When the Nintendo Switch 2 plays original Nintendo Switch games, it won't be doing so natively. That's because the Switch 2 and original Switch aren't compatible at a hardware level. To make games ...

An interview with Switch 2 devs revealed that the Nintendo Switch 2 relies partially on emulation to play Switch 1 games. The two systems do not have compatible hardware, so native backwards ...

Eden, a Yuzu fork, launched on Google Play as a high-performance Nintendo Switch emulator. Nintendo has aggressively targeted emulators before; Eden risks legal action like Yuzu faced. Putting Eden on ...

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N64 games emulated via Nintendo Switch Online on the Switch 2 will have significant upgrades. These include a new CRT filter, button remapping, and the ability to rewind. All of these have been ...

Nintendo producer Kouichi Kawamoto says the inspiration for the Switch 2's mouse-like Joy-Cons came to him while playing PC games, and that special adjustments have been made so you can "control the ...

One of the more popular websites specifically for pirating Nintendo Switch games has been shut down as part of an ongoing FBI investigation. Kotaku reports that Nsw2u, the website best known for ...

We’re now several months into a brand new Nintendo generation, and waiting impatiently for important information such as the release date for Metroid Prime 4 and the whereabouts of the next 3D Mario ...

Nintendo Switch fans on Android finally have a new emulator to play with. Eden, a fork of the popular (and now-defunct) Yuzu emulator, is live on the Play Store. Though you’ll need a powerful phone to ...

Emulation has really come into its own over the past few years, thanks to a resourceful development community. Right along with it, we've seen a host of new Android-based emulation and retro game ...