New Project Lets Nintendo Switch Games Run Natively on Apple Silicon Macs and iPhones - TechPowerUp
A new open-source project called nxnative allows Nintendo Switch games to run natively on Apple Silicon devices by recompiling code for the Arm64 architecture. The tool bypasses traditional emulation, achieving high performance on M1 and newer hardware.
Why it matters
This development highlights the growing capability of Apple Silicon and poses potential legal challenges for Nintendo, which has historically been aggressive against game preservation and emulation projects.
New Project Lets Nintendo Switch Games Run Natively on Apple Silicon Macs and iPhones | TechPowerUp
New Project Lets Nintendo Switch Games Run Natively on Apple Silicon Macs and iPhones
An open-source project called nxnative lets Nintendo Switch games run natively on Apple Silicon, without an emulator in between. Built by developer seedds, the tool takes a user's own game files and prod.keys and turns them into an app for iPhone, iPad, or Mac. YouTuber Andrew Tsai put it to the test on Macs, where Monster Hunter Rise held a locked 60 FPS on a base fanless M1 MacBook Air with 8 GB of RAM. Unicorn Overlord, Dragon Quest XI S, and Dark Souls Remastered also ran, though Doom Eternal refused to boot.
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