcounts to this day

 

[Phase]

Good luck running games smoothly on it.

 

[Ozriel]

Good luck running games smoothly on it.

Actually, performance is very impressive for an early port, especially if you've got a recent Qualcomm chip.

Here's a performance chart. 60fps in some games

 

[Lethal01]

My TOTK is looking like that, ain't no way I'm playing the game on my Switch:

Spoiler

Looks good besides being hideously overcontrasted

 

[_Ex_]

Emulating mobile tech on a smartphone

 

[BlackTron]

Seems I struck a chord! I don't think it's a good idea for Sony either. I never said the ports wouldn't make money, I'm sure many many people would buy them. But is it a good idea from a brand management standpoint. In the end you can lose orders of magnitude more value than the straight dollar amount that the port brings in.

Sony doesn't only make money from selling first party games, they make $ on every transaction in their ecosystem. They should be using everything they have to drag you over to the PS5 so they can start passively milking you from everything else you might choose to do with it -like buying games they never even had to make but now get a cut because you got it on their platform.

Nintendo makes sure that you know the only way to play Mario and Zelda is to buy their hardware, so you just instantly give up and presto, you are in their ecosystem. Not to mention they always profit on hardware lol. Of course it would benefit us as customers more because we could just play Mario on PC if we want. But then Nintendo's brand would not be so ironclad, they would not print money so well, and we would get less outstanding Nintendo games. So would it really benefit us?

 

[KyoZz]

Funny how nintendo could achieve what they want with far more ease by simply making PC ports, or even perhaps selling their own emulators.
Forget cheaper, it'd even make them more money.

Never gonna happen but yeah I agree

Specs and mod list please

4090/13700K and I use those mods + a custom Reshade:

Looks good besides being hideously overcontrasted

You can configure everything with Reshade. I like it like that but you can customize it at your preference.

 

[Guilty_AI]

Seems I struck a chord! I don't think it's a good idea for Sony either. I never said the ports wouldn't make money, I'm sure many many people would buy them. But is it a good idea from a brand management standpoint. In the end you can lose orders of magnitude more value than the straight dollar amount that the port brings in.

Sony doesn't only make money from selling first party games, they make $ on every transaction in their ecosystem. They should be using everything they have to drag you over to the PS5 so they can start passively milking you from everything else you might choose to do with it -like buying games they never even had to make but now get a cut because you got it on their platform.

Nintendo makes sure that you know the only way to play Mario and Zelda is to buy their hardware, so you just instantly give up and presto, you are in their ecosystem. Not to mention they always profit on hardware lol. Of course it would benefit us as customers more because we could just play Mario on PC if we want. But then Nintendo's brand would not be so ironclad, they would not print money so well, and we would get less outstanding Nintendo games. So would it really benefit us?

An emulator would still be their ecosystem. They could still profit by selling it, more per unit sold than a console possibly as there is no production nor shipping costs.

Next argument.

 

[BlackTron]

An emulator would still be their ecosystem. They could still profit by selling it, more per unit sold than a console possibly as there is no production nor shipping costs.

Next argument.

Some really major themes of my post went right over your head.

 

[Lethal01]

Looks good besides being hideously overcontrasted

I just use a "better fog" mod, just makes the fog less intense but only when close to the camera, doesn't attempt to totally remove which just makes things ugly.

 

[Guilty_AI]

Some really major themes of my post went right over your head.

I don't want themes, i want arguments.

"Brand management" or "brand value" mean absolutely nothing until you properly elaborate how an emulator would supposedly negatively impact this, and what concrete consequences that would lead to - saying "they'll lose tons of muneh!!" is a vague conclusion without any arguments or explanations leading up to it.

 

[Phase]

Actually, performance is very impressive for an early port, especially if you've got a recent Qualcomm chip.

Here's a performance chart. 60fps in some games

Color me surprised. I guess my current 8 yr old phone clouds my judgment lol.

 

[BlackTron]

I don't want themes, i want arguments.

"Brand management" or "brand value" mean absolutely nothing until you properly elaborate how an emulator would supposedly negatively impact this, and what concrete consequences that would lead to - saying "they'll lose tons of muneh!!" is a vague conclusion without any arguments or explanations leading up to it.

I did elaborate, it's in the post, that's why I said you missed it.

 

[Guilty_AI]

I did elaborate, it's in the post, that's why I said you missed it.

Your elaboration was about the advantages of dragging people to their ecosystem, nothing more... and i clearly gave a counter-argument to that

An official emulator IS their ecosystem.

Now your turn.

 

[Pelao]

I hope that someday they will also port it to the Series X, even if it's only in dev mode, just for the convenience of having it on a console always connected to the TV.

 

[Boglin]

If Nintendo thought it would be profitable in both the short run and in the the long run, I think they'd already be selling an emulator on PC. But I don't think anyone here will be able to provide concrete arguments about the hypothetical situation because only Nintendo has the data to say anything concrete.

In my personal view, I think by locking their software to their own hardware, it creates a sort of halo effect for their products and the more time a customer is playing on Nintendo hardware, the more likely that customer is going to buy additional software for it, buy accessories, or buy hardware model refreshes.
Additionally on PC hardware, Nintendo would be competing with other stores and software for the players' time and focus which might lead to less engagement and interest in their own offerings.

 

[//DEVIL//]

So you can download Yuzu and Dolphin emulators on Android. but as soon as its about to hit on steam,,, hell is loose

 

[CoreyFlawless]

Damn, what up with some of the emulators hate? It’s a good thing. It what help keep games going forever and not be lost and improve them.

 

[Utherellus]

Jojo All-Star Battle is lookin mighty fine on my phone

 

[Esppiral]

While it being "the original" it performs way worse than skyline and Eggns. Games like super mario 3D land run at flawless 60 FPS on my phone with those emulators while it barely hits 30 fps with Yuzu.

 

[Silver Wattle]

So you can download Yuzu and Dolphin emulators on Android. but as soon as its about to hit on steam,,, hell is loose

Valve reached out to nintendo to save themselves potential legal hassle, google just don't give a fuck about what is on their store.

 

[Roni]

If Nintendo doesn't go after Google like they're going after Valve (making an official request for taking the software listing down) then that's just proof Nintendo is a bully that only engages in their shenanigans when they're sure they can out litigate the little guy.

Sue Google, Nintendo. Do it!

Don't actually do it, stupid. You're gonna get burnt!

 

[Bernoulli]

Jojo All-Star Battle is lookin mighty fine on my phone

What phone is that? Is it running smooth?