Nintendo tried to kill Switch emulation, but the PC is running Switch 2 games now

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Mamma Mia, What-a-Mess: Nintendo tried to obliterate the Switch emulation scene by going against a popular open-source project in 2024. A couple of years later, the offspring of that project is capable of running commercial games released for the brand-new Switch 2 console. Nintendo's lawyers are likely going to get rough, but the Japanese company has only itself to blame for this mess.

A year after Nintendo released its popular Switch 2 console, resourceful developers have already started to bring the brand-new gaming experience to PC through AI-assisted emulation. The Eden-NX2 emulator can already run popular, Switch-exclusive games such as Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza, though there is still a lot of work to do before compatibility and performance can improve.

Either way, the emulation scene is now racking up...

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